Ottawa, Ontario — Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, has overtaken top spot in the Canadian League World Cup standings following the final week of the HITS Desert Circuit VI held March 6-11 in Thermal, California. Success throughout the six-week California circuit has catapulted Henselwood to the top of the standings with a current total […]
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Ottawa, Ontario — ParaEquestrian Canada is seeking a Team Leader for Canada’s Team heading to the 2008 Paralympic Games in Hong Kong, China. With the Paralympic sports to be based in Beijing, China, the equestrian events are an exception, being held with the three Olympic equestrian disciplines of Dressage, Eventing and Show Jumping in Hong […]
Tampa, FL – March 29, 2007 – The ninth edition of this year’s $25,000 WEF Challenge Cup Series was held this afternoon at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center during the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Canada’s Eric Lamaze and Narcotique de Muze II, owned by Ashland Stables, were the first to go in the jump-off and […]
At the eleventh hour, more than four months after she first filed a protest against Jacqueline Brooks competing in the Dressage World Cup Canadian League Final, Evi Strasser won her case. Binding arbitration was handed down by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) on March 21st, overturning Equine Canada’s previous decision in favour […]
Ottawa, Ontario— Equine Canada announces that on March 21 the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada released a binding decision on the complaint lodged by Canadian Dressage rider Evi Strasser of Saint-Adele, QC. The complaint was in regards to the Dressage Canada Selection Committee’s decision to allow an exemption from the published criteria for fellow […]
Wellington, Florida — Canadian show jumping athlete Frankie Chesler-Ortiz of Orangeville, ON, placed second in the €300,000 ($400,000 US) CN WorldWide Florida Open Grand Prix, the richest Grand Prix event held in the United States, on March 17 in Wellington, Florida. Following a qualifying event held two days earlier, 50 riders were eligible to compete […]
Ottawa, Ontario— Canadian eventing riders Kyle Carter and Waylon Roberts rode to success in the CIC 3* World Cup Qualifier at the CIC 3*-W Red Hills Horse Trials, held March 8-11 in Tallahassee, Florida. Riding his nine-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Madison Park, Carter, who currently resides in Sparr, Florida, finished eighth in the World Cup Qualifier. […]
Ottawa, Ontario — Jump Canada is pleased to announce that, for the 2007 season, the top four riders from each regional qualifier will to eligible for the Running Fox CET National Medal Final held at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair from November 2-11 in Toronto, ON. In the past, only the top three riders from […]
A total of 2,093 entries were received for the Jumping Fence Design Competition by the Equestrian Events (Hong Kong) of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company Limited (The Equestrian Company), a spokesman for the company said today (March 13). Most of the entries – 1,740 – were for the Junior Category (for participants under […]
THERMAL, CA (March 12, 2007) Until two weeks ago, Canadian Olympian John Pearce couldn’t catch a break at the 2007 HITS Desert Circuit. Last year’s leading money winner had yet to collect a first place check during the first four weeks of horse shows at the new HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. That’s […]