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Canadian Eventing Committee Announces New Athlete Development Initiative

The Equine Canada Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce the Athlete Development Program, Eventing – No Boundaries, the Eventing Talent Identification Program for 2014. Eventing – No Boundaries is a new initiative that will set guidelines to determine how to find and further develop talent within the pool of Canadian Eventing athletes. The following […]
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Canadian Eventing Team Receives $30,000 Donation

In a philanthropic gesture of private, non-corporate, giving, the Horne Family Charitable Foundation has generously agreed to support the Canadian Eventing Team in the amount of $30,000 divided equally over the next three years. This funding will be earmarked for the national team’s needs-most specifically to augment the integrated support team for the World Equestrian […]
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Vesicular Stomatitis Reported in Texas

The U.S. has reported the finding of Vesicular Stomatitis (VS), in the State of Texas. Therefore, as in previous outbreaks, the restrictions which will be applied shortly are: A) The importation of horses from the State of TEXAS for all end-uses will be prohibited, effective June 2, 2014. B) For horses coming from the US, […]
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Dressage Canada and C-DAAP for Lunch in the Country

Register for Dressage Canada’s ‘Lunch in the Country’ – a fun-filled day at the newly re-built Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in support of the Canadian Dressage Athlete Assistance Program The ‘Lunch in the Country’ event will feature a true country-style buffet to be served while enjoying the Grand Prix Freestyle competition during Palgrave’s CDI-W! Throughout the […]
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Lauren Barwick is World’s Top Para-Dressage Rider

The 2008 Paralympic Gold and silver medalist and three-time Canadian Paralympian, Lauren Barwick, is currently ranked as the number one para-equestrian rider in the world. Barwick topped the recent standings, with a total of 1264. At the beginning of May, the Federation Equestre International (FEI) released the current Para-Equestrian Riders’ World Ranking List, which is […]
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Lyne Laforme Appointed Chef d’Equipe for Canada’s WEG Reining Team

The Canadian Reining Committee is thrilled to announce the appointment of the highly coveted and internationally experienced coach and judge, Lyne Laforme of Mont St Hilaire, QC as the Chef d’Equipe to lead the Reining Team heading to the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, FR. “The CRC is proud to announce the appointment of Lyne […]
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Canadian Show Jumpers Wrap Up CSIO4* Coapexpan On a High Note

Canadian show jumpers continued to achieve impressive results at the CSIO4* Coapexpan, which wrapped up on May 11 in Mexico. After competing as a team to capture the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup on May 9, the Canadians went solo on the final day of the competition in the $150,000 Gran Premio Veracruz Grand Prix. The […]
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Canada Leading North American League of Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Series

Team Canada continues to dominate the North American, Central American and Caribbean League of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping, after picking up their second consecutive win of the series on May 9 at the CSIO4* Coapexpan in Mexico. Team members Kara Chad (Calgary, AB), Ian Millar (Perth, ON), Jonathon Millar (Perth, ON), and Chris […]
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Canadian Para-Equestrians Wrap Up European Tour

At the last stop of their European tour, Canadian riders once again achieved top results , with scores in the 70s, against top international competitors at CPEDI 3* Mannheim, GER, held May 3-6th. Continuing their winning streak from the week before at CPEDI 3* Moorsele, Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC and Equine Canada’s 13-year-old Oldenburg […]