Equine Canada is pleased to announce Paul Popiel of Carleton Place, ON as the recipient of the 2009 Equine Canada Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is pleased to announce that Masterfeeds, the Official Gold Feed Partner of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), donated $10,000 to the Canadian Equestrian Team. Starting in 2009, Equine Canada and Masterfeeds joined forces at major tradeshows including the Spruce Meadows Masters and The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair […]

Before I go blabbing about my predictions for the next year, I want to make it clear that by no means am I a reliable fortune teller. I am also no gambler (been to Vegas five times and never once even put a coin in a slot machine), so these anticipations of things that may […]

Where to start? I thought last year’s FEI General Assembly was a sizzler, but compared to last week’s pow-wow in Copenhagen, 2008 was a snooze fest. Top of the shit list this year: the Clean Sport Commission’s decision to allow the presence of things like bute and banamine in horses at FEI competitions, and the ‘yay’ vote […]

Toronto, On – Tuesday was the start of the International Division for Open Jumpers at The Royal Winter Fair, with $50,000 being disbursed between two classes: the $25,000 International Power & Speed this afternoon and the $25,000 Jolera International Jumper Welcome which was part of the evening performance. Top Canadians Ian Millar and Jill Henselwood likely […]

Toronto, ON – Don’t panic if you can’t make it to Toronto this November to catch every performance of The Royal Horse Show in person. Once the show begins, the entire event (including the Opening day Royal Visit by Prince Charles and Camilla, the National Holstein Show and the Canadian 4-H Junior Dairy Classic) will […]

The Canadian flag, that is. I was starting to wonder if I would ever get to say good things about Dressage in this country again (except of course, for the individual achievements of those talented people who have managed to reach for the stars in spite of our federation’s dysfunctions). Yes, I’m talking about the […]

Ottawa, ON—Megan Lane of Collingwood, ON, won the individual silver medal July 26 in the FEI Junior Freestyle dressage test at the 2009 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Riders’ Championships, held July 21-26 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. For the second day in a row, Lane, 18, and her eight-year-old […]

Ottawa, ON— Megan Lane of Collingwood, ON, won the bronze medal Saturday in the FEI Junior Individual test at the 2009 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Riders’ Championships, held July 21-26 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Lane, 18, and her eight-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, Caravella, were tied with American Lauren […]

Ottawa, Ontario—Equine Canada and contest sponsors, Members First, John Deere, SoftStall and Greenhawk Harness and Supplies are pleased to announce “Win Your Way to WEG,” a dynamic contest that will award one lucky entrant a trip for two to the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Lexington, Kentucky. Beginning June 1, 2009, and running through […]