Ottawa, ON – Dressage Canada is pleased to announced that tickets for the inaugural Dressage Canada Hall of Fame are now available for purchase through the Dressage Canada website at the following link: http://www.equinecanada.ca/dressage/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&id=117&Itemid=496&lang=en-GB     The inaugural Dressage Canada Hall of Fame Gala has been scheduled for Sunday, April 25th, 2010, at Toronto’s historic Eglinton […]

Wellington, FL – After an exciting evening of competition at the International Polo Club Palm Beach on Saturday evening, Team International The Seley Parker Group of Merrill Lynch performed a beautiful quadrille for a score of 95.3 to take home top honors in the 2010 Challenge of the Americas. The Challenge, in its ninth consecutive […]

Thermal, CA – Jill Henselwood can start to make her reservations for the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix. The Canadian Olympian rode Bradon Construction’s Bottom Line to the blue ribbon in the $300,000 Lamborghini Grand Prix of the Desert, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the HITS Desert Horse Park, in Thermal, California. A large and boisterous […]

Wellington, FL – Victory was sweet for Double H Farm’s Hunter Harrison as his horse Night Train sped to the win with Olympic gold medalist Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) in the $200,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix, CSI 3*, presented by CN. McLain Ward (USA) on Sapphire, owned by Ward and Blue Chip Bloodstock, was second, while […]

Ottawa, ON – Belinda Trussell of Newmarket, ON, earned a personal best score last weekend at the CDI-W/Y Palm Beach Dressage Derby, held in Palm Beach, FL March 5-7, 2010. Riding Anton, a 10-year old German-bred gelding (Antaeous x Saxony) owned by Robyn Eames, Trussell scored 70.708% for second place in the Grand Prix Special […]

East Dorset, Vermont — The annual Vermont Summer Festival will return to East Dorset, Vermont, for six consecutive weeks of competition running July 7 through August 15, 2010. New England’s largest “AA” rated hunter/jumper horse show, the Vermont Summer Festival offers more than $750,000 in prize money, making it the richest sporting event based on […]

Ottawa, ON – Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that they have named Gina Smith, of Brockville, ON, as the assistant Chef d’équipe for Canada’s dressage team heading to the 2010 Alltech FEI World  Equestrian Games (WEG) at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. The games will run from September 25–October 10, 2010.   […]

Langley, BC – Thunderbird Show Park will host two FEI World Cup show jumping classes this season – the $55,000 CS12*-W BC Open World Cup Grand Prix on June 5th and the $55,000 CS12*-W Thunderbird Legacy World Cup Grand Prix on August 28th. Both classes provide the opportunity for competitors to take home a share of […]

At this year’s USEF Annual Meeting held January 13-17, 2010, an important rule change was approved affecting the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in competition horses. Over the years, ongoing veterinary research has revealed that not only is there little or no benefit to administering more than one NSAID to a horse for most […]

Ottawa, ON – Jump Canada is pleased to announce the young athletes who have been named recipients of the Jump Canada Bursary for 2009. In recognition of the difficulty that young riders’ face as they strive to continue their education while also competing at high levels of equestrian sport, Jump Canada developed the Bursary program […]