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Brewster and Phillips Claim Western Canadian Show Jumping Championships

Gary Brewster and Tamie Phillips were the final winners in the inaugural $25,000 Western Canadian Show Jumping Championships held September 1-4 as part of the Rocky Mountain Classic III show jumping tournament at Anderson Ranch in Calgary, AB. Gary Brewster of West Vancouver, BC, won the gold medal in the 1.30m division of the Western […]
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Champions Crowned in Western Canadian Show Jumping Championships

Kate Jackman-Atkinson of Neepawa, MB, won the 1.10m division of the inaugural $25,000 Western Canadian Show Jumping Championships on Saturday, September 4, held as part of the Rocky Mountain Classic III show jumping tournament at Anderson Ranch in Calgary, AB. Held over three days with all scores counting, Jackman-Atkinson was in third position coming into […]
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Powell Scores Vintage Win for New Zealand at Burghley

Caroline Powell rode a perfect Jumping round under pressure to become the first New Zealand female rider to win the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), the fourth leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. The win has propelled her into third place in the HSBC FEI Classics™, behind William Fox-Pitt (GBR), the new leader, and […]
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Caroline Powell Poised to Take on Kiwis’ Burghley Mantle

New Zealander Caroline Powell is poised to become the fourth rider from her country to win the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, the fourth leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. The 37-year-old, who is based in Scotland, produced a foot-perfect round on the 17-year-old grey Lenamore, one of the best cross-country horses on the international […]
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Edge has the upper hand after Dressage at Burghley

Ruth Edge (GBR) and the 17-year-old Two Thyme lead the clutch of superbly executed Dressage tests which brought the first phase of the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), the fourth leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™, to a close today. However, Edge, a renowned exponent of this phase, has just 0.4 of a penalty […]
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Mary King Reigns at Burghley

Mary King (GBR) showed all her experience to take the lead after an eventful first day of Dressage at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), the fourth leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. King, 49, has been riding at Burghley for more than 20 years – she won it in 1996 on Star Appeal […]
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Spruce Meadows Charter Arrives

The Spruce Meadows “Masters” charters flights arrive each September with the best horses in the world.  The first of four charter aircrafts is arriving on September 2, at the Calgary International Airport. There are over 65 horses scheduled to over the next five days, with the first load scheduled on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at […]
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Canadian Eventers Victorious at Richland Park Horse Trials

Canadian Eventing WEG Squad members Selena O’Hanlon and Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch rode to victory at the 2010 edition of the Richland Park Horse Trials, held August 26-29, in Richland, MI – a competition designated as an important warm-up for competitors heading for the World Equestrian Games in September.  O’Hanlon, of Elgin, ON, and her 2008 Olympic […]
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FEI announces detection times for Methylprednisolone Acetate

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has announced detection times for Methylprednisolone Acetate, a frontline treatment for lameness in the equine athlete. The findings from recently completed studies on the use of intra-articular Methylprednisolone Acetate show the detection times as 28 days for the 200mg dose and 14 days for the 100mg dose. The FEI recognises […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Competes at CSI05* Gijon

The Canadian Show Jumping Team comprised of Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar, Jenna Thompson and Keean White is competing at CSIO5* Gijon, ESP, running August 31–September 5.  The feature event is the €60,000 Nations’ Cup team competition on Friday, September 3, 2010. Olympic champion Eric Lamaze, 42, of Schomberg, ON, will ride three horses on the […]