The FEI’s Equestrian Community Integrity Unit is to investigate allegations that the carcass of Ajayeb “disappeared” from the world endurance venue at Samorin before she finally ended up at a pathology lab. The mare, competing for the UAE, was euthanized last Saturday after breaking her leg. But allegations have surfaced that she was found dumped […]
Four of six Dutch horses offered for sale by the Showjumping Fund of the Netherlands (SFN) in an online auction have been sold. Surprisingly, the highest-profile horse of the lot, SFN Zenith N.O.P., ridden to seventh place individually at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by Jeroen Dubbeldam, was not one of them. SFN did not […]
It has been announced that the European Commission is set to adopt stricter regulations on the import of horsemeat from non-EU countries.
Jorge Bernhard, has filed against Shandiss McDonald The suit involves the 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Rockfield Grant Juan (“Juan”),
On September 12, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) was notified of a positive test result for West Nile Virus (WNV) in a horse from the Toronto area. The horse displayed signs of fever, muscle tremors, gait abnormalities (ataxia) and weakness. The horse is recovering under veterinary medical supervision. Veterinarians in […]
News broke recently that the Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board had recommended euthanizing 45,000 wild horses and burros being held in government holding facilities throughout the United States. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has since responded to the public outcry, and wants to clarify that they do not […]
Canada’s Lauren Barwick has qualified to move on to the final Freestyle Test on Sept. 16 to close out the para-dressage competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. On Sept. 15, Barwick rode Onyx, a 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding sired by Wolkentanz and owned by Equestrian Canada, to a seventh place […]
As reported by Equestrian Canada (EC) the afternoon of Sept. 14, Ashley Gowanlock of Surrey, BC, had a fall from her horse following the conclusion of her Grade 1b Individual Test in para-dressage competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. After being assessed by the Rio 2016 medical staff onsite and found to have no serious injuries, […]
On Sept. 14, 2016 during the Grade 1b Individual Test at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Canadian Para-Dressage Team member, Ashley Gowanlock of Surrey, BC had a fall from her horse following the conclusion of her test. Gowanlock was assessed by the Rio 2016 medical staff and found to have no serious injuries. She has […]
Robyn Andrews of St. John’s, NF made her Paralympic debut in the Grade 1a Team Test on Sept. 12 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA.
