Following the Reining Judges’ Clinic on January 27-28 at the Equine Canada Convention, Canadian Reining Committee (CRC) pleased to announce four new reining judges in Canada. The clinic was the first one offered by Equine Canada to accredit judges for sanctioned reining competitions. The course educated future judges in the scoring system for reining as […]
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Yann Candele, Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar and Jonathon Millar have been named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the $75,000 FEI Nations’ Cup, presented by G & C Farm, held Friday evening, March 4, during the CSIO4* FTI Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. The defending champions, Canada has won the Nations’ Cup in […]
Tom Dvorak earned the top Canadian score at the CDI-W Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge, held February 11–13, Palm Beach County Jim Brandon Equestrian Center, in West Palm Beach, FL, USA. The competition was a qualifier for riders vying for a spot on the Canadian Dressage Team at the 2011 Pan American Games, which will […]
Thanks to the generous donation from the Equine Foundation of Canada, the Ontario Veterinary College will be upgrading their ultrasound equipment enabling 3-Dimensional imaging. Images generated by this unique equipment can be viewed and manipulated interactively. Measurements of anatomic and pathologic structures will be easier to obtain and more precise. This technology will be of […]
HSBC has agreed a further three-year term as global sponsor of FEI Eventing to include title sponsorships of the HSBC FEI Classics™ until the end of 2013 and the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships™ in both 2011 and 2013. HSBC has supported the FEI Classics™ series since 2008 and will be contributing US$ 1 million […]
Equine Canada is pleased to introduce two new full-time staff to its national office. With the recent departure of program coordinator—competitions, Kate Evans, Equine Canada is pleased to announce the hiring of Irena Seifert to fill the position. Seifert joined Equine Canada in the summer of 2008 when she was first hired to fill a […]
Rolex has today launched a new initiative in Jumping – the Rolex One to Watch – which identifies the rider that has made the biggest jump within or into the Top 250 of the Rolex Rankings the previous month. As a result of some excellent performances during January 2011, the first Rolex One to Watch […]
Ontario’s Diane Creech, who rode Devon L in the Grand Prix at the Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge CDI, kept a smile on her face and a positive attitude throughout the weekend. Thanks to her shining example of good sportsmanship, Creech was awarded the Premier Equestrian Sportsmanship Award by Heidi Zorn, President of Premier Equestrian, […]
The London 2012 Olympic equestrian timetable has been announced by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG). London 2012 will mark the 100th anniversary of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement. The Olympic Opening Ceremony on July 27 will be followed by 12 days of equestrian competition, with the world’s best athletes competing […]
Spruce Meadows is extremely proud to announce that the North American Riders Group (NARG) has recognized Spruce Meadows as Top Tournament in the sport of show jumping for 2010. NARG consists of the sports’ top riders, trainers, coaches, owners and business interests representing Canada, Mexico and the United States. A number of criteria are considered […]