Horse-Canada.com is pleased to welcome Pam Asheton, and her new blog, “A Real Western Challenge.” Asheton, of Cochrane, Alberta, was chosen to compete in the North American Horsewoman’s Challenge – one of three Canadian trainers accepted into the formerly all American event – the finals of which will be held in October in Oklahoma. In […]
British eventer Mary King has been suspended from competition for two months after receiving her second yellow card, for dangerous riding, within a 12-month period. She received the warning at the Bramham Horse Trials in England, which took place June 6-8. King was riding MHS King Joules in the CCI***, where the pair retired on […]
George Tidball, founder of Thunderbird Equestrian Show Park, died on June 3, 2014, at the age of 83. Tidball is survived by his wife, Dianne and four children, Jane, Laura, Kathy and Stephen. Jane is the president and tournament director at Thunderbird, one of the top equestrian facilities in North America. A driving force for […]
British show jumper Ben Maher, along with owner Jane Clark, have announced that Urico will be retired following an injury he sustained at the CSIO5* Nations Cup in La Baule, France. The 13-year-old gelding underwent surgery on May 18th to repair a severe stress fracture to his right front pastern bone. He is recovering well, […]
Private member’s bill C-571, which sought to amend the Meat Inspection Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Act, was defeated in the House of Commons May 14th, with 102 votes in favour and 155 against. Introduced by NDP MP Alex Atamanenko of British Columbia Southern Interior, the bill was intended to place restrictions on […]
The Alberta government has reported that the wild horse population in that province has declined since last year, by 10 per cent. Following the 2013/2014 capture season, in which 15 wild or feral horses were rounded up, the Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development says a recent count turned up approximately 880 head compared to […]
Dutch meat trader Jan Fasen, who worked for Draap Trading, the company at the centre of last year’s European horse meat scandal, is currently in custody as subject of a meat-labelling fraud investigation. The charges stem from an incident in which horse meat from Romania found its way into numerous frozen ground beef products in […]
British Olympic team gold medalist Ben Maher’s Tripple X III has been sold to Eric Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable. Maher revealed the news on his official Twitter account: “We can confirm that my Olympic partner Tripple X III has been sold to Torrey Pines Stable. We wish them every success.” The 12-year-old stallion was bred […]
Horse-Canada.com is pleased to introduce two new blogs to our line-up: The Rusty Stirrup, by Alexa Cheater, and Blazing a Trail, by Leanna Marchant. After wrapping up her “mostly unremarkable junior career,” Alexa Cheater opted to pursue higher education. Now, more than a decade later, she’s gearing up to get back in the saddle and […]
Will Coleman’s Conair and Andrew McConnon’s Powderhouse both died this past weekend at The Fork Horse Trials in Norwood, North Carolina, held April 5-6, 2014. Competing in his first two-star event, Powderhouse, a 15-year-old Australian Thoroughbred, collapsed and died following the stadium jumping phase on April 5th. Though McConnon was mounted at the time, he […]
