A last minute decision landed Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, QC, in the winner’s circle for the $32,000 Brookstreet/CompetitiveJumpers.com Open Welcome held Thursday, August 19, at the CSI2* National Capital Show Jumping Tournament in Ottawa, ON. A mid-afternoon thunderstorm before the competition, sanctioned by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and scheduled for 5 p.m., made […]
Team Europe has won the coveted team gold at the Youth Olympic Games after a nail biting jump-off between three teams in a day of unsurpassed excitement in the jumping arena. Three teams – Europe, Australasia and Africa – were all on four penalties going into today’s second round and it proved to be a […]
John Anderson of Calgary, AB, Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, will form the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup held Saturday, September 11, at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, AB. Former Olympian Anderson will be paired with […]
The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Combined Driving Event is for four-in-hand drivers and Canada will be represented by two drivers—Darryl Billing of Elmira, ON and Debbie Laderoute of Calgary, AB. Billing qualified his own Dutch Warmblood geldings, eight-year-olds Victor and Villeroy, 10-year-olds Thunder and Tornado, 23-year-old Hudson, and 18-year-old King. Laderoute qualified […]
The Youth Olympic Games equestrian events got off to a flying start at the beautiful Singapore Equestrian venue today, with Australasia, Africa and Europe sharing the lead after the first round of the Teams Jumping competition. Clear rounds came from Australasia’s Thomas McDermott (AUS) and Jake Lambert (NZL), Africa’s Abdalla Mohamed (EGY) and Samantha McIntosh […]
The Asian team will be pathfinders for the first equestrian event of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games, Round One of the team Jumping event, following this morning’s draw. This historic competition gets underway tomorrow at 9.30am Singapore time in front of a sell out crowd. The order of go for the team Jumping event is: […]
The FEI Congress on Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) Usage and Medication in the Equine Athlete has been hailed as an invaluable contribution to the debate on the in-competition use of NSAIDs. In a ground-breaking approach by the FEI, the Congress brought together the most up-to-date scientific data and non-scientific aspects of NSAID usage for over […]
A free-to-view video release about the FEI Congress on NSAID Usage and Medication in the Equine Athlete, which was held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland on 16/17 August 2010, is now available on the FEI You Tube channel – www.youtube.com/user/feichannel
Organizers have announced a revised schedule for the second week of competition, running August 18 to 22, of the National Capital Show Jumping Tournament at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. Due to severe thunderstorms in the Ottawa area on Sunday, August 15, the $75,000 Brookstreet Grand Prix did not run. The second […]
Greg Kuti of Schomberg, ON, riding Prudence won the $5,000 Jump Canada Hunter Derby held Saturday evening, August 14, during the CSI2* National Capital Show Jumping Tournament at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. The $5,000 Jump Canada Hunter Derby attracted stiff competition as a total of 35 entries vied for victory, as […]
