Wellington Equestrian Partners, LLC (WEP) has finalized the acquisition of the last remaining parcel of land to complete its $55 million purchase of the old Palm Beach Polo Stadium and the Equestrian Club show grounds. “The newly acquired properties total almost 140 acres to support WEP’s equestrian events,” WEP Managing Partner Mark J. Bellissimo said. […]
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Toronto, Ontario – As The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair prepares to celebrate its 85th anniversary, the world famous Royal Horse Show has an exciting line-up of equestrian action ready to thrill the Ricoh Coliseum crowds from November 2-11, 2007. Opening weekend features include the Canadian Show Jumping Championship presented by Greenhawk, held Friday and Saturday, […]
Ottawa, ON—Selena O’Hanlon of Elgin, ON, and Samantha Taylor of Richmond BC finished in the top ten at the Fair Hill International CCI*** Eventing Championship, held October 18–21, 2007, at the 19th annual Dansko Fair Hill International Festival in the Country in Fair Hill, MD. The Fair Hill International is a qualification trial for […]
Palgrave, Ontario – The National Young Horse Championships were held during the CSI-W Tournament of Champions to conclude the 2007 Canadian Young Horse Jumper Development Series. Young horses from across the country were eligible to compete in the National Finals, which was divided into three days of competition for each age group and offered a […]
FEI – For more than 300 horses, the traditional CHIO grounds in Aachen’s Soers will be the quarantine site in the run-up of the Olympic Games 2008. In addition to the Jumping, Dressage and Eventing horses, horses for the Paralympic Games will be accommodated in Aachen. Subsequent to the CHIO 2008 (July 1-6), the horses […]
The 2007 FEI Regional Olympic Dressage Qualification Event, which was scheduled to take place this week 24-28 October in conjunction with the 2007 Australian Dressage Championships at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre (SIEC), is among the hundreds of equestrian events that have been cancelled since 25 August as a result of the equine influenza outbreak. […]
FEI – Yesterday marked the launch of the “My Horse and Me†feature-packed new website on the worldwide web providing the public with a great chance to get a sneak preview of the only FEI endorsed equestrian video game ever to hit the streets. This comes in anticipation to the video games’ multi platform release […]
WASHINGTON, D.C – Canada’s Pan American Games show jumping individual gold medalist, Jill Henselwood, of Oxford Mills, Ontario added another victory to her winning streak late last night in Washington D.C. At nearly midnight, Henselwood and on Black Ice, won the $100,000 President’s Cup Grand Prix at the Verizon Centre in a tie-breaker against four […]
WELLINGTON, FL. Oct. 10 — The consultant who prepared the feasibility study of the London Olympic Equestrian Park, organizer of the world famous London Olympia and Royal Windsor horse shows, and the Equestrian consultant to the Athens Olympic Games has now joined the Wellington Equestrian Partners team. Simon Brooks-Ward has been engaged to help former […]
For the first time, the Fall Classic Breeders Sale broke the 1/2 million dollar mark in total sales. The 2007 gross of $582,450 was $200,000 higher than in 2006. For the first time, a sale horse is being exported to Europe. Blind Date, bred and owned by Touchstone Farms, was the high selling section B […]
