The 25th annual Bromont Three Day Event will take place June 9 to 12, 2011, at Bromont Olympic Park in Bromont, Quebec. Representing the highest level of eventing competition offered in Canada, more than 150 athletes will compete for over $30,000 in prize money. Olympians from around the world will be arriving in Bromont with […]
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The $55,000 CSI2*-W Mibroc Group World Cup at Thunderbird Show Park delivered a thrill a minute, but saved the best for last as Jill Henselwood and Special Ed rode to victory. With twenty-eight entries from across North America, the Canadian Olympic Silver Medalist executed two perfect rounds to lead the pack and shave just over […]
Chester Weber, the USA’s top four-in-hand driver, has won the international combined driving competition in Vecsés, Hungary this weekend. Weber took the lead in the dressage and held onto the top spot throughout the weekend. Dutch driver Koos de Ronde was runner-up, ahead of Vecsés-organizer József Dobrovitz, but it was the home side Hungary that […]
The opening event in the eastern region of the 2011 Jump Canada Young Horse Series was held May 27 at Concours Hippique de St. Lazare in St. Lazare, QC. Tatiana Dzavik of Toronto, ON, topped the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division aboard her horse Winette, and was the only rider to cleanly negotiate the track set […]
Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, is once again the number one show jumping rider in the world. The new Rolex Rider Rankings, released by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) on June 1, 2011, show Lamaze back in the number one spot with a total of 3,658 points. Reigning European Champion Kevin Staut […]
The American team will be first into the ring for tomorrow’s third leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ at St Gallen, Switzerland. A total of nine nations will compete, as the Swiss, who were relegated at the end of last season, join the eight Top League countries for a guest appearance on their home […]
Olympic and European Dressage champion Henri Chammartin (SUI) passed away this week at the age of 92. A legend in the Dressage world, he competed in five consecutive editions of the Olympic Games – Helsinki 1952, Stockholm 1956, Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964, and Mexico 1968 – winning a total of five medals. During his […]
The second qualifying event in the western region of the 2011 Jump Canada Young Horse Series was held from May 25 to 29 at the Canadian Premier Tournament at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. Georgann Gregory of Vancouver, BC, won the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division aboard Phlush, owned by Jackie Magno. The pair had […]
Francois Lamontagne of St. Eustache, QC, won the $25,000 Eastwood Equine Grand Prix held Saturday, May 28, during the 37th annual Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows in St. Lazare, QC. Last year, Lamontagne and Unik Circa were the runner-ups to Lauren Hunkin and Larry 0146 in the $25,000 Eastwood Equine Grand Prix. There was […]
Australian equestrian legend James George “Bill” Roycroft OBE passed away on Sunday 29 May at the age of 96. Bill Roycroft was one of Australia’s greatest Olympians and one of only five Australians to have competed in five consecutive Olympic Games. His Olympic début was in Rome in 1960 where he helped secure Australia’s first-ever […]