In another afternoon of Swiss magic, Beat Mandli made it three-in-a-row for the European gold medal winning nation when galloping to victory in the third leg of the 2009/2010 Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping series at Lyon in France. Riding the relatively novice nine year old gelding Louis, who has been stepped up this season […]
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Lyon, France – It may have been more than a year since Canada’s Eric Lamaze and Hickstead captured the Olympic Gold Medal, but the pair proved that they are still at the top of their game by winning the €120,000 Equita Masters by GPA held Saturday, October 31, at CSI5*-W Lyon, France. Saturday’s featured class […]
Ottawa, Ontario—Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the establishment of the Dressage Canada Hall of Fame. Through the Hall of Fame, Dressage Canada will share, celebrate and appreciate the all significant Canadian contributors to the sport of dressage. With plans in place to hold the first Hall of Fall gala ceremony in spring 2010, […]
Toronto, ON – Don’t panic if you can’t make it to Toronto this November to catch every performance of The Royal Horse Show in person. Once the show begins, the entire event (including the Opening day Royal Visit by Prince Charles and Camilla, the National Holstein Show and the Canadian 4-H Junior Dairy Classic) will […]
Ottawa, ON— Effective January 1, 2010, the 2010 Canadian Eventing (CE) national membership will be integrated with the Equine Canada Individual Sport Licence. An individual who purchases the 2010 Canadian Eventing national membership will receive one card containing both their Equine Canada Sport Licence number plus the word EVENTING. The goal of the new process […]
Ottawa, ON—Rebecca Howard of Salmon Arm, BC, was the top foreign rider in both the CCI 3* and the CCI 2* divisions at the rain soaked Dansko Fair Hill International Three Day Event held October 15–18, 2009, in Elkon, MD, USA. Throughout the competition, competitors braved cold temperatures, heavy rain and high winds. Despite the […]
This November, world-class show jumping will once again take centre stage at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show, part of the 87th Annual Royal Agricultural Winter Fair running November 6th through 15th at Exhibition Place. Opening weekend at The Royal Horse Show is reserved for the Canadians, with two nights of the $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping […]
The Spruce Meadows “Harvest Classic” Tournament came to a close today with the 1.40 m Richardson Partners Financial Cup. There were 25 entries that made their way into the ring each looking to move onto the jump-off round. The course was designed by Anthony D’Ambrosio and he tested each horse/rider combination that came into the […]
FEI World Cup™ Driving title defender Boyd Exell from Australia was a class of its own at the first leg of the 2009/2010 season. Exell drove an impeccable fast round and stayed 10 seconds ahead of Koos de Ronde from the Netherlands and Tomas Eriksson from Sweden. With four out of the six 2008/2009 World […]