The FEI joined the IOC as one of five co-sponsors of the Fourth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Zurich (SUI) this week. The two-day conference, which was held at the FIFA headquarters on November 1-2, was also sponsored by FIFA, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the International Rugby Board (IRB). […]
Para-Equestrian Canada is now accepting nominations to fill three vacant positions on the Canadian Para-Equestrian Committee (CPEC). The positions on the committee are not specific in task and each position is for a two-year term beginning in February 2013. The Committee is seeking candidates who possess the passion and drive to work with other committed […]
Artisan Farms has acquired La Toya 44, a 10-year-old bay Hannoverian mare (Le Cou Cou x Argentinus), for its rider Tiffany Foster, 28, of Schomberg, Ontario, Canada. Formerly owned by 2000 Olympic Champion Jeroen Dubbeldam and competed by Sjaak Sleiderink, both of the Netherlands, La Toya 44 joins Foster’s competitive string which presently includes her […]
Jim Ifko of Calgary, AB, aboard Peninsula Vertigo emerged the Western Division winner of the 2012 Jump Canada National Talent Squad Series
The 90th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair opens this Friday, November 2, and with it, the prestigious Royal Horse Show in the Ricoh Coliseum. Opening weekend in the Royal Horse Show showcases the top-tier Canadians, with the $75,000 Greenhawk Canadian Show Jumping Championships and the $20,000 Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing taking place the evenings of […]
Ten-time Olympian Ian Millar will be inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame alongside show jumping horse Hickstead at this year’s Jump Canada Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala. Presented by BMO Financial Group, the seventh annual black-tie event will take place on Sunday, November 4, 2012, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, […]
Four-time FEI World Cup™ Driving Champion Boyd Exell (AUS) had an excellent start of the FEI World Cup™ Driving’s 12th season in Hannover, Germany this weekend. Exell and his team of horses were in top form and they performed as if their last World Cup competition had taken place only last week and not eight […]
Andrew Nicholson (NZL) crowned perhaps the best season of his long and distinguished career when he won Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), the first leg of the 2012/2013 HSBC FEI Classics™, on Libby Sellars’ talented chestnut Nereo this weekend. The only rider to complete on his Dressage score, Pau was Nicholson’s fourth consecutive international victory […]
Developed by two dedicated “dressage moms” the Ontario Has Talent program was designed to provide training and financial support to young dressage riders, who aspire to compete at the North American Junior & Young Riders’ Championships. Nathalie Lawson of North Bay and Gabrielle Sutton of Drumbo, both have daughters who compete in the discipline of […]
The Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee, in conjunction with the Canadian Eventing Committee, is pleased to announce that Mr. Clayton Fredericks has been named as the next International Technical Advisor (ITA) for the Canadian Eventing Team. Mr. Fredericks will replace current ITA, David O’Connor, in January 2013. After many successful years with the Team, Mr. […]
