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Call for Nominations: Canadian Para-Equestrian Committee for 2012

Para-Equestrian Canada is now accepting nominations to fill three vacant positions on the Canadian Para-Equestrian Committee (CPEC).  The positions on the committee are not specific in task and each position is for a two-year term beginning in February 2012. The Committee is seeking candidates who possess the passion and drive to work with other committed […]
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Canadian Nations’ Cup Show Jumping Team Announced for Buenos Aires

Jonathan Asselin, Angela Covert-Lawrence, Tiffany Foster and Emily George will form the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the Nations’ Cup in Buenos Aires, ARG, from November 23 to 27, 2011. The team will first compete at an event held at the Club Hipico San Jorge Village from November 17 to 19 before the Nations’ Cup […]
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OIE/FEI Conference on Movement of Horses in South America

The joint World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) and FEI conference focusing on modernising the conditions of movement of horses within South America has called for the removal of outdated or unjustified import and export barriers that are stifling the growth of equestrian sport. The need for greater understanding of the health certification and quarantine requirements […]
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Bengtsson Reigns Supreme in Lyon

Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson galloped to victory in the third leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Western European League 2011/2012 series in Lyon, France this afternoon.  Riding Casall La Silla, the man who so deservedly won Individual gold at the FEI European Jumping Championships in Madrid, Spain last month snatched the lead at the […]
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Americans Take Pan Am Jumping By Storm

American Jumping riders showed their class yesterday when adding Individual gold and silver to the team title they claimed last Thursday at the 2011 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.  The team victory was utterly convincing, as all four riders kept a clean sheet to leave them with a final tally of just 2.90.   And […]
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Calgary’s Jonathan Asselin Top Canadian at Pan Ams

Jonathan Asselin of Calgary, AB, finished ninth individually while Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, placed 11th in show jumping competition held Saturday, October 29, at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.   Asselin, 52, was sitting 16th coming into Saturday’s individual show jumping final at the Guadalajara Country Club.  In the first round […]
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Salzgeber Does the Double in Lyon

German riders dominated the line-up in Lyon, France today where Ulla Salzgeber and Herzruf’s Erbe won the second leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 201l/2012 series ahead of two other former series double-champions.  Salzgeber, who recorded back-to-back victories with the great Rusty in 2001 and 2002, pipped fellow-countrywoman Isabell Werth and the […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Finishes Fourth at Pan Ams

The Canadian Show Jumping Team of Jonathan Asselin of Calgary, AB, Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Ian Millar of Perth, ON, finished fourth in team competition at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.  Millar is currently Canada’s highest ranked competitor in seventh position individually.   A […]
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Final Olympic Dressage Team Qualifier

The last Dressage team qualifying event for the London 2012 Olympic Games will begin this Friday, October 28. The qualifier, which will be run at two separate venues, is open to teams from the FEI Olympic Groups F (Africa and Middle East) and G (South East Asia and Oceania).   Due to quarantine restrictions, the […]
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What’s on FEI TV This Weekend?

FEI TV, the official FEI video platform, will be LIVE on Friday, October  28, and Sunday, October 30 , from the second leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage and the third leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping. Both competitions will take place in Lyon (FRA).   The Grand Prix Freestyle-to-Music […]