Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) Chief Executive Officer Chris Overholt today outlined a bold new vision for the future of Team Canada by announcing more than $132 million in funding for the Canadian sport community. During an address to the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, Mr. Overholt announced that the COC would be renewing its […]

German superstar, Isabell Werth, produced a personal-best Freestyle score of 90.09 to win today’s second leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League at Lyon in France. The 47-year-old rider and her 11-year-old mare simply blew the competition away with an outstanding performance that seemed to take even this multi-medalled athlete by […]

The $20,000 Horseware Indoor Eventing Challenge and the $20,000 Royal Invitational Dressage Cup, presented by Butternut Ridge, return to highlight the 2016 Royal Horse Show, held from November 4 to 13 as part of the 94th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, in Toronto, Canada. Headlined by reigning Olympic Champion Michael Jung of Germany, the $20,000 Horseware […]

With just one day before the $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Calgary presented by pandaHAUS, riders took the time for a little fun and some fast competition at Royal West. The $35,000 Spirit of the West Cup 1.45m sponsored by GGT Footing and Scott Venturo LLP was contested on the longest course of the […]

A limited number of tickets are still available for the tenth annual Jump Canada Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala, presented by BMO Financial Group, on Sunday, November 6, 2016, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, ON. A sell-out event each year, the Jump Canada Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding contributions to hunter/jumper sport. […]

A new smartphone app launched by the Ontario SPCA will connect horse lovers with horses available for adoption and allow users to report animal cruelty with a simple tap in the easy-to-navigate interface. “We have many wonderful horses in our care who are looking for loving forever homes” says Bonnie Bishop, Senior Inspector – Farm […]

It was another night of hot competition as the countdown continues at the 2016 Royal West for the prestigious $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Calgary presented by pandaHAUS Equestrian on Oct. 29. The feature event of the evening was the $35,000 pandaHAUS Welcome Speed 1.45m. From the long initial gallop to the tight turn […]

Equestrian Canada (EC) would like to remind the community that the deadline to provide comments on the Rule Change Proposals (RCPs) for the 2017 EC Rules is Oct. 28, 2016. The 2017 RCPs are available for review on the EC website here. To submit comments on the RCPs, please send an email to Emilie Church […]

In a scathing decision Equestrian Canada has been ordered to pay $35,000 towards Jessica Phoenix’s legal costs resulting from her appeal

Rio Olympians Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, BC, and Amy Millar of Perth, ON, headline the list of Canadian show jumping athletes scheduled to compete at this year’s Royal Horse Show, held from November 4 to 13 as part of the 94th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada. Foster and Millar comprised one-half of […]