As the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series gets underway in La Baule, France next week there could hardly be a more cutting-edge to this century-old sporting series. For the second consecutive season a total of 10 countries will do battle, but the competition will be more ferocious than ever because four will be relegated […]
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Moffat, ON – Canada’s Cara Whitham was released from hospital on Thursday, May 6, and will resume her judging duties beginning with the CDI3* Allentown, NJ, from May 27-30, 2010. Whitham of Moffat, ON, holds her FEI 5* (previously called‘O’) judge’s card in both dressage and eventing, and will be a member of the dressage ground […]
HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing takes place at opposite ends of the globe this weekend (7-9 May), with the third and fourth events in the 2010 series taking place at Sydney (AUS) and Marbach (GER). A new reciprocal arrangement between the organisers of last month’s Kihikihi CIC***-W (NZL) and Sydney has meant that Australian and […]
Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is pleased to announce the availability of Dressage, Jumping, Para-Dressage and Endurance ticket packages for the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG). The 2010 World Equestrian Games are being held September 25–October 20, 2010 at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Equine Canada is offering ticket packages to all interested spectators. […]
Paul Tapner (AUS), described by fellow riders as one of the hardest working in the sport, rode with focus and determination to achieve the greatest moment of his Eventing career. He went clear in the final Jumping to hold his slim overnight lead at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), and now lies in […]
Nominations for the FEI Presidential election closed at midnight May 1, 2010, and three candidates have been put forward for the post. HRH Princess Haya, who was elected to the FEI Presidency in 2006, has declared that she is seeking a second four-year term to take her through to the 2014 General Assembly. The other two […]
Paul Tapner (AUS) was clearly overjoyed as he came through the finish line at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR) on his second ride, Inonothing. His celebrations were more than justified as, after an enthralling and dramatic Cross Country day, he found himself in the lead at a 4-star event for the first time. […]
ai Rüder (GER) and his powerful stallion Le Prince des Bois held an appropriately regal lead at the close of Dressage at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), the second leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. Rüder, 39 and making his Badminton debut after a 20-year quest, has a 5.8-penalty lead over first […]
Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is pleased to introduce two new faces to the equine community. With the recent departure of program coordinator—dressage, Peggy Olivier, to maternity leave, Equine Canada is pleased to announce the hiring of Kari MacGregor to fill the position. With a passion for dressage, MacGregor has an extensive knowledge of […]
It was no surprise to see Ruth Edge (GBR) at the head of affairs after the first day of Dressage at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, the second leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. Edge, a three-times British National Champion, is not only greatly respected on the dressage circuit in Britain, where she […]