Calgary, AB – Mother’s Day was the perfect time for John Anderson of Calgary, AB, to announce that his competition management business, Rocky Mountain Show Jumping, will offer a $10,000 scholarship to any Alberta rider that wins the 2010 CET Medal Final at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show in November. Anderson’s mother, Barbara Anderson, was the […]

The Global Champions Tour of Spain began with 50 riders from 18 nations lining up to try and win a share of the 300’000 Euro total prize money up for grabs. Frank Rothenburg built courses that tested the best without being too demanding so everyone would get a good warm up before tomorrow’s Grand Prix. […]

Lexington, KY – The World Games 2010 Foundation is pleased to announce that 60 National Federations have submitted entries in principle for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.  They are: – Argentina – Australia – Austria – Belgium – Bermuda – Brazil – Bahrain – Bulgaria – Canada – Chile – China – Columbia – Costa Rica – Czech Republic – Denmark – Dominican Republic – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Finland – France – Germany […]

As the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series gets underway in La Baule, France next week there could hardly be a more cutting-edge to this century-old sporting series.  For the second consecutive season a total of 10 countries will do battle, but the competition will be more ferocious than ever because four will be relegated […]

Moffat, ON – Canada’s Cara Whitham was released from hospital on Thursday, May 6, and will resume her judging duties beginning with the CDI3* Allentown, NJ, from May 27-30, 2010. Whitham of Moffat, ON, holds her FEI 5* (previously called‘O’) judge’s card in both dressage and eventing, and will be a member of the dressage ground […]

HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing takes place at opposite ends of the globe this weekend (7-9 May), with the third and fourth events in the 2010 series taking place at Sydney (AUS) and Marbach (GER). A new reciprocal arrangement between the organisers of last month’s Kihikihi CIC***-W (NZL) and Sydney has meant that Australian and […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is pleased to announce the availability of Dressage, Jumping, Para-Dressage and Endurance ticket packages for the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG). The 2010 World Equestrian Games are being held September 25–October 20, 2010 at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.  Equine Canada is offering ticket packages to all interested spectators. […]

Paul Tapner (AUS), described by fellow riders as one of the hardest working in the sport, rode with focus and determination to achieve the greatest moment of his Eventing career. He went clear in the final Jumping to hold his slim overnight lead at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), and now lies in […]

Nominations for the FEI Presidential election closed at midnight May 1, 2010, and three candidates have been put forward for the post.   HRH Princess Haya, who was elected to the FEI Presidency in 2006, has declared that she is seeking a second four-year term to take her through to the 2014 General Assembly. The other two […]

Paul Tapner (AUS) was clearly overjoyed as he came through the finish line at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR) on his second ride, Inonothing. His celebrations were more than justified as, after an enthralling and dramatic Cross Country day, he found himself in the lead at a 4-star event for the first time. […]