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Jordan McDonald and Apple Cider Withdraw from Pan Ams

Due to a minor  injury sustained while training, Apple Cider, ridden by Jordan McDonald of Oakville, Ontario has been withdrawn from the Team nominated to compete at the 2011 Pan American Games — Eventing Competition. It is expected that Apple Cider will make a full recovery.  Following the selection procedure, an alternate/substitute horse and rider […]
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Para-Equestrian Canada Announces Recipients of Series One Competition Grants

Para-Equestrian Canada is pleased to announce that they have once again partnered with Sport Canada to encourage the participation of riders with a disability in competition. As part of this project, therapeutic riding centres that offer new competitive opportunities, or increase their existing competition program to riders with a disability will be eligible to receive […]
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FEI World Jumping Championships for Young Horses

Horses from the Zangersheide Studbook claimed two of the three gold medals on offer at the 2011 FEI World Jumping Championships for Young Horses staged in Lanaken, Belgium over the weekend.  This event is long-established as the shop window for up-and-coming champions, and for the many breeding organisations who annually compare their merit throughout four […]
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Three New World Champions in Pony Driving

Three new world champions were crowned at the end of four wonderful days of competition at the FEI World Driving Championships for Combined Ponies in Lipica, Slovenia. Bram Chardon from The Netherlands won gold in the four-in-hand pony class, Dieter Baackmann from Germany was declared world champion in the pony pairs class and Kristina Klindt […]
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Ian Millar Wins $100,000 Caledon Cup at Canadian Show Jumping Tournament

Nine-time Olympian Ian Millar of Perth, ON, won the $100,000 Caledon Cup on Sunday, September 25, at the CSI2* Canadian Show Jumping Tournament (CSJT) in Palgrave, ON.   The $100,000 Caledon Cup, presented by Aviva Elite, Peel Maryborough, and RAM Equestrian, was held over three phases.  Millar and Star Power won both the $30,000 Aviva […]
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Sweden Wins FEI Promotional League Final

The Swedish team came out the winners at the Promotional League Final in Barcelona, Spain this afternoon and will now rejoin the elite eight-nation FEI Nations’ Cup™ series in 2012.  But, on a roller-coaster afternoon, it took a monumental effort from last-line Swedish rider Rolf-Goran Bengtsson to seal the coveted qualifying spot. Despite the fact […]
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Ian Millar Takes the Lead in $100,000 Caledon Cup

Nine-time Olympian Ian Millar of Perth, ON, moved into the lead for the $100,000 Caledon Cup with a win in the second phase held Saturday, September 24, at the CSI2* Canadian Show Jumping Tournament (CSJT) in Palgrave, ON.   The $100,000 Caledon Cup, presented by Aviva Elite, Peel Maryborough, and RAM Equestrian, is held over […]
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Ballard Bests Competition in Young Horse Series

Erynn Ballard of Tottenham, ON, dominated the sixth and final event in the central region of the Jump Canada Young Horse Series, held September 15 to 18 at the Autumn Classic in Palgrave, ON.   Ballard topped the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division aboard Wennous, an eight-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood mare owned by the Looking Good […]
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Italy to Lead the Way at the Promotional League Final

The Italian team will be pathfinders as the much-anticipated FEI Nations’ Cup™ Promotional League Final gets underway at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow afternoon.  A total of seven nations will battle it out for the last remaining qualifying spot in the 2012 FEI Nations’ Cup™ series, and the order-of-go for tomorrow’s […]