Ottawa, ON— Karen Cudmore originally of Victoria, BC, and now based in Omaha, NE, will be Canada’s representative at the 2010 The Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final in Geneva, SWI, from April 15–18, 2010. After the final North American World Cup League qualifying event was held in Tampa, FL, on April 4, 2010, Cudmore finished […]

Geneva (SUI), 13 April 2010  “If your horse is found to have a banned substance in its system, you are looking at a two-year suspension,” FEI Veterinary Director Graeme Cooke warned riders competing at this week’s Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final.   The warning came at the riders’ briefing before the start of five […]

The FEI is to freeze the Rolex Rankings points for Jumping riders on maternity leave, starting with the April Rankings issued today. Under the new system, female riders will now lose only 50% of their Rolex Rankings points during their absence from competition while on maternity leave.   The new ruling means that former world […]

Geneva (SUI), 9 April 2010   Watch the Excitement Unfold on FEI TV The provisional FEI TV broadcasting schedule from the Palexpo Arena in Geneva is as follows: Thursday 15 April 2010      –           19.10 to 21.15 CEST, Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final, Jumping Friday 16 April 2010          –           19.10 to 21.45 CEST, Rolex FEI World […]

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) is delighted to announce that it has renewed its partnership with the Swiss watchmaker Rolex for a further period of three years through 2013.   Rolex will remain the title sponsor of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping – Western European League and Final. The partnership also covers the television […]

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is reminding the Canadian equine industry that import requirements introduced in 2009 in response to an outbreadk of contagious equine metritis (CEM) in the United States (U.S.) remain in effect.  The requirements cover the certification of equine germplasm (semen and embryos) and live horses from the U.S.   Canada […]

The FEI Working Group tasked with expanding current guidelines for Stewards to facilitate clear implementation of the policy on warm-up techniques has finalised its report on guidelines to prevent any form of aggressive riding at FEI events. The completed document will be submitted to the FEI Bureau at its meeting on 15 April. A further […]

Halton Hills, Ontario – Riding on the overwhelming success of the inaugural ‘Equi-Challenge ’09’, held at the Aziz family’s Iron Horse Farm in Caledon, OVC is pleased to announce the plans for Equi-Challenge 2010 to be held at Halton Place in the beautiful Halton Hills on August 26th. While the venue has changed, the unique […]

Ottawa, ON — The Florida show season may be over, but Canadians are still competing elsewhere and earning their qualifying scores for the World Equestrian Games team.  Wendy Christoff of Delta, BC earned her third score above 65% at the CDI3* Burbank aboard Pfalstaff, her 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding by Palladium.  The duo earned 65.830% in […]

The holder of the Rolex FEI World Cup, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, hoped to be able to defend her title from 14 to 18 April in Geneva, on one of her favourite courses. The American-born German rider, who gave birth to little Brianne Victoria on 27 February, is nevertheless forced to withdraw. While she rode Shutterfly […]