The FEI has received notification of an additional and final doping/medication case at the 2008 Olympic Games involving rider Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) and his horse Rufus. A test carried out on the horse following the individual final revealed an A sample that tested positive for the banned substance nonivamide, part of the capsaicinoid family and classified […]

The FEI has received confirmation that the B samples for the four cases involving the presence of the banned substance capsaicin have all yielded positive test results, thus confirming the initial positive findings from the A samples. This involves: Rider                                              Horse Bernardo Alves (BRA)                       Chupa Chup Christian Ahlmann (GER)                   Cöster Denis Lynch (IRL)                             Latinus Tony […]

Ottawa, Ontario-Para-Equestrian Canada is pleased to announce that the team members, horses, coaches and support staff who will be representing Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, will arrive in Hong Kong August 27, 2008. The team members include: Rider, Hometown                                         Horse                                                              Owner Lauren Barwick, Aldergrove, BC                      Maile, 1994 Dutch warmblood                            Jack & Linda Parelli and […]

Langley, BC – There were more than a few puddles, but a brave field of 23 riders took to the Grand Prix field on Sunday afternoon for the $75,000 Keg Steakhouse & Bar Grand Prix. Local riders, used to the wet weather, owned the day as Richmond’s Gary Brewster beat Langley’s Andrea Strain for the […]

Hong Kong – Canada’s Eric Lamaze claimed individual Jumping gold on the final equestrian evening of the 2008 Olympic Games at Sha Tin stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Thursday), pipping Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson in a thrilling two-way jump-off against the clock. And on a night full of surprises it was American stalwart, Beezie Madden, who […]

Hong Kong – There is little left to be said about 40-year-old Eric Lamaze’s Olympic gold medal performance today, after the eyes of the sports world  followed him through one of the greatest redemptions in sports history. Competing in his first Olympics after being removed from the 1996 and 2000 teams for drug infractions, but […]

Hong Kong – Eric Lamaze and Hickstead just won Individual gold for Canada in show jumping. This is Canada’s first Individual Olympic medal since 1976, first Individual gold. With only two clear efforts in round B, Lamaze and Hickstead and Rolf-Goran Bengtsson and Ninja of Sweden went into the first Individual gold medal jump-off in […]

Hong Kong – A press conference with FEI Secretary General Alexandre McLin, FEI Jumping Committee member Sven Holmberg and Associate member of the Veterinary Commission Paul Farrington was held to answer questions surrounding the announcement of four positive doping tests. It was recently announced that the banned substance capsaicin was found in each of the […]

The Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association and the Eastern Hanoverian Club had planned to conduct a free jumping competition at the Orangeville Fairgrounds this weekend, on August 23rd. Unfortunately, the event has been cancelled due to low entries. Visit www.canadianwarmbloods.com for updates on the next competition.

Hong Kong – The FEI has just announced that the following combinations will not be competing in the Jumping Individual Final. They have been provisionally suspended by the FEI further to doping/medication control tests that indicated the presence of capsaicin in each horse. Bernardo Alves (BRA) Chupa Chup Christian Ahlmann (GER) Coster Denis Lynch (IRL) […]