The Canadian Reining Committee (CRC) is pleased to announce the team and individual riders to represent Canada and their provinces at the 2012 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 17–22, 2012 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. The Junior Rider […]

Dana van Lierop was the show-stopper as The Netherlands scooped all gold in the Junior division, while Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour recorded a Danish double in the Young Riders at the 2012 FEI European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors which drew to a close in Berne, Switzerland today. Germany, so dominant when claiming five […]

The first edition of the FEI European Driving Championships for Children, Juniors and Young Drivers will be remembered as a great success despite the wet weather. The Theresianic Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Austria welcomed 39 drivers from eight nations. The competition The Championships comprised three categories. The first one was for Children aged between […]

Athletes from 40 countries on six continents will compete in the equestrian events of the London 2012 Olympic Games, which get underway on July 28th. The list of entries validated by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is now available here. Continuing the Olympic tradition, Jumping is the strongest discipline […]

Three horses died during the chuckwagon races at the 100th edition of the Calgary Stampede on Thursday. Critics demanding an end to the dangerous sport

It was a record turnout for the Cedar Run Classic last week, with 428 horses competing (100 more than last year) and over 1,500 riders, trainers and spectators in attendance for the first of Cedar Run’s National Show Jumping Tournaments. “We experienced a record number of participants and attendees for the Classic and we have […]

Reem Acra, the international fashion designer and title sponsor of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage series, is lending her support to the FEI’s Best Athlete Award for the third consecutive year. The Reem Acra Best Athlete Award honours an athlete (equine or human) or a combination that, over the past year, has demonstrated exceptional skill […]

Beverley Widdowson, owner of the 11-year-old grey gelding Carlo 273, has been awarded the prestigious title of “Owner of the Year” by the FEI and International Jumping Owners Club. Carlo 273 and British rider, Nick Skelton, have had a string of impressive performances during 2011 and 2012, notably; at the CSIO5* St. Gallen; at the […]

Canadian riders were once again well represented in Calgary at the Spruce Meadows North American CSI 5* tournament, held July 4-8. $32,000 1.45 m SUNCAST Cup 3rd Eric Lamaze and Take Off $32,000 1.50m AON Cup 6th Eric Lamaze and Hunter’s Scendix $32,000 1.45m PEPSI Challenge 2nd Eric Lamaze and Wang Chung M2S 6th Yann […]

In preparation for the London Olympics, the Canadian dressage team riders earned top scores and results at CDI3* Hartpury, in Hartpury, GBR, held July 6-8. In the Grand Prix test Ashley Holzer and Breaking Dawn finished second with 72.830%; David Marcus and Chrevi’s Capital were fourth, scoring 68.957%; Jacqueline Brooks riding D Niro placed fifth […]