The third event in the western region of the 2010 Jump Canada Young Horse Series took place during the Heart of the Continent Horse Show held August 4 to 8 in Winnipeg, MB. The venue, the Red River Exhibition Show Grounds, is familiar to Canadian show jumping fans, as it played host to the show […]
There was a lot riding on the last day of the GCT. The Million Euro Bonus, the Grand Prix of Brazil and the Leading Rider Award, which itself was worth over 25,000Euro to the winner. Uliano Vezanni was in charge of building the course to sort them out and the first round produced eleven clear […]
Michael Jung was crowned the HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing Champion for 2010 at the last event of the season, Schenefeld (GER), where he emphasised his domination of the series by finishing second, third and fourth behind the winner, Julia Mestern (GER) on FRH Schorsch. After 12 events in 10 countries and three continents, Jung, […]
Hayley Alfonso, Ben Asselin and the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada were the big winners during the CSI2* Rocky Mountain Classic II
It all came down to experience Sunday at Halton Place as three veteran Canadian Equestrian Team members claimed the top three placings in the $40,000 Villarboit Grand Prix at the Canadian Country Classic. In a crowded jump-off field of 10 horses, Hugh Graham of King Ridge Stables (King,ON) guided grey Canadian Sport Horse gelding Executive Privilege […]
The fifth and final event in the eastern region of the 2010 Jump Canada Young Horse Series took place during Le Concours Hippique de Parc Ete held August 12-15 at the Blainville Equestrian Park in Blainville, QC. Melissa Marcotte and Well Time de Villa d’Arto dominated the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division. The pair jumped clear […]
FEI Presidential nominee highlights unrest over performance of FEI and signals the need for a fresh approach. The FEI is not meeting the needs of National Federations and there is unrest over the way in which a range of issues are currently handled. These are among the key findings from a 100-day Listening Programme, conducted […]
Two vaulters from Alberta and two from British Columbia will represent Canada at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. Jeanine vanderSluijs of Olds, Alberta and Hannah Marland of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta will be joined by a sister and brother from Chilliwack, BC, Alisa Schmidt and Colin Schmidt. Marita Hoppe from the Okotoks area […]
Over fifty show jumpers including many of the World’s top 30 showjumping riders will be arriving in Rio in the next 48 hours to compete for 620’000 Euro in show prize money and to decide who will head the GCT rankings and carry off the winner’s share of the One Million Euro Bonus. Each rider […]
Marcelo Chirico (URU) and Links Hot Gossip were the stars in Singapore today, clinching individual gold in a jump-off against Mario Gamboa (COL), who had to settle for silver, while Dalma Rushdi H Malhas (KSA) won out in a six-way jump-off for the bronze on another scorching day – inside and outside the YOG Jumping […]
