Ottawa, Ontario— It was a bronze medal day for the Canadian Juniors and Young Riders competing at 2008 CN North American Junior Young Riders’ Championships (NAJYRC) was held at the Colorado Horse Park in Parker Colorado from July 29–August 3, 2008. Young Rider Stephanie Rhodes-Bush won individual bronze medal in the Two star Championship division […]

Ottawa, ON—The Canadian Eventing Committee is accepting nominations for the positions on the committee. The Canadian Eventing Committee (CEC) is a sub-committee of Equine Canada (EC). Equine Canada is the body that governs all equestrian sport in Canada and represents Canadian equestrian sport to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), to the Canadian Olympic Committee and […]

Hong Kong – All 57 horses presented at the final veterinary inspection for Eventing were passed fit to compete by the Ground Jury this afternoon, although there were some anxious moments for both America’s Gina Miles and Australia’s Sonja Johnson. With eight of the 68 participating horse-and-rider combinations eliminated on yesterday’s cross-country track, and three […]

Hong Kong, China – Kyle Carter of Calgary, AB, is the top Canadian following cross-country, the second of three phases comprising the equestrian sport of eventing, at the 2008 Olympic Games.  Carter is in 32nd position individually while the Canadian Eventing Team is in ninth position overall. Carter, who had been sitting in 61st position […]

Olympic Cross Country day, 11 August 2008, shall certainly be remembered as a day of spectacular success, which was brought by years of in-depth preparation, planning and results, but also helped by luck. “We were lucky with the weather,” Foreign Veterinary Delegate Prof. Leo Jeffcott, who has spent three years monitoring the climatic conditions in […]

FEI – On a great day for the sport of Eventing, Germany took over at the top of both the team and individual leaderboards after the cross-country phase at the Olympic venue in Beas River, Hong Kong this morning when the Australians lost their grip. Hinrich Romeike is now heading the individual rankings with Marius […]

Hong Kong, China – Selena O’Hanlon, 27, of Elgin, ON, is the top-ranked member of the Canadian Eventing Team following the opening phase of dressage at the 2008 Olympic Games. Equestrian events are being held at the Sha Tin venue in Hong Kong. Dressage, the first of three phases comprising the sport of eventing, was […]

FEI – The horses that will compete in the Dressage competition of the Olympic Games later this week took their turn to trot before the Ground Jury and veterinary officials today at Sha Tin in Hong Kong. A total of 54 were presented, and while some made a low-key appearance, others took full advantage of […]

Today, after the end of Dressage and before they tackle the technical Cross Country, the Eventing horses were transported to Beas River, located some 40 minutes away from the core Olympic equestrian venue at Sha Tin. This was done in a fantastic blitz operation during which the loading, transport and unloading took just over one […]

FEI – Germany’s Ingrid Kiimke produced a sparkling test with Abraxxas to squeeze into third place as the final session of Olympic dressage took place at Sha Tin this morning, but it is the Australian riders who hold the whip hand going into tomorrow’s cross-country phase with a firm hold at the top of  both […]