As it prepares for its 92nd year celebrating “Farm fresh Fun,” the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is holding a contest to find original artwork that can be used in a commemorative poster that reflects the The Royal today. It’s an opportunity for aspiring artists across the country to get creative and help present a fresh […]
Carlene and Andy Ziegler’s Artisan Farms has acquired Fine Lady 5 for 2008 Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze. The 11-year-old bay Hanoverian mare (Forsyth x Drosselklang II) had been ridden to great success by Holger Wulschner for the past two seasons. Under the German rider, Fine Lady 5 amassed an impressive performance record and, in […]
The Alberta government has reported that the wild horse population in that province has declined since last year, by 10 per cent. Following the 2013/2014 capture season, in which 15 wild or feral horses were rounded up, the Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development says a recent count turned up approximately 880 head compared to […]
Dutch meat trader Jan Fasen, who worked for Draap Trading, the company at the centre of last year’s European horse meat scandal, is currently in custody as subject of a meat-labelling fraud investigation. The charges stem from an incident in which horse meat from Romania found its way into numerous frozen ground beef products in […]
It was all systems go at Fort Erie Race Track on Sunday, April 27th as a healthy number of eager equine athletes began training at The Border Oval. With opening day exactly one month away trainer Dan Wills plans to have up to 15 horses stabled at Fort Erie. Wills, who works alongside his wife […]
British Olympic team gold medalist Ben Maher’s Tripple X III has been sold to Eric Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable. Maher revealed the news on his official Twitter account: “We can confirm that my Olympic partner Tripple X III has been sold to Torrey Pines Stable. We wish them every success.” The 12-year-old stallion was bred […]
Once again The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is leading the way to help improve our Canadian horse sport talent by providing competitions that strengthen the ability of our young riders early in their careers. The National Medal Classes have a long history at The Royal, celebrating 25 years in 2013. The Royal is pleased to […]
Diane Creech earned high scores and top placings throughout the 2014 Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, FL. After three intensive months of training and competing her string of horses owned by Leatherdale Farms, the Canadian rider is heading back to her home base in Ontario. Season highlights for Creech include several top finishes in […]
Horse-Canada.com is pleased to introduce two new blogs to our line-up: The Rusty Stirrup, by Alexa Cheater, and Blazing a Trail, by Leanna Marchant. After wrapping up her “mostly unremarkable junior career,” Alexa Cheater opted to pursue higher education. Now, more than a decade later, she’s gearing up to get back in the saddle and […]
Will Coleman’s Conair and Andrew McConnon’s Powderhouse both died this past weekend at The Fork Horse Trials in Norwood, North Carolina, held April 5-6, 2014. Competing in his first two-star event, Powderhouse, a 15-year-old Australian Thoroughbred, collapsed and died following the stadium jumping phase on April 5th. Though McConnon was mounted at the time, he […]
