‘Take the Podium,’ a fundraising event to support the riders heading to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, will be held on Sunday, September 12, at Pine Ridge Farm, located at 14290 Weston Road, in King City, ON. The fundraising event will be a send-off for the athletes comprising the Canadian Dressage Team that […]

The final qualifying event in the central region of the 2010 Jump Canada Young Horse Series took place during the CSI2* National Capital Show Jumping Tournament held August 11-15 and 18-22 at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. As the Central Regional Final, double points were up for grabs, and Canadian-bred horses showed […]

Nine-time Olympian Ian Millar proved he still has what it takes, taking first and second place in the $118,000 Angelstone Productions Grand Prix, Presented by Brookstreet, on Saturday night at the CSI2* National Capital Show Jumping Tournament in Ottawa, ON. The second richest Grand Prix event in eastern Canada, the $118,000 Angelstone Productions Grand Prix, […]

Mario Deslauriers proved to be the best of the 23 entries attempting the $15,000 ATCO Jumping Derby on Friday at the CSI2* National Capital Show Jumping Tournament in Ottawa, ON. Course designer Catsy Cruz of Mexico set a true derby track that made use of the expansive grass field’s banks, ditches and water jumps. Of […]

A last minute decision landed Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, QC, in the winner’s circle for the $32,000 Brookstreet/CompetitiveJumpers.com Open Welcome held Thursday, August 19, at the CSI2* National Capital Show Jumping Tournament in Ottawa, ON. A mid-afternoon thunderstorm before the competition, sanctioned by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and scheduled for 5 p.m., made […]

Team Europe has won the coveted team gold at the Youth Olympic Games after a nail biting jump-off between three teams in a day of unsurpassed excitement in the jumping arena. Three teams – Europe, Australasia and Africa – were all on four penalties going into today’s second round and it proved to be a […]

John Anderson of Calgary, AB, Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, will form the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup held Saturday, September 11, at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, AB. Former Olympian Anderson will be paired with […]

The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Combined Driving Event is for four-in-hand drivers and Canada will be represented by two drivers—Darryl Billing of Elmira, ON and Debbie Laderoute of Calgary, AB. Billing qualified his own Dutch Warmblood geldings, eight-year-olds Victor and Villeroy, 10-year-olds Thunder and Tornado, 23-year-old Hudson, and 18-year-old King. Laderoute qualified […]

The Youth Olympic Games equestrian events got off to a flying start at the beautiful Singapore Equestrian venue today, with Australasia, Africa and Europe sharing the lead after the first round of the Teams Jumping competition. Clear rounds came from Australasia’s Thomas McDermott (AUS) and Jake Lambert (NZL), Africa’s Abdalla Mohamed (EGY) and Samantha McIntosh […]

The Asian team will be pathfinders for the first equestrian event of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games, Round One of the team Jumping event, following this morning’s draw. This historic competition gets underway tomorrow at 9.30am Singapore time in front of a sell out crowd. The order of go for the team Jumping event is: […]