Canada’s Christilot Boylen rode Dio Mio to 73.789% for another victory in the FEI Intermediaire-1 Freestyle CDIO 3* and ended up as the top individual rider of the week. Boylen had a picture perfect end to the Wellington Nations Cup CDIO/CDI 3*, wrapping up a banner season at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), which […]
Ed Whitfield (R-KY) introduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013. The bill is intended to strengthen the Horse Protection Act to prevent soring.
The 2013 Canadian Farrier Team Trials were held this year during the OFA’s Canada Cup. Tom Barnett and Randy Brassard, Travis Buck, Aaron Steeves Dan Corkery.
In response to the European horse meat scandal, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced that they will be ramping up species sampling and testing. Inspectors will increase testing of raw and ready-to-eat meat products coming to the country from Iceland, Ireland, Poland, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. All tests of imported […]
Plans are underway for a major indoor horse show to take place in 2014 at the new Agrium Western Event Centre on the Calgary Stampede showgrounds in downtown Calgary, AB. The brainchild of John Anderson of Rocky Mountain Show Jumping, the Royal West will be a 10-day, multi-breed show. It will feature a division for […]
The Ontario Legislature passed a motion to continue the Slots at Racetracks Program beyond the cancellation deadline imposed by the Liberals. In addition, the motion called for the suspension of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s gaming modernization plan until municipal referendums can be held in 2014. The motion, put forward by Essex MPP Tara Natyshak, received […]
Olympic show jumper Mario Deslauriers, formerly representing Canada, will join Hunter’s Moon Farm in April. Alongside current trainers Pamela Polk and Kevin Kirk, Deslauriers will train students at the full-service hunter/jumper barn located on Long Island’s prestigious Gold Coast. “We are thrilled to have Mario training at Hunter’s Moon Farm,” noted manager Jennifer Griffin. “I […]
The date of the third-annual Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships has been set and the Ontario Equestrian Federation is currently recruiting riders to represent the province from Sept. 13-15 in Alberta. “This show brings together some of the best up-and-coming riders from across Canada,” says Dianne Graham, executive director of the Ontario Equestrian Federation. “We are […]
Canadian Olympian David Marcus of Campbellville, ON, has won the North American World Cup League to earn an invitation to the 2013 World Cup Final to be held from April 24 to 28 in Goteborg, Sweden. The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) released the official standings for the North American World Cup League on March 25th. […]
Jessica Springsteen, 22-year-old show jumping daughter of American rock legend Bruce Springsteen, has just bought one of Ireland’s top sport horses, for a rumoured 1 million euros, to compete upon internationally. Lisona, a bay mare bred in Co. Meath by former Irish Army rider Comdt. John Ledingham, had been campaigned successfully by Sligo-born Darragh Kerins […]
