The $33,500 ATCO Energy Solutions Cup 1.50m was held on Wednesday at the Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ Tournament CSI 5* with a 16-horse jump-off out of 47 first round starters. Only four competitors were able to clear the short course without fault, where Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Artisan Farms LLC’s Fine Lady 5 took top prize. […]
The Trail Riding and Tourism Certification Program kick started their series of national certification evaluations in New Brunswick at the Broadleaf Guest Ranch held June 11-13. Eighteen people from eight provinces took part in this ground-breaking event for trail riding in Canada and are now certified as professional in the trail riding industry. Equine Canada […]
The Canadian Eventing Committee announces a corrected list of named Team riders and alternates for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) to be held in Normandy, FRA, August 28-31, 2014. Named to the Team (in alphabetical order) are: Rider / Hometown / Horse / Owner Peter Barry / Dunham, QC / Kilrodan Abbott, 1999 […]
The Worms & Germs Blog is an educational website coordinated by Drs. Scott Weese and Maureen Anderson of the Ontario Veterinary College’s Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. Check out this post, by Dr. Weese, on how to avoid an strangles outbreak: A couple days ago, I was talking to a vet who’s trying to manage […]
Come to the Caledon Equestrian Park, on Saturday, July 12, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., to celebrate the TO2015 Pan Am/ParaPan Am Games coming to Caledon in 2015! The free festivities offer something for everyone – bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the park. Participate in activities that represent the Pan American countries such […]
Check out Horse Publications Group’s exciting new website – CanadaLovesWEG.com – to keep up to date on the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™. Launched on July 1st, and brought to you by six industry leaders – Alltech, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cavalier, Intercity and Zoetis, this website promises to deliver all the WEG info you need. […]
Horse-Canada.com is pleased to welcome Pam Asheton, and her new blog, “A Real Western Challenge.” Asheton, of Cochrane, Alberta, was chosen to compete in the North American Horsewoman’s Challenge – one of three Canadian trainers accepted into the formerly all American event – the finals of which will be held in October in Oklahoma. In […]
Sandringham Estate (GBR), the much-loved country retreat of HM The Queen, provided the gorgeous backdrop for the ninth FEI World Para Equestrian Driving Championships which took place last weekend. Germany was the strongest nation taking home the team title as well as individual gold in Grade II thanks to the 27-year old Alexandra Röder. Jacques […]
A powerful German team cruised to an easy victory in the fourth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2014 held at Strzegom, the Polish venue which is still in celebratory mode after being awarded the 2017 FEI European Eventing Championships earlier this month. The winning team included three of the world’s best combinations, notably Michael […]
The FEI Dressage Committee has promoted two Dressage judges from Denmark and the Netherlands to 5* status, the highest ranking in the FEI system. With their new 5* status, which comes into effect on July 1st, Hans-Christian Matthiesen (DEN) and Mariette Sanders-Van Gansewinkel (NED) will now be eligible to officiate at major FEI Dressage events, […]
