The second event in the central region of the 2011 Jump Canada Young Horse Series was held June 22-26 at the CornerStone Show in Palgrave, ON. In the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division, Wicoca, ridden by Erynn Ballard of Hillsburgh, ON, took the win with two clear rounds and a time of 34.12 seconds. Owned […]
Reigning World Champion Michael Jung (GER) has established his position on the 2011 FEI World Cup™ Eventing rankings after scoring an emphatic one-two at Strzegom (POL), the fourth leg of the series. In a remarkable record, Jung, the reigning Series Champion from 2010 and winner of the 2009 FEI World Cup™ Eventing Final in Strzegom […]
The opening event in the central region of the 2011 Jump Canada Young Horse Series was held June 15-19 at the Summer Classic in Palgrave, ON. In the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division it was Canadian Olympian Beth Underhill of Schomberg, ON, who guided Celline 2 to victory. Underhill and Celline 2 were the only […]
Gerhard Schickedanz passed away in Markham, Ontario, after a short battle with cancer. Schickedanz, a founding member of the American Trakehner Association
The FEI Dressage Committee discussed several issues at its meeting in Paris (FRA) earlier this month and the following five key developments were decided upon. Blood rule The committee proposed a new blood rule explicitly stating that the test would be stopped if blood appears anywhere on the horse. At top level events (Olympic Games, […]
Halton Place regretfully confirms that the three weeks comprising the Canadian Country Classic Horse Show, scheduled from August 24 to September 11, 2011, in Halton Hills, ON, have been cancelled. Following a surprise move by the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) on June 16, 2011, in which the application for a permit for three weeks of […]
The host nation of Kazakhstan clinched gold in both the FEI Intermediate 1 and FEI Freestyle Intermediate 1 classes at the FEI Central Asian Dressage Championships 2011 staged in Almaty over the weekend. In a pitched battle between two seasoned riders during which good fortune swung in both directions, Sergey Buikevich claimed the Intermediate 1 […]
At the end of March, Halton Place, in Milton, ON, issued a press release stating that the first three weeks of their summer horse show schedule would be cancelled because they were unable to secure the appropriate permits from the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC), who oversees special events in that region. Timur Leckebusch, president of […]
The Fédération Equestre International (FEI), the governing body of equestrian sport, is pleased to announce the FEI Awards 2011 judging panel, which will be presided by FEI President HRH Princess Haya for the third consecutive year. Diane Fissore-Wathelet, President of the Monaco Equestrian Federation, Zoë Kayes, Secretary General of the Malawi Equestrian Federation, and Juan […]
Andreas Dibowski, a valuable member of Germany’s teams for many years, was at his consistent best in a tense finale at Luhmühlen, presented by E.ON Avacon (GER), and seized victory with a flawless Jumping round on Euroridings Butts Leon to gain his first points in the 2011 HSBC FEI Classics™. “I have been riding here […]
