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Online Barn Fire Prevention Tool

Equine Guelph has launched the new Barn Fire Prevention online tool as a resource for horse owners. Responding to the high incidence of barn fires in Ontario last winter, Equine Guelph has developed a tool that is easy to use and provides horse owners with interactive assessments for their individual facilities. “If you have a […]
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Canadian Supreme Turns 40!

Canada’s largest western horse event returns to Red Deer, as it celebrates a major milestone. The Canadian Supreme is marking 40 years, as it showcases and promotes the training traditions of the western horseman in the cutting, reining and working cow horse events. Offering $400,000 in prize money, the show has attracted nearly 600 entries […]
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Ben and Greetje Pon Named Dressage Canada Volunteers of the Month

Equestrian Canada (EC) is pleased to announce that Ben and Greetje Pon of Calgary, AB have been awarded the Dressage Volunteer of the Month title for August 2016. Over the years, Ben and Greetje’s contributions to the sport of dressage in Calgary have been immeasurable. Greetje has served on the Executive and Show Committee of […]
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2016 FEI European Eventing Championships for Juniors and Young Riders

It was double-gold for both Germany and France at the FEI European Eventing Championships for Juniors and Young Riders 2016 which drew to a close at the Military Equestrian Centre in Montelibretti, Italy yesterday. Athletes from 20 nations battled it out for the 12 medals on offer, and it was a fascinating contest in both […]
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Germany Wins FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing Leg in Waregem

It’s all to play for in the final of the 2016 FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing at Boekelo (NED) next month as Germany, Great Britain and France, respectively first, second and third at the penultimate leg at Waregem in Belgium, could all win the series in which the best seven results count. The Netherlands finished fourth […]
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Brazil Clinches Longines Challenge Cup at Furusiyya Final

It seemed almost like poetic justice when Team Brazil reigned supreme in the Longines Challenge Cup to bring the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2016 Final to a close at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona (ESP) today. Squeezed out of a medal position at the Olympic Games on their home turf in Rio […]
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Germany Takes 2016 Furusiyya Title in Barcelona

Team Germany claimed the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2016 trophy at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona (ESP) tonight, but not without a fierce fight with the runners-up from Great Britain. On a night to remember, it came down to a breath-taking jump-off between newly-crowned individual Olympic champion Nick Skelton and Germany’s Marcus […]
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Ali Ramsay Claims $36,000 CSI2* Caledon Cup – Phase Two

Ali Ramsay of Victoria, BC, emerged victorious in the $36,000 CSI2* Caledon Cup – Phase Two, presented by HEP, Aviva Insurance, and Edge Mutual Insurance on Friday night, September 23, at the CSI2* Canadian Show Jumping Tournament in Caledon, ON. A total of 38 horse-rider combinations tackled the track set in the indoor arena by […]
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German Rider Wins FEI World Endurance Championship for Young Horses

Smart riding brought Sabrina Arnold (GER) and Tsagan Nour to the top of the podium at the FEI World Endurance Championship for Young Horses (7 years) today in Nègrepelisse, France. The 120km Championship, which finished with an all-female 1,2,3 yesterday afternoon, with Arnold and Tsagan Nour galloping over the finish line in a time of […]