The all-female US team stormed to victory at the fourth leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ in Rotterdam today where, for the first time this season, the French did not have their way and had to settle for equal-fifth place.  There was an air of determination about the winning side from the start, […]

Ingrid Klimke (GER) proved that she is back at the top of her game when producing a typically convincing display to take the Dressage lead at Luhmühlen, presented by E.ON Avacon, which is the third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. The Olympic and World team gold medallist, who gave birth to her second daughter, […]

Ottawa, ON—Following a successful spring training and competition program, the Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the names of the Canadian Eventing Squad for the World Equestrian Games, being held September 30–October 3, 2010. Selected according to the qualification thresholds and selection procedure, nine rider/ horse combinations have been named to the […]

Calgary, AB – For Canada’s Yann Candele the second time was the charm in the Husky Energy Cup.  With an international entry of 34 it was going to take more than just a fast round to win this Table A speed competition, especially with the Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) designed course. There were 14 jumping efforts laid […]

Ottawa, ON – With over 130 top international competitors representing, Australia, France, Mexico, Sweden, Ecuador, Thailand, Haiti, the United States and Canada, the 24th annual CCI Bromont Three Day Event, The Todd Sandler Challenge, once again proved to be a tremendous success. Held in Bromont, QC, the site of the equestrian events of the 1976 […]

Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Dressage Team comprised of Ashley Holzer, Belinda Trussell and Bonnie Bonnello won the team bronze medal in the Nations’ Cup on June 17, 2010 at CDIO 5* Rotterdam, NED, held June 16 – 20 in Rotterdam, NED. With a combined team score of 201.74 following the Grand Prix, Ashley Holzer of […]

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Anky van Grunsven has announced that she has withdrawn herself and her horses Salinero and Painted Black  from participation in the Dutch team’s World Equestrian Games selection trials. Van Grunsven’s top horse, the 16-year old Hanoverian gelding, Salinero, bruised his withers in his stall and the injury is taking longer to […]

American WEG team contender Guenter Seidel suffered a fractured pelvis in a riding accident on June 14 at Klaus Balkenhol’s stable in Rosendahl, Germany. Seidel, 49, was thrown off a fractious UII, a nine-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding owned by Dick and Jane Brown, and later underwent surgery in the Munster University Hospital. He is expected […]

The defending champions from France, who have already taken a stranglehold on the leaderboard again this season, will be pathfinders as the fourth leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series gets underway at the Kralingse Bos Arena in Rotterdam, The Netherlands tomorrow afternoon.  The order-of-go is as follows: 1, France; 2, Great Britain; […]

Bob Ellis (GBR) has been appointed as the Jumping course designer for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The appointment of the British designer, who produced the courses for last year’s Alltech FEI European Jumping Championships, was announced by London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG). Ellis will be responsible for the courses for all the Jumping competitions […]