The following statement from FEI president Ingmar De Vos was released by the FEI concerning the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to ban all Russian paralympians from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio: “We are very disappointed with today’s IPC decision. Like our Paralympic athletes from all other countries, our three Russian athletes have trained hard […]

Rebecca Howard and Olympic veteran Riddle Master performed a solid test worth 49.40 pp, with the only bobbles being some loss of rhythm in one of the flying changes and a during a late-test collected canter. She moved into a tie for 41st spot with teammate Kathryn Robinson and Let It Bee, ahead of Canadians […]

Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, unfortunately did not have the opening act to her Olympic debut she had been envisioning. Aboard Qorry Blue d’Argouges, a 12-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by fellow Canadian eventer Peter Barry, the 33-year-old from Dunham, QC, was barely into the second movement of her test when sudden, deafening mic feedback […]

The Canadian Eventing Team is holding down 12th place after the completion of the initial dressage phase on Aug. 7, 2016 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. The Canadians were sitting in ninth place as a team after the first day of dressage on Aug. 6, which saw 33 of […]

The world’s best equine athletes at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro are now poised to help their human companions win medals for eventing, dressage and showjumping, and as they focus on the prize they have access to a hi-tech veterinary facility like no other. Located at the Deodoro stables, the 1,000 sq metre horse […]

A brilliant ride by Ingrid Klimke maintained Team Germany’s lead as Eventing dressage drew to a close today at Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro (BRA). But her score of 39.50 with Bob gives the defending Olympic champions only a fractional advantage of 0.2 penalties over the feisty French side going into tomorrow’s much-anticipated […]

The Heerlijkheid Mariënwaerdt Estate in Beesd (NED) hosted a very successful 10th FEI World Para Equestrian Driving Championships, from August 3-6. The Dutch home team claimed the gold medal in the Nations competition, with Germany in sliver and Great Britain in bronze. Germany’s Heiner Lehrter won his third individual gold medal in Grade 1 and […]

Canadian show jumping athlete Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, is number ten in the world on the new rider rankings released Thursday, August 4, by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI). On the eve of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the 2008 Olympic Champion has regained his place in the top ten with a total of […]

Kathryn Robinson, 30, of Kettering, UK, has had a bit of a rollercoaster ride leading up to these Olympics, to put it mildly,

Canada’s Jessica Phoenix had the privilege of being the first to step into the dressage arena at the Olympic Equestrian Centre riding A Little Romance,