Forty-one of the top horsewomen in the United States and Canada are headed to Oklahoma City Oct. 3 -5, 2014 to compete in the American Horsewoman’s Challenge and join in the celebration of the Year of the Horse Woman. Tickets are now on sale to see some of the continent’s finest women trainers go head-to […]
The Ontario Equestrian Federation is excited to announce that it will be taking the reins of Ontario Has Talent, a grassroots program that has distributed close to $50,000 to support youth Dressage riders. “With the structure and processes of the OEF, the Ontario Has Talent program will be able to move from a single discipline, […]
EquiLottery LLC is now offering its new innovative horse racing and lottery game, EquiLottery, which combines the excitement of live horse racing with lottery terminals across the world. At a time when both the racing and lottery industries are looking for ways to adapt to evolving marketplaces, EquiLottery produces non-traditional marketing opportunities and a unique […]
The Calgary Stampede has reported that during training exercises this morning, two separate incidents occurred. Driver Tim Haroldson was a passenger on a wagon driven by fellow driver Jerry Bremner. The wagon rolled while coming around one of the barrels during morning training. Haroldson was thrown from the wagon and taken by ambulance to hospital for evaluation and treatment. […]
Each year, horses travel all over the world to compete at prestigious FEI events. It is no secret that the FEI has strict rules about banned substances and the items used to administer them. It is also not a secret that when a horse traveling from another country is quarantined, it cannot leave the premise […]
The ‘North American’ Tournament CSI 5* at Spruce Meadows featured the $210,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Saturday with an exciting win for USA’s Kent Farrington and Voyeur. With an incredible resume of wins, this was Farrington’s first time winning the prestigious competition. He finished ahead of Paulo Santana (BRA) and Taloubet, and […]
The Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ Tournament continued with wins for two of this summer’s top riders as well as an exciting first for a young up-and-comer in the International Ring on Friday. Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Fine Lady 5 topped the $50,000 LaFarge Cup 1.50m, Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Chin Quidam VDL won the $33,500 […]
The 2015 Pan Am Games needs at least 700 enthusiastic and passionate people — age 16 years and older — to be Games-time volunteers. Selected volunteers will be based in Caledon when the Town hosts the top equestrian athletes in dressage and jumping from the Americas and Caribbean in the summer of 2015 at the […]
There is something very special about a sport where horse and rider work together as one in a fluid, ever-changing set of circumstances. When there are three of these combinations teamed up, the result is an always-exciting and fast-moving sport called Team Penning. Team cattle penning is a race against the clock where each team […]
In 2009, the Calgary Stampede teamed with Mercuria and the National Cutting Horse Association to take the sport of cutting to a new level. By sweetening the pot in each of the Non-Pro and Open classes by an extra $25,000, the Stampede cutting event became the first show in what has become the Mercuria NCHA […]
