The regularly scheduled Saturday afternoon card at Hastings Racecourse has been cancelled due to a virus that has spread through the barns, General Manager Darren MacDonald announced today. “We made every effort to fill the back-to-back weekend cards,” MacDonald said. “The virus has spread through our horse population and we figured it would be in […]

Equine Canada is pleased to support and promote the ‘A Night to Remember’ dressage gala, hosted by the Canadian Dressage Athlete’s Assistance Program (C-DAAP), with 100% of net proceeds going directly to Canadian dressage riders. This premier fundraising event is set to take place at Casa Loma in Toronto, ON on Oct. 23, 2015. Many […]

Conor Swail rode Lothlorien Farm’s Simba De La Roque to victory Thursday night in the $40,000 Pennsylvania National “Big Jump” class at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Swail bested a field of 22 to claim the victory. Swail had won the Dash For Cash Speed class the night before with Simba De LaRoque. The Michel […]

Exciting competition, a bigger pen to play in, and a fitting tribute were all part of the 2015 Canadian Supreme at Westerner Park in Red Deer.

Calgary’s equestrian fans are among the best in the world. Now they are being rewarded for their loyalty, says John Anderson, President of Rocky Mountain Show Jumping. This year’s Royal West on October 22-31 has been accepted into the prestigious Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League as one of 14 qualifiers on the […]

Close to 1,400 people have attended a series of FEI Endurance educational courses in Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE) over the past four days in advance of this week’s Endurance season opener, a CEI1* 80-kilometre ride. The attendees, numbering 1,347 in total, included athletes, trainers, grooms, Veterinarians, Judges, Technical Delegates and Stewards. The courses were […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to honour the team of volunteers behind the Rising Stars Youth Dressage Competition in Chilliwack, BC with the Dressage Canada Volunteer of the Month Award for September. Held annually at Heritage Park in Chilliwack, BC, the Rising Stars Youth Dressage Competition celebrated its twelfth year in 2015. The competition started as […]

Following the emergence of a number of different perspectives, opinions and concerns raised by the eventing community, Equine Canada initiated an extensive third-party review of the Eventing High Performance program. The goal of which was to identify any necessary changes to resolve those concerns, and to provide suggestions on how to strengthen the overall program. […]

Bromont WEG got the first good news in long time when they received approval for a 50-year lease of town property last week. Organizers already had a lease from the town, but the new lease will allow them to build the indoor arena that will be used for reining and vaulting. Town council had previously […]

Amidst concerns over quarantine for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, FEI president Ingmar De Vos says he is confident that equine health certificates will be finalized by the month’s end and that horses from Canada, the United States and Europe will be able to enter Brazil. In a statement released October 7th, De Vos said: […]