Ottawa, Ontario — Equine Canada is pleased to announce they are accepting nominations until November 30, 2007 for the prestigious Equine Canada National Awards, to be presented at the Annual Awards Gala Saturday, February 9, 2008 at the Westin Calgary Hotel in Calgary, AB as part of the Equine Canada Annual Convention. The Awards Gala […]

FEI – Pratoni del Vivaro, ITA – At the end of a fully totally absolutely exciting Jumping final, the French combination Nicolas Touzaint and Galan de Sauvagère finish on their remarkable Dressage score of 29.40 and take home the individual gold of the 2007 FEI European Eventing Championship. Twelve years after her bronze medal conquered […]

FEI – Equine Influenza (EI) which was detected for the first time in the Pacific Region at the Eastern Creek Quarantine Facility in Australia on 17 August 2007 and then confirmed on 20 August was announced by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries as the Influenza A virus strain of subtype H3N8. Equine […]

Ottawa, Ontario — Darrin Dlin is still holding his lead in the Canadian League World Cup standings following the third event of the Canadian season, the $75,000 World Cup Qualifier held September 2 at the CSI-W Canadian Country Classic in Halton Hills, ON. Dlin, a native of Spruce Grove, AB, who now resides in Wellington, […]

(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB):  The $1 million CN International Grand Prix took place today on the Spruce Meadows International Ring.  It features only the best in the world with an extreme course asking more questions of the horse and rider than any other.  The first rounds saw 12 riders clear from the forty qualified entries […]

(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB):  Team Canada entered the Spruce Meadows International Ring with a different look this year; instead of perennial underdogs they were the defending champions of the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup, the richest team event in the world.  They faced five other teams, each looking to beat the defending champions.  Canada stood on […]

CALGARY, September 7, 2007 – Show jumping fan Krista Rivet of Oshawa, Ontario, rode with Canadian show jumping legend Ian Millar on Friday after winning the BMO Financial Group Spruce Meadows contest that included a riding lesson with the eight-time Olympian. The 18-year-old’s name was selected from among 65,793 entries received from across the country. […]

Ottawa, Ontario—- Gary Brewster of West Vancouver, BC, emerged the winner in the Western Division of the Jump Canada National Talent Squad Series following the final event held August 25 at the Thunderbird Show Park Summer Festival in Langley, BC. In the opening event of the Western division, the $10,000 Spring Welcome Grand Prix at […]

Ottawa, Ontario — Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the riders that will contest the 2007 Dressage Canada National Youth Championships, to be held September 15-16 in Red Deer, AB. The following is the list of rider/horse combinations that will compete for the national championship: FEI JUNIOR DIVISION Region            Rider                           Hometown                  Horse                          Owner Pacific             Sara Regehr             […]

SPRUCE MEADOWS, CALGARY, September 4, 2007 – The richest team show jumping event in the world, the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup, will take place on Saturday, September 8, on show jumping’s main stage – the International Ring at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta. The roster of teams contesting North America’s only five-star Nations’ Cup includes: […]