Traverse City, MI – Week one competition continued in the Grand Prix Ring at the beautiful Flintfields Horse Park today for the 2010 Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival. The Five-Year-Old, Six-Year-Old, and Seven & Eight-Year-Old Young Jumpers completed their second day of competition this afternoon and were presented with top honors. The divisions […]
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The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) is delighted to announce that nominations for the FEI 2010 Awards are now open. The awards, which were launched last year, acknowledge outstanding achievement in the following five categories: • Athlete of the Year, for the rider, driver or vaulter who has shown exceptional sportsmanship and prowess; • Rising Star, supported […]
East Dorset, Vermont – Canada’s Lisa Balaz, 18, made her first trip to the Vermont Summer Festival worthwhile, winning the High Children’s Jumper Championship during the opening week of competition in East Dorset, VT. Competing in the High Children’s Jumper Division with her horse, Athens, Balaz placed seventh in Friday’s competition before winning on Saturday […]
FEI Presidential candidate Henk Rottinghuis today said that he was pleased and very encouraged at the response to his ‘100-day Listening Programme Survey’. Says Mr. Rottinghuis: “This was a new way of communicating and I always had a very open mind about it. I wanted to test opinion and see if FEI National Federations […]
The horses for the equestrian events of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) arrived safely in Singapore at 11.50 local time this morning. After an eight-hour flight from Brisbane, Australia all the horses are reported to be in good health and have now been transported to their new home, the YOG Equestrian venue at the […]
The Irish have the unenviable task of being first into the ring when the sixth leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series gets underway in Aachen, Germany tomorrow evening. The draw took place this afternoon, and it was Sweden, the surprise winners of last Friday’s fixture on their home turf in Falsterbo, who […]
Ottawa, ON – Jump Canada has announced the Long List of candidates in consideration for the Canadian Show Jumping Team at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games taking place September 25 to October 10 in Lexington, KY. In alphabetical order, the riders and horses are: Athlete – Hometown – Horse – Owner John Anderson […]
The Development Task Force, in its first meeting on July 6th and 7th, agreed that the FEI’s development role should be to transform and create a lasting impact on the community by promoting the traditional values of horse sport through inclusive growth. The Task Force began its work by starting to identify and consider […]
Ottawa, ON—Jump Canada has announced the Long List of candidates in consideration for the Canadian Show Jumping Team at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games taking place September 25 to October 10 in Lexington, KY. In alphabetical order, the riders and horses are: Athlete Hometown Horse Owner John Anderson Calgary, AB Terrific Foxdale Farm […]
Calgary, Alberta – Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, took over top spot on the all-time money won list at Spruce Meadows with a total of $2,730,502 in career earnings at the Calgary, AB, venue. Coming into the final day of competition at the Spruce Meadows “North American” Tournament, Lamaze needed just $14,000 to […]
