Calgary, AB, Canada – July 12, 2014 – Spruce Meadows held its $83,000 Investors Group Cup 1.50m competition on Saturday afternoon with another win for USA’s McLain Ward at the ‘Pan American’ Tournament CSI 5*. Ward took the top two places, winning aboard Zander and finishing second with HH Carlos Z. The rider has had […]
It’s not often that a win for Germany comes as a surprise, but today at the sixth leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 1 League in Falsterbo, Sweden, even Otto Becker’s team could hardly believe it when they emerged victorious. Lying fifth at the halfway stage of a competition that had […]
The Canadian Para-Equestrian Team finished in second place overall following the Individual Championship Test, on July 10, at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage CPEDI3* held July 9-11, 2014 in Gloucester, ENG. Using the combined scores of Lauren Barwick, Ashley Gowanlock and Roberta Sheffield from the Team Test, on July 9, and Individual Championship Test determined […]
An FEI Endurance ride was held in Berwick, ON June 28–29 and many Canadian riders earned personal bests and qualifying times. In the CEI 3* 160 km race, Dessia Miller of Berwick, ON was second in a time of 14:08:50 riding Amber Kiera, her 10-year-old Arabian mare. Third place went to Lee Hutten of Chesterville, […]
The Canadian Para-Equestrian Team were in the top placings on the first day of competition at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage CPEDI3* held July 9-11, 2014 in Gloucester, ENG. Riding Double Agent, her seven-year-old Anglo-European Studbook mare, Roberta Sheffield of Lincolnshire, UK won her Grade III team test with 69.000%, and finished in second with […]
For the very first time, a Para-Reining clinic and demonstration class will be featured at the West Coast Classic July 10-13 at Chilliwack Heritage Park, just outside Vancouver in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The educational seminar and Para-Reining demonstration classes are slated for Saturday, July 12. This also marks for the first Para-Reining class to ever […]
Forty-one of the top horsewomen in the United States and Canada are headed to Oklahoma City Oct. 3 -5, 2014 to compete in the American Horsewoman’s Challenge and join in the celebration of the Year of the Horse Woman. Tickets are now on sale to see some of the continent’s finest women trainers go head-to […]
The Swiss Equestrian Federation (SEF) has named Pierre E. Genecand as a candidate for the FEI presidency and submitted the official candidacy to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) today. The elections, at which, contrary to her original intention, the incumbent FEI president HRH Haya bint al-Hussein could make herself available for a third period of […]
Jaclyn Duff, Elizabeth Gingras, Jill Henselwood and Jordan MacPherson will represent the Canadian Show Jumping Team at CSI 3* Ascona, SUI, from July 24 – 27, 2014 and at CSIO 3* – W Bratislava, SVK, from August 7 – 10, 2014. Jaclyn Duff, 27, of Edmonton, AB, has declared Pater Noster, a 12-year-old Belgium Warmblood […]
Emergencies involving horses and other large animals can happen any time, anywhere. Whether it’s an overturned trailer on the highway, a horse stuck in the mud or rescuing animals from a barn fire, learning how to prevent equine emergencies and being prepared should a disaster occur can mean the difference between life and death for […]
