Ottawa, Ontario— A dream came true for Hawley Bennett of Langley, BC when she completed the CCI 4* Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, held May 3-6 in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England. Bennett, riding her long-time partner and 2004 Olympic mount she co-owns with her mother, Gerry, the 17-year-old thoroughbred gelding, Livingstone, affectionately called ‘Hank’, finished in […]

Ottawa, Ontario – May 15, 2007, is the deadline for nominations to the Jump Canada Hall of Fame nominations for consideration in 2007. The nomination criteria for potential candidates can be found on the Jump Canada Hall of Fame bilingual website, accessed through the Jump Canada homepage, www.jumpcanada.ca, or by going directly to www.jumpcanada.ca/HallofFame/Home.html. The […]

Wellington, FL – May 3, 2007 – Ending months of speculation on the future of its equestrian showgrounds, the Board of Directors of Stadium Jumping Inc. announced today that Stadium Jumping has reached an agreement with Wellington Preserve Corporation to relocate Stadium Jumping’s showgrounds to a 179-acre parcel located within the Wellington Preserve community. Wellington […]

Ottawa, Ontario — Canadian Dressage riders were busy last weekend, with riders competing at both the CDI-W Del Mar in California, USA and CDI3* Hagen in Germany. In Del Mar, Karen Pavicic of Richmond, BC kicked off the competition with a sixth place finish in the Prix St. Georges, riding her 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding Lionheart […]

Canadian Show Jumping Team member Frankie Chesler-Ortiz of Orangeville, ON, has sold her top grand prix horse, Picolien Zeldenrust.

The FEI was notified of an alleged case of abuse which occurred during the CCI 4* Lexington, Kentucky USA on Saturday April 28th involving competitor Amy Tyron (USA) and Le Samurai. The preliminary investigation was conducted according to the regulations, whereby the Ground Jury met on Saturday April  28th following the cross-country to investigate an incident […]

Lexington, KY—April 29, 2007—Clayton Fredericks of Australia rode Ben Along Time to victory in the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day event, presented by Farnam.   Fredericks claimed his first Four Star win with a three-phase score of 54.0 penalties. Fredericks entered the culminating show jumping phase in third place behind U.S. riders Kristin Bachman and Heidi White Carty.  […]

With some 471 days to go till the 2008 Olympic Games and a week during which the eyes of the sports world are turned to Beijing where the SportAccord convention is currently taking place, let us take stock from the past, from the inspirational to the downright remarkable feats in equestrian Olympic history. While the […]

Ottawa, Ontario — Evi Strasser of Ste. Adele, Quebec and Jacqueline Brooks of Mt. Albert, Ontario gave thousands of spectators something to cheer about at the Rolex FEI World Cup Final of Dressage on April 20th. After somewhat disappointing results on Thursday in the qualifier class, the Grand Prix test, Strasser and Brooks came back […]

Las Vegas, Nevada — John Pearce rode Archie Bunker to a 14th place finish in the 2007 Rolex World Cup Final of Show Jumping held April 19-22 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pearce of Stouffville, ON, was ranked 22nd coming into Sunday’s two-round final. Having jumped clear in the first round, Pearce returned to the Thomas […]