Victoria Winter of Toronto, ON and Belinda Trussell of Newmarket, ON were the first competitors for the Canadian Dressage Team on the opening day of Dressage competition on Monday, September 27, 2010 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) held in Lexington, KY. Winter performed the Grand Prix test riding Proton, Neil and Cindy […]

The Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the riders and horses who will compete in team and individual competition at 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, September 30–October 3, 2010.  Named to compete in the Team competition (in alphabetical order) are Rider, hometown                            Horse                                                                         Owner Hawley Bennett-Awad, […]

The Dutch, Irish and Belgian Studbooks came out on top at the FEI World Jumping Championships for Young Horses at Lanaken in Belgium over the weekend where, once again, up-and-coming stars of the future got their first big chance to shine. Huge entries and tough competition were the order of the day, and enthusiastic crowds […]

Caledon’s Yann Candele was the hometown hero, claiming the $50,000 Caledon Cup Grand Prix, Presented by Omnivex and Ram Equestrian, on Sunday, September 26, at the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament held at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. Course designer Christa Hiebach of Germany built a track that tested the 30 horses entered with […]

The powerhouse team from the United States took the gold medal at the FEI Reining World Championship, presented by John Deere. Their victory made it a three-peat, since they’ve been victorious in each World Equestrian Games that has included reining. Belgium won the team silver medal, while Italy earned the bronze. The order of finish for […]

Spain’s Maria Mercedes Alvarez Ponton and her super-horse, Nobby, wrote their names into the history books of the sport of Endurance today when adding the individual gold medal at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky to their 2008 World Championship and 2009 European Championship titles.  The hat-trick has never been done before, and […]

The $20,000 Western Canadian Young Horse Finals were held during the Rocky Mountain Classic III at Anderson Ranch in Calgary, AB, from September 1-5. Liz Ashton made the trip from her home base in Victoria, BC, worthwhile by claiming the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Western Canadian Championship. Riding Vibrance, her eight-year-old chestnut Dutch Warmblood gelding, Ashton […]

American-based Italian, Stefano Massignan, took the first-day lead in the Reining Championship at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, USA today.  However the host nation, who are defending champions, hold the team advantage as the remaining riders go into the arena tomorrow following great performances from Craig Schmersal and Tim McQuay. A total […]

Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, celebrated his 36th birthday with a win in the $30,000 Aviva Elite/Peel Maryborough Caledon Cup Phase II held Saturday, September 25, at the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament in Palgrave, ON. A large starting field of 38 horses were in the hunt for victory and at the end of the first […]

The Endurance Canada Committee is pleased to announce the Team and individual who will represent Canada, on September 26, at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). Endurance Canada WEG Team Rider – Home Town – Horse Elroy Karius – Kelowna, BC – Apache Eclypse Gail Jewell – Kelowna, BC – NL Temptation Robert […]