From its modest beginnings that, 25 years ago, attracted approximately 60 attendees to a breeder specific meeting prior to the University of Calgary’s two-day horse program, the Horse Breeders and Owners Conference (HBOC) has grown to a world-class event that attracts well over 700 equine enthusiasts each year. “As I remember, the conference started because […]

CBC Country Canada is proud to provide coverage of the Royal Horse Show from Toronto beginning Friday, November 3rd. Friday, November 3rd – Canadian Show Jumping Championship (Round 1) Live at 9:00 p.m. ET Encore presentation at 12:00 a.m. ET Saturday, November 4th – Canadian Show Jumping Championships (Finals) 7:30 p.m. ET Encore presentation at […]

Born in Morden, MB, Doug attended United College and the University of Winnipeg before immigrating to the US, where he acted as CEO and Chairman of The St. Paul Companies Inc., one of the largest American insurance companies, from 1990 to 2001. The current president of the American Hanoverian Society, Doug has been operating Leatherdale […]

Ottawa, Ontario – Hayley Alfonso of St. Andrews, MB, was crowned the Jump Canada Talent Squad Western Champion at the final event held October 27 during the Spruce Meadows ‘Oktoberfest’ Tournament in Calgary, AB. Riding Patty Alfonso’s 13-year-old Zangersheide gelding Le Noir, Alfonso finished the season with a total of 25 points. The duo first […]

Calgary, Alberta – Canadians take the top three positions at the 2006 FEI Children’s International Jumping Final held at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta during their Oktoberfest horse show. Riders from around the globe gathered at Spruce Meadows for four days of show jumping which started on October 24th with a Warm-Up competition that allowed […]

As a continued pledge of cooperation between the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and the Swiss watchmaker Rolex SA, the FEI announced today that Rolex will be the title sponsor of the FEI World Cup™ Finals 2007 to be held in Las Vegas. The Rolex FEI World Cup™ Finals 2007, which will be among the most […]

Washington, D.C. – Ashley Holzer of New York, New York, aboard Pop Art wowed the crowd and the judges with their Grand Prix Freestyle at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. to win the class with a score of 72.565%, which when added to her second place score of 67.813% in the Grand Prix the […]

Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Eventing riders recently headed to Fair Hill, USA to contest the Fair Hill International CCI *** Three Day Event Fall Championship, held October 19 – 22. Mike Winter, a Canadian Olympian currently residing in Newnan, Georgia rode Kingpin, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding he co-owns with The Kingpin Syndicate, to […]

Ottawa, Ontario— Canadian eventing riders had success at the recently held Midsouth CCI* Three Day Event, held October 18 – 22 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, USA. Michele Mueller of Port Perry, ON took top honours in the CCI* Open division aboard the seven-year-old Canadian Thoroughbred cross gelding, Amistad, owned by Julie Pring. […]

Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Shawna Sapergia of Cochrane, AB brought home the bronze medal from the FEI World Reining Masters, held October 17 – 22 in Denver, CO, USA. Competitors from 18 different countries, including the United States, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Israel, Switzerland, Belgium and more gathered under the flags of their countries to […]