A fresh, young competitor stood the International show jumping division on its head tonight, winning a five-way, five nation jump-off, besting top riders from Canada, America, Ireland, The Netherlands and Great Britain to claim the $100,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix at the 88th Royal Horse Show. Brianne Goutal, 22, of New York, NY, led […]
Alison Moore of Kanata, ON, was named the Jump Canada Owner of the Year for 2010. Moore’s horse Chianto, ridden by John Pearce, placed eighth individually from a starting field of 121 horses at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games held in October in Lexington, KY. As members of the Canadian Show Jumping Team, […]
The 88th year of International show jumping at the Royal Horse Show began this afternoon – and “Team Millar”, arguably Canada’s ‘first family’ of show jumping – put their mark on it firmly. Patriarch of the Millar family, nine-time Olympian Ian, won the $20,000 International Power and Speed competition this afternoon with Brookstreet Stables’ owned […]
Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, claimed the 2010 Canadian Show Jumping Championship on November 6 at The Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. The 10-day international equestrian competition is held as part of 88th edition of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair from November 5–14 in Toronto, ON. The Canadian Show Jumping Championship, presented by Greenhawk, […]
World-class show jumping takes centre stage in Toronto this week, as top riders from three continents and seven countries descend on the Ricoh Coliseum to compete for $368,000 in prize money and the prestigious Leading Rider and Leading Horse titles. Uniquely, of the 25 riders competing this year, six are from two families: Great Britain’s […]
Margie Gayford of Sharon, ON, won the Jump Canada Talent Squad Final on Saturday, November 6, at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show. Held over two days, the Talent Squad Final competition opened on November 5 with the $8,000 Alfred Rogers National Talent Squad Series Championship, Phase I, where Gayford and Winston, Wingberry Farm’s 11-year-old Belgian Warmblood […]
Georgina Bloomberg, 27, fell from her mount while competing in the Gambler’s Choice class at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament on Friday. Though Bloomberg was knocked unconscious, she was able to walk out of the arena. It wasn’t until the following morning that back pain sent her to the hospital and she learned that she […]
The Netherlands’ Jeroen Dubbeldam broke the German stranglehold on the 2010/2011 Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping series when delivering a sensational victory in Verona, Italy this afternoon. German riders dominated at the first three legs at Oslo (NOR), Helsinki (FIN) and Lyon (FRA) so far this season, but the flying Dutchman set an impossible target […]
Jeroen Dubbledam and BMC Van Grunsven Simon added an FEI Rolex World Cup Qualifier, presented by SNAI, to his already impressive recent winnings. In front of a sell out packed house, the Dutchman held off another nine riders in the jump off to win the Euro 35’000 top prize and a Rolex watch. The competition […]
Toronto, Ontario – Waylon Roberts of Port Perry, Ontario, proved tonight he is no “one-hit-wonder”, taking the Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing Championship for an incredible fourth time in five years. The Championship was part of the opening weekend lineup at the 88th Royal Horse Show, and it’s exciting, energetic format is rapidly becoming a […]
