Competition wise, things have been a bit quiet around here since WEG. We only did one more local show, where our two Prelim horses excelled. Leo and Thunder just upgraded to Prelim halfway through this year but they have shown themselves ready to be competitive from the beginning. Selena has been giving quite a lot […]
The excitement and action of thrilling equestrian sport returns to the Ricoh Coliseum November 7-16, with the return of the Royal Horse Show, part of the 92nd Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Over 800 horses of all shapes and sizes will amaze and inspire with their grace, beauty and athleticism as they compete for over $800,000 […]
The Canadian equestrian community is saddened to learn of the loss of Marie-Helen Lessard, 49, and her husband Steven Ratz, 57. On September 28, 2014 they passed away in a traffic accident. Marie-Helen, commonly referred to by her nickname MH, was a strong advocate in the development of the Canadian coaching program, a keen participant […]
We’ve had a WOW so now it’s time for a BOW. While it was hard to pick a WOW out of the dense pile last week, my number one BOW is easy to identify: the horses of course! In some ways it’s a shame for some of the horses at WEG because so many of […]
I haven’t written for a bit as: 1) I have to work extra hard to pay off my AT&T bill this month as I went three gigs over our family shared limit from my husband watching WEG constantly from 4:00 a.m. until work and then further watching Burghley this past weekend.. and.. 2) I am […]
(sorry for the absence of pictorial accompaniment today, but the internet here is too slow to upload any photos) As the last of the Canadian team members – the jumpers and the vaulters – are winging their way homeward, it seems like an appropriate moment to reflect on Canada’s results here in Normandy. There was […]
With the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, FRA coming to an end during the Closing Ceremonies on September 7, Canada stepped into the spotlight as the official host country of the eighth edition of the Games, to be held in Bromont, QC in 2018. As announced by the FEI on June 9, […]
Kyle Carter, 45, has amassed an impressive list of achievements as an event rider and coach at the upper levels.
A high-level observer programme for organisers of future key equestrian events is being carried out for the first time at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy (FRA). Teams from the Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Bromont (CAN) are currently in […]
I’ve already gone on enough about the appalling lack of traffic planning at the Haras du Pin on Saturday, so now I will turn my attention to the actual sport, which was not Eventing’s finest hour. Because of the footing (which one FEI media representative assured me was ‘perfect’ when I had the audacity to […]
