Canada’s Eric Lamaze scored his second major victory at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament, winning the $133,700 Suncor Energy Winning Round on Saturday, September 7, in Calgary, AB. Hot off their victory in the $133,700 1.60m CANA Cup on Thursday, September 5, Lamaze and Chacco Kid, a 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Chacco-Blue x Come On) owned […]
Friday evening’s 1.60m Tourmaline Oil Cup was contested by 28 horse and rider combinations in Spruce Meadows’ iconic International Ring, with a large majority struggling to master Venezuelan course designer, Leopoldo Palacios’s technical 16-fence challenge. Just six riders eventually went clear and progressed to the eight-obstacle jump-off, including Beezie Madden, Martin Fuchs, Mario Deslauriers, Max […]
It was another beautiful day at Spruce Meadows and Kent Farrington started things off with a win in the ATCO Solutions (1.50m). Fifty-nine horse/rider combinations took on the 425m track designed by FEI course designer Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) hoping to produce a clear round and qualify for the jump off. Twenty-three fault free rounds qualified […]
Eric Lamaze, riding Chacco Kid, won the $133,700 1.60m CANA Cup on Thursday, September 5, at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament in Calgary, AB. Coming into the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament, running through Sunday, September 8, Lamaze had amassed over $6 million in career winnings at the iconic Canadian show jumping venue. In the […]
Equestrian Management Group is planning to host a Masterclass with European Eventing Championship gold medalist Ingrid Klimke, at the Caledon Equestrian Park. However, they say that unless they meet their ticket sales goal by September 17th, the event will be cancelled. They released the following statement: To the Equestrian Community, As you are aware, Equestrian […]
In a September 4th health alert from the Equine Disease Communication Center, it was reported that Eastern Equine Encephalitis had been confirmed in two horses, that were subsequenly euthanized. One case was in the Greater Sudbury area. A six-year-old mare showed clinical signs starting on August 15th. These included: ataxia, circling, fever, head pressing, somnolence, […]
Joris Vanspringel has been suspended for nine months after being accused of abusing a pony while giving a clinic in South Africa last November. He was also fined 3,000 Swiss francs and ordered to pay 3,000 Swiss francs in costs. The decision was handed down on August 15th, though only published this week. Vanspringel, 56, […]
Mother Nature brought clear skies and sunshine to opening day of the 2019 Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ CSIO5* Tournament. The TELUS Cup was the first FEI competition of the day and 67 horse/rider combinations took to the International Ring hoping to make it into the winner’s circle. The TELUS Cup is a qualifying competition for both […]
The deadline for submission for the fifth leg of the 2019 Para-Dressage Video Competition Series is coming up quickly on October 15, 2019. The Series features an online portal that allows athletes to upload video entries for online review and evaluation from an EC certified para-dressage judge. The portal features the ability to pause, rewind […]
The 2019 Equestrian Canada (EC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been set for Sept. 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. ET, and will be held via teleconference with the EC Board of Directors and the 27 EC Voting Members in attendance. As per EC’s By-laws, the AGM follows a very specific agenda. Therefore, while the community […]
