The CARD Equestrian Clinic Series featuring dressage riders Andrea Bresee, Julie Watchorn and Diane Creech kicks off in November. All sessions will be hosted at the CARD headquaters in North York, Ontario. Clinic Dates November 30th, 2008 – Andrea Bresee – 2007 Canadian Dressage Pan-Am Team Silver Medalist December 14th, 2008 – Julie Watchorn – […]

Toronto, ON – Jean Rablat may be an amateur in the sport of eventing but tonight he beat a handful of Olympians including an Olympic champion to bring home the win in the first round of the Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing Championship at The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Competing in indoor eventing for the […]

Olympic gold medalist, Anky Van Grunsven, is looking to expand her riding horizons by taking up the western discipline of reining. Reports note that she hopes to attend the 2010 World Equestrian Games in both dressage and reining. Apparently Van Grunsven received a western saddle as a gift after the Olympics and had begun taking […]

Ottawa, ON—Election results are in for the 2009 Dressage Canada Committee, with the election generating voter turnout from across the country. Dressage Canada Nominations Committee received five nominees for the two open positions on the 2009 Dressage Canada Committee. Dressage Canada welcomes Lisa Hossack-Scott and Kim Goodyear to the Committee. These individuals will take office […]

He was last to go, both in the first round of the Verona Rolex FEI World Cupâ„¢ competion and in the jump off, but in the prize giving ceremony, Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst was first to be congratulated. Verona was a dream coming true for this very experienced rider from Germany and his mount, one of the best […]

A second hearing in the prohibited substance case involving the horse Camiro ridden by Tony Andre Hansen (NOR) at the 2008 Olympic Games, took place today, Saturday 8 November 2008, from 10h to 18h in Lausanne. The panel of the FEI Tribunal heard testimonies from expert witnesses and received additional submissions from the legal teams […]

On September 15, 2008, the Canadian equestrian community tragically lost one of its top up-and-coming dressage horses, Wedding Surprise (World Cup III x Imperator). “Weddy,” as he was affectionately known around the barn, died suddenly only a short time after performing brilliantly at the Saugerties International Dressage Show in New York State. Weddy was the […]

Toronto, ON – Two-time Canadian Olympian Jay Hayes took four years to do it, but last night at The Royal Horse Show, Hayes won the National Final of the Kubota Cup Series. Spanning eight months and seven cities coast-to-coast, the Kubota Cup Series pits riders from the east against the best from the west. The […]

Toronto, Ontario—Keean White of Rockwood, ON, claimed his first Canadian Championship title by winning the $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championship presented by Greenhawk on November 8 at The Royal Horse Show.  The 10-day international equestrian competition is held as part of 86th edition of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair from November 7-16 in Toronto, ON. […]

Toronto, ON – 28 year-old Erynn Ballard of Tottenham, Ontario, took top honours in round one of the $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championships presented by Greenhawk, on opening night of competition at the Royal Horse Show. The show is part of the 86th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair running until November 16th, at the Direct Energy […]