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Millar Bests Massive Field in Prelude to the International

The jets have landed, the horses have settled in and the final week of show jumping competition is under way at Angelstone. Attracting a huge field of 47 horses, the ‘International’ has emerged as one of the marquee events on the North American FEI circuit, with riders representing five countries. If Thursday night’s $33,500 ‘Gilt’ […]
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JustWorld Partner a CNN Top 10 Hero Finalist

On October 2nd, CNN announced the Top 10 finalists for the CNN Heroes of 2014 award, including Juan Pablo Romero Fuentes, the founder of Los Patojos, the JustWorld International partner project in Guatemala. Since its inception, CNN Heroes has received tens of thousands of submissions from more than 100 countries and profiled over 200 heroes. […]
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In Memoriam: Marie-Helen Lessard

It is with great sadness that the Ontario Equestrian Federation announces the death of Marie-Helen Lessard, a respected competitor, coach, judge, official, horse show organizer and volunteer. Lessard, 49, and her husband, Steven Ratz, 57, were killed in a car crash on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 on Dufferin County Road 10 near their home in […]
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Canadians Shine at Dressage at Devon

Alexandra Dvorak, from Hillsburgh, Ontario, rode to the top of Dressage at Devon’s FEI Young Rider Grand Prix on Fling, a Westfalen gelding on September 27th. Her father and trainer, Olympian Tom Dvorak, purchased Fling in Germany, intending to resell him. When it was time for Alexandra to graduate from a pony to a horse, […]