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 […]
Michael Jung (GER) is back as world Eventing number one after his brilliant third-place finish with La Biosthetique Sam FBW at last month’s Luhmühlen CCI4* (GER) presented by DHL, fifth leg of the FEI Classics™. Switch back Jung (32) jumped to the top of the FEI World Eventing Rankings in May for the first time […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), world governing body of equestrian sport, has today launched the FEI Awards 2015 to celebrate the world’s exceptional equestrians. The annual salute to excellence, courage, commitment and dedication starts today with nominations open at www.feiawards.org. “Our sport is unique and extraordinary”, FEI President Ingmar De Vos said. “Our athletes and […]
It is always difficult to get a win in the International Ring at Spruce Meadows with many of the world’s top horses and riders competing. It is even harder to win back-to-back competitions in one day, but that is exactly what Ireland’s Conor Swail did on Thursday of the 2015 ‘North American’ Tournament. Swail began […]
The 2015 ‘North American’ Tournament CSI 5* at Spruce Meadows featured an impressive line-up of show jumping on Wednesday. USA’s Quentin Judge and HH Whisky Royale began the day with a win in the $50,000 Aon Cup 1.55m, Chile’s Samuel Parot and Couscous van Orti jumped to victory in the $34,000 ATCO Energy Solutions Cup […]
Trainer Reade Baker will saddle a trio of top contenders in Sunday’s $1-million Canadian Classic led by Oaks-winning filly Academic and the maiden-winning colts Bear At Last and Breaking Lucky. Bear Stables’ Academic, with Justin Stein up, romped to a 66-1 score in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser. It was just the second […]
