The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) has received reports of several cases of equine Strangles (S. equi sp. equi infection) in the Waterloo-Wellington County area. Strangles is not a reportable disease in the province of Ontario, however, it is highly contagious to horses and other equids, and outbreaks are a concern to the […]
Canada captures the Nations Cup! The highlight of the week was our Nations Cup win – a major accomplishment with 12 teams competing this year. The team of Ian Millar, Eric Lamaze, Tiffany Foster and Yann Candele came together brilliantly on Friday night demonstrating their combined horse power and riding talent. On Saturday, young ambitious […]
Week eight of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm, concluded on Sunday with another big win for Great Britain’s Ben Maher in the $150,000 CSIO 4* Grand Prix, presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty. Maher guided Jane Clark’s Urico to victory over USA’s Laura Kraut and Nouvelle in second […]
Competition for the Adequan Global Dressage Festival 8 Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI W continued on Saturday with the FEI Intermediaire-1 and FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, presented by Martha W. Jolicoeur and Maria Mendelsohn of Illustrated Properties. The FEI Intermediaire-1 was topped by Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (USA) and Rassing’s Lonoir, while Adrienne Lyle and Wizard were back […]
The Ontario Equestrian Federation (OEF) is pleased to present seven juniors from across the province with $1,000 through the OEF Youth Bursary Program to help them reach their equestrian goals. “This is such a deserving group of young horse people and we are thrilled to be able to help them with their equestrian endeavours,” says […]
The Meydan Group has signed on to sponsor the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™, which will be held August 23- September 7 in Normandy, France. Malih Lahej Al Basti, vice-chairman of Meydan Group, said statement: “We are pleased to demonstrate [our passion for equestrian sports] through our role as an official sponsor of the […]
The week began with Wednesday’s Nations Cup dressage competition at the Global Dressage Festival, featuring nine teams, including two U.S. teams, two Canadian teams, and those from Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Colombia and Spain, as well as individuals from Puerto Rico and Georgia. The U.S. kept their lead position from Wednesday through Friday. The silver […]
The CDI 3* competition wrapped up on Sunday afternoon at the seventh week of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). After a full week of CDIO and CDI 3* competition, the FEI Intermediaire-1 Freestyle, presented by Peacock Ridge, crowned its winner Sunday morning. Competition concluded for the week with the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, presented […]
The CDI 3* competition continued at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) on Saturday with the FEI Grand Prix Special, presented by Stillpoint Farm, and the FEI Intermediaire-1, presented by Peacock Ridge. In addition to professional competition, the sport’s brightest young stars were recognized in the Florida International Youth Dressage Championships, presented by Dressage4Kids, to […]
Canadian Karen Pavicic and Oldenburg Don Daiquiri topped the field of 13 entries in the Grand Prix at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival CDIO3* with a winning score of 69.440 percent. Karen and Don Daiquiri, the twelve-year-old gelding owned by Jayne Essig and sired by Don Cardinale, for the second time in this Florida season […]
