Show jumper Robert Whitaker found himself in hot water with British Showjumping recently for kicking a security guard during the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham in October. The 29-year-old son of John Whitaker violated Rules 82.1 and 82.11 in doing so and, following a steward’s meeting, has been fined £2,500. Further, Whitaker has […]

Cassadee Pope, winner of NBC’s The Voice, will perform at the Trump Invitational which presents $100,000 in prize money to the riders and is an internationally-rated show jumping event on Sunday, January 6th, at The Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL. Pope, who is from Wellington, Florida, will help give back to her local community […]

FEI World Cup™ Jumping qualifiers in New Zealand at Dannevirke (January 4-6) and Waitemata (January 12-13) will be the first events to use the newly launched FEI online Entry System for Jumping Events. The system allows National Federations and organising committees to manage the entries of athletes and horses in CSIs through a single online […]

Henrik von Eckermann secured an important first win in the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping series when coming out on top in the eighth leg of the 2012/2013 Western European League at Mechelen in Belgium today. And it was a particularly good day for Swedish riders as the 31 year old’s compatriot, Jens Fredricson, finished […]

Longines has become the FEI’s first Top Partner following the agreement of a historic very long-term sponsorship deal that will see the Swiss watchmaker become the Official Timekeeping Partner of the FEI. Under the new agreement – which marks the biggest sponsorship deal ever brokered by the FEI – Longines becomes the Official Top Partner, […]

Andrew Nicholson (NZL) has netted the 50,000 USD bonus as the HSBC Rankings leader at the end of the 2012 season, after holding on to the world number one spot since claiming team bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Nicholson, aged 51, was presented with his prize at the London International Horse Show in […]

Coriana van Klapscheut, formerly owned by Artisan Farms and ridden by 2008 Olympic Show Jumping Champion Eric Lamaze, has been sold to Pilar Cordon of Spain. Partnered with the 2002 Belgian Warmblood mare (Darco x Heartbreaker), Lamaze has enjoyed great success internationally over the past four seasons. Having won the Six and Seven-Year-Old Young Horse […]

The Canadian Eventing Officials Committee is pleased to offer comprehensive course designer training during a four-day combined clinic and theory course to be held February 21-24, 2013 in Surrey, BC. The course facilitators are renowned FEI (I) level Eventing Course Designer Jay Hambly of Guelph, ON, and EC Senior Level 2 Eventing Course Designer Laurie […]

The Equine Canada Board of Directors consists of three Director-at-Large positions, which are elected by the membership. One Director-at-Large position is elected each year and serves a three-year term. Nominations have now closed for candidates seeking the vacant Director-at-Large seat for 2013. Voting begins December 14, 2012 and runs until January 10, 2013, 11:59 pm […]

The FEI has launched a global campaign to promote the use of protective headgear. The move comes two weeks before implementation of a new rule making the use of a properly fastened protective headgear mandatory while riding on the show grounds at FEI events. The campaign, which will be conducted mainly online, begins today, two […]