Colombia’s Santiago Diaz Ortega claimed gold at the 2010 FEI World Jumping Challenge Final staged in Guatemala City, Guatemala last weekend.  Kenya’s Karen Mousley took silver while the host nation’s Wylder Rodriguez took bronze. A total of 17 riders from 11 countries – Venezuela, Kenya, Colombia, Guatemala, Bermuda, Ecuador, Chile, Republic of South Africa, Algeria, […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the rehiring of Robert Dover as Technical Coach/Advisor on an interim basis, for the period of January 1 — April 1, 2011. Robert Dover’s prior contract with Dressage Canada expired October 15, 2010. During his tenure and under his guidance, the Canadian Dressage Team achieved its highest placing at […]

The Equine Canada Competitions and Officials Committees are pleased to announce the success of the Equine Canada Bronze Officials Subsidy Program in 2010.  Developed as a pilot in 2010, the Equine Canada Bronze Officials Subsidy Program awarded more than $6500 in funding to organizers of Equine Canada Bronze competitions. Twenty two Bronze competitions in eight […]

The 2011 Equine Canada Annual Convention is set for January 24–31, 2011 at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, ON. For eight days, members of the equestrian community from across Canada will be able to participate in a selection of meetings, clinics, seminars, symposiums and forums tailored to the unique issues affecting each of Equine […]

Jump Canada is pleased to announce the members of the 2011 Jump Canada Talent Squad.  During the 2010 season, 13 Talent Squad qualifying competitions were held in the Eastern Division while 10 qualifying competitions comprised the Western Division.  The top five riders from each division form the 2011 Jump Canada Talent Squad. Rider                           Hometown                  Horse Hayley […]

The Jump Canada High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the 2011 Canadian Show Jumping Team Short List based on the 2011 Short List Criteria.  The following athletes have been identified as official members of the national show jumping team, which falls under the umbrella of the Canadian Equestrian Team (CET). The four riders who […]

Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce the 2011 Canadian National Eventing Team and Talent Squad. The Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee approved the list which recognizes performance results achieved at 2, 3 and 4 star CCI competitions and CIC 3 star competitions to November 11, 2010. Riders are listed in alphabetical order. SHORT LIST […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the 2011 Dressage Short and Long Lists. The horse/rider combinations were selected based on criteria that considered 2010 competition results. The following horse/rider combinations have been identified as official members of the 2011: Dressage Canada Short List A Rider                            Hometown           Horse                    Owner Ashley Holzer                 Toronto, ON          Pop Art                    Rusty […]

The Netherlands’ Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival secured a second resounding victory in the 2010/2011 Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage series when heading the line-up at the fourth leg at Olympia in London, Great Britain, tonight.  The exciting atmosphere in the packed Grand Hall tested some of the equine competitor’s nerve-endings to the limit, […]

Equine Canada is pleased to announce the Equine Code Development Committee of 18 stakeholder representatives from eight provinces has been finalized and the next stage of revising the Code of Practice for Horses, last developed in 1998, can begin. Following the nationally recognized and supported National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) Code Development Guidelines, the […]