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 […]

Charlottetown, PEI – Gingerwood today officially announced that BMO Financial Group is the new lead sponsor of the Stanhope Equestrian Challenge and Gingerwood Charity Classic that will be held respectively from July 26 to July 28 and from July 30 to August 01, 2010. “The Gingerwood Charity Horse Shows have become the largest and most prestigious […]

Calgary, AB – What better way to start the Spruce Meadows “Continental” Tournament than with a win from Canada’s Olympic Champions Eric Lamaze and Hickstead.  The $60,000 Investors Group Cup featured 43 entries in the Table A speed competition.  But none was better than Lamaze with his speedy stallion. The course was set by Olympic course […]

Ottawa, ON – Para-Equestrian Canada is delighted to announce the return of the 2010-2011 Video Competition Series. Both the “Coast-to-Coast” Video Competition Series and the “Sea-to-Sea” Para-Dressage Video Competition Series will resume with the following deadlines: • Show Series 1 – July 15, 2010, • Show Series 2 – August 15, 2010, • Show Series 3 – September […]

Paul Tapner (AUS), the joint leader of the HSBC FEI Classics™ after two events, heads for Germany this weekend (June 17-20) with the prospect of extending his advantage at the series’ third leg, Luhmühlen (GER) presented by E.ON Avacon. Tapner, who rides Kilfinnie, recent runner-up in the CIC3* at Bramham (GBR), has an exciting chance […]

As the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series reaches the half-way stage at Rotterdam in The Netherlands this Friday, the big question on everyone’s lips is “can the runaway French be stopped in their tracks?”.  The defending series champions have a commanding advantage at the top of the 2010 leaderboard after their hat-trick of victories […]

A panel of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has taken its decision in the Equine Anti-Doping and Medication Control Rule case involving the horse Cornet Obolensky, ridden by Marco Kutscher (GER) at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.   Kutscher admitted to the Tribunal that the horse had been treated with Lactanase, a Medication A […]

Calgary, AB – Riders from 17 nations competing at the Spruce Meadows “National” will have the added incentive, and bonus, of competing for coveted FEI ROLEX Ranking Points in a total of ten FEI jumping events.  This was not a guarantee leading into the tournament after the FEI had established an exchange rate to the Swiss […]