Peter Doubleday has been elected Chairman of the Board of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Doubleday, a founding Director of the Hall of Fame, succeeds Gene Mische, who served as Chairman since the inception of the Hall of Fame in 1987 until his death this past December. Doubleday has been a […]
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Swedish hearts were bursting with pride as a bright young super-star was born in the Scandinavium Arena at Gothenburg, Sweden this afternoon where local girl Angelica Augustsson galloped to victory in the penultimate qualifying round of the 2010/2011 Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping seres. There was an outpouring of emotion in the aftermath, and even […]
Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival recorded their fourth victory of the 2010/2011 Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage season at Gothenburg, Sweden tonight and jumped to the top of the Western European League leaderboard ahead of the final qualifier on their home turf at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands in three weeks’ time. The 32 year old […]
The FEI has created a lead judging post to ensure greater consistency and accuracy of judging at all levels of Dressage competition. Ghislain Fouarge (NED) was elected as the FEI’s first Dressage Judge General at last month’s 5* judges seminar in Warendorf (GER). Fouarge, a highly respected international Dressage judge, has officiated at the top […]
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 […]
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 […]