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Happy Times for Australia Again

British-based Australian Sam Griffiths kept his country at the forefront of the HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing rankings with a superb win at Chatsworth (GBR), his first ever victory in this series. This latest result means that Australian riders have won three out of the first five of the 12 events across three continents and […]
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Fabulous French Top the Opening Leg at La Baule

The home team and defending champions from France won the first leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series at La Baule today, but victory came only at the very end of a nail-biting contest, with the USA chasing them all the way to line.  It was a good day for the British as […]
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Jessica, Speed Queen of Germany.

Jessica Kurten won this evening’s accumulator competition at the Global Champions Tour of Germany in Hamburg with a brilliant ride on Lady Georgina Forbes’, Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois. The pair, who have had other good GCT form in  the recent past, including fifth in the Grand Prix of Monaco in 2009, scored the maximum 65 […]
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Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show to Host WCHR Hunter Event

East Dorset, Vermont — The Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show, held from July 7 to August 15 in East Dorset, VT, was recently selected by the American Hunter Jumper Federation (AHJF) to host a World Championship Hunter Rider Event (WCHR) during the third week of competition. The World Championship Hunter Rider Event will be held […]
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Canadian Reining Committee Announces WEG Declared Riders

Ottawa, ON—The Equine Canada Canadian Reining Committee (CRC) is pleased to announce the declared riders aiming for a spot on the Canadian Reining Team for the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games to be held in Lexington, KY September 25—October 10, 2010.  The declared riders in alphabetical order are Rider – Home Town                                     Lisa Coulter – Kelowna, […]
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Dressage Canada Announces 2010 European Tour Participants

Ottawa, ON – The Dressage Canada European Tour Selection Committee is pleased to announce that the following rider/horse combinations have been selected to participate in the European Tour: Ashley Holzer and Pop Art, Belinda Trussell and Anton, Wendy Christoff and Pfalstaff, Shannon Dueck and Ayscha and Bonnie Bonnello and Pikardi. Toronto native and three-time Canadian Olympian […]
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GCT Germany Day 1 – Denis Does it Better!

The first day of the Global Champions Tour of Germany opened in rather damp fashion but the jumping was exciting enough to brighten an otherwise grey day. The Mercedes Benz Championship of Hamburg was won last year by Meredith Michaels Beerbaum after a tough jump off though it appeared for quite some time as though […]
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French Victory for Eric Lamaze and Hickstead

La Baule, France – Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Hickstead claimed victory in the €20,000 1.50m competition held on opening day of CSIO5* La Baule, France, running May 13 to 16. A total of 72 horses contested the €20,000 1.50m Prix du Conseil General de Loire Atlantique with Lamaze and his Olympic […]
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Meydan FEI Nations’ Cup – La Baule Draw

The Chefs all agree, tHis is going to be the toughest season ever… The Polish team, complete newcomers to the top-level of nations cup jumping, are drawn first to go in the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series which kicks off at La Baule in France tomorrow afternoon. And with four of the 10 competing countries […]
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Thunderbird Show Park Starts Season with Grant to Grow

Langley, BC – Thunderbird Show Park will get the 2010 show jumping season underway next week as construction begins on a new spectator area overlooking the Grand Prix field. Under the federal Marquee Tourism Events Program (MTEP), a Canadian tourism grant of $264,350 has been awarded to the Park to assist them in further development of […]