Hong Kong – Canada is tied for fourth position following the first of two rounds of team show jumping competition held Sunday, August 17, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, China. In an extremely close race, Switzerland and the United States are tied for first place with 12 faults, Sweden is third with […]

Hong Kong, China – Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON, placed 15th in Saturday’s Grand Prix Special to qualify for the Individual Final at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, China. Only the top 15 athletes from an original starting field of 47 qualify to contest the Grand Prix Freestyle, which acts as the Individual […]

Hong Kong, China – Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON, placed 19th in Thursday’s Grand Prix Dressage competition to qualify for the individual competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, China. In the final team placings, Canada finished ninth with an average score of 63.514%.  Germany won the Team Gold with a total of […]

Hong Kong – As expected after yesterday’s first session, it was the Germans who claimed Dressage Team gold at the Sha Tin Olympic Stadium in Hong Kong, with victory sealed by an emphatic test from Isabell Werth and Satchmo in the closing stages. The Netherlands had to settle for silver, while Denmark earned their first-ever […]

Hong Kong – With no Canadian medals to date in these Olympic Games, pressure is mounting on Canadian equestrian show jumpers, who begin competitions Friday evening in Hong Kong and are considered to be in medal contention. 40-year-old Eric Lamaze, of Schomberg, Ontario, is an Individual medal favourite with his great stallion, Hickstead. Sports Illustrated […]

A total of 87 Jumping horses were presented for veterinary inspection at the Olympic equestrian venue in Sha Tin, Hong Kong this morning and all passed with flying colours, with no visitors to the holding box. There were three changes to the Olympic Jumping start-list yesterday (Wednesday) when it was confirmed that Michael Whitaker’s Portofino, […]

Hong Kong, China – Leslie Reid of Langley, BC, was the first competitor for the Canadian Team on the opening day of Dressage competition on Wednesday, August 13, at the 2008 Olympic Games. Reid, 52, performed the Grand Prix test riding Orion, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by George and Patricia Hatch. She earned […]

Hong Kong – The Canadian Eventing Team finished its Olympic bid in ninth place on Tuesday night at the Sha Tin venue in Hong Kong, China. Sandra Donnelly of Calgary, AB, was the top-placed Canadian, finishing in 31st place individually. Germany won the Gold Medal with a final score of 166.10 penalty points, Australia took […]

Hong Kong – Germany took individual and team gold at the Olympic Eventing finale at Sha Tin stadium in Hong Kong this evening, but not without a terrific battle to the very last. The Australians challenged for the team honours with all of their might, but had to settle for silver while the British stood […]

Ottawa, Ontario— It was a bronze medal day for the Canadian Juniors and Young Riders competing at 2008 CN North American Junior Young Riders’ Championships (NAJYRC) was held at the Colorado Horse Park in Parker Colorado from July 29–August 3, 2008. Young Rider Stephanie Rhodes-Bush won individual bronze medal in the Two star Championship division […]