Olympic newbie Colleen Loach was first in for the Canadians, and had just one rail with Qorry Blue d’Argouges at a tricky vertical penultimate fence in an oxer-vertical combo that had caused some problems. “He was great, I just should have set up more at that vertical. He felt great; he jumped amazing. Qorry read […]
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Canadian dressage athletes, Megan Lane from Loretto, ON and Belinda Trussell from Stouffville, ON are ready to get underway at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. Dressage competition at the Games begins on Aug. 10 and 11 with the Grand Prix, followed by the Grand Prix Special on Aug. 12, which […]
As the riders had forewarned, today’s track was technical and demanded an accurate yet forward ride. The style caught many off guard, and at the end of the day 15 had been eliminated and there were only three double clear rounds. Most of the Canadians had a miserable day against the demanding track, but Rebecca […]
Canada’s Rebecca Howard from Marlborough, GBR made a huge jump on the leaderboard, moving up into 15th place individually, following the cross-country phase of eventing on Aug. 8 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. In the team standings, Howard, 37, along with Colleen Loach, 33, from Dunham, QC, Jessica Phoenix, […]
The following statement from FEI president Ingmar De Vos was released by the FEI concerning the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to ban all Russian paralympians from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio: “We are very disappointed with today’s IPC decision. Like our Paralympic athletes from all other countries, our three Russian athletes have trained hard […]
Rebecca Howard and Olympic veteran Riddle Master performed a solid test worth 49.40 pp, with the only bobbles being some loss of rhythm in one of the flying changes and a during a late-test collected canter. She moved into a tie for 41st spot with teammate Kathryn Robinson and Let It Bee, ahead of Canadians […]
Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, unfortunately did not have the opening act to her Olympic debut she had been envisioning. Aboard Qorry Blue d’Argouges, a 12-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by fellow Canadian eventer Peter Barry, the 33-year-old from Dunham, QC, was barely into the second movement of her test when sudden, deafening mic feedback […]
The Canadian Eventing Team is holding down 12th place after the completion of the initial dressage phase on Aug. 7, 2016 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. The Canadians were sitting in ninth place as a team after the first day of dressage on Aug. 6, which saw 33 of […]
The Canadian Eventing Team is currently sitting in ninth place after two of four athletes completed the dressage phase for eventing at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA on Aug. 6, 2016. The opening day of equestrian competition at the Games featured 33 of the total 65 eventing athletes competing in […]
