Ottawa, Ontario—Three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON, finished in second place in the Grand Prix today with her 2008 Olympic mount, Pop Art, at the $130,000 Exquis World Dressage Masters, held January 29–31 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, in Wellington, FL, USA. Out of an accomplished international field of 20 top […]

West Palm Beach, FL – Dressage rider Shannon Dueck was all smiles after winning the FEI Test of Choice class aboard her Oldenburg mare Ayscha at the Gold Coast Dressage Association Opener CDIW show. Dueck’s class was sponsored by The Oaks of Lake City and Dueck was presented with a beautiful Oaks of Lake City […]

Ottawa, ON—Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce the 2009 Canadian National Eventing Team. The Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee approved the list on December 2, 2008, which recognizes performance results achieved at 2,3 and 4 star CCIs to November 17, 2008.  SHORT LIST Rider                         Horse                                    Hometown Diana Burnett              Manny                                    Blackstock, ON Kyle Carter                 Madison Park                          Calgary, AB […]

Ottawa, ON—Jump Canada is pleased to announce the members of the 2009 Jump Canada Talent Squad.  During the 2008 season, 17 Talent Squad qualifying competitions were held in the Eastern Division while 13 qualifying competitions comprised the Western Division.  The best five riders from each division form the 2009 Jump Canada Talent Squad. Rider (listed […]

Ottawa, Ontario—The Jump Canada High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the 2009 Canadian Show Jumping Team Short List, comprised this year of 20 athletes. The first four athletes named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, China.  The fifth athlete traveled to the 2008 Olympic […]

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is pleased to announce the appointment of Gayle McPherson as President and Chair of the Board – an impressive position in its own right, but one that deserves special recognition as Gayle is the first-ever woman elected to fill this role in the 87-year history of the Fair. As President, […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Toronto native and three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer, who currently resides in New York, NY, won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the CDI-W Gold Coast Opener, held January 23–25, in Loxahatchee, FL, USA. Riding Pop Art (Amsterdam x Cabochon), a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Rusty Holzer and […]

Wellington, Florida – Canadian show jumping athlete Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, began his first week of competition in Wellington, Florida, with a win in the $30,000 WEF Challenge Cup on Thursday, January 22. The FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, now in week three of its 12-week run in Wellington, FL, saw 53 starters turn out […]

Kati Macoun, 14, of Calgary, AB, finished 12th at the 2008 FEI International Jumping Children’s Final in Bogota, Colombia.

The Uplands Farm Eastern Canadian Free Jumping Championship will be held on Sunday April 5, 2009 at the Royal Canadian Riding Academy.  The competition is jointly organized by the Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada and the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association.  The sponsor of the competition is Uplands Farm which is owned by Jennifer […]