Rolex has become an official partner of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014. The agreement was signed today, 13 December, in Geneva (SUI), home town to Rolex and venue of the sixth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012.   The Swiss luxury watch maker has been involved in equestrian sport since […]

Olympic Show Jumping Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, was named ‘Rider of the Year’ as well as the CBC Sports ‘Athlete of the Year’ for 2011.   During a special presentation held Saturday evening, December 10, during the CSI5*-W Geneva show jumping tournament in Switzerland, Lamaze was recognized as the ‘Rider of the Year’ […]

Canadian Para-Equestrian riders Lauren Barwick, Eleonore Elstone and Ashley Gowanlock won not only the team competition, which moved Canada into fourth place in the world, but were also victorious in eight of nine classes, posting scores that were all 70% or higher, in their stellar appearance at CPEDI 3* Arruda dos Vinhos in Portugal, held […]

Brazil’s Alvaro de Miranda claimed maximum points and set himself on the road to the series Final with a breath-taking victory riding AD Ashleigh Drossel Dan in the sixth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Western European League at Geneva, Switzerland this afternoon.  With 16 of the world’s best horses and riders through […]

Boyd Exell (AUS) won the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Driving 2011/2012 in Geneva, Switzerland, this afternoon. Exell competed in the Swiss city for the fourth time winning every edition. The crowd and the electric atmosphere in the arena today contributed to another magic performance. Dutch drivers Koos de Ronde and Theo Timmerman […]

The Wellington Equestrian Preservation Alliance is dedicated to protecting the Wellington Equestrian Preserve with the interests of the Wellington equestrian community in mind. On December 6th, the alliance released a report in their fall newsletter focussed on the controversial development plans for the Wellington Equestrian Preserve. Proposed development for PBIEC Phase II includes a mall, […]

In addition to winning the Nations’ Cup competition held Friday, November 25, at CSIO4*-W Buenos Aires, ARG, at Haras El Capricho from November 23–27, 2011, the Canadian Show Jumping Team comprised of Jonathan Asselin, Angela Covert-Lawrence, Tiffany Foster and Emily George also excelled in individual competition. At a warm-up competition, members of the Canadian Show […]

Video footage and photos of troubling practices at a Quebec slaughterhouse have been released today by the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC). Captured by an anonymous source at Les Viandes de la Petite-Nation Inc. in St. Andre-Avellin, Quebec, the footage reveals disturbing practices and disregard for animal welfare regulations. The footage shows discrepancies and missing […]

The US Congress has lifted a ban on using Federal funds for horse meat inspection, paving the way for horses to again be slaughtered in the U.S. for human consumption. Animal rights groups are protesting the decision. In 2006, activists, in a compromise move, had pushed a measure stopping funding for horse meat inspection in […]

Just a week after his first FEI World Cup victory of the season in Stockholm, Boyd Exell (AUS) repeated that winning performance by scoring at the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Driving 2011/2012 in Budapest, Hungary today. Exell stayed ahead of home driver and favorite Jozsef Dobrovitz (HUN) and Stuttgart-winner Koos de Ronde […]