Oliver Townend retained his lead at The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in the most stylish fashion on the elegant grey Carousel Quest and now has a jumping fence in hand to score a rare double, following his Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials victory in May, and take a commanding lead in the HSBC FEI […]

The violently windy conditions at The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR) proved no handicap to the leader after Dressage, Oliver Townend (GBR), who is also heading the HSBC FEI Classics™ at this fourth leg of the worldwide series of CCI 4s.   Townend, 26, conjured a beautiful, light performance out of the elegant grey […]

Aurora, Ontario – Horse Sport is proud to present Olympic Gold medalist Heike Kemmer in her first Canadian clinic on September 25, 26 & 27 at Stirling Hill Farm in King City, ON. In conjunction with this event, Schleese Saddlery is hosting a complimentary reception for all clinic attendees from 5pm to 7pm on Friday […]

Crunch-time approaches in the HSBC FEI Classics™, as a star-studded cast lines up for the fourth and penultimate leg, The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR) this weekend (3-6 September).   The big question is can William Fox-Pitt, last year’s HSBC FEI Classics™ winner, maintain his extraordinary record here with a third successive triumph and […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Karl Slezak of Tottenham, ON, and Don J. Good’s 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, Charley Farley, topped the Canadian entries in the advanced CIC 3* division at the Richland Park Horse Trials in Richland, MI, held August 20–23, 2009. Posting a dressage score of 54.8, adding only 4.8 time penalties over Ian Stark’s cross-country […]

Ottawa, ON—Canadian riders won two out of three small tour FEI classes at the Centerline Events at HITS on the Hudson, CDI-W Saugerties, held in Saugerties, NY, August 14–16, 2009. Cheryl Meisner of Blandford, NS, and Lucky Strike, John Risley’s 16-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Ferro x Aktion), started the Canadian winning streak with a victory […]

Ottawa, ON—Cheryl Meisner won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle at CDI-W Beaulieu International Dressage Classic, held at Beaulieu Farm in St Justine de Newton, QC, August 6-9, 2009. During the Freestyle, Meisner of Blandford, NS, and Paganini, John Risley’s 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Havidoff x Statuar) performed another very strong test […]

Lord Stevens, the former Chief of the Metropolitan Police, today announced recommendations to combat doping within equestrian sport and to ensure the integrity of its Governing Body.   As the Chair of the Stevens Commission of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) – the sport’s governing body – Lord Stevens today announced the Commission’s independent recommendations […]

Ottawa, Ontario – It was a homecoming of sorts when Roman K, a horse born and bred in Ottawa, won the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division of the 2009 Canadian Young Horse Jumper Development Series held August 14 at the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments in Ottawa, ON. Paul Halpern, who has guided Roman K throughout […]

Saugerties, NY – HITS, Inc. is excited to announce that they will offer a $1 Million USGPL Grand Prix at the HITS Saugerties Summer Show Series on Sunday, September 12, 2010. The grand prix will be the culmination of qualifying opportunities in grand prix events at all of the 2010 HITS horse shows, including Thermal, Ocala, […]