US riders may have been disappointed when failing to make the cut into the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Final decider when missing the cut by a few short seconds yesterday, but they were all smiles today when clinching the honours in the Consolation Competition. It was no walk in the park however, as they had […]
Canada will have a chance to make history on Sunday in the final of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final series, after two flawless performances from Tiffany Foster of Schomberg, ON riding Artisan Farms LLC’s Verdi III, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Hors La Loi II X Cantessa), and Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON riding […]
The Brazilian team topped the opening round of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final 2013 at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain today where the battle for the eight qualifying spots for Sunday’s second round was a real thriller. The sport of Nations Cup jumping is on fire right now, and today’s […]
The Canadian Show Jumping Team has qualified for the final of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Final through their seventh placing in Friday’s preliminary round. The team comprised of Tiffany Foster on Artisan Farms LLC’s Verdi III, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Hors La Loi II X Cantessa), Eric Lamaze on LLC’s Powerplay, a nine-year-old Holstein […]
Pia Fortmuller and her partner Orion competed at the Vienna Masters held September 19-22, in the heart Vienna, Austria. Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Vienna City Hall, the competition featured the elite of the world’s riding scene. Fortmuller of Priddis, AB currently living and training in Germany with Olympic medalist, Heike Kemmer, took […]
Canadians Jordan McDonald of Oakville, ON and Michael Winter, currently riding out of Cirencester, UK competed at the Whatley Manor International Horse Trials held at Gatcombe Park in Stroud, Gloucester, GBR where competitors completed all three phases in a single day over cross country courses designed by HRH The Princess Royal, and Patricia Biden. In […]
Peter Barry of Dunham, QC and Kilrodan Abbott competed against a large contingent of international competitors finishing 15th in the CIC3* division of the Plantation Field Horse Trials held in Unionville, PA. Barry and Kilrodan Abbott, his own and Susan and Dylan Barry’s 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding sired by Clover Brigade, started the competition […]
Jump Canada announces the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the upcoming CSIO4*-W Best Jump 2013 being held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The following riders and horses will travel to Porto Alegre, BRA to compete from October 3 – 6: Ben Asselin (Calgary, AB) will ride Attaché Stables’ Makavoy, a 10-year-old Selle Francaise mare. Angela Covert […]
In my first meeting in Lausanne with the FEI Bureau after my election in 2006, I proposed limiting FEI Presidents to two four-year terms. I suggested that reform, which was later adopted as an FEI Statute, because it is essential to ensure fresh thinking and avoid a sense of entitlement within the leadership of an […]
For the second time in less than two months, Canadian dressage riders topped the leaderboard in Saugerties, NY, this time at the New England Dressage Association (NEDA) Fall Festival of Dressage CDI-W Y/J Saugerties held at the HITS Show grounds, September 19-22. Four-time Olympian and Toronto native Ashley Holzer, currently residing in New York, USA […]
