It was announced in April that Olympic champion Uthopia, ridden by Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin, would be sold through auction with no reserve on May 27, 2016. Soon after, it was reported that Hester was working to secure funding to purchase the 15-year-old KWPN stallion. A statement was issued today, June 28, 2016, by […]

Equine Canada announced the young athletes who will represent at the 2016 Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC),

A report by a Quebec media outlet has revealed that burgers represented and sold as “beef” by Montreal-based butcher shop La Maison du Rôti actually contain up to 46 percent horsemeat, and traces of other meats as well. These products are sold directly to consumers as well as to hotels, restaurants and other institutions. Ewa […]

Great Britain, fielding the all-female team of Izzy Taylor, Rosalind Canter, Holly Woodhead and Laura Collett, rose from fourth after Dressage to win for the second consecutive year at Strzegom (POL), fourth leg of the 2016 FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing. Eight teams contested this leg of the series at the popular Polish venue, which will […]

James Fairclough won the CAI2* Horse Four-in-Hand on Sunday June 26th in the 15th edition of the Bromont International Driving, held at the Olympic Equestrian Park. The New Jersey driver started the obstacle phase with an advance of more than 35 points over his closest rival after the dressage and marathon phases. Fairclough was the only […]

The Netherlands came out on top in the hotly-contested fourth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2016 series in Rotterdam (NED) tonight. And the home hero was 28-year-old Diederik van Silfhout whose Freestyle performance with Arlando NOP helped pin Team USA into runner-up spot in the closing stages. Sweden finished third ahead of France […]

The Showjumping Fund of the Netherlands (SFN) Auction will take place on September 21, 2016. All six horses currently under its ownership, including SFN Zenith N.O.P. – Jeroen Dubbeldam’s World and European Championship mount – will go up for sale via an internet auction operated by BVA Auctions in The Netherlands. Formerly known as Springpaarden […]

The World and European champions from The Netherlands threw down a stunning performance to win today’s fifth leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 1 League in Rotterdam (NED). And it was a particularly satisfying result, because it was the first time since 2003 that they have reigned supreme on home ground. […]

The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has created a new research chair in Equine Sport Medicine with help from a $250,000 donation from the Calgary Stampede. Research enabled by the new chair will benefit the entire equine industry from show jumpers and racehorses to Western pleasure and rodeo horses and draft horses. Renaud […]

Invasive plant species are on the move in British Columbia and the Ministry of Agriculture wants to curb that destructive migration. The Ministry is conducting a Weed Free Forage Certification market feasibility study in the coming weeks and Horse Council BC will be contributing to the conversation. (The livestock industry isn’t being singled out: logging, […]