David Marcus of Campbellville, ON, made the most of his new Canadian citizenship, putting himself in contention for Olympic consideration following a strong winter competition season in Florida. Several weeks of international dressage competition are held in the Wellington, West Palm Beach and Loxahatchee areas, making south Florida a top destination for dressage athletes from […]
Canadians Peter Barry and Jessica Hampf finished in 11th and 19th place respectively in the 2012 edition of the CCI 4* Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, held April 26–29, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, USA. Barry, of Dunham, QC, sat in 40th place following dressage with a score of 60.3 riding his […]
Two horses in the state of New Mexico, Otero County, were confirmed with Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) on April 20, 2012. This is the first detection of active VS in the United States since 2010. The World Organization for Animal Health has posted a notification on its web site at: http://bit.ly/IJcDah Canada is currently free of […]
Horse Sport’s 2011 scholarship winner, Esmee Ingham, alongside teammate Lindsay Seidel-Wassenar, will be representing Canada at the Sydney CDI 3* Invitational, May 3-5. Follow her adventures at http://eingham.blogspot.ca/ You can learn more about Ingham at https://horsesport.com/scholarship/
Dr. Judith Koenig began studying shock wave treatment when a particular horse with a broken leg came in for treatment. Koenig was interested in all the work that had been done in humans using shock wave therapy and preceded with her studies using a wound healing model. Here she discusses her work: http://youtu.be/xo2RKOvyTqY Koenig has […]
The Endurance Round Table session, which shared the final morning of the FEI Sports Forum with the Eventing Round Table, attracted representatives of National Federations (NFs) and veterinarians for discussion on proposed rule changes that will be presented to the FEI General Assembly 2012 in November. Various proposals made by the FEI Endurance Committee were […]
Canadians Lisa Coulter and Robert Thomson represented Canada at the Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup CRI 3* held in Lexington, KY, April 27-28. Riding Yellow Jersey, Coulter earned a score of 221 for a three-way tie for sixth place in the CRI 3* competition. Earning a score of 218.5, which was good enough for a four-way […]
At Houston Dressage Society 2012 Spring Classic CPEDI 3* held in Katy, TX, April 26-29, Canadian Lauren Barwick won all of her Grade 2 classes. Riding Off To Paris, Barwick won the HDS Spring Classic I & II CPEDI3* Champion High Point Award and the Arbor Gate CPEDI 3* award for the highest average score […]
Peter Barry of Dunham, QC, rode Kilrodan Abbott to an 11th place finish in the prestigious Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI 4*, held in Lexington, KY, on April 25-29. The pair were sitting in 40th place following dressage, but quickly moved up to 14th place following a clear ride over a challenging cross country course, […]
In the Young Riders division at CDI-W Del Mar, in Del Mar, CA, on April 26-29, Monica Houweling rode Rifradin to a third place finish in the Freestyle with 70.542%. The pair also placed sixth in the Individual test with 65.965% and fourth in the Team test, scoring 65.351%. Riding Day Dreamer, Sydney Holme placed […]
