The FEI has received confirmation that the B sample of the horse Rufus, ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa at the 2008 Olympic Games, has yielded a positive test result for the banned substance nonivamide thus confirming the initial positive findings from the A sample. Nonivamide is part of the capsaicinoid family and is classified as a […]

Ottawa, ON – Jump Canada has announced the Canadian Show Jumping Team that will contest the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup at the CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament to be held September 3-7, 2008, in Calgary, AB. Jonathan Asselin of Calgary, AB, Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Ian Millar of […]

Ottawa, ON—Lee Tubman of Dunnville, ON, won the Intermediaire Freestyle at the CDI-W 3* Centerline Events @ HITS held in Saugerties, NY, August 15 to 17, 2008.   Tubman, riding De La Rosa, Ducat Developments’ seven-year-old Hanoverian mare sired by De Niro, received a score of 69.083%. Canadian 1988 bronze medal Olympian, Gina Smith of […]

Calgary, AB – The richest team show jumping event in the world, the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup, takes place on Saturday, September 6, at Canada’s premier show jumping event, the Spruce Meadows Masters Tournament near Calgary, Alberta. “In the wake of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Canada’s silver medal in the team jumping competition, this […]

The FEI has received notification of an additional and final doping/medication case at the 2008 Olympic Games involving rider Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) and his horse Rufus. A test carried out on the horse following the individual final revealed an A sample that tested positive for the banned substance nonivamide, part of the capsaicinoid family and classified […]

The FEI has received confirmation that the B samples for the four cases involving the presence of the banned substance capsaicin have all yielded positive test results, thus confirming the initial positive findings from the A samples. This involves: Rider                                              Horse Bernardo Alves (BRA)                       Chupa Chup Christian Ahlmann (GER)                   Cöster Denis Lynch (IRL)                             Latinus Tony […]

Ottawa, Ontario-Para-Equestrian Canada is pleased to announce that the team members, horses, coaches and support staff who will be representing Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, will arrive in Hong Kong August 27, 2008. The team members include: Rider, Hometown                                         Horse                                                              Owner Lauren Barwick, Aldergrove, BC                      Maile, 1994 Dutch warmblood                            Jack & Linda Parelli and […]

Langley, BC – There were more than a few puddles, but a brave field of 23 riders took to the Grand Prix field on Sunday afternoon for the $75,000 Keg Steakhouse & Bar Grand Prix. Local riders, used to the wet weather, owned the day as Richmond’s Gary Brewster beat Langley’s Andrea Strain for the […]

Hong Kong – Canada’s Eric Lamaze claimed individual Jumping gold on the final equestrian evening of the 2008 Olympic Games at Sha Tin stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Thursday), pipping Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson in a thrilling two-way jump-off against the clock. And on a night full of surprises it was American stalwart, Beezie Madden, who […]

Hong Kong – There is little left to be said about 40-year-old Eric Lamaze’s Olympic gold medal performance today, after the eyes of the sports world  followed him through one of the greatest redemptions in sports history. Competing in his first Olympics after being removed from the 1996 and 2000 teams for drug infractions, but […]