The Club de Campo Villa de Madrid (ESP), venue for this year’s FEI European Jumping Championship, is to provide all-weather sand footing for the main arena to ensure perfect going for the Championship. The Championship will run from 13-18 September 2011.   The Club already has sand footing in its warm-up rings, but the footing […]

The host nation of Kazakhstan captured all the medals at the 2011 FEI Central Asian Endurance Championship staged in Talgar earlier this month.  Altyngali Bissemaganbetov claimed gold, while Amangeldy Munaitbayev took silver and Kairzhan Andybay clinched the bronze.  Just six of the 16 starters completed the 80kms course, and the only non-Kazakh in the final […]

Calgary’s own John Anderson made it two for two, winning both the $31,000 CSI2* Bow Valley Welcome Classic and the $31,000 CSI2* Tribute to Mothers Grand Prix during the Bow Valley Classic II show jumping tournament held May 18 to 22 in Calgary, AB. Having also won the $31,000 CSI2* Rocky Mountain Grand Prix on […]

Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, scored a hometown victory by winning the $55,000 Ram Equestrian Grand Prix on Sunday, May 22, at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. Candele was one of four entries to advance to the jump-off after successfully negotiating the track set by course designer Bernardo Cabrille of Portugal. First back […]

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the governing body of equestrian sport, is pleased to announce that nominations for the FEI Awards 2011 are now open.   Members of the worldwide equestrian community are invited to make their nominations via the dedicated website http://www.feiawards.org/.   The awards, which were launched  in 2009, aim to acknowledge outstanding […]

The 100-day countdown to the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships 2011 is being celebrated today at an international media event held at Luhmühlen (GER), which on 25-28 August will be hosting the championships for the fifth time since they were created in 1953. Eventing legend Captain Mark Philips (GBR) welcomed guests to the brand new […]

The 37th annual Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows will be held May 18-22 and May 25-29 in St. Lazare, QC, with a record number of participants.   Opening week, Concours Hippique de Pépinière, will feature the Pépinière Grand Prix, Presented by Sandridge Saddlery and System Fencing, which will act as a qualifier for the […]

Roland Désourdy (CAN), known by his many Canadian friends as Monsieur Roland, passed away at the end of last month at the age of 93. A well-known businessman in Québec, he founded Ville de Bromont, which he planned as a city for the 21st century and which has developed into the city of Bromont that […]

The FEI Equestrian Community Integrity Unit (ECIU), which was established in January 2010, has been drafted into the FEI Statutes and will now be a permanent fixture in the structure of the Federation.   The revision to the FEI Statutes to officially establish the ECIU as a permanent entity was passed unanimously at the recent […]

Equine Canada announces the loss of 2011 Dressage Canada Long Listed horse and declared 2011 Pan American Games mount for Tom Dvorak, Key West, an 11-year-old bay Trakehner gelding. Equine Canada extends its deepest condolences to Key West’s owners, riders, friends and fans. Please find below a statement released on May 13, 2011, by owner […]