Ottawa, ON—Jump Canada is pleased to announce the members of the 2009 Jump Canada Talent Squad.  During the 2008 season, 17 Talent Squad qualifying competitions were held in the Eastern Division while 13 qualifying competitions comprised the Western Division.  The best five riders from each division form the 2009 Jump Canada Talent Squad. Rider (listed […]

Ottawa, Ontario—The Jump Canada High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the 2009 Canadian Show Jumping Team Short List, comprised this year of 20 athletes. The first four athletes named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, China.  The fifth athlete traveled to the 2008 Olympic […]

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is pleased to announce the appointment of Gayle McPherson as President and Chair of the Board – an impressive position in its own right, but one that deserves special recognition as Gayle is the first-ever woman elected to fill this role in the 87-year history of the Fair. As President, […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Toronto native and three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer, who currently resides in New York, NY, won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the CDI-W Gold Coast Opener, held January 23–25, in Loxahatchee, FL, USA. Riding Pop Art (Amsterdam x Cabochon), a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Rusty Holzer and […]

Wellington, Florida – Canadian show jumping athlete Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, began his first week of competition in Wellington, Florida, with a win in the $30,000 WEF Challenge Cup on Thursday, January 22. The FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, now in week three of its 12-week run in Wellington, FL, saw 53 starters turn out […]

Kati Macoun, 14, of Calgary, AB, finished 12th at the 2008 FEI International Jumping Children’s Final in Bogota, Colombia.

The Uplands Farm Eastern Canadian Free Jumping Championship will be held on Sunday April 5, 2009 at the Royal Canadian Riding Academy.  The competition is jointly organized by the Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada and the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association.  The sponsor of the competition is Uplands Farm which is owned by Jennifer […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 “EIGHT” Awards, sponsored by Dominion Regalia.   Winners for The EIGHT Awards in 2008 Rider / Hometown / Province Andrea Bresee / Uxbridge / ON Harma Germs / Montague / PEI Erin Macquarrie / Lakeside / NB   The EIGHT Award, sponsored by […]

Wellington, Fla. – Canada’s Mario Deslauriers and Tigger won the $25,000 Fidelity Investments 1.50-meter Classic in Week II of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Saturday. Of the 28 combinations to start the class, five made it to the jumpoff on the Anthony D’Ambrosio designed course. DesLauriers and Tigger, […]

Irish riders were in short supply, in the standings of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ competition after seven rounds. But now the ‘greens’ are back in town. Jessica Kürten won the Leipzig leg of the global indoor jumping competition, her compatriot Cian O’Connor ended up third. The Leipziger Messe coloured green and orange, in spite […]