Following the accident in which Courtney King-Dye (USA) sustained serious head injuries in a schooling fall in Florida earlier this year, the FEI Dressage Committee has today issued a recommendation regarding the wearing of protective headgear.   The FEI Dressage Committee strongly recommends that all riders should wear properly fastened safety helmets when training and […]

Calgary, AB – Only two of 45 starters mastered the course in today’s $100,000 CN Performance World Cup Grand Prix.  In the end it came down to experience, as Olympic Team Gold Medalist, Will Simpson (USA), stayed the course in the jump-off to take the second leg of the CN Precision Series. Course designer Leopoldo Palacios […]

Sharon Hunt (GBR) enjoyed the biggest thrill of her long partnership with Tankers Town when the fleet-footed gelding gave her a first CCI4* win, at Luhmühlen, presented by E.ON Avacon, the third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. “I’m shocked,” said the 32-year-old, “but I always knew he was a phenomenal horse.” The optimum time […]

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 […]