Please be advised the Annual General Meeting of the Equine Canada Membership will be held Friday, February 7, 2014, at the Radisson Hotel Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB. This meeting will begin at 8:30 am CST. Attendance at this meeting is open to all members in good standing with Equine Canada. For additional details on the meeting […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that Dr. Volker Moritz has been selected to join a growing team of experts working together in the shared goal of helping Canadian high performance dressage riders be successful at the top level of the sport. Desi Dillingham, MBE, Special Advisor to Dressage Canada spearheaded this team of experts, […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the 2013 recipients of the Dressage Canada Bursary Program. Each year, the Dressage Canada Development Committee provides one senior and two junior dressage riders with a bursary of $2,500 to help encourage the accomplishment of personal goals as they relate to the sport of dressage. The 2013 senior recipient […]

Peter Stoessel, long-time president of CSIO5* St Gallen and successful Swiss businessman, passed away on December 26, 2013 after a short illness. He was 69. Born in 1944, Stoessel completed his higher education at the internationally renowned University of St Gallen in 1970 and entered Switzerland’s high-class department store Globus as a personal assistant to […]

In another twist in the US horse slaughter saga, the owners of Valley Meat Co. in New Mexico, a would-be slaughterhouse with plans to open this month, have filed a motion to sue State Attorney General Gary King. Valley Meat Co. contends that King’s efforts to block the facility’s opening, which include obtaining a 10-day […]

Four horses that contracted EHV-1, the neurological form of the equine herpes virus, were euthanized at a boarding stable in North Carolina at the end of December. The deaths were confirmed by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the cause of the illness was verified at a laboratory in Iowa, where […]

Hyperflexion or rollkür has been banned in Switzerland, during training and competition, and is now prohibited by law. The highly controversial movement, used by some in the dressage arena, is defined as “flexion of the horse’s neck achieved through aggressive force.” While hyperflexion has already been banned by the FEI in competition, Switzerland is the […]

Lansdowne, ridden by Conor Swail, has been named Horse of the Year in Ireland for 2013. The pair had excellent results in Wellington and Spruce Meadows

Kent Farrington (USA) and Robin Parsky’s Blue Angel added another victory to their roster of recent wins with a top finish in Sunday’s $125,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix, presented by Rolex. Held at The Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL, the second annual event brought together many of the best in equestrian show jumping for […]

Following a two-hour hearing on Friday, January 3rd, a temporary restraining order to block the opening of Valley Meat Co. has been extended for an additional 10 days. The New Mexico slaughterhouse, owned by Rick De Los Santos, was slated to begin operations in the next two weeks. However, State District Judge Matthew Wilson has […]