Dressage Canada has received a generous private donation of $500,000. Offered in annual donations of $125,000 over the next four years, the money is to be used towards the High Performance Priorities identified at the High Performance Summit held in Florida this past March. The first ever summit of its kind for Dressage Canada brought […]
It was announced on June 28th, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted an application by New Mexico’s Valley Meat Co. to convert its beef processing plant into a horse slaughter house. In doing so, the company will become the first licensed to operate in this manner since Congress effectively banned horse slaughter in […]
Proud horse show dad, Bill Gates, otherwise known as the richest man in American, has purchased a home in Wellington, Florida, close to the Winter Equestrian Festival show grounds where his teenage daughter competes each winter. After spending $1.1 million in house rental fees the past two seasons, Gates decided to purchase a home in […]
Organizers of the Calgary Stampede say the show will go on “come hell or high water.” Crews are working to ready the flooded grounds for the opening of the Calgary Stampede, which president Bob Thompson says will run as scheduled, July 5-14. “We have pumped millions of gallons of water from our facilities, scraped the […]
Ian Roberts of Port Perry, ON, suffered a fractured pelvis, concussion and a large hematoma on his abdomen as the result of a fall from Faolan in the CIC3* at the Volvo Bromont CCI3* Three-Day Event on June 8th. The bay Irish sport horse gelding owned by Kelly Plitz fell after jumping fence 17, but […]
Poor weather conditions during the Nations’ Cup at the CSIO St. Gallen, Switzerland, held May 30-June 2, led to the disqualification of the German show jumping team from the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona. Due to the weather, and concerns over footing, the Organization Committee and the chefs d’equipe decided to alter the […]
Canadian eventer Anne Zander died today, May 24, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Anne was a staunch supporter of the Ontario Horse Trials Association serving as a director of the association. As a competitor Anne was very successful. Starting with Dr. Broom (who was banned from the race track for being badly behaved), […]
The all-new Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping links three of the world’s top events – CHIO Aachen, Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ CSIO 5* and CHI Geneva – in a quest to find and reward the ultimate competitor. The prestigious Grand Slam bonus system is very lucrative for the winners. If a rider wins at all […]
A new group has been formed keep the public up to date on any developments linked to the former Windfields Farm land in Oshawa, Ontario
Horse-Canada.com is pleased to introduce our all-new blog, The Pony Fairy, by Monty Gwynne. Better known as the “The Pony Fairy,” Gwynne is the only Canadian-approved Alexandra Kurland ‘Click That Teaches’ instructor. She has used clicker training for the past 15 years. For three decades before that, she successfully trained horses and their humans using […]
