Fierce competition continued at Spruce Meadows today, starting with the AKITA Drilling Cup.  It was a full entry with 58 horse/rider combinations making their way around the Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) designed course. There were seven who bested the 14 jumping efforts, moving onto the jump-off round.  American Olympic Team Gold Medalist Will Simpson was able […]

Halton Place, Ontario – The final event of the Ontario Championships, held as part of the 2009 Canadian Young Horse Jumper Development Series, took place during the Canadian Country Classic I at Halton Place, ON, from August 26-30. The Ontario Champions are determined using the best five results from all Ontario competitions included in the […]

On November 7, 2009, join MC Melissa Grelo (from the CP24 Morning Show) and Canadian Show Jumping Chef D’equippe Torchy Millar in celebrating CARD’s 40TH Anniversary of service to children and adults with disabilities across the GTA at a special Champagne Brunch & Matinee Performance in honour of CARD at the Royal Winter Fair. Details […]

Calgary, AB – Competition began at the 2009 Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament with a bang in the Zeidler Financial Cup.  The international entry of 59 horse/rider combinations was looking to begin their week with a win. The week certainly started right for Canada’s Olympic Gold medalist Eric Lamaze.  Riding his 9 year-old Dutch Warmblood mare […]

The $20,000 Western Canadian Championships for the Canadian Young Horse Jumper Development Series had a new home this year at the Rocky Mountain Classic II

Ottawa, Ontario — John Anderson of Calgary, AB, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, Ian Millar of Perth, ON, and Beth Underhill also of Schomberg, ON, will form the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup held Saturday, September 12, at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, AB. Former Olympian Anderson […]

The fifth FEI Young Rider and Junior World Endurance Championships took place from 4 to 6 September 2009 in Babolna, Hungary. The run up to the competition was hot and dry with temperatures reaching 34 degrees during the week prior to the competition. Whilst Hungary have previously hosted Driving Championships this was the first time […]

Halton Hills, On – A young rider from Colombia made his Canadian debut an auspicious one last Sunday (September 6) by winning the Swisscan $100,000 World Cup Qualifier at Halton Place. Daniel Bluman, 19, and his 14-year-old Hanoverian ‘Fatalis Fatum’ finished on top in a field of 19 international riders in the grand prix, held week […]

Calgary, Alberta – Anderson Ranch in Calgary, AB, played host to three weeks of top level show jumping competition with the Rocky Mountain Classic tournaments. Calgary’s own John Anderson won the first of two featured events, the $50,000 Oilpatch Grand Prix on Saturday, August 22, while Marshall Whyte of Cochrane, AB, won the $50,000 Friends […]

It’s rare that Oliver Townend (GBR) is lost for words, but the ever-ebullient Yorkshireman had tears in his eyes as he completed one of Eventing’s rarest doubles, show jumping clear on Carousel Quest to win The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR) and extend his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics™ to 12 points over […]