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In Memoriam: Albert Kley

It is with a heavy heart that Spruce Meadows announces the sudden passing of Riding Master Albert Kley.on the evening of January 6, 2016 at the age of 72.
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LGCT Announces 2016 Dates

Mexico City will join the Longines Global Champions Tour, incorporating the new Global Champions League, in 2016 as part of a spectacular calendar of 15 events. The new 2016 calendar sees the circuit make a further strategic expansion across the American continent with the addition of a spectacular new event in Mexico City. Mexico City […]
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In Memoriam: Mill Creek Raphael

Former Canadian Show Jumping Team horse Mill Creek Raphael died on December 27, 2015, at the age of 25. Owned by Phil Henning of Mill Creek Stables in Cambridge, ON, before being donated to Equine Canada in 2003, Mill Creek Raphael was a bay Hanoverian gelding (Raphael x Gluecksstern) born in Germany in 1990. Bred […]
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2016 Equine Canada Board of Directors Nominations Open

Equine Canada (EC) is pleased to announce that nominations are officially open for the 2016 EC Board of Directors. Following the successful implementation of new By-laws and Articles of Continuance in 2015, EC has modernized its governance framework to more effectively deliver on its mandate, which is to represent, promote and advance the sport in […]
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David Hunter Named Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Manager

Equine Canada (EC) is pleased to welcome David Hunter to the position of Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Manager, effective January 2016. Hunter, who currently resides in Norfolk County in England, has spent the past 13 years with the Great Britain Para Dressage Team, supporting them through team gold medal performances and countless individual medals at all […]
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In Memoriam: General OP Malhotra

General Om Prakash (OP) Malhotra, PVSM (Retd), former President of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI), a founding member and former President of the Asian Equestrian Federation (AEF) and former Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army has passed away at his home in Gurgaon. He was 93. General Malhotra was President of the Equestrian Federation […]
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In Memoriam: Andres Rodriguez

Venezuelan Jumping athlete Andres Rodriguez, individual silver medallist at the 2015 Pan-American Games, has died in hospital of injuries sustained in a car crash in Wellington, Florida (USA) on 4 January. He was 31. A passenger in the car, Sophie Walker (30), died at the scene of the crash. Ms Walker was a talented amateur […]
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Pan Am Medalist Killed in Car Crash

Andres Rodriguez, the Venezuelan show jumper has died from his injuries as the result of a car crash in Wellington, FL the morning of Jan. 4th.
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CAS Upholds FEI Position in Irish Aachen Appeal

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal by Irish athlete Cian O’Connor and Horse Sport Ireland and upheld the decision rendered by the FEI Appeal Committee following an on-course incident at the FEI European Jumping Championships in Aachen (GER) on August 21st 2015. “I am happy that the CAS has confirmed […]
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Boyd Exell is the Master in Mechelen

After a thrilling competition on the last evening of the 35th edition of Jumping Mechelen (BEL), Boyd Exell (AUS) claimed his fourth FEI World Cup™ Driving victory of this season. The enthusiastic spectators witnessed a fantastic neck-to-neck competition with runner-up spot going to Koos de Ronde (NED), while Georg von Stein (GER) finished third and […]