PASO executive secretary Reynaldo González López has passed away at the age of 66. Marcel Aubut, president of the Canadian Olympic Committee, released the following statement of condolence on the COC’s behalf: “It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the loss of Reynaldo González López, Executive Secretary of PASO. Mr. Gonzalez played […]
Pan Am Games organizers are offering new tickets for high-demand, sold-out events ‒ including equestrian, the opening ceremony, basketball, football, diving and athletics. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, July 6th at 11 a.m. (E.T.) and will be available at TORONTO2015.org/tickets. TO2015 organizers say fans have bought about 750,000 of 1,000,000 tickets available for […]
Spruce Meadows hosted the final day of competition in its ‘North American’ Tournament CSI 5* on Sunday with a win for USA’s Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 in the $210,000 Cenovus Energy Classic Derby. Earlier in the day, McLain Ward (USA) and HH Carlos Z won the $85,000 Enbridge Cup 1.50m. Howard and 16-year-old […]
Ponies from across Canada converged at Angelstone in what has become one of North America’s most competitive pony competitions, The Great Pony Challenge
The team from Argentina, preparing for the Pan Am games in just a couple weeks, decided to use Angelstone as their venue of choice to prepare for the games. That decision paid off in a huge way last night as Argentina swept the podium, taking first, second and third on the first Super Saturday of […]
Germany took four of the eight titles on offer at the FEI European Dressage Championships for Young Riders, Juniors and Children 2105 in Vidauban, France where the action drew to a close this afternoon. However Dana Van Lierop broke their grip when claiming the Young Riders Individual honours for The Netherlands yesterday, and there was […]
The stars aligned for McLain Ward (USA) and HH Azur to earn a major victory in Saturday’s $400,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Spruce Meadows. There are not many major competitions left in the world that Ward has not won, but he will now have his name etched in history in one of […]
Germany dominated the Junior category while the Italians claimed a huge haul of Young Rider medals at the FEI European Reining Championships for Juniors and Young Riders 2015 which drew to a close at Givrins in Switzerland yesterday. Staged over two days at Corinna Schumacher’s CS Ranch which lies halfway between Geneva and Lausanne, the […]
The ‘North American’ Tournament at Spruce Meadows continued on Friday with two feature competitions hosted in the International Ring and a win for USA’s Kent Farrington and RCG Farm’s Uceko in the highlight $50,000 Lafarge Cup 1.50m. Also competing on Friday, Mario Deslauriers took a big win in the $34,000 Pepsi Challenge 1.45m riding Lisa […]
Dressage Canada (DC) has announced the election process for three committee chair positions to take effect in 2016: Athletes’ Council Chair Athletes’ Council Vice-Chair Finance and Fundraising Committee Chair Nominees must have experience with not-for-profit committees, such as one or more years working on a Dressage Canada or equivalent committee. Each successful nominee will be […]
