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Jill Irving’s Mentorship Program Gives Canadian Youth a Leg Up

The Canadian Youth Equestrian Mentorship Program is designed to inspire Canadian equestrians age 16-21 in the hunter/jumper and dressage world by providing them with opportunities to interact with leading Canadian riders during the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. Now in its fifth year, the program, scheduled to take place February 26 to March 2, […]
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Nicole Walker Provisionally Suspended in Doping Case

The Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) has announced today that the results of samples collected from Canadian Show Jumping Team athlete, Nicole Walker, during the Lima 2019 Pan American Games tested positive for the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, a Prohibited Substance under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. Effective immediately, Walker is provisionally suspended from participating in […]
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Positive Drug Test May Lose Canadian Jumping Team’s Olympic Berth

In a truly shocking and unfortunate turn of events, the FEI announced today that the results of samples collected from Canadian Show Jumping Team athlete, Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ontario, during the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, tested positive for the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, a Prohibited Substance under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Stands by Teammate Nicole Walker

The Canadian equestrian show jumping team is supporting their fellow teammate Nicole Walker after a sample she submitted during the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru tested positive for the prohibited substance benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite. Walker has been provisionally suspended by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI). Walker has also exercised her right to […]
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Wallers Win Green Meadows Four-In-Hand Coaching Appointments

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and Mary Waller and their ‘Old Times’ road coach won their fourth consecutive Green Meadows Four-In-Hand Coaching Appointments Class victory at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. The Green Meadows Coaching division, sponsored by Hugessen Consulting, Inc., features six classes […]
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FEI Will Not Mandate Hendra Vaccination for Horses

The FEI has said it is not planning to mandate vaccination against the fatal Hendra virus, following outcry in Australia over the past two weeks. The rare but zoonotic (spreads between animals and humans) Hendra is a hugely divisive topic in Australia. Some horse owners say they would stop competing rather than vaccinate, even if […]
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Adrienne Sternlicht and Bennys Legacy win $100,000 World Cup Thermal

Canada’s Ben Asselin 5th aboard Veyron Adrienne Sternlicht (USA) had only jumped Bennys Legacy at three events before heading to the west coast for World Cup competition, but the pair proved their partnership is already strong with a statement-making victory in the $100,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Thermal (USA). Last to go in a […]
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Barbara Ruziska is Best of the U25 Jumpers at the Royal Horse Show

Canada’s Lexi Ray named Reserve Champion Barbara Ruziska, 23, of Ijamsville, MD crossed the border to become the 2019 Under 25 Jumping National Champion on Nov. 9 at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. A total of 16 Under 25 (U25) athletes from across the country came to compete for top honours at the […]
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Britain’s Scott Brash and Hello M’Lady victorious in Verona

The saying “it’s never over until the fat lady sings” rang loud and true at today’s fourth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in Verona, Italy where Great Britain’s Scott Brash posted a spectacular last-to-go victory with Hello M’Lady. It seemed as if Ireland’s Darragh Kenny was about to […]
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World Cup goes to Bertram Allen at Royal Horse Show

Eric Lamaze named both Leading International Rider and Leading Canadian Rider Canadian course designer and Olympic individual silver medalist Michel Vaillancourt set a course that challenged some of the world’s best show jumping athletes and their horses in the sold-out Coca-Cola Coliseum, which was packed to maximum capacity with a crowd of 6,631 in attendance. […]