The Canadian Eventing Team, comprised of Rebecca Howard of Marlborough, GBR, Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, and Kathryn Robinson of Kettering, GBR, are ready to kick off equestrian competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. The eventing portion of the Games begins on Aug. 6 […]
Hot on the heels of their outstanding performances during the CSI 3*-W Bratislava, held July 22-24 in Slovakia, Canada’s brightest up and coming show jumping talent took to the ring at the CSIO 3* Samorin, held July 28-31, also in Slovakia. The second and final stop on the Canadian Developing Rider Tour, which provides up-and-coming […]
Currently residing in Germany, Canadian Pia Fortmuller was the top-placed Canadian at the prestigious FEI World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses, which took place July 28 through 31 at the Dutch Equestrian Federation headquarters in Ermelo, Netherlands. Riding Frieda (Fürstenball x Rouletto), a five-year-old Hanoverian mare she co-owns with Lars Busch, Fortmuller put in […]
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This is the 8th Mongol Derby, featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s longest and toughest horse race. The 2016 race features 20 men and 21 women from 13 countries riding 1000km across Mongolia on semi-wild horses. As well as serious riders from the worlds of eventing, show-jumping, endurance, racing, dressage, […]
On Thursday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Council announced four-time Olympian, Olympic medallist and Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) President, Tricia Smith, along with seven others, as a new member of the IOC. The election for the position was held in Rio at the 129th IOC Executive Session, August 2-4, 2016. In this latest slate, […]
Mark Bellissimo, managing partner of Tryon Equestrian Partners, confirmed today that the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring, N.C. is working with United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to ensure that the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) remain in North America and USEF has communicated its support of the initiative to the FEI […]
American rider Jonathan McCrea, on his mount Special Lux, won the first leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League in Bromont, on July 31, 2016. Guilherme Jorge Surpasses Himself With a generous time allowed, the chronometer was not a key factor in the first round. Course designer Guilherme Jorge, on his […]
Andrew Kocher added another victory to his collection on July 30, with a win in the Modified Grand Prix as he made it clear, in the last two weeks, that he was a fierce competitor at the 2016 International Bromont. Eight Pairs Make Jump-Off The demanding course, designed by Guilherme Jorge, proved to be a […]
Young rider Lucy Deslauriers (USA) scored another victory at the International Bromont ahead of 25 participants on Friday July 29 in the FEI Assante Classic. Course designer Guilherme Jorge (BRA) once again created an excellent course for the participating riders, as 25 horse and rider combinations started in the event. Nine of those qualified for […]
