As Canada’s Olympic show jumping team selection enters the final stretch, Eric Lamaze won what might be the toughest test on Canada’s road to the Beijing Games. In cool, windy conditions, in a torrential downpour, Lamaze came up the victor in the $200,000 grand prix at the Spruce Meadows National tournament. Facing competitors from six […]

The IOC and the FEI Bureau have approved the proposal of the FEI Eventing Committee and Safety Sub-Committee regarding a change of rule for Eventing to apply for all events as of 1 August 2008 including the Olympic Games. The new rule states that horses AND riders will be eliminated after ONE fall at fence […]

Jack deWit, President of the Ontario Equestrian Federation (OEF), has announced the planned retirement of OEF Executive Director, Marcia Barrett, effective December 31, 2008. “It is with much disappointment that the Board of Directors has accepted the decision to retire by its Chief Executive Officer at the end of the year”, reported deWit, “as Marcia […]

The deadline for nations to confirm their participation at the 2008 Olympic Games was 31 May 2008. In light of the confirmations from the National Olympic Committees, the latest list of qualified nations per discipline (team and individual) attending the 2008 Olympic Games is presented below. Cancellations in both Dressage and Eventing have meant that […]

Ottawa, Ontario—It is with regret that Equine Canada announces the departure of their Program Coordinator—Competitions, Natalia Dilauro.   Dilauro will be joining the federal government working at Human Resources and Social Development Canada.   “I would like to take this opportunity to wish Equine Canada all the best in its future endeavors,” remarked Dilauro. “The […]

Troy, Ontario – Canadian-bred horses won all age divisions when the second event in the 2008 Canadian Young Horse Development Series, the Fox Run Spring Horse Show II, was held Sunday, May 25, in Troy, ON. In the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division, Divine Diva and Michelle Vandal emerged victorious, turning in the fastest clear round […]

Québec, Québec – Cavalor Canada sponsored rider Bianca Lafontaine enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime when she spent a week training in Belgium with top-ranked show jumping athlete Ludo Philippaerts. Lafontaine, 19, of Beaconsfield, QC, spent one week at the end of April working and riding with Philippaerts at his training center in Gruitrode, Belgium. […]

Lexington, KY − The United States Equestrian Federation is devastated to report that Theodore O’Connor was humanely euthanized today as a result of an injury sustained in an accident at Karen and David O’Connor’s barn in The Plains, VA. The 13-year-old eventing super pony defied odds and gravity throughout his career. Standing only 14.1 hands, […]

The newly established HSBC FEI Classics is a series linking the five 4-Star Eventing competitions currently on the international calendar. 2008 Calendar of Events 1. Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event (USA) April 24-27 2. Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR) May 1-4 3. Luhmuhlen CCI**** presented by E.ON Avacon (GER) June 12-15 4. Land Rover […]

“It all began because of my friendship with Markus,” said Swiss Chef d’Equipe Rolf Grass, talking about his role as show jumping team manager earlier this week. It’s late in the evening, because he has been busy at work all day, but you can sense that discussing the other great passion in his life is […]