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WEG Show Jumping: Day 1

In a sensational start to the Jumping Championships at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy today, Ireland’s teenage star Bertram Allen won the opening speed leg with a brilliant performance from Molly Malone V. The 19-year-old, who hails from County Wexford, but who is based in Munster, Germany and is coached by […]
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Strong Start for Canadian Show Jumping Team at World Championships

The Canadian Show Jumping Team is currently standing sixth following the opening day of competition on September 2 at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Caen, France. Individually, Ian Millar of Perth, ON, currently sits in eighth position. All four members of the Canadian Team produced a clear round over the speed track set […]
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Mark Your Calendars for the OEF Annual General Meeting

The Ontario Equestrian Federation invites all members to attend its annual general meeting, which will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Caledon Estates Banquet Hall. All adult members are eligible to vote and are encouraged to exercise that right. Online polls are now open to vote for directors at large […]
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Six Candidates Declare for FEI Presidential Election

Representatives of six National Federations have submitted applications for the position of FEI President. The candidates, in order of receipt of the candidacy files by the FEI, are: – Pierre Genecand (SUI) – Ulf Helgstrand (DEN) – John McEwen (GBR) – Javier Revuelta del Peral (ESP) – Pierre Durand (FRA) – Ingmar De Vos (BEL) […]
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John Pearce Guides Chianto to 40th Grand Prix Win at HITS Saugerties

When the final entry’s jump-off time flashed across the scoreboard a second slower than his own, John Pearce was standing beside Chianto at the Strongid® C 2X™ Grand Prix Stadium in-gate. A winner’s smile swept across his face as he stepped back to appreciate the 18-year old Danish Warmblood gelding, then pointed to the flea-bitten […]
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WEG Week 2 Preview

The thrills and excitement of the first week of fabulous sport at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy will be a hard act to follow. But now that the Dressage, Para-Dressage, Reining, Endurance and Eventing horses have headed for home, the stables at the Games venues in Caen have filled up once […]
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Canadian Eventing Team Scores Top Ten at WEG

The Canadian Eventing Team hung on to their seventh place finish at the conclusion of the final show jumping phase on August 31 at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™,  in Normandy, FRA. After completing a demanding cross country course at the Le Pin National Stud venue in Ornes on August 30, three Canadians presented […]
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Sandra Auffarth Takes Germany to the Top in WEG Eventing

German riders gave a master class in Jumping at the finale of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ Eventing competition to give Germany the full set of titles: Olympic, European and now World team gold medals, with Sandra Auffarth also taking individual gold. All four riders – Sandra Auffarth, Michael Jung, Ingrid Klimke and […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Ready for WEG

The Canadian Show Jumping Team is set to begin competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™, which is held every four years and acts as the world championships. Canada is represented by Yann Candele, 43, of Caledon, ON, Tiffany Foster, 30, of Vancouver, BC, defending Individual Bronze Medalist Eric Lamaze, 45, of Schomberg, […]