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 […]

Megan Jones (AUS) began the 2010 HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing season in the same convincing style with which she dominated the Antipodean competitions last year, swooping on the New Zealanders’ Mitavite International Horse Trial at Kihikihi to snatch an emphatic victory. As in 2009, Jones and her Kirby Park Irish Jester led from the […]

New equine ANTI-DOPING and controlled medication regulations and equine Prohibited substances list GO LIVE FOR ALL FEI EVENTS  The FEI today announced that the new Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations<http://www.feicleansport.org/Rules.pdf> and the Equine Prohibited Substances List<http://www.feicleansport.org/ProhibitedSubstancesList_Jan2010.pdf> are now in effect for all FEI events. All involved in equestrian sport, and especially competitors, National Federations, […]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rendered its final decision in the arbitration concerning the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) and the FEI. CAS has allowed the appeal of the BEF and has annulled the decision of the FEI Tribunal of 21 January 2010<http://www.fei.org/legal-activities/press-release/fei-tribunal-dismisses-bef%E2%80%99s-demand-reverse-gb-team-relegation>. This means that the British team will be allowed to […]

 Geneva (SUI), 7 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 Cup™ […]

Ocala, Florida – Canada’s Francois Lamontagne won the $30,000 Ocala Horse Properties LLC Grand Prix, Presented by Brook Ledge, Inc., held Sunday, April 4, at the fifth annual Ocala Jumping Classic in Ocala, FL. Lamontagne of St-Eustache, QC, was the third and final rider to join the jump-off from a starting field of 26 entries. […]