Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada proudly announces that the recipient of the 2009 Equine Canada / Just Add Horses Environment Award is Hayes Co. The Equine Canada / Just Add Horses Environment Award recognizes a member of Equine Canada who practices and promotes outstanding and environmentally-friendly stewardship practices. With the inception of the Collingwood Horse Show […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is proud to name Ashley Holzer the 2009 Equestrian of the Year Award. As one of Canada’s most successful international dressage riders, Holzer won many Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle classes in 2009 with her talented 2008 Olympic mount Pop Art, a Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Rusty Holzer […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada has named Maura Leahy of Dugald, Manitoba, as the 2009 Volunteer of the Year. Leahy became involved in the sport of endurance in 1997 and rides at the local level. She organizes and manages two to three endurance rides per year in her home province of Manitoba. Leahy has been involved […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada has named Conley Driediger, 17, of Chilliwack, BC, the 2009 Junior Equestrian of the Year. The Gillian Wilson Award is given annually to the Junior Equestrian of the Year in recognition of a junior competitor who has made outstanding contributions to equestrian competition and who has exemplified exceptional talent, sportsmanship, […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is pleased to announce that Masterfeeds, the Official Gold Feed Partner of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), donated $10,000 to the Canadian Equestrian Team. Starting in 2009, Equine Canada and Masterfeeds joined forces at major tradeshows including the Spruce Meadows Masters and The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair […]

Canadian Eventing is pleased to introduce The Four Star Supporters Club. This is an exclusive opportunity for supporters and patrons of our High Performance initiatives to provide support to our National Team program as well as receive special opportunities at Major Games over the next three years. The first of these opportunities will take place […]

Following constructive debate at the FEI round-table conference at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne, the consensus of the group was that any head and neck position achieved through aggressive force is not acceptable. The group redefined hyperflexion/Rollkur as flexion of the horse’s neck achieved through aggressive force, which is therefore unacceptable. The technique known as […]

Thermal, CA – Show Jumping at Desert Circuit II came to a close on Sunday afternoon when Karen Cudmore rode Blair Cudmore’s Ceonto to the top prize in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. Cudmore, of Omaha, Nebraska, bested 33 starters on International Course Designer Leopoldo Palacios’ first-round route and the […]

hermal, California – John Anderson of Calgary, AB, claimed the $30,000 HITS Grand Prix riding Terrific on Thursday, February 4, in Thermal, CA. Anderson had the distinct advantage of being the final rider from the 42-horse starting field to enter the indoor arena. Using a format that saw the fastest clear first round win, Anderson […]

Ottawa, ON – —Canadian Paralympian Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC, has been chosen as the City of Langley’s torch bearer for the 2010 Olympic Games. Barwick was selected by Langley’s Torch Relay Committee to represent the community and carry the Olympic Flame to the Langley Events Centre (LEC) for its official welcome on Monday, February […]