Bromont WEG got the first good news in long time when they received approval for a 50-year lease of town property last week. Organizers already had a lease from the town, but the new lease will allow them to build the indoor arena that will be used for reining and vaulting. Town council had previously […]
The legendary show jumping stallion and sire Quito de Baussy (Jalisco B x Prince du Cy) died on October 6th at the age of 33.
Michel Vaillancourt announced on his Facebook page that he was not chosen as the course designer for the 2018 Bromont WEG. Vaillancourt, a level 4 course designer who was born in Quebec and earned the individual silver medal at the 1976 Olympics at the Bromont venue where the WEG will be held, was shocked by […]
Show jumper In Style, the Holsteiner gelding who helped clinch the team silver medal for Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, died Sept. 27th
The city of Blainville, has announced that it plans to “end equestrian competitions on its territory Blainville Equestrian Park in Quebec
The Board of directors of the 2018 World Equestrian Games announces the appointment of its new chief executive officer, Mr. Luc Fournier, taking over from Paul Côté, who has accepted a new challenge. “Three years before the Games, his talent and his large experience in major events will renew the energy of the team and […]
Problematic from the start, the groups involved with bringing the 2018 Bromont WEG to fruition continue to struggle with organizing the behemoth event. At the end of August they lost their long-standing leader, Paul Côté, who had been chair of the bid committee and was subsequently named CEO, when he announced his resignation. This week, […]
Businessman and founder of Anderson Ranch and Rocky Mountain Show Jumping, James Carl (J.C.) Anderson, died on September 3, 2015, of congestive heart failure, at the age of 84. A Nebraska-native and former member of the counter-intelligence unit of the U.S. army, Anderson made his fortune in the Alberta oilfields. He began this venture as […]
As previously reported, Paul Côté has resigned from his position as executive director of the WEG 2018 Organizing Committee (COJEM 2018). His appointment as head of Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) in Montreal was announced last week. Cote was chair of the Bromont Bid Committee and his was an integral part of the bid process. […]
New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson is recovering following surgery to repair an injury to his cervical spine (neck), which he sustained August 9th in a fall at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe. Nicholson was taken to a local hospital in Swindon after he fell from Cillnabradden Evo at the final fence of the CIC3* […]
