Ben Asselin, Bretton Chad, Kara Chad and Alexandria Smith represented Canada at CSIOY Bonheiden, BEL, held May 17–20, 2012, and both Asselin and Kara Chad were victorious during this first stop of their European Tour. Asselin, 18, of Calgary, ON, rode Rush, an 11-year-old Belgian Sport Horse owned by Attache Stables, to the only clear […]

May 21st marked 100 days to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that these will officially be the biggest Games ever, with 165 countries set to participate in 21 sports over 17 days.   Para-Dressage riders from 26 nations have qualified to participate in the equestrian events, […]

David Marcus, 31, of Campbellville, ON, took another step on the road to the 2012 London Olympics, winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the CDI3* Canada Classic, an international dressage competition held May 18-20 in Burlington, ON.   Having only received his Canadian citizenship in December, Marcus scored his first international […]

Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, Ontario, was the first sport venue to be named for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games in a special groundbreaking ceremony held May 18.  TO2015, the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee, the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the Town of Caledon joined together to announce […]

Soraya Ourrais, the Franco-Moroccan winner of the FEI Development Award 2011, has set the bar very high for this category of the FEI Awards, for which nominations opened last week.   The FEI Development Award rewards an individual, organisation or project that has in some way made equestrian sport accessible to a wider public. “Development […]

Jump Canada is pleased to announce the young athletes who have been named recipients of the Jump Canada Bursary for 2011. In recognition of the difficulty that young riders face as they strive to continue their education while also competing at high levels of equestrian sport, Jump Canada developed the Bursary program for athletes aged […]

Rebecca Howard and Selena O’Hanlon led the Canadian team at the 2012 CCI /CIC Jersey Fresh Three Day Event, held May 10–13, in Allentown, New Jersey, USA by placing first and third in their respective divisions. The competition also featured top ten performances by Hawley Bennett-Awad, Michele Mueller, Jessica Phoenix and Shandiss Wewiora. Fresh off […]

Reigning Olympic champion Eric Lamaze finished in sixth place in the 200,000 € La Baule Grand Prix Longines at the CSIO 5* La Baule, FRA, riding Derly Chin De Muze. Lamaze also finished in second place in the 23,000 € Prix EADS and seventh in the 23,000 € Prix Generali with Coriana van Klapscheut. The […]

The Canadian Show Jumping Team, comprised of Yann Candele, Tiffany Foster, Jill Henselwood and Ian Millar, finished in third place in the Nations’ Cup competition held Friday, May 11, at CSIO 4* Linz, AUT, held from May 10-13. Henselwood, riding George, finished in ninth place in the 80,000 € Linz Ebelsberg Sprehe Grand Prix, while […]

A number of Canadian eventers earned great results at Jersey Fresh CCI3* held in Allentown, NJ, May 9-13. Top honours in the CIC 3* division went to Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master. The pair had a score of 52.8 for the win. Selena O’Hanlon and her longtime partner Colombo finished in third place in the […]