Jump Canada has announced that Canada has been invited to compete with two teams at the CSIO5*-W Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ Tournament-which is acting as the second of two North American regional qualifiers for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final, set to take place in Barcelona, ESP from September 26-29, 2013. Although Canada will compete […]
Ottawa Horse Day, a free event held this past Saturday for area families to learn more about these great creatures, was a big hit with nearly 1300 people turning out for the inaugural event presented by Equine Canada, the Ontario Equestrian Federation and the Wesley Clover Foundation. “This event resonated with families on a number […]
Pia Fortmuller of Priddis, AB, currently living and training in Germany with Olympic medalist, Heike Kemmer, contested the CDI3* Arnhem, May 30 to June 2nd, at the National Sport Centrum Papendal, in the Netherlands. Fortmuller and Orion, her 17-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Jazz, took on a highly seasoned international field in Saturday’s FEI […]
The focus of the 2013 Symposium will be “Improving your Test Scores” – Get a leg up on riding and understanding what the judges will be looking for with the FEI Dressage Tests (FEI 5 Year Old to Grand Prix). Ashley Holzer will warm up each rider for their test. Lorraine MacDonald will judge each […]
Dressage Canada has announced an exciting new program designed to encourage participation and provide a fun, non-competitive, stress free environment to experience Dressage and to support the development of Canadian athletes and certified coaches across Canada. Give it a Go Days are defined as non-competitive education development clinics for riders and certified coaches of all […]
Roberta Sheffield, who began competing for Canada earlier this month at a CPEDI 3* event in Mannheim, GER, continued her success for her new country at the CPEDI 3* Roosendaal in the Netherlands, held from May 16 to 18. Sheffield, who currently resides in Lincolnshire, GBR, started out the competition with a seventh place finish […]
Two Canadian riders took part in the prestigious CSI 5*/CSI 2* Wiesbaden, which took place in Wiesbaden, GER from May 17 to 20 as part of the world-renowned Global Champions Tour, a series created to provide some of the world’s top show jumping riders with the chance to compete at unique venues around the globe. […]
Both veteran and up-and-coming jumping riders flocked to Calgary, AB from May 15-19 for the CSI 2* Bow Valley Classic II-one of multiple CSI-level competitions to be hosted by Canadian Olympian John Anderson’s Rocky Mountain Show Jumping facility this season. Top results were as follows: $25,000 Grand Prix 1- John Anderson / Terrific 2- Tamie […]
Canada’s Rebecca McGoldrick (currently residing in West Tisbury, MA, USA) continued her European competition schedule with the CSI 2* Balmoral, held May 15 to 17 in Belfast, IRE. Riding Cuba Libre, an 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse stallion owned by Debbie McGoldrick, she went up against a solid field of international riders, taking eighth place in […]
Canadian veterans Kyle Carter (who is currently living in Citra, FL, USA) and his 15-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Madison Park made an incredible comeback at the CIC 3* Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials, which took place May 17-19 in Fairburn, GA, USA. Madison Park had been on hiatus since sustaining a serious leg injury while competing in […]
