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Belinda Trussell Closes Out Dressage for Canada in Grand Prix Special

Belinda Trussell from Stouffville, ON closed out the second Olympic appearance of her career on Aug. 12, finishing 27th individually in the dressage portion of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. Dressage competition at the Games began with a field of 60 horse/rider combinations in the Grand Prix on Aug. 10 […]
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Normal order restored as Germany takes Olympic Dressage team gold once again

Like re-booting to re-establish a connection, Germany clinched team Dressage gold in considerable style at the Olympic Equestrian Park in Deodoro today. Germany has now won eight of the last nine Olympic team Dressage contests – with only Great Britain spoiling the party on home soil in 2012 – and today’s result brings the Germans […]
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Trussell Scores 72.325% in Grand Prix Special in Rio

Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON, was third in the ring in the Grand Prix Special on a cool and overcast morning at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Riding the 16-year-old Anton, Trussell, 44, had placed 28th in the previous day’s Grand Prix with a score of 71.286%, securing a spot in the Special. They performed a […]
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Queen Charlotte steals the show in Rio; Germany leads the Team Dressage

The multiple record-breaking British partnership and defending Olympic champions, Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro, more than lived up to expectations when producing the top score as the Dressage Grand Prix drew to a close at the Olympic Equestrian Venue in Deodoro this afternoon. But not even the shining star of the sport could halt the steady […]
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Canadian Excels at CAI 3* in Piber, Austria

Kelly Houtappels-Bruder, from Ariss, ON, who currently resides in The Netherlands, rode her way to an overall seventh place finish in the ninth edition of the FEI World Single Driving Championships at the Lipizzaner Stud Farm in Piber-Köflach, Austria, held August 3-7, 2016. With her esteemed partner, Flip (Fidertanz x Carprilli), an eight-year-old Oldenburg gelding […]
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Trussell and Anton Score 72.214% in Grand Prix at Deodoro

Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON, was the first competitor into the stadium on the second day of Grand Prix. Under sunny skies she and Anton, a 16-year-old Sachsen-Anhaltiner gelding owned by Robyn Eames and Mark Trussell, had a lovely test, earning nines from several judges for her piaffe work. “Anton was very good. He was very […]
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Canadian Shares in Three-Way Mongol Derby Tie

At 9:51 a.m. local time, Heidi Telstad from Canada, Will Comiskey from Australia, and Marcia Hefker-Miles from New Mexico, crossed the finish line, arms together, to take a triple dead heat in the 2016 Mongol Derby, the world’s longest and toughest horse race. They gave thanks to the horses, herders and people of Mongolia for […]
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Updated CBC Livestream Schedule

The CBC livestreaming schedule for the remaining Olympic equestrian events is as follows: Thursday, Aug. 11 – Individual and Team Dressage – 9am-3pm ET Friday, Aug. 12 – Dressage Grand Prix Special – 9am-3:40pm ET Saturday, Aug. 13 – No Equestrian competition scheduled Sunday, Aug. 14 – Jumping Qualification – 9am-12:40pm ET Monday, Aug. 15 […]
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Emotional roller-coaster on opening day of Olympic Dressage

Great tests from both Dorothee Schneider and Sonke Rothenberger have given Team Germany a firm hold at the top of both the individual and team leaderboards after the opening day of Olympic Dressage at Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) today. The Grand Prix is the first of the two competitions that will […]