A hearing with the FEI Tribunal in the case of alleged abuse, involving Madeleine Brugman (NED), Andrew Hoy (AUS), and the horse Sundancer 6 at CCI 3* Barroca d’Alva (POR), 5 to 9 March 2008, was held today. The hearing took place at the FEI headquarters in Lausanne. Apart from the three-member panel of the […]

In its annual awards and recognition program, renowned equestrian trades magazine Tack’n’Togs’ has named Jochen Schleese Equestrian Manufacturer of the Year under its “Best of the Best for 2008” title. He is featured in a four page spread  “Helping Horses Worldwide” in the May 2008 issue.  Jochen Schleese invited to teach at German National Training […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Canadian riders dominated the Advanced division at the Paxton Spring Classic CDI3* held May 9–11 in Ohio, USA.   The winning streak kicked off with the Prix St Georges class where Diane Creech rode to victory with Devon L, Douglas Leatherdale’s eight-year-old Hanoverian gelding sired by De Niro, scoring 68.650%. Fellow Canadian rider Gillian […]

Madrid, Spain –  For the second time during Madrid’s four-day international show jumping tournament, Canadians reigned supreme.  2007 Pan American Games individual gold medalist Jill Henselwood, of Oxford Mills, Ontario, defeated 43 other entries to win the Grand Prix of Madrid. In an 11-way tie-breaker, she bettered fellow Canadian team member Eric Lamaze, of Schomberg, […]

Ottawa, ON—2007 Pan American Games teammates Jessica Phoenix of Uxbridge, ON, and Michael Winter of originally of Toronto, ON, and now residing in Newnan, GA, contested a top place finish in the CCI 3* division, with Jessica overtaking Mike on the third day and both placing in the top five, at the 2008 Jersey Fresh […]

Horses scheduled to travel to Hong Kong for the 2008 Olympic Games will soon fall within the 60-day supervisory period – and we would like to take this opportunity to remind all concerned that the health certificate which must be used states that the horses must be resident in a country listed by AFCD (the […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Canadian Olympian Christilot Boylen earned admirable results at the CDI 3* München, held May 1–4, 2008, in Germany.   Boylen, a current resident of Rittingen, Germany, contested the Grand Prix division, paired with the talented 14-year-old Baden-Wurttemberger gelding Gachino (Gardez x China Town), owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hermosilla.   They started the competition […]

MADRID, SPAIN –  It was Canada Day in Spain as Ian Millar, of Perth, Ontario, and Eric Lamaze, of Schomberg, Ontario, kicked off the international show jumping tournament in Madrid with back-to-back wins. During the day’s three international competitions, Lamaze also logged a second place. 61-year-old, eight-time Olympian Ian Millar was victorious in the biggest […]

Boston – Darren Chiacchia is making positive progress after a life threatening accident during the Red Hills Horse Trials on March 15.  The Olympic medal winner is showing signs of improvement and is eager to pick up where he left off. Other than having some slight pain in the rib area, Darren doesn’t appear to […]

US Eventing – The organizing committee of the Jersey Fresh CCI3* regrets to announce the death of David O’Connor’s horse, Tigger Too, ridden by Lauren Kieffer, at Fence 28 on the cross-country course. Lauren was uninjured in the fall. Preliminary necropsy findings on the horse “Tigger Too,” a seventeen-year-old gelding, showed that he passed away […]