With 10 days remaining before Equestrian Canada announces the final Olympic team selections, Horse Sport put out some feelers
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British show jumping star Scott Brash will not compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Brash’s two top horses, Hello Sanctos and Hello M’Lady, have both sustained minor injuries and will not be competition ready in time for the Games. Brash, who was a member of the 2012 Olympic gold medal winning team, has yet […]
It was announced in April that Olympic champion Uthopia, ridden by Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin, would be sold through auction with no reserve on May 27, 2016. Soon after, it was reported that Hester was working to secure funding to purchase the 15-year-old KWPN stallion. A statement was issued today, June 28, 2016, by […]
Invasive plant species are on the move in British Columbia and the Ministry of Agriculture wants to curb that destructive migration. The Ministry is conducting a Weed Free Forage Certification market feasibility study in the coming weeks and Horse Council BC will be contributing to the conversation. (The livestock industry isn’t being singled out: logging, […]
Equine Canada will officially announce the riders competing for Canada at the summer Olympics in Rio on July 14th, but the FEI has just released the list of riders that are qualified. The final list of confirmed riders will be announced by the FEI on July 18th. The following Canadian horse and rider combinations are […]
Last month former Daily Show host Jon Stewart and his wife Tracey adopted Lily, a senior mare that gained fame for having been shot more than 100 times at close range with a paintball gun. They brought Lily from Pennsylvania, where she was rescued from an auction, to their animal sanctuary in New Jersey. Sadly, […]
The Manitoba Horse Expo, It was a successful event, which met its aims, however, it is reported that vendors did not receive compensation
The federal police in Brazil raided the offices of the consortium that is building one of the main sports centres for the Rio Olympic Games, on June 7th. Authorities carried out a search-and-seizure warrant at the headquarters of the Deodoro Sports Complex’s northern section, which will host 11 Olympic sports including the equestrian events. It […]
In a well-timed show of support, the federal MP for the Brome-Missisquoi district, of which Bromont is a part, is hosting a reception for the organizing committee of the Bromont World Equestrian Games in Ottawa at the House of Commons on June 8th. The Honourable Denis Paradis, a Liberal MP, is hosting the reception and […]
Ian Millar, Captain Canada has confirmed that his mount, Dixson, will not be competition ready for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in August.
