The ladies dominated the line-up at the eighth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ series in Leipzig, Germany. Ireland’s Jessica Kuerten produced a devastating burst of speed to pip runner-up Edwina Alexander from Australia and third-placed Frenchwoman Penelope Leprevost in a 16-way jump-off.  The girls simply out-galloped the boys against the clock, and this was […]

Ottawa, ON – Breeders of horses in Canada enjoy unique advantages found nowhere else in the world.  As Canada is geographically vast, breeders must draw on unique solutions that will consolidate their efforts so that they can leverage off of these advantages to become a leading exporter of horses to the world. On Friday, February 5, […]

The 2010 CHIO held in Aachen will test the new dressage pilot project for a revised Olympic format. After the Olympic Games 2008, the FEI established a “Dressage Task Force”. Show director of the CHIO Aachen, Frank Kemperman, was appointed chairman of the Task Force that reviewed proposals for the advancement of dressage sport. “We want to make the sport more entertaining and more comprehensible”, said […]

The FEI announced details of a five-year Global Education Program for Eventing Officials today. The CHF 1 million project, which will support the regular FEI Educational and Certification system for Eventing Officials at all levels, is funded by the FEI.   The mission of the Education Programme is to improve and align safety standards and […]

The FEI Tribunal has announced its decision in the case of the British Equestrian Federation’s (BEF) challenge to the FEI Bureau resolution relegating the British team from the FEI Nations Cup™. The Tribunal has decided not to intervene in the Bureau’s decision of 17 September 2009 relegating the Great Britain, Belgium, and Italian teams and […]

Ottawa, ON – Canadian Eventing Committee is please to announce the 2010 Canadian National Eventing Team. The Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee approved the list which recognizes performance results achieved at 2, 3 and 4 star CCI competitions and CIC 3 star competitions to November 16, 2009. Riders are listed in alphabetical order. SHORT LIST […]

Ottawa, ON – Dressage Canada’s Senior High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the 2010 Dressage Short and Long Lists. The horse/rider combinations were selected based on criteria that considered 2009 competition results. The following horse/rider combinations have been identified as official members of the 2010 Dressage Canada Short List A Listing Criteria – Rider – […]

Ottawa, ON – The Jump Canada High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the 2010 Canadian Show Jumping Team Short List. Based on the 2010 Short List Criteria, the first four athletes named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team represented Canada as members of the 2009 Spruce Meadows “Masters” Nations’ Cup Team.  The fifth athlete […]

Ottawa, ON – Cheryl Meisner of Blandford, NS, and Paganini, John Risley’s 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Havidoff x Statuar), will also represent Canada at the $145,000 Exquis World Dressage Masters, scheduled for February 4–6, 2010 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, in Wellington, FL, USA.  The pair, who had a very successful 2009 competition […]

Ottawa, ON – Canadian Olympians Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON, and Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON, will represent Canada at the at the $145,000 Exquis World Dressage Masters, to be held February 4–6, 2010 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, in Wellington, FL, USA. Holzer and Trussell were selected to represent Canada based on […]