British rider Charlotte Dujardin was the fourth rider to enter the dressage arena for the FEI Dressage World CupTM Grand Prix presented by CREARA, and she managed to put in a great performance to hold off the competition. Taking first place in the provisional ranking with 79.978%, she held on to her lead throughout the […]
Indoor eventing and a dressage derby are two of the unique events highlighting the schedule during the 10-day Royal Horse Show, held as part of of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, from November 1 through 10, 2019, at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto, ON. The $20,000 Horseware Indoor Eventing Challenge headlines events in the Coca-Cola […]
Organizers at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California, have issued a warning regarding a phone scam where exhibitors are receiving phone calls asking for credit card information for feed/bedding orders. These phone calls are coming from unknown individuals who are posing as show representatives; they note that one phone number people have received […]
Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze will compete in the international show jumping division at this year’s Royal Horse Show, held as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, from November 1 through 10, 2019, at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto, ON. Lamaze, who claimed the individual gold medal as well as team silver at the […]
“As a company we try to make horses as happy as possible so they perform as well as possible.” – John Da Silva It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Ecogold Founder and President John Da Silva. He died peacefully on Monday October 28, 2019, after a recent diagnosis of Stage […]
Professor Tim Parkin, a world authority on athletic injury in horses, has publicly rebutted research circulated by the UAE in its bid to counter the FEI’s stricter new rules for endurance. Prof Parkin said many of its conclusions – such as that horses “constantly involved in endurance events develop fewer injuries” – were “mixed-up,” confusing […]
On October 29, 2019, the Ontario government tabled The Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) Act, which, if passed, would establish an enforcement team made up of a chief inspector, locally deployed provincial inspectors and specialized inspectors for agriculture, zoos, aquariums and equines. Inspectors would conduct outreach and education on animal care, proactive, risk-based inspections, reactive […]
Equestrian Canada (EC) is pleased to announce that Lynn Macyk of Edmonton, AB, and Karen Sparks of Nepean, ON, have joined the Equestrian Canada Jumping Committee for a three-year term from 2019-2022. The Jumping Committee (an operational committee of EC) is responsible for providing strategic guidance and counsel to EC management to support the development […]
Reining may yet win a reprieve from the FEI. Delegates at the FEI General Assembly (GA) in Moscow next month (November 16-19) were expecting to remove reining from the FEI family, but it has emerged the FEI is in active talks with the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) to find a new way of working […]
Tougher new sanctions for dangerous riding, abuse and blood on the horse will apply from January 2020 in FEI eventing, if agreed by the FEI General Assembly in Moscow next month. Eventing now has more field-of-play sanctions for horse abuse and dangerous riding than any other horse sport, including the troubled discipline of endurance, though […]
