One hundred and sixty-five horse-and-rider combinations, representing 42 nations, set off on the five-loop, 160 km endurance race across the coast of Sartilly, FRA on August 28. With unfavourable weather conditions the trails turned to mud trenches sinking a foot deep causing issues on course. Canadians took on the race with a strategic plan and […]
Some 23 Reining horse-and-rider combinations came back to the Parc des Expositions in Caen today for the second individual qualifying competition. The top 15 pairs after the first individual qualifier had already earned their ticket to the Final which will be held on Saturday, 30 August, at 20.00 CEST. Second last to go, Troy Heikes, […]
William Fox-Pitt (GBR) has given the British team a massive morale boost after the first day of the Eventing competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy, where the Dressage phase is taking place below the chateau at Haras du Pin deep in the Normandy countryside. Fox-Pitt and the biddable stallion Chilli […]
UPDATE: Costa Rican rider Claudia Romero Chacon, who was injured in an accident 13.6 kilometres into the first loop of the Endurance course at Sartilly (FRA) this morning, has undergone surgery for fractures and internal injuries. She is in a serious but stable condition. Sadly her horse was killed instantly in the incident. There were two […]
Canada’s Roberta Sheffield earned a sixth place finish in the Grade III Individual Championship Test during the third day of para-dressage competition on Wednesday, August 27, at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy, FRA. Riding Evelyn Little’s eight-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Bindro T, at the para-dressage venue at La Prairie Racecourse, Sheffield, who […]
All four members of the Canadian Eventing Team were officially given the green light to compete at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 following the horse inspection on August 27 in Normandy, FRA. The horse inspection took place in front of the stunning Chateau at the legendary Le Pin National Stud in the […]
The Canadian Endurance Team has passed their veterinary inspection at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy, FRA. All four riders will take on the 160km endurance race across the coast of France by the historical Bay of Mont Saint Michele in Sartilly August 28. Representing Canada are: • Kathy Irvine, Elite Endurance […]
Canada’s Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON, enjoyed birthday bliss on August 27 after achieving a score of over 72% in the Grand Prix Special at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy, FRA. Riding Anton (Antaeus x Melit), a 14-year-old German-bred gelding owned by Robyn Eames, Trussell was the sole Canadian to move forward […]
The stage is set for a truly memorable Eventing competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy at the historic venue of Haras du Pin, where the first horse inspection took place this afternoon against the magnificent backdrop of the chateau built by Louis XlV. A record 91 horses representing 27 nations […]
Kendal Lehari was the top Canadian rider at the 2014 edition of the Richland Park Horse Trials, held in Richland, MI, August 21–24, 2014. Lehari of Uxbridge, ON, rode Totally Frank, her own nine-year-old Canadian thoroughbred gelding to seventh place in the CIC3*. The pair only added 1.20 cross country time penalties to their dressage […]
