America’s Kent Farrington (Wellington, FL) took top honours for the second night in a row at the 90th Royal Horse Show, closing out the International jumper division with a win in the $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben Challenge. Farrington was awarded the prestigious Leading International Rider title at the end of the night. In front of […]
America’s Kent Farrington (Wellington, FL) topped the field of 18 in the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open tonight at the Royal Horse Show, producing one of just five clean rounds of the night and taking home a tidy sum of $16,500 for their efforts. Riding Voyeur, a peppy little gelding, the pair sped around the ring, […]
Celebrating its 90th year of exhibition, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair has selected FootingFirst, LLC to provide its signature TravelRight footing for its equestrian competition and schooling arenas. The selection of FootingFirst, LLC over many other leading surface providers showcases and exemplifies the unsurpassed quality of the FootingFirst, LLC product. The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair […]
San Patrignano’s “5-star” horse show has been voted “Best Event 2012” by the International Jumping Riders Club and the readers of Horse International. This recognition rewards the event’s “excellent organisation and atmosphere”. Voted the best horse show in the world for the third time. After 2006 and 2010, the “Vincenzo Muccioli Challenge” has once again […]
It was Ashley Holzer’s night to shine, and shine she did, with her long-time partner Pop Art piaffing and passaging to one last victory together at the 90th Royal Horse Show. While the scores for tonight’s $20,000 Dominion Regalia Royal Invitational Dressage Cup Freestyle to Music were closer than might have been expected, the level […]
It was a class, and a course, befitting a champion. Befitting the legacy of Hickstead. The inaugural $100,000 Hickstead FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix tested each horse and rider every step of the way, and in the end, it was veteran Canadian Olympian Jill Henselwood (Oxford Mills, ON) with her young horse George, who rode […]
Ten-time Olympian Ian Millar and 2008 Olympic Show Jumping Champion horse Hickstead were inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame. Presented by BMO Financial Group, the seventh annual Induction Ceremony and Gala was held on Sunday, November 4, 2012, in Toronto, ON. More than 300 members of the equestrian community filled the Liberty Grand […]
Canadian Paralympic Dressage rider Judi Island has been awarded the highest honour in the Ribbons for Rides Program, an initiative by the Ontario Equestrian Federation and Ontario Therapeutic Riding Association that awards therapeutic riders with a ribbon for each FEI Para Dressage test completed. The award was presented yesterday to the 59-year-old Caledon resident at the Royal Agricultural […]
The 90th Royal Horse Show welcomes an outstanding lineup of international riders to Toronto. They will compete this week in matinee and evening competitions including the $100,000 Hickstead FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix (Wednesday, November 7), the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open (Friday, November 9) and the $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben Challenge (Saturday, November 10.) The riders […]
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 […]
