The rumours proved true when it was announced on Tuesday that Matthias Alexander Rath will take the ride on the famous dressage stallion Totilas, formerly ridden by Edward Gal. Twenty-six-year-old Rath, who is coached by his father, Klaus Martin Rath, was a member of the bronze medal winning German dressage team at this year’s WEG. […]

For the second year in a row Ainsley Vince of Milton, ON, was named the Jump Canada Series Champion following the final event in the 2010 Series, the $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championships, which was held November 5 and 6 during the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. With Frieda, a nine-year-old German-bred mare owned […]

Equine Canada is proud to announce that the ranks of Canadian equestrians named to leadership roles in the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) continue to grow. Victoria Winter (Toronto), one of our Dressage athletes, has served as a member of the COC Athletes’ Council since 1998, and was named to the COC Audit Committee in 2009.  […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that the inaugural Dressage Canada Hall of Fame Organizing Committee has been named 2010 Dressage Canada Volunteers of the of the Year. In 2009, Dressage Canada announced the establishment of the Dressage Canada Hall of Fame, which was held Sunday, April 25th, 2010, at Toronto’s Eglinton Grand Theatre. Through […]

Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) regrets to announce that the Exquis World Dressage Masters (WDM) will not be held this year at the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), which runs for 12 weeks of competition from January 12 to April 3. Due to scheduling conflicts, many of the world’s top ranked dressage riders were unable […]

The FEI has announced today that Bökeberg, near Malmö (SWE), will host the inaugural FEI World Reining Finals in May 2011. Qualified riders will compete for the title of World Reining Champion at the Finals in Malmö, where $100,000 in prize money will be on offer. The FEI World Reining Finals, which are a reworking […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that Cindy Ishoy of Lynden, ON, has been named as the 2010 Dressage Canada Owner of the Year. Ishoy is the co-owner of Proton, a 16-year-old Baden-Wurttemburger gelding that represented Canada at the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games with Ishoy’s student, Victoria Winter of Toronto ON. Ishoy has owned […]

Dressage Canada is proud to announce that Angela Booth Malleau is the recipient of the 2010 Dressage Canada Media Award of Excellence in recognition of her outstanding contribution to communications and promotion of Dressage Canada, its athletes and programs. It is annual award which recognizes a media partner who has made significant contributions to the […]

History repeated itself in Stockholm on Sunday when local driver Tomas Eriksson beat favourite Boyd Exell on home soil in the third leg of the FEI World Cup™ Driving. Exactly one year ago at the same venue, Eriksson trimumphed and this year he was again too strong for the Australian FEI World Cup™ Driving Champion.  […]

The Netherlands’ Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival stormed to victory in the third leg of the 2010/2011 Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage series in Stockholm, Sweden this afternoon.  The 31 year old rider who suffered such deep disappointment when eliminated on her first appearance at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky in […]