Millar was the natural choice for January’s CAVALOR ‘Athlete of the Month’ title after winning the first two Grand Prix events during the prestigious Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. In the first week of the seven-week long series, the WEF/PBIEC Inaugural held January 24-28 at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, Millar captured two […]
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Ottawa, Ontario — Jump Canada is pleased to announce that over $87,000 in Jump Canada Levy funds were distributed to provincial hunter/jumper associations for the year-end of 2006. In 1999, Jump Canada established a program that saw a levy fee applied per horse to entries in hunter/jumper competitions at Equine Canada National class 1A […]
Ottawa, Ontario — Jump Canada is pleased to announce the selection criteria for the Canadian Show Jumping Team at the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 14-29. A team of five horse/rider combinations will be named by Thursday, June 14, 2007, following the results of a series of […]
Toronto, Ontario – The Royal Horse Show will host the inaugural ‘Royal Canadian Freestyle Championship’ during the 2007 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair held November 2-11 at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, ON. Six horse-rider combinations will perform Musical Freestyle programs over two nights, Wednesday, November 7, and Thursday, November 8. The two scores will be added […]
The 2007 FEI International Tent Pegging Championships will be held in Muscat, Oman in March, with Akaash Maharaj representing Canada, under the UNICEF banner. Tent pegging is one of 10 equestrian disciplines recognized by the FEI. The sport, which sees galloping riders use sword and lance to spear targets, originated in the military, through training […]
Ottawa, Ontario— It is with regret that the Dressage Canada Board announces the resignation of Kim Goodyear Chair of the Dressage Canada High Performance Committee, effective immediately Goodyear has been a valued Chair of High Performance for Dressage Canada for the past six years. In that time she has worked diligently in an attempt to […]
With the countdown on, Team Canada is making its final preparations for its attendance at the Ridley 2007 Polocrosse World Cup. The competition will be held over a weeklong tournament from April 23 to 29, in Warwick, Queensland, Australia. The tournament will be the second of hopefully many World Cups held every four years. Australia, […]
Ottawa, Ontario — Jump Canada is pleased to announce that Canadian National Railway (CN) has been named its 2006 ‘Sponsor of the Year’. Created in 2005, the ‘Sponsor of the Year’ Award recognizes the significant impact that corporate sponsorship has on Canadian show jumping sport. From Quebec to British Columbia, CN has been an […]
Canadian Olympian, Jill Henselwood, is no stranger to saving her best for last. And that’s why her win aboard Callisto in Sunday’s $75,000 Footing Authority Grand Prix at HITS Thermal should not come as a surprise to anyone. The victory marks her first Grand Prix triumph of the 2007 HITS Desert Circuit and caps off […]
Wellington, FL – In today’s $25,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round III, a third Canadian rider took home the blue ribbon and top prize money of $7,500. Mario Deslauriers and Naomi set a blistering pace early in the class for the win, joining Ian Millar and Eric Lamaze on the list of Canadian grand prix winners […]
