The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival concluded on Sunday with an exciting line-up of world-class show jumping and the presentation of special awards to round out a very successful winter circuit at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. Although inclement weather caused Saturday night’s classes to be postponed, the final afternoon […]
The Canadian Sport Horse Association (CSHA) has launched an exciting new initiative for pony breeders: the Canadian Sport Pony registry.
Following a meeting with senior FEI officials, Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) has regretfully withdrawn their bid for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) related to a sponsor conflict. Mark Bellissimo CEO of ESP commented, “I would like to thank the FEI for having the confidence in our organization and world-class facility to be part […]
Competition for the AGDF 12 CDI 5* continued on Friday at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) with four major classes. Starting out the day, American Chris Hickey topped the FEI Prix St. Georges, with Ronaldo. Fellow American Adrienne Lyle finished first with Wizard in the FEI Grand Prix Special CDI 5*. Canada’s Megan Lane […]
The Mane Event is coming to Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alberta, April 25-27, 2014. Alberta’s largest equine event features an exciting roster of clinicians, including: Rob Gage, of Judge my Ride, for Jumping; Peggy Brown for Centered Driving/Centered Riding; Janet Foy for Dressage; Les Vogt for Reining; Storme Camarillo Dahl for Barrel Racing; Jennifer […]
Canadian Olympian David Marcus of Campbellville, ON, concluded his winter season in Wellington, FL, by competing in the CDI5* Adequan Global Dressage Festival Week 12 held March 25-30. Riding Chrevi’s Capital, a 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Weinberg) owned by Deborah Kinzinger, Marcus contested the Grand Prix on Thursday to earn a score […]
Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster of Vancouver, BC, opened the final week of competition at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, with a win in the $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m Speed on Wednesday, March 26. Entering the final week of competition at the 12-week FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, the $34,000 Spy […]
On March 24th, a coalition of animal and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop the U.S. Forest Service from eliminating thousands of acres of protected territory and rounding up as much as 80% of the wild horses in the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory […]
The prestigious George Morris Excellence in Equitation class highlighted week 11, with the cream of the crop of the nation’s Junior riders competing for top honours. Open by invitation only to the top Junior riders at WEF this season, it was highly contested. An equally impressive group of jumper competitors showed in the $50,000 Artisan […]
Val Sanford has seen first hand the negative effects of respiratory problems on horses’ performance in the show ring and on the trail. Sanford, owner and manager of Copper T Warmblood Stables near Saskatoon, Sask., has a horse that suffers from “heaves” or recurrent airway obstruction (RAO). The horse requires individualized management from feeding to […]
