The FEI would like to reiterate its confidence and faith in LOCOG to ensure that environmental considerations and the local community are placed at the top of the agenda in planning of this world class event. Indeed, LOCOG will undergo a full programme of local community consultation prior to the submission of planning documents later […]

Thermal, CA – Canadian Olympian Jill Henselwood captured the win aboard Juniper Farm’s Special Ed in the $75,000 HITS Grand Prix to conclude Desert Circuit V at HITS Desert Horse Park, in Thermal, California. Henselwood was one of eleven riders who aced course designer Florencio Hernandez’s (Mexico City, Mexico) first-round course to advance to the jump-off en route […]

Guelph, ON – Equine Guelph in partnership with the Office of Open Learning, University of Guelph, is offering a new online course in Equine Event Management. Organizing an equine event is a key component of working in the equine industry and this 12 week course will provide you an opportunity to learn event management principles […]

“Your presence was missed… by thousands,”  read the text message I received after the event that said it all. “Unfortunately we had the deal and then we didn’t,” said Bernard Uechtritz, Chairman of HorseTV in Dallas, Texas. Following last weekend’s hugely successful broadcast of the $75,000 Grand Prix sponsored by CN, we were disappointed that […]

Wellington, Fl – Canada won the FEI Nations Cup before an unprecedented sellout crowd of more than 8,000 spectators at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Friday night. Great Britain and Ireland tied for second. The only Nations Cup held in the United States was held under the lights of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival […]

Ottawa, ON—The Breeds & Industry Division of Equine Canada would like to inform all stakeholders of the Canadian horse industry that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has removed import restrictions on horses from Florida entering Canada that were put in place due to a 2008 outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in the state of Florida. […]

  Ottawa, Ontario—Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, has been named the of Male Athlete of the Year at the 36th Canadian Sport Awards (CSA) at Ottawa’s Water Court Gallery at the National Gallery of Canada. The awards event celebrated excellence in sport and honoured the athletes and leaders who competed and inspired hope throughout the […]

Ottawa, ON — Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, Ian Millar of Perth, ON, and Keean White of Rockwood, ON, are the four team members that will comprise the Canadian Show Jumping Team in the $75,000 FEI Nations’ Cup, Presented by CN, on Friday evening, February 28, during the CSIO4* in […]

Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC and HorseTV announced an agreement Saturday to provide worldwide live Internet television coverage of the FEI Nations Cup and other major events from the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The service will launch Saturday night (Feb. 21) with complete coverage of the $75,000 ESP CSI […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Tina Irwin of Lakefield, ON, finished in fourth place the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the 2009 CDI3*Y/J Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge, held February 6–8, 2009, in Wellington, FL.   Irwin and her long-time partner Amicelli (Amigo x Calypso III), a 13-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Ute Busse and Wendy […]