Blainville, Quebec – Amy Millar, of Perth, Ontario, admits that her 2008 season got off to a slow start, compared to her sensational 2007 season. But she changed all that Sunday in Blainville, Quebec, winning the $50,000 grand prix. It was really a test of speed, as 11 of the 18 entries jumped clean and […]

Calgary, Alberta- In the final stretch to the Olympic Games, Canadian team-mates Eric Lamaze and Jill Henselwood found themselves the only two finalists in a lucrative individual contest today. They topped the field of 42 starters from six nations in the $200,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Spruce Meadows. Lamaze was the defending champion in […]

The FEI has awarded the 2010 Final of the Rolex FEI World Cup TM Jumping to Geneva (SUI). This event, which will be held from 14 to 18 April 2010, is the second FEI World Cup Jumping Final to take place in the Swiss city after a first in 1996. “The FEI is looking forward […]

Ottawa, ON – Christilot Boylen has informed the Dressage Canada Olympic Selection Committee that she will not travel to Hong Kong with Gachino as the Reserve Combination for the 2008 Olympic Games.  The Reserve position requires that the combination travel with the three team combinations to be ready to compete at the Olympic Games so […]

Ottawa, ON-Following an injury sustained during training, Exploring ridden by Jessica Phoenix of Uxbridge, ON, has been withdrawn from the Team nominated to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games-Eventing Competition. It is expected that Exploring will make a full recovery for the 2009 season. Following the selection procedure, an alternate/substitute horse and rider combination will […]

Thermal, CA – June 30, 2008 – Since the close of the 2008 HITS Desert Circuit in Thermal, CA, the management team of the horse show has been working diligently to make improvements and renovations to the facility. It is now seven months before the 2009 winter show season, and HITS is pleased to announce […]

Ste. Justine De Newton, Quebec – Twenty-eight-year-old Lauren Hunkin, of Caledon, Ontario, is already making a habit of something she had never done  just over a week ago. One week to the day after her first-ever grand prix victory, Hunkin, repeated, scoring her second grand prix victory. The win came in the same venue and […]

Blainville, Quebec – Tina Busse-Irwin of Lakefield, ON, was the winner on Saturday night during the grand finale of the CDI-W Blainville International Classic held June 26 to 28 at Blainville Equestrian Park north of Montreal, QC. Sold-out since its inception, Saturday evening’s Freestyle Gala is the highlight of the CDI-W Blainville International Classic and […]

CALGARY, ALBERTA  – Members of Canada’s Olympic show jumping team competed as individuals on June 28th, along with riders from five other nations, and two of Canada’s team members went head-to-head in the tie-breaker. Jill Henselwood came up the victor in the $50,000 RBC Cup at the Spruce Meadows Canada One tournament. Henselwood, of Oxford […]

Blainville, Quebec – Quebec’s own Evi Strasser of Ste-Adele enjoyed success on Friday at the CDI-W Blainville International Classic taking place June 26 to 28 north of Montreal, QC. While the Canadian Olympian usually earns accolades as a competitor at the international dressage competition, on Friday she was celebrating victories as an owner and as […]