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Court Blocks BLM from Rounding Up Wild Horses in Wyoming

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has issued a landmark decision that stops the Bureau of Land Management from wiping out wild horses from over 1 million acres of public land in the Wyoming Checkerboard. The ruling holds that BLM violated two federal laws in its conduct of a 2014 wild horse […]
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Third Place Finisher at 100k CEI1* in Vitron Fails Drug Test

Samples taken at the 100k CEI1* in Vitron (BEL) on September 4, 2016 from the horse Houkoumi G (FEI ID 104XV97), ridden by Evelyne Stoffel (FEI ID 10128731) to third place, have returned positive for O-Desmethyl-Tramadol, a metabolite of Tramadol. Tramadol, an opoid analgesic used for pain relief, is a banned substance under the FEI’s […]
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EC Convention Heading to Vancouver

The 2017 Equestrian Canada (EC) Convention will take place in beautiful downtown Vancouver, BC, April 6-9, 2017. EC is proud to partner with HCBC
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Proposed EIA Disease Control Program Update

Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is a persistent and incurable viral disease of equines (i.e. horses, donkeys, mules, zebras) which has nearly worldwide distribution. There is no available vaccine or treatment for EIA. It is a World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) listed disease and has been on Canada’s list of reportable animal diseases since 1971. Subsequent to the […]
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Royal West Kicks Off Next Week

The stirring action of this year’s Royal West— featuring the prestigious Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Calgary— presented by pandaHAUS Equestrian— kicks off Thursday Oct. 20, 2016, at the Agrium Western Event Centre at Stampede Park. An international field of World Cup and Olympic calibre riders from will highlight nine days of heart-stopping action from […]
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Germany Wins Third FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing Series Title 

Germany has won a third FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing title in five years, beating Great Britain, the winners of the ninth and final leg at Boekelo (NED), by 20 points. The two countries have been close rivals since the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing started in 2012, with Britain heading the final leaderboard in 2013 and […]
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Bulgaria Tops FEI Balkan Endurance Championships

After a second place finish on the podium in 2015, Bulgaria’s Denis Furlanski captured individual gold riding Moz in the 100km FEI Balkan Endurance Championships 2016 at Velika Pisanica in eastern Croatia (October 8). Furlanski, who last year won team gold and individual silver at the 90km Balkan Championships, headed Moz into the cold morning […]