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Royal Eventers Keep it All in the Family

The Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing challenge also concluded tonight, with the father and son duo of Ian and Waylon Roberts (both of Port Perry, ON) taking the reserve and champion positions following two heated rounds of competition. To say Waylon Roberts has monopolized indoor eventing at the Royal would be an understatement, as he […]
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Candele Scores a Hat Trick in The Royal Horse Show

Until tonight, no competitor at the Royal Horse Show had won three back-to-back Canadian show jumping titles. Yann Candele (Caledon, ON) changed that this evening, taking the Greenhawk Canadian Show Jumping Championship for an astounding third consecutive year. By merit of his standing after last night’s competition, Candele earned the right to jump last in […]
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Defending Champions Dominate at the Royal

They don’t call him “The Flying Frenchman” for nothing. Two-time defending Canadian Show Jumping Champion Yann Candele (Caledon, ON), took the initial round of the Greenhawk Canadian Show Jumping Championships tonight in the Royal Horse Show, positioning himself well heading into tomorrow evening’s final. Although Candele incurred four time-penalties when Game Ready lowered the height […]
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Artisan Farms Acquires New Mount for Tiffany Foster

Artisan Farms has acquired La Toya 44, a 10-year-old bay Hannoverian mare (Le Cou Cou x Argentinus), for its rider Tiffany Foster, 28, of Schomberg, Ontario, Canada. Formerly owned by 2000 Olympic Champion Jeroen Dubbeldam and competed by Sjaak Sleiderink, both of the Netherlands, La Toya 44 joins Foster’s competitive string which presently includes her […]
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Red-Hot Riding Opening Weekend at the 90th Royal Horse Show

The 90th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair opens this Friday, November 2, and with it, the prestigious Royal Horse Show in the Ricoh Coliseum. Opening weekend in the Royal Horse Show showcases the top-tier Canadians, with the $75,000 Greenhawk Canadian Show Jumping Championships and the $20,000 Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing taking place the evenings of […]
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Ian Millar to be Inducted into Jump Canada Hall of Fame

Ten-time Olympian Ian Millar will be inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame alongside show jumping horse Hickstead at this year’s Jump Canada Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala. Presented by BMO Financial Group, the seventh annual black-tie event will take place on Sunday, November 4, 2012, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, […]
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Ontario Has Talent Frostbite Clinic Series

Developed by two dedicated “dressage moms” the Ontario Has Talent program was designed to provide training and financial support to young dressage riders, who aspire to compete at the North American Junior & Young Riders’ Championships. Nathalie Lawson of North Bay and Gabrielle Sutton of Drumbo, both have daughters who compete in the discipline of […]
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Hickstead to be Inducted into Jump Canada Hall of Fame

Beloved show jumping horse Hickstead will be inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame alongside 10-time Olympian Ian Millar at this year’s Jump Canada Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala. Presented by BMO Financial Group, the seventh annual black-tie event will take place on Sunday, November 4, 2012, at the Liberty Grand in […]
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Canadian Supreme a Success

Top notch riders squared off in exciting competition for a share of $450,000 in prize money at the richest western horse event in Canada. The Canadian Supreme brought close to six hundred horses to Red Deer’s Westerner Park September 23-29. The cream of the crop in performance horse riders put their equine stars through the […]