Equine Canada’s Limb Sensitivity Protocol Task Force provides the following as an interim update to both Equine Canada’s membership, as well as the Canadian equestrian community. The Task Force has held two meetings to discuss the current Protocol, its practical application and how it can be improved while not compromising the welfare of the horse […]
Happy 2013 everyone! Apart from a handful of toddlers with longevity in their DNA and a very few centenarians, we are all experiencing the only year of our lifetimes that is a ’13’. Just remember, though. Superstitious people have bad luck. Before 2012 fades too far into our rear view mirrors, I thought I’d better […]
The Royal is over, Christmas is coming and most barns are experiencing a small lull in the clamour. Our barn seems to go flat out from December the first until Eventing night at the Royal, then finally, two or three weeks of calm. Our own personal ‘calm’ is filled to the brim with winterizing, cleaning, […]
The Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing challenge also concluded tonight, with the father and son duo of Ian and Waylon Roberts (both of Port Perry, ON) taking the reserve and champion positions following two heated rounds of competition. To say Waylon Roberts has monopolized indoor eventing at the Royal would be an understatement, as he […]
The exciting Royal Horse Show returns to the Ricoh Coliseum as part of the 90th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, November 2-11, 2012. Over a thousand horses of all shapes and sizes are guaranteed to thrill and astound the entire family with their grace, power, beauty and athleticism. The Royal Horse Show combines the best in […]
In front of a record crowd of 70,000 spectators, Canadian Olympian Rebecca Howard, of Salmon Arm, BC, finished in 11th place at the CCI 3* Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, held September 6-9 on the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, UK. Howard rode her 2012 Olympic partner, Riddle Master, an 11-year-old Canadian Sport […]
I suspect that if this is an Olympic post-mortem, there will be a post-post-mortem and possibly even a post-post-post-mortem in the coming weeks. A gig as fat as this five ring circus inevitably has stories that trail off like comets, and a few fanatic followers like myself keep our telescopes trained on them until they […]
Britain’s Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer got the host nation off to a great start when claiming the top two places in the Grand Prix on the opening day of Dressage at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park today. But Bechtolsheimer wasn’t content with her score of 76.839 with Mistral Hojris which leaves […]
Ok, it’s enough already. Really. Just stop. Can Fate please go and rain on someone else’s parade now? Only two Canadian horses into the first half of team dressage and we already have a big EL beside Canada on the team standings. I understand OLN has provided some surprisingly thorough footage today, and what with […]
The Canadian Olympic Committee reports that its Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Julia Alleyne, examined Canada’s Eventing Team member Hawley Bennett-Awad today. Hawley’s condition has improved and it is anticipated that she will be discharged from the hospital within the next 24 hours. However she is not expected to travel home immediately. “We are very relieved […]
