Blainville, Quebec – Jacqueline Brooks of Mount Albert, ON, won the Grand Prix Freestyle held Saturday night, June 27, at the Blainville Equestrian Park in Blainville, QC. In front of hundreds of appreciative spectators attending the Freestyle Gala, Brooks and her 2008 Olympic mount, Gran Gesto, powered their way to victory in the Grand Prix […]

Blainville, Quebec – Inclement weather was the main event on Friday, June 26, the second day of FEI competition at the CDI-W Blainville International Classic Dressage Show held in Blainville, QC. Fortunately for most of the international competitors, the storm clouds rolled in after their day in the show ring was over; but heavy rain, […]

It was a test course designer Anthony D’Amabrosio (USA) had been preparing the field for all week.  There were 17 jumping efforts that had to be completed clear in under 83 seconds.  The $65,000 ESSO Challenge was going to demand a flawless ride to clear its difficult course. While the horse/rider combinations may have been […]

The test was tough for today’s $50,000 RBC Cup.  The Anthony D’Ambrosio (USA) designed course had 16 jumping efforts over 600 metres in a time allowed of 90 seconds.  If the time allowed was not getting the riders, the water, the skinny or the triple combination were.  D’Ambrosio had a multitude of tricks up his […]

If Ian Millar (CAN) could look ahead to 2012 he would see himself his tenth Olympic Games in London, this time riding Dryden, his 8 year-old  Belgian Warmblood stallion.  For now Millar is working on developing a partnership with his mount one competition at a time. Today’s West Jet Cup was a perfect opportunity for […]

Blainville, PQ – On the opening day of FEI competition at the CDI-W Blainville International Classic running June 24-28 at the Blainville Equestrian Park north of Montreal, Cheryl Meisner of Blandford, NS, won the Grand Prix. The 33 degree temperatures had no apparent effect on Meisner’s mount Paganini, John Risley’s 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion, whose expressive […]

In the GCT of Monaco, the opening speed class was won easily by Ludo Phillipaerts with his amazing black stallion Tauber van Het Kapelhof. After a similar victory in Cannes this took the remarkably consistent horse’s tally of top class wins to 47. The pair beat Rodrigo Pessoa who was second on Palouche de Ligny, […]

The $60,000 GWL Realty Advisors Cup was a difficult test for the 30 entries on the first day of the Spruce Meadows “Canada One” Tournament.  Anthony D’Amabrosio (USA) put a course together that would challenge riders over the 16 jumping efforts over 520 metres. There were five horse/rider combinations who cleared every obstacle to earn […]

Palgrave, Ontario – The second leg of the 2009 Canadian Young Horse Jumper Development Series took place on Saturday, June 20, in rainy conditions during the Summer Classic at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. The Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division was dominated by owner and breeder, KingRidge Stables of King, ON. Rider Hugh Graham […]

Ottawa, ON—Equine Canada is pleased to announce a Federation Equestre International (FEI) Jumper Stewards Clinic. The clinic is open to all FEI jumper stewards and senior national stewards with permission from their national federation and Equine Canada Senior (S) and Senior National (SN) stewards. The clinic will take place at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, AB, […]