Conditions at the d’Ornano Stadium, main venue for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy (FRA), have met with extremely favourable reactions from National Federations and athletes attending the final test events before the Games get underway on August 23rd. The focus has been on Dressage over the past two days, with 15 […]

Fears are growing among the French endurance community that the World Equestrian Games ride in Sartilly will see scandal arising from the Compiegne FEI ride

Representatives from the federal and provincial governments, the Calgary Stampede and Agrium joined thousands of spectators to celebrate the official opening of the highly anticipated Agrium Western Event Centre in the heart of Stampede Park on June 21st. The Agrium Centre is a one-of-a-kind facility in Canada and a significant infrastructure project in Stampede history. […]

The Dressage Canada Youth High Performance Committee and Dressage Selection Panel is pleased to announce the selected athletes who will represent Canada at the 2014 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, the Championships will be held July 15-20, 2014 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Three […]

Dressage and Jumping stars from 29 nations will be competing in d’Ornano Stadium in Caen (FRA) from June 23-26 in the final test events before the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 get underway in Normandy on August 23rd. The 18-strong line-up of Dressage athletes from 12 nations includes Great Britain’s Carl Hester, team gold medallist […]

Team France completed their points-gathering campaign in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2014 series with a superb victory at the fifth leg of the Europe Division 1 League in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. But they had to fight hard for those maximum points which have now earned them a qualifying spot for the much-anticipated second […]

American rider McLain Ward’s talented two-time Olympic gold medal partner, Sapphire, has died. Ward posted this notice on his Facebook page today: “With a very heavy heart I have to share that Sara has passed away this morning due to complications from colic. Our entire Castle Hill family and every person she has touched has […]

The Equine Canada Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee has announced the names of the Canadian Eventing Team who will compete in the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Normandy, FRA, August 28 – 31, 2014. Selected according to the qualification thresholds and selection procedure, four rider/horse combinations are named to the Team. Named to the Team […]

Canadian Olympian David Marcus of Campbellville, ON, has been invited to the prestigious CDIO5* Aachen, Germany, from July 11 to 20. The Canadian dressage athlete will ride his 2012 London Olympic partner, Chrevi’s Capital, a 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Weinberg) owned by Deborah Miculinic Kinzinger. The opening Grand Prix test will be […]

The ‘Lunch in the Country’ fundraising event, held June 7th during the Grand Prix Freestyle competition at the CDI-W CornerStone Spring Into Dressage in Palgrave, ON, raised close to $18,000 to support the Canadian Dressage Athlete Assistance Program (C-DAAP). Held in the new pavilion at the completely renovated Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park, the ‘Lunch […]