Brazil’s Sarah Vasconcellos clinched her second gold medal of the Championships when taking the Individual title on the final day of the FEI Children’s International Classics Final in Hong Kong today. Silver went to the host nation’s Arianna Ladd, while South Africa’s Cameron Dawson was the well-deserved recipient of the bronze. Vasconcellos also helped the […]
Olympic champion Eric Lamaze is the new co-owner of Wang Chung m2s, formerly ridden by Germany’s Felix Hassmann. Lamaze recently purchased a 50 per cent share in the young superstar, bred by Morningside Stud. Wang Chung m2s is a 2003 chestnut KWPN stallion, with impressive international show jumping results. Under Hassmann, he won five German […]
Hans-Heinrich Isenbart (GER), who will be remembered by many as “the voice of equestrian sport” in Germany, passed away on December 25, 2011 at the age of 88. He was born on February 5, 1923 in Vienna (AUT) into a family that had a passion for horses going back generations. As a young man he had […]
The FEI has today given final sign-off on the footing that will be used for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events at Greenwich Park. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) conducted footing tests at a site near Preston in the north of England on December 20-21,2011. The […]
Christopher Schofield (GBR), former Chairman of Great Britain’s Young Rider Selectors programme, passed away on January 4th at the age of 90. Many young British Eventing riders enjoyed success during his leadership of the Young Rider Selectors programme, including William Fox-Pitt, Tina Cook and Pippa Funnell. Jane Holderness-Roddam, who secured team gold in Eventing […]
It is with sincere regret that Equine Canada reports that Akaash Maharaj has announced his decision to stand down from his post as our Chief Executive Officer. Akaash accepted the position of CEO in 2008, stating that he would remain in the role for one quadrennial cycle. “The years have rushed by faster than I […]
Voting is now underway for the 2012 Equine Canada Director-at-Large election. Members of Equine Canada in good standing are eligible to vote for the Director-at-Large position, provided that individual is 18 years-of-age or older in the year of election. All 2011 Equine Canada Sport License holders and 2011 senior members of the Ontario Equestrian Federation, […]
Twenty one nations are celebrating their Olympic qualification January 9th, which marks the 200-day countdown to London 2012 and 100 years of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement. Eleven countries have now secured the opportunity to join the nine nations already qualified at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2010 in Kentucky and hosts […]
Part of the Global Champions Tour of events, the first CSI*** Mediterranean Tour will take place from February 14th to March 11th in Valencia, Spain. This new tour offers a wide selection of competitions including those for young horses, and 450,000 Euros in prize money. It includes one CSI 3* and one CSI* YH (five-, […]
FEI president HRH Princess Haya and her husband, Sheikh Mohammed, the Ruler of Dubai, have welcomed a son named Zayed. The couple made the announcement via twitter. With a following of more than 600,000 people, the news spread fast!
