The following Championships were allocated for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011: 2008 JUMPING Americas Amateurs -Wellington, FL (USA) – 10-15 Dec 2008 2009 JUMPING Americas Juniors, Pre-Juniors & Children – Bogota (COL) – 8-12 October Balkan Young Riders, Juniors & Children – Piatra Neamt (ROU) – 4-6 September DRESSAGE World Breeding – Verden (GER) – 6-9 […]

The 2008 FEI General Assembly week got underway this morning in Buenos Aires (ARG) and is set to run through until Saturday 22 November.  An impressive number of meetings are scheduled for the week, including the General Assembly on Thursday 21 November, as well as informative sessions and forums with guest speakers on the current […]

Representatives of the French Equestrian Federation formally presented to the FEI President, HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the Candidacy Book outlining the bid of the French region of Basse Normandie, Northern France, to host the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games. “The Basse Normandie region has put forward a very serious bid which has the […]

Toronto, ON – Michael Whitaker of Great Britain may have won tonight’s $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben International Challenge, but it was Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze that won the hearts of the crowd at this year’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.   First into the ring in a four-way jump-off, 2002 winner and defending champion Whitaker and […]

Toronto, ON – Canada’s Olympians had a rough go of it tonight in the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open for International Jumpers at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show. Americans McLain Ward and Laura Kraut, hot off their Team Gold at the Olympics, took first and third respectively, with Britain’s Michael Whitaker narrowly edging into the second position. […]

Canadian Show Jumping Team horses who along with their riders have been recognized as the 2008 Jump Canada Owners of the Year.

Toronto, Ontario—David Arcand of Mount Royal, QC, secured victory in the Jump Canada Talent Squad Final by winning the $10,000 Alfred Rogers National Talent Squad Series Championship, Phase II, on Saturday, November 8, at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show. Held over two days, the Talent Squad Final competition opened on November 7 with the $8,000 Alfred […]

Toronto, ON – It was ladies night tonight for the inaugural FEI World Cup Qualifier in dressage at The Royal Horse Show, part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer and her horse Pop Art, who finished 13th individually at this summer’s Olympics wowed the crowd with an incredibly technical […]

Toronto, ON – Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze brought his Gold-medal horse Hickstead across the ocean to compete in just one class at The Royal Horse Show this week, and it couldn’t have gone any better than it did tonight. Hickstead once again demonstrated he is in a class all to himself, exploding over the jumps […]

The FEI Executive Board has proposed the appointment of an Ad Hoc Working Group of world class Dressage experts from all aspects of the discipline to review key issues and inject a new focus in the sport. At the forthcoming FEI General Assembly taking place in Buenos Aires (ARG) on November 17th – 21st, the […]