As the competition season draws to a close, Equine Canada would like to remind everyone of the nomination deadline for the Equine Canada National Awards and the importance of nominating those whom you feel are worthy of such distinguished, national recognition. There are eight annual, national awards recognizing individuals who have made a significant impact […]

Olympic show jumper Ben Maher was injured on Monday while leading a horse in his Essex yard. The horse fell, knocking Maher to the ground, squashing his leg. As the horse scrambled to get up, a hoof struck Maher on the top of his head. Maher has said that is just fine, however, reporting via […]

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that Mary and Eric Brooks of Cedar Valley, ON, and Anne and John Welch of King City, ON, have been named as the 2012 Dressage Canada Owners of the Year. The Brooks and Welch families co-own Brookhaven Dressage Inc’s D Niro (D Day by Alitalia), a 13-year-old Swedish Warmblood […]

Dressage Canada is proud to announce that Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium is the recipient of the 2012 Dressage Canada Media Award of Excellence in recognition of the outstanding coverage of dressage at the London 2012 Olympic Games. It is an annual award which recognizes a media partner who has made significant contributions to the […]

Artisan Farms has acquired two new mounts for 2008 Olympic Show Jumping Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, Ontario, Canada. Rosana du Park, a 2005 bay selle francais mare (Kannan x Quinine de Livoye) and Big Smile, a 2006 grey Westphalian mare (Cartano x Hors de la Loi II) have joined the stables at Artisan Farms. […]

Ali Ramsay of Victoria, BC, emerged the winner of the Running Fox CET Medal Final on Thursday, November 8, at the 2012 Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON.

Ashlee Steffens, 15, of Harriston, ON, won the Jump Canada Medal Final on November 6, 2012, during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. Following the completion of regional and provincial Jump Canada Medal Finals, the top finishers from across Canada were invited to contest the Jump Canada Medal Final Championship at the Royal […]

Ben Asselin, Francois Lamontagne, Tamie Phillips and Jenn Serek made their Canadian senior team debut at the Nations’ Cup in Buenos Aires, ARG, and the CSIO4*-W Buenos Aires at Haras El Capricho, from November 7-11, 2012. Competing in the Nations’ Cup held on November 10, the Canadian rookies finished tied for second, with a two-round […]

On an afternoon of pure magic in the jumping stadium at Verona, Italy, today Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya produced a stunning victory in the fourth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League. This competition was special for a number of reasons, not least because the Spaniard was riding a horse […]

America’s Kent Farrington (Wellington, FL) took top honours for the second night in a row at the 90th Royal Horse Show, closing out the International jumper division with a win in the $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben Challenge. Farrington was awarded the prestigious Leading International Rider title at the end of the night. In front of […]