Collaborative efforts between the International Society for Equitation Science (ISES) and leading dressage show sponsors World Dressage Masters (WDM) have resulted in a code of conduct that aims to ensure optimal horse-rider welfare and safety at equestrian events across the world. World Dressage Masters recently approached the International Society for Equitation Science requesting the society […]

British show jumper Ben Maher, along with owner Jane Clark, have announced that Urico will be retired following an injury he sustained at the CSIO5* Nations Cup in La Baule, France. The 13-year-old gelding underwent surgery on May 18th to repair a severe stress fracture to his right front pastern bone. He is recovering well, […]

Hot off his victory in the €200,000 Grand Prix of La Baule, France, on Sunday, Canadian Olympic Show Jumping Champion Eric Lamaze enjoyed another win on the opening day of CSIO5* Rome, Italy. On Thursday, May 22, Lamaze opened the five-star event in Rome with a win in the €24,000 1.50m Premio 3 riding Zigali […]

Each summer, Ontario Veterinary College DVM students entering their fourth year of studies must complete an eight-week externship course in a mixed (companion and food animal or companion and equine) practice. This year, five students will share their experiences through the 2014 Externship Project. Jodi Boyd, Lindsay Oxby, Jeremy Shaba, Chelsea Allan and Michael Brown […]

Home of several popular online healthcare tools, Equine Guelph is pleased to announce its latest development, the Senior Horse Challenge. With the medical and research advances of today, horses are living longer lives! These are not the only reasons that horses are happily trotting into their late twenties or thirties. Behind every example of a […]

Spruce Meadows looks forward to welcoming many of the world’s best horses and riders to their Summer Series tournaments in 2014, beginning June 5th and continuing with five tournaments through July 13th. The tournaments have a 7% increase in prize money this year, featuring four 5* events and more opportunities to earn important FEI World […]

After a fall on May 18th, with Breitling LS during the $100,000 Empire State Grand Prix at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, Beezie Madden will be undergoing surgery for a broken collar bone. Both Madden and Breitling LS fell on course at the open water obstacle. They were both quickly back on their feet […]

The newly-renovated Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park opened its doors for the first show of the season, and Ian Millar wasted no time posting the first grand prix victory. The 10-time Olympian hailing from Perth, ON, won the $35,000 CSI2* RAM Equestrian Grand Prix riding Dixson on Sunday, May 18, for owners Sue and Aerial […]

Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze rode Artisan Farms LLC’s Powerplay to victory in the €200,000 Grand Prix of La Baule on Sunday, May 18, in France. It was an extremely emotional win for Lamaze, who won the CSIO5* La Baule event, the highest ranking on the international show jumping calendar, on one other occasion in […]

A bright young British team came out on top at the second leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 2 league staged in Odense, Denmark today. In runner-up spot at the halfway stage of the competition carrying just four faults, they added eight more in the second round yet still clinched it […]