Eric Lamaze talks about the weeks leading up to the 2012 London Olympics and his plans for the Games in his second Rolex Diary. What have your recent activities been? We just got back from Calgary and I spent last weekend in San Patrignano. Calgary was an opportunity for me to make a decision on […]
On Friday, millions of spectators across the globe will focus their attention on the Opening Ceremonies to kick off the London 2012 Olympics. The extravagant ceremony, arranged by film director Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire fame, is set to thrill Olympic Stadium in Stratford which will be packed with 62,000 spectators, 16,000 athletes, 10,000 performers, […]
Today the result of weeks of hard work by the OHRIA Task Force will be evident with the release of the Plan For The Future of the Ontario Horse Racing and Breeding Industry available here. To prepare the Plan, OHRIA created a Task Force and retained the highly respected, Stanley Sadinsky. The attached Plan has […]
The first horses have arrived at Greenwich Park, setting for the Olympic equestrian events at London 2012. The equine athletes’ trunks of equipment must undergo the equivalent of the airport-style “mag and bag” checks done on every person attending the Olympic Games. This has been done for the first 75 of 219 Olympic horses that […]
Canadian Endurance riders Lee Hutten, Emma Webb and Jessica Yavis won the team gold medal at the 2012 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders Championships in the NAJYRC-CH 4* FEI Championship race held July 20, 2012. In an incredible display of team unity, all three members crossed the finish line together to earn […]
Count Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has given his support to the FEI Awards 2012 as London prepares to host the Games of the XXX Olympiad. Count Rogge, who was elected as the eighth President of the IOC in 2001 and re-elected for a new term in 2009, said: “I am […]
Germany took Dressage Team and Freestyle gold, the British once again dominated in Jumping and the Irish recorded their first-ever team success while also claiming two of the three individual medals in Eventing at the FEI European Pony Championship 2012 in Fontainebleau, France. Sanne Vos claimed the Individual Dressage title for The Netherlands, but was […]
An exciting new coaching certification program is now available for equestrian coaches in Canada. The High Performance Coach program
The Junior and Young Rider dressage teams from Quebec both earned medals in the team portion of the competition at 2012 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) held July 18, 2012. Winning the gold medal in the Junior division, with a score of 200.462, were Quebec team members Naima Moreira Laliberte […]
The Irish produced the shock of the season when beating crack sides from Germany and France to win the seventh leg of the FEI Nations’ Cup™ 2012 series at Hickstead (GBR) this afternoon. Trailing at the bottom of the league table after an inconsistent run that included a miserable last-place finish in Falsterbo, Sweden just […]
