The FEI Dressage Task Force met in Lausanne on 21 and 22 April. The Task Force discussed the following items: Olympic Games: competition formula and qualification process. A proposal will be included in the Task Force’s final report to be presented to the FEI Bureau in November. Dressage Committee: future composition. A proposal in line […]

Nineteen-year-old Tim Lips (NED), riding Concrex Oncarlos, has taken an early lead after the first day of dressage at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the first leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. He is 3.2 penalties ahead of Oliver Townend (GBR) and his new ride Carousel Quest with William Fox-Pitt (GBR), last year’s top-scorer in […]

Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, will open his spring show season on Friday, April 24, in Antwerp, Belgium. The 2008 Olympic gold medalist will compete in four major show jumping competitions in Europe before returning to Canada to contest the summer tournaments at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, AB, running June 10 to July […]

Ottawa, ON — Ian Millar of Perth, ON, finished tied for 14th and Keean White of Cambridge, ON, placed 24th overall representing Canada at the 2009 FEI World Cup Final from April 15–19 in Las Vegas, NV.   In Thursday night’s opening speed phase, Millar finished in 28th position with a time of 67.77 seconds […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Rochelle Kilberg of Surrey, BC, and Simone Williams of Navan, ON, will represent Canada at the Sydney CDI 3*/CDI–Y International Dressage Derby being held in Sydney, Australia, May 7–9, 2009. The event, hosted at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre at Horsley Park, site of the 2000 Olympic Games, is the only CDI3* held in […]

Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Jumper Development Series has announced exciting new changes for 2009 including new venues for the Western Canadian Championships and National Finals. The Rocky Mountain Classic II in Calgary, AB, will play host to the $20,000 Western Canadian Championships over two days, August 28 and 30. Held for the past three […]

Outstanding competition is assured at the first event of the 2009 HSBC FEI Classics™, as some of the world’s best riders head for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at Lexington, USA, this weekend (22-26 April). A strong contingent is flying in from Europe to the famous Blue Grass county, as riders’ quests for valuable early […]

The Equine Canada Equine Medication Control Committee (EMCC) is announcing the following medication control information. Anabolic Steroids As of June 1, 2009, drug testing of horses competing in Equine Canada sanctioned competitions will include testing for anabolic steroids. Testing for veterinary and non-veterinary approved steroids will take place in accordance with the Canadian Pari-Mutual Agency […]

There was no way course designer Anthony d’Ambrosio could stop the top riders of the 31st Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final from performing clear rounds. Both horses and riders were simply too brilliant to be fooled or overpowered by d’Ambrosio’s demands. While Meredith Michaels Beerbaum seemingly effortlessly collected her third Rolex FEI World Cup™, she […]

Ottawa, ON—Three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer finished in fifth place in the Grand Prix Freestyle test, on April 18, 2009, at the 2009 Federation Equestre International (FEI) Dressage World Cup Final at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV.   Holzer and her Olympic mount Pop Art (Amsterdam x Cabochon), a 12-year-old Dutch […]