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Canadian Pony Club International Mounted Games Exchange Team

The following Pony Club members from across Canada will form the team for the 2009 International Mounted Games (PPG) competition to be held at the Calgary Polo Grounds, July 6th: Meghan Midwood, Toronto/North York Branch, Central Ontario Region Nicole Robinson,  Guelph Branch, Western Ontario Region Kelsey Van Brabant, Sturgeon Valley Branch, Alberta North Region Kara […]
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$1.45 Million Investment into Bromont Horse Park

Bromont, PQ – Mr. Pierre Paradis, Member of Parliament for Brome-Missisquoi and President of the Commission de l’agriculture, des pêcheries et de l’alimentation, announced today on behalf of Vice-Premier and Minister of Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire, Mrs. Nathalie Normandeau, that the Société d’agriculture du comté de Shefford will benefit from $966,790 […]
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Spruce Meadows Skyliner/Continental Thursday

The best certainly came out to play tonight at Spruce Meadows for the Husky Energy Cup.  There were 42 competitors who looked to finish ahead of the rest over the Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) designed course. The first round of competition saw 14 horse/rider combinations get the best of the 15 jumping efforts that spanned over […]
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Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ – 2009 Rotterdam Draw

Sweden is drawn first of the 10 teams, and Switzerland will be last into the ring for the fourth leg of the 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series in Rotterdam, The Netherlands tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. The draw took place at the Kralingse Bos showground today (thursday) and the order of go is as follows –  […]
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Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ on iTunes

Podcasts from the three legs of the Meydan FEI Nations CupTM which have already taken place – La Baule, Rome and St-Gallen – are available on iTunes (click here) where they can be listened to and downloaded. Listen to the latest audio updates and stay iTuned!
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Spruce Meadows Skyliner/Continental Wednesday

The junior/amateurs took centre stage today at Spruce Meadows with the 1.40 metre Paramount Resources Prix des Nations.  There were eight teams competing in the Nations’ Cup style competition.  There was more than pride on the line as teams looked to win tonight and to earn a spot in Sunday’s Final Four competition. Just like […]
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Canadian Reining Teams Named for 2009 NAJYRC

Ottawa, ON—Canadian Reining Committee (CRC) is pleased to announce the teams that will represent Canada and their provinces at the 2009 Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 21-26 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, also the site of the 2010 Alltech FEI […]
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Owner of Hickstead Horse Show Dies

Douglas Bunn, founder and owner of The All England Jumping Course, Hickstead, died peacefully in his sleep at home on Tuesday, June 16, surrounded by his family. He was 81 and had been ill for only a short time. Although some records show his birthday as March 1, 1928, Douglas was in fact born on Leap […]
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Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ – 2009 Rotterdam Preview

The tension is mounting as the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series arrives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands this week.  This event marks the half-way stage of the team challenge which pits 10 great show jumping nations against each other in an eight-leg battle for survival in the premiership of the sport.  The USA holds the lead […]
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Spruce Meadows Skyliner/Continental Tuesday

The “Continental/Skyliner” Tournament kicked off at Spruce Meadows today with an exciting feature competition, the 1.45 metre Scotiabank Cup.  There were 31 entries hoping to master the Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) designed course. Palacios is not known for going easy on riders and today was no different as he came at them with 14 jumping efforts […]