Estoril, Portugal – To warm up for Europe’s richest Grand Prix at the Global Champions tour of Portugal, the public were entertained by a two phase jumping contest. And it certainly was exciting. With this being the competitors last chance to score before the show’s climax there was going to be no bloodless victory like […]

Traverse City, MI – The third day of competition at the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival began Friday in the Polk Family Main Hunter Ring with the ASPCA Maclay and the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Medal classes. The blue ribbon during the ASPCA Maclay was awarded to Miranda Travers-Cavill for her ride aboard Linkin, […]

Ottawa, ON—The Canadian Eventing Committee (CEC) is a sub-committee of Equine Canada (EC).  Equine Canada is the body that governs all equestrian sport in Canada (except thoroughbred racing), and represents Canadian equestrian sport to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), to the Canadian Olympic Committee, and to the Canadian Government through Sport Canada (a major source […]

Ottawa, Ontario – International show jumping sport will have its home in Ottawa, ON, when the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments return from August 12-16 and August 19-23, 2009. The two-week show jumping tournament will take place at the Nepean National Equestrian Park, conveniently located at the 417 Queensway and Moodie Drive. Numerous Olympians will […]

Finishing in first place was Grand Finale 3E, a Canadian Sport Horse mare at the 2009 Canadian Young Horse Jumper Development Series

East Dorset, Vermont — The Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show debuted its new hunter ring for the second of six weeks of competition in East Dorset, VT. Canada’s Christi McQuaker enjoyed the first day of competition in the new hunter ring on Wednesday, July 8, by winning three classes, the Hi-Low as well as two […]

This is a joint letter from the President of the IJRC (International Jumping Riders Club), Rodrigo Pessoa and the IJRC Committee members Ludger Beerbaum, Francois Mathy, Eleonora Ottaviani, Cayetano Martinez de Irujo, Peter Wylde, Steve Guerdat, Michel Robert, and Roberto Cristofoletti; Eventing riders Bettina and Andrew Hoy;  the President of the IDRC (International Dressage Riders […]

Ottawa, ON—The Dressage Selection Committee for the 2009 North American Junior and Young Rider Championships is pleased to announce the selected athletes who will represent Canada at the Championships, which will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY July 21-26, 2009. The Junior riders will be represented by a total of nine […]

The Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park presented by BETA (7-9 August), has been allocated the HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing qualifier that, due to heavy rain, had to be abandoned at Chatsworth (16-17 May). This event will be the only HSBC FEI World Cup™ Qualifier in Great Britain. “We were all extremely disappointed […]

The Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park presented by BETA (7-9 August), has been allocated the HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing qualifier that, due to heavy rain, had to be abandoned at Chatsworth (16-17 May). This event will be the only HSBC FEI World Cup™ Qualifier in Great Britain. “We were all extremely disappointed […]