Ottawa, ON – Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, ON, handily won the Grand Prix Freestyle at CDI3* Allentown in Allentown, NJ, held May 28–30, 2010. Riding Devon L (De Niro x Wolkenstein II), Douglas Leatherdale’s 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding, Creech scored 70.000% for the win. “I could not be happier with Devon L. He was a […]

Heavy overnight rain, and further downpours this morning, resulted in the cancellation of jumping events at the Grundenmoos Arena in St Gallen, Switzerland today.  However the weather has now improved significantly, and the third leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ will go ahead as scheduled tomorrow afternoon beginning at 13.30 local time when […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is pleased to announce that staff support for competition organizers and officials has been expanded to include weekends throughout the competition season. Melanie Blanchard has joined the Equine Canada team as the competitions assistant and the team will receive additional support starting in June from a student intern. Blanchard is […]

St. Lazare, PQ – The Concours hippique de Pépinière hosted a Jump Canada Young Horse Series event on May 22 in St. Lazare, QC. Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, QC, won the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division riding Candidate du Marquet for owner Emmanuelle Bolduc. They were the only entries in the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division […]

The French team forged further ahead on the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ leaderboard with a supremely confident second successive victory in Rome, Italy today.  In a contest that included the Italian team who were not challenging for points as they are ineligible for this year’s Meydan series, it was the British who lined up […]

Palgrave, ON – The first event of the 2010 Jump Canada Young Horse Series took place during the Caledon National Horse Show held May 19-23 at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. KingRidge Stables dominated the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division with Roberto Teran guiding Grand Finale 3E to victory. Bred in Canada by KingRidge […]

Ottawa, ON – Canadian Olympian Belinda Trussell of Newmarket, ON, was the top placed Canadian on the first stop of the Dressage Canada European Tour at CDI 4* Wiesbaden in Wiesbaden, GER, held May 21 – 24, 2010. Trussell and Anton (Antaeus x Melit), a 10-year-old German-bred gelding owned by Robyn Eames, scored 67.660% to […]

Oliver Townend (GBR) showed all the toughness for which event riders are renowned when he gave Ashdale Cruise Master a positive ride to score a convincing pillar-to-post victory at Tattersalls (IRL), the sixth leg of the 2010 HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing series. Just five weeks ago he and the talented Irish-bred grey gelding, a […]

Ashburn, ON – The WindReach International Para-Dressage CPEDI3* competition came to an end May 30 with riders performing their Freestyle Tests—always a crowd favourite which incorporates music and technical skill. Both Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC, and Ashley Gowanlock of Langley, BC won all of their respective classes over the three-day competition, including today’s Freestyle […]

The World Endurance Festival in Compiègne, due to celebrate its 10th anniversary in August, could not have asked for anything more when hosting the CEIO3* 160km on Friday 28 May. Rain prior to the competition provided an excellent preparation for the soft, sandy tracks generating perfect going for the 62 riders who set out on […]