Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, offered an insider’s look at the sport of show jumping on the opening day of the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows Masters tournament. The five-day international show jumping tournament runs September 5-10 in Calgary, Canada. Rolex Testimonee Eric Lamaze welcomed approximately 30 guests to his stables on the morning of September 5, […]
Tuesday was the last day of Para-Equestrian Dressage at the Paralympic Games with Grades IV, III and Ia competing for Freestyle medals. It was an exact replica of the Individual Championship podiums on Saturday in Grades IV and III with Belgium’s Michele George and Rainman picking up their second gold medal at the Games followed […]
Lauren Barwick and Ashley Gowanlock rode their freestyle tests in front of packed stands, completing their Paralympic journey, during equestrian competition on Monday, September 3, at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. The equestrian venue in Greenwich Park, Barwick, of Aldergrove, BC, rode Off to Paris, owned by Equine Canada, to a score of 71.500%, for […]
A hot, sunny and musical day in Greenwich Park with the Freestyle tests for Grades II and Ib centre stage in the packed arena. It was a repeat performance from Saturday’s Grade II Individual Championship test with Natasha Baker picking up her second gold medal, followed by Britta Napel on her third silver medal (she […]
The Canadian Show Jumping Team, comprised of Mac Cone, Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar and Tiffany Foster, will compete in the $300,000 BMO Nations’ Cup to be held Saturday, September 8, during the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, AB. Cone, 60, of King, ON, has declared both Unanimous, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned […]
Eleonore Elstone and Jody Schloss performed their Individual Championship test in front of more than 10,000 adoring fans of para-dressage the fourth day of Para-Dressage competition on Sunday, September 2, at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Elstone of Langley, BC, moved up three spots for her Individual Championship test to finish in seventh, with a […]
It was huge day of sport, with 39 combinations competing for individual honours as well as team points in Grades IV, III and Ia, three Individual Championship medal ceremonies, three new champions, and last but certainly not least the overall Team score. The day got off to a spectacular start for all Belgians with Michele […]
In an extraordinary finale to the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), the evergreen New Zealander Andrew Nicholson seized his third victory in 17 years at this popular venue while William Fox-Pitt’s third place was good enough – by just one point – to win him a third HSBC FEI Classics™ title. Fox-Pitt (GBR), riding […]
In front more than 10,000 cheering spectators, Lauren Barwick and Ashley Gowanlock both finished in sixth place following their Individual Championship tests during equestrian competition on Saturday, September 1, at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. In the Grade II Individual Championship Test at the equestrian venue in Greenwich Park, Barwick, of Aldergrove, BC, rode Off […]
Sinead Halpin (USA), who was first reserve for the US Olympic team, finally got her moment in the sun when she took a convincing lead after the Dressage phase at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), finale of the 2011-2012 HSBC FEI Classics™. Halpin, 30, who won the HSBC Training Bursary when third on […]
