Ireland’s Conor Swail prevailed over an international starting field to take victory in the $35,000 CSI2* RAM Equestrian Caledon Cup, Phase I, presented by Peel Maryborough, on Saturday, September 21, at the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament held at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. Heavy rains diminished the starting field to 22 entries but […]
Ontario’s riders brought home the hardware at the 2013 Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships, which took place from Sept. 13-15 in Calgary, AB. and saw riders from across Canada vying for a place on the podium. Ontario took home gold medals in team competition in both Jumping and Dressage and also secured a bronze in Reining. In individual competition, […]
Wingberry Farms welcomes Yann Candele to its world-class facility in King City, ON. The three-time Canadian Show Jumping Champion will act as Head Trainer of Wingberry Farms year-round.The partnership sees Candele responsible for the training of all Wingberry Farms horses and clients, along with Candele’s current students who will move to Wingberry Farms to continue […]
The first piece of upbeat news to emerge from the FEI’s new Endurance Strategic Planning Group has been undermined by revelations today that Jaume Punti Dachs, a member of the FEI endurance committee, was raided by a UK government agency who seized 124 medicinal products in August. Punti Dachs is married to 2010 endurance world […]
On September 14th, the Caledon Equestrian Park will host an afternoon of Derby Tailgating beginning at 2pm. Hogan’s Inn, Knightwood Stables, and Broccoli Hill have already secured prime tailgate real estate to watch the $10,000 Provincial finals of the Canadian Hunter Derby Series sponsored by the Ontario Hunter Jumper Association. There will be two Grand […]
Saturday, October 5th is the day we will witness the combination of the horse power of vintage cars and the horse power of dancing equestrian athletes. Odd bedfellows to be sure but the event, which will take place at the beautiful Oakcrest Farms, will be co-hosted by Ontario Has Talent (OHT), Equine Canada (EC), and […]
Winning twice during the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ is not easily accomplished, but top American rider Kent Farrington showed speed was the key in the $125,000 Suncor Winning Round 1.50m. He and Blue Angel, an 11-year-old AES mare by Luidam x Ascendent owned by Robin Parsky, returned second to last in the second round. The top […]
The highlight event of the season wrapped up the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ with some of the best show jumping competition in the world. Pieter Devos of Belgium rode Candy to victory in the $1 Million CN International, part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, over Olympic gold medalist Steve Guerdat (SUI) on Nasa […]
Saturday at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ is always full of national pride, and this year was no different. Eight top teams from around the world went head to head, and the winning nation for the second year in a row was Germany with teammates Hans Dieter Dreher/Colore, Christian Ahlmann/Asca Z, Daniel Deusser/Evita van de Veldballe, […]
Speed and power described the two competitions on the schedule today at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’. Opening up the evening was the $205,000 Encana Cup 1.60m, and the fastest in the jump-off was Calgary’s own Ben Asselin on Makavoy. The $75,000 ATCO Electric Six Bar featured four rounds of thrilling jumping as Martin Fuchs (SUI) […]
