Tim Grubb, who represented Britain on their Olympic Show Jumping team on three occasions and rode in over 75 Nations’ Cups, died of congestive heart failure in Illinois on May 11th at the age of 55. The friendly and popular rider was born in Leicestershire, and his riding history ran the gamut from Pony Club […]

The new Annex (XIII) created by the Working Group that produced a revised FEI Stewards Manual on warm-up techniques for Dressage has now been completed, following the production of three diagrams to illustrate permitted positions of the horse’s head and neck during pre- and post-competition training. One of the key stipulations in the Working Group’s […]

British-based riders have their first chance to earn points in the valuable HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing series at Chatsworth (GBR) this weekend (May 15-16), and five nations are represented in the entry of 33.   Paul Tapner (AUS), fresh from his thrilling Badminton success, is two-handed with Kilfinnie ll and Tiger Flynne, and is […]

Calgary, AB – Mother’s Day was the perfect time for John Anderson of Calgary, AB, to announce that his competition management business, Rocky Mountain Show Jumping, will offer a $10,000 scholarship to any Alberta rider that wins the 2010 CET Medal Final at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show in November. Anderson’s mother, Barbara Anderson, was the […]

The Global Champions Tour of Spain began with 50 riders from 18 nations lining up to try and win a share of the 300’000 Euro total prize money up for grabs. Frank Rothenburg built courses that tested the best without being too demanding so everyone would get a good warm up before tomorrow’s Grand Prix. […]

Lexington, KY – The World Games 2010 Foundation is pleased to announce that 60 National Federations have submitted entries in principle for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.  They are: – Argentina – Australia – Austria – Belgium – Bermuda – Brazil – Bahrain – Bulgaria – Canada – Chile – China – Columbia – Costa Rica – Czech Republic – Denmark – Dominican Republic – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Finland – France – Germany […]

As the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series gets underway in La Baule, France next week there could hardly be a more cutting-edge to this century-old sporting series.  For the second consecutive season a total of 10 countries will do battle, but the competition will be more ferocious than ever because four will be relegated […]

Moffat, ON – Canada’s Cara Whitham was released from hospital on Thursday, May 6, and will resume her judging duties beginning with the CDI3* Allentown, NJ, from May 27-30, 2010. Whitham of Moffat, ON, holds her FEI 5* (previously called‘O’) judge’s card in both dressage and eventing, and will be a member of the dressage ground […]

HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing takes place at opposite ends of the globe this weekend (7-9 May), with the third and fourth events in the 2010 series taking place at Sydney (AUS) and Marbach (GER). A new reciprocal arrangement between the organisers of last month’s Kihikihi CIC***-W (NZL) and Sydney has meant that Australian and […]

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is pleased to announce the availability of Dressage, Jumping, Para-Dressage and Endurance ticket packages for the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG). The 2010 World Equestrian Games are being held September 25–October 20, 2010 at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.  Equine Canada is offering ticket packages to all interested spectators. […]