Ottawa, Ontario  — Equine Canada certified coach Marie-Helen Lessard of Orangeville, ON accompanied three Canadian university student riders to the International Student Riding Nations’ Cup in Buchs ZH, Switzerland, April 19-22. An Equine Canada English Level 2 coach, Lessard coaches with the Canadian University Riding Club Associations (CURCA), and was the chef d’equipe for the […]

Ottawa, Ontario — Canadian Olympian Chrisilot Boylen scored great results despite oppressive heat at the CDI 3* Mariakalnok, held May 25-28 in Hungary. A current resident of Rottingen, Germany, Boylen traveled to Hungary with two Grand Prix mounts, Alec Murray’s 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding Don Valentino 5, as well as Gachino, a 13-year-old Baden-Wurttemberger gelding owned […]

The Bromont Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that work is well underway on a completely new, redesigned course for the 2007 Bromont CCI**/CCI*/ CIC**/CIC* Three Day Event The Todd Sandler Challenge – being held from June 8 – 10th 2007 – in Bromont, Quebec. Internationally renowned course designer, Derek Di Grazia, USA has put […]

  With Patricia and George Hatch’s eleven year old KWPN gelding Orion, Leslie Reid was the top ranked finalist for the Pan Am dressage team when the list was announced on May 23rd. Just a week before the first and only scheduled trial was due to begin at CornerStone Farms in Palgrave, Dressage Canada announced […]

Ottawa, Ontario — Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the following eight combinations who will be vying for one of only three positions on the Canadian Pan American Games Dressage Team:   Rider                           Hometown                Horse              Owner Karen Pavicic               Richmond, BC              Lionheart          Karen Pavicic Diane Creech               Caistor Centre, ON        Wiona               Doug & Louise Leatherdale Gillian Sutherland        Unionville, ON              Great Tyme       […]

International show jumping competitor and renowned sire, the most influential sport horse sire standing in Canada, Rio Grande died suddenly at the age of 21

Toronto, Ontario – The 2007 Royal Horse Show promises to be bigger and better than ever with an increase of $100,000 in prize money, bringing the total awarded over the 10-day competition to $745,000. The Royal Horse Show is held as part of the 85th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair taking place November 2-11 at Ricoh […]

World Champion Lars Petersen returns for his second Canadian clinic on May 19th and 20th. Lars is well known for his successes with the stallion Blue Hors Cavan, with whom he was ranked 2nd in the 2001 World FEI rankings. He was also World Cup Reserve Champion with Cavan in 2002. Lars is a five […]

The FEI is seriously concerned by the fatal accidents which have occurred in Eventing over the last months. Even though the FEI does not have the authority to manage and oversee national events, which are governed by the National Federations, it is determined to do its utmost to ensure the safety of the sport. It […]

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 […]