Bromont, Quebec — The Bromont International Three Day Event – The Todd Sandler Challenge is set for June 12-15, 2008, in Bromont, Quebec, and will offer divisions at the CCI 3*, CCI 2*, CCI 1*, CIC 2*, and CIC 1* levels. The addition of a new three-star course means that, in this Olympic year, Bromont […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Equine Canada is pleased to inform all Equine Canada competitions that any official travelling to Canada to officiate an equestrian event at any level (local, provincial, national and international) of sport competition does not require a work permit to work at Canadian competitions. Please reference the following sections of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada […]

Ottawa, ON—Canadian Olympian Evi Strasser and her longtime partner, Quantum Tyme, won the Grand Prix and finished third in the Grand prix Speciale at the CDI 3* La Mandria in Italy, April 11–13, 2008. Strasser rode Quantum Tyme, a 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Quattro x Argentinius), to victory in the Grand Prix class with a field […]

Ottawa, ON—Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, won the Canadian World Cup League with a total of 62 points to secure her invitation to the 2008 World Cup Final in Goteborg, Sweden, from April 24 to 27. Henselwood and Darrin Dlin, who finished fourth in the Canadian League standings, have both accepted the invitation to […]

Charlotte, NC – Laura Kraut of Wellington, FL, and Anthem stayed clear through three rounds to win the $500,000 Grand Prix of Charlotte, CSI 5* for the Charlotte Bobcats Cup. Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa and Rufus finished second, while Chris Kappler of New Jersey was third on VDL Oranta. Ben Maher of Great Britain with Rolette […]

Ottawa, ON—Canadian Eventing riders faced stormy weather conditions throughout the weekend and earned fantastic results at the CIC 3*- W The Fork Eventing World Cup Qualifier and International Horse Trials, held April 3-6 in Norwood, North Carolina, USA. Competing in the CIC 3* Eventing World Cup Qualifier, as a warm up to the Rolex Kentucky […]

Doha, Qatar – The first leg of the Global Champions Tour, presented by CN and CN WorldWide, is also about Qatar’s bid for the 2016 Olympics; banners on dozens of buildings in the capital Doha advertise this fact. For this week, however, the capital of the Persian Guld State Qatar will host the first leg […]

ATLANTA — Trakehners International and friends have joined together to host an online auction to raise funds for Darren Chiacchia, the International event rider who was critically injured in a fall on course at Red Hills Horse Trials on March 15, 2008. All bids are paid to the Equestrian Aid Foundation in Darren Chiacchia’s name, […]

FEI – Martin Atock, Managing Director of the official Olympic horse transportation company Peden, tells a tale that contrasts the sophistication of 21st Century equine flight management with the less complicated methods employed in earlier times… In 1990 he was travelling to a show with a team of American horses and US Chef d’Equipe Frank […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Karen Pavicic of Richmond, BC, and Pia Fortmuller of DeWinton, AB, will represent Canada at the Sydney CDI3*/CDI–Y International Dressage Derby being held in Sydney, Australia, May 1 to 3, 2008. The event, hosted at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre at Horsley Park, site of the 2000 Olympic Games, is the only CDI3* held […]