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Canadian Show Jumping Riders Named for 2013 NAJYRC

Jump Canada has announced the show jumping athletes that will represent Canada at the 2013 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 17-21 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Team and individual honours will be awarded in two divisions for show […]
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Pia Fortmuller Contests CHIO Aachen

Pia Fortmuller of Priddis, AB, currently living and training in Germany with her coach, Olympic medalist Heiki Kemmer, contested among dressage’s international equestrian elite at the World Equestrian Festival, CDIO5*/DCI4*/DCI-U25 CHIO Aachen 2013, held June 21-30, in Germany at the show grounds of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV). Fortmuller and her partner Orion, a 17- year-old […]
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Canada’s Rising Dressage Talent Flock to FEI CDI2* J/Y in Alberta

Canada’s rising dressage talent seized a rare opportunity to compete at an FEI sanctioned event held on Canadian soil when they competed in Calgary, AB, June 27-30, 2013. Fresh from being selected to represent Canada at the 2013 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships held July 16-21, 2013 at the Kentucky Horse […]
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Jessica Phoenix Wins CIC2* at Dreamcrest Horse Trials

The 2012 Olympian Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, took home first place in the CIC 2* division aboard A Little Romance, Don and Anita Leschied’s eight-year-old Canadian Thoroughbred cross mare, at the Dreamcrest Horse Trials held June 29th in Port Perry, ON, at Dreamcrest Equestrian, one of Canada`s premiere eventing stables owned by Canadian Olympians […]
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Canada is Still in the Running to Host 2018 WEG

The FEI has re-opened the bidding process for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 following Monday’s Bureau meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI), but has specifically asked the Canadian bid from Bromont/Montreal to remain a part of that process. There had been an expectation that the FEI Bureau would allocate the 2018 Games to […]
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Canadian Eventers Named for NAJYRC

The Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce the following riders/horse combinations have been nominated to represent Canada at 2013 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, the Championships will be held July 16-21, 2013 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Nominated Entries by division: (Rider/Horse/Owner) CH […]
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Canadian Para-Equestrian Team Set to Compete in England

Para-Equestrian Canada is pleased to announce that Lauren Barwick, Ashley Gowanlock and Roberta Sheffield will compete for Canada at the upcoming Hartpury CPEDI3* Festival of Dressage held July 3 – 5th, 2013 in Gloucester, ENG and the Bishop Burton CPEDI2* held July 18th – 21st, 2013 in Beverley, Yorkshire, ENG. Barwick of Aldergrove, BC will […]
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Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines is Now Available

Equine Canada (EC) and the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) are pleased to announce the release of the new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines. The Code is available for download here. “The development of this new Code is perhaps the most important project in recent Canadian history for the […]
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Four New Dressage Canada High Performance 1 Certified Coaches

Dressage Canada is pleased to introduce four new High Performance 1 Coaches who successfully completed Equine Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program. Obtaining certification is an important life-time achievement. Certified Equine Canada Coaches adhere to recognized coaching best-practices and have achieved the highest standards in Canada for equestrian coaching. Dressage Canada wishes to congratulate Sandra Verda […]