In her first year of competing in the class, young professional Cassandra Kahle of Langley, British Columbia, rode Monday Balous to capture the top prize in the $30,000 World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Professional Challenge, sponsored by The Gochman Family, at the Capital Challenge Horse Show (CCHS) on Wednesday, October 2. In the $5,000 WCHR […]
Canadian Olympic, WEG and Pan Am Games veteran Selena O’Hanlon will be judging the cross-country portion of the Eventing division at the Thoroughbred Makeover, October 2-5, 2019 at the Kentucky Horse Park. “I’m so honored that I get to see all these fabulous OTTBs strut their stuff,” O’Hanlon commented via a Facebook post. A roster […]
Colombia, Ireland and Italy still in the hunt for Tokyo ticket Team Belgium, winners in 2015 and again last year, looked supremely confident when topping today’s first round of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2019 Final at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain. But the battle between the seven countries fighting for […]
There was a buzz of electricity as the draw for the first competition of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2019 Final was held at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain this evening where Team Italy got the prime starting position for tomorrow’s opening class. A total of 18 nations will be battling […]
Campbellville, Ontario’s Lexi Ray and Jewel 8 wrapped up the show season at Caledon Equestrian Park with a bang, securing wins in both the $5,000 at the 2019 Fall Finale. The pair bested claimed their second red ribbon of the week in the $20,000 Fall Finale Grand Prix on Saturday (Sept 26), besting a starting […]
Equestrian Canada (EC) is now accepting applications from individuals interested in volunteering on the Equestrian Canada Dressage Committee starting in 2020. As an operational committee of EC, the Dressage Committee is responsible for providing strategic guidance and counsel to EC management to support the development of dressage in Canada. The Committee works in collaboration with […]
On Sept. 27, 2019, a positive Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) result was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s national reference laboratory for a pony located on a premises in Thorhild County in the province of Alberta. The pony had been sampled by an accredited veterinarian to fulfill a condition of sale and prior to […]
Olympic qualification adds extra spice to much-anticipated Longines Final There’s a super-sizzle of excitement ahead of this week’s Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2019 Final which kicks off on Thursday at the beautiful Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain. This will be the seventh consecutive year for the event to take place at the […]
Canadian eventer Holly Jacks-Smither has announced that she will be competing at the Les Etoiles de Pau CCI5*-L on October 24-27 with her partner, the 14-year-old OTTB gelding More Inspiration. Holly explained her motivation for this overseas venture. “It’s one of only six five-stars in the world; it’s very twisty and turny and technical, and […]
Tickets for the 2020 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN and the $225,000 Kentucky CSI3* Invitational Grand Prix presented by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute will go on sale October 15, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Organized by Equestrian Events Inc. (EEI), both world-class events return to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, […]
