Ottawa, ON – Jump Canada has established a task force to review its current Jump Canada Competition Policy, to update it for future years and to answer the continuing need to keep it current with the existing status of the sport in Canada. The task force is charged with examining all aspects of the current Jump […]

On March 21, Manfred Lopp, retired Hauptsattelmeister of the Celle National State Stud, died at the age of 80. Manfred Lopp was born on June 19, 1929. He started to work for the Lower Saxonian National State Stud Celle in 1946. In 1955, he completed his exam as certified riding instructor and in 1958/1959, he […]

The silver anniversary FEI World Cup™ Dressage final begins tomorrow at s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands and you can follow every moment of the exciting action with FEI TV’s live coverage from the Brabanthalle Arena.  Following the withdrawal of Hungary’s Acs Robert, the Austrian rider Peter Gmoser has taken his place amongst the 15 world-class competitors who […]

Ottawa, ON – WEG declared Canadian rider Wendy Christoff of Delta, BC earned a solid score of 67.277% in the Grand Prix test at Dressage Affaire, a CDI3* held March 13-14, 2010 in Del Mar, CA.  Riding Pfalstaff, her 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding sired by Paladium, Christoff placed fifth in a class dominated by elite American riders, […]

On Tuesday, March 23, the Greenwich Council’s Planning Committee voted in favour of the planning application submitted by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) for the temporary use of land at Greenwich Park, the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Naval College and Blackheath Circus Field for the London 2012 Equestrian and Modern […]

The 2009/2010 FEI World Cup™ Dressage season has been a very special one as this important series celebrates its 25th anniversary. And what better way to bring it to a close than to see the final return to where it all began – at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands.  It was here 25 years ago that […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada would like to congratulate Kerri McGregor of Newmarket, ON, on being named as a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s (COC) Sport Partners Relations committee. Sport Partners Relations is responsible for the COC’s rapport with national sport organisations (NSO), augmenting the role and experience of COC Session Members, fostering Canadian […]

Thermal, CA – Canadian Olympian Jill Henselwood couldn’t have imagined a better way to finish the 2010 HITS Desert Circuit than to win the blue and a first-place check of $90,000 in the $300,000 Lamborghini Grand Prix of the Desert, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, aboard Bradon Construction’s Bottom Line. The decorated Grand Prix Rider has won […]

Wellington, FL – At the WEF Dressage Classic, the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDI 3* ran under the lights in the International Arena. It was Canada’s Belinda Trussell and Anton, owned by Robyn Eames, who took their second victory of the show with a score of 73.900% in their very first freestyle together. Todd Flettrich […]

Calgary, AB – Rocky Mountain Show Jumping will host two weeks of competition sanctioned by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) during its Rocky Mountain Classic I and Rocky Mountain Classic II show jumping tournaments held in August of 2010 in Calgary, AB. This marks the first time that Rocky Mountain Show Jumping will host FEI-sanctioned competition. […]