Hot off a victory with Hickstead on Thursday, Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze returned to the winner’s circle on Friday after winning the €23,000 1.50m speed competition in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, riding Coriana van Klapscheut.   Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Coriana van Klapscheut were the fourth combination to tackle the speed course, posting a clear […]

Outstanding performances by Germany’s Ingrid Klimke and Michael Jung have put the home side into a fabulously strong position before tomorrow’s Cross Country phase at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships at Luhmühlen (GER). The host nation, bidding for a first European team gold since 1973, is now more than 20 penalties ahead of defending […]

The Dressage Canada Selection Committee for the Pan American Games has approved the following nominations for the 2011 Pan American Games taking place in Guadalajara, MEX.  The dressage portion of the Pan American Games will be held from October 16 – 19, 2011 at the Guadalajara Country Club. In alphabetical order, the riders and horses […]

There was an emotional moment for Dutch rider, Hans Peter Minderhoud, on the final afternoon of the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 in Rotterdam (NED) last Sunday when the great mare, Exquis Nadine, was officially retired. The 16 year old Dutch warmblood, by Partout x Roemer, was bred by G.C Vervoorn at Brakel in The […]

Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, rode Hickstead to victory in the €23,000 1.55m competition held Thursday, August 25 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.   From a starting field of 54 horses, 22 returned for the second round.  Lamaze and Hickstead produced another clear in a time of 51.15 seconds to win over David Will […]

German riders gave an exhibition of Dressage-riding to fill six of the top eight individual places and take a commanding lead in the team competition at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships in Luhmühlen, to the evident delight of their home crowd. Sandra Auffarth (GER), 25, who sprang to prominence when finishing second in the […]

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE ) reports that  a new case of Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) was confirmed in the United States (U.S.), on July 21, 2011. The CEM case was detected in a four- year old stallion in Arizona and was identified during testing for semen export. The United States Department of […]

The inaugural Angelstone International Show Jumping Tournament, featuring the $50,000 Grand Prix of Rockwood will be held at Angelstone Farms

Great Britain’s Joanne Eccles and Switzerland’s Patrick Looser maintained the form that clinched their 2010 world titles when winning the Female and Male Individual gold medals at the FEI Open European Vaulting Championships 2011 at Le Mans, France last weekend.  German vaulters were strong however, taking both Senior and Junior Team gold, and the Pas […]

Tatiana Dzavik dominated the fifth and final qualifying event in the eastern region of the Jump Canada Young Horse Series, held at the Concours Hippiques de Parc Été from August 10 to 14 in Blainville, QC.  As the Eastern Regional Final, double qualifying points were up for grabs.   Dzavik ended the qualifying competitions the […]