Olympic Champions Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Hickstead won the $1 million CN International for the second time in their career on Sunday, September 11, at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament in Calgary, AB.   An international field of 35 horses tackled the tough two round track set by Olympic mastermind Leopoldo Palacios of […]

Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, continued his impressive run of victories by winning the $80,000 Suncor Energy Winning Round and guiding his student, 16-year-old Caitlin Ziegler, to second place on Saturday, September 10, at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament in Calgary, AB.   A total of 27 riders entered the International Ring to […]

Spain’s record-breaking partnership of Maria Alvarez Ponton and Nobby took their fourth Championship title in a row when putting in another phenomenal performance at the FEI European Endurance Championships 2011 in Florac, France yesterday.  And the host nation had plenty to celebrate too, as Virginie Atger, Julien Goachet, Sunny Demedy and Benedicte Santisteva claimed the […]

Day four of FEI international competition at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” began with the Suncor Energy Winning Round.  Riders had to qualify in competitions earlier in the week in order to compete in this competition. Even though 11 riders jumped clear in the first round of the Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) designed course, only the top […]

Team France has won the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup today at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament.  In front of a record crowd of 79,489, over 10,000 more than last year, Team France jumped in championship form to win one of the richest Nations’ Cup events in the World. Only four jumping faults separated France and […]

A record Friday crowd of 59,765 was treated to top championship sport in the Mercedes-Benz Evening of the Horse, Friday at Spruce Meadows. In the $100,000 Encana Cup, Lauren Hough of the United States scored her first victory with her 9 year old mare Blue Angel in a 3 horse jump-off featuring Kamal Bahamdan (KSA) […]

The FEI European Jumping Championships 2011, which will take place  September 13-18, in Madrid (ESP), will be broadcast LIVE on FEI TV, the official FEI video platform, according to the following schedule:   Wednesday, September 14, 2011 14.00-15.45 –    First Championship Competition 15.45-16.00 –    Arena Maintenance Break 16.00-17.45 –    First Championship Competition (continued) 17.45-18.00 –    […]

Forty-one entries took on the ATCO Structures & Logistics Cup course designed by world respected Venezuelan course designer, Leopoldo Palacios. Of the 11 clears in the first round, 10 returned to jump-off the placings.  Eric Lamaze (CAN), fresh off his success yesterday with Hickstead, rode the 9-year-old speed specialist, Coriana van Klapscheut, to the win.  […]

The FEI European Jumping Championships celebrates its 31st anniversary as the action begins at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Spain next Tuesday.  At the inaugural Championship in Rotterdam (NED) back in 1957, where there were only individual medals on offer, just eight riders competed, and it was no surprise when Germany’s Hans […]

As predicted, Switzerland has qualified for the 2012 FEI Nations Cup™ series having secured the 2011 FEI European Promotional League title by a convincing margin.  Finishing the season with 60.5 points, the Swiss completed with an advantage of 6.5 points over the runners-up from Sweden, while Italy placed third ahead of Spain. The Swiss and […]