Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, QC, scored victory on home turf, winning the $25,000 Eastwood Equine Grand Prix held Saturday, May 26, during the 38th annual Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows in St. Lazare, QC. The win marked the third victory in the annual grand prix competition for Covert-Lawrence, who won in 2004 […]
World renowned equine artist Fred Stone has painted a portrait to honour Canada’s beloved show jumping champion, Hickstead. The painting is the subject of this fine art poster, which is signed by both Fred Stone and Eric Lamaze. Proceeds are in support of the Canadian Equestrian Team. In Canada, this poster can be purchased […]
Sadly, two more Pollard Eventing’s horses have died as the result of a tragic trailer accident on May 25th. Michael and Nathalie Pollard’s 14-year-old grey Thoroughbred gelding Icarus (Fly), was euthanized on Saturday, May 26th, and Michael Pollard and John Bryant’s 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Jude’s Law (Jude), was also destroyed on Sunday May […]
Michael Pollard’s team of international event horses was involved in a road traffic accident just five miles from his training center in Dalton, Georgia this morning when their trailer turned over trapping all six horses on board. Five horses were cut free and survived with lacerations, but tragically Michael’s new stallion VDL Ulando H died at […]
David Marcus, 31, of Campbellville, ON, took another step on the road to the 2012 London Olympics, winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the CDI3* Canada Classic, an international dressage competition held May 18-20 in Burlington, ON. Having only received his Canadian citizenship in December, Marcus scored his first international […]
Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, Ontario, was the first sport venue to be named for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games in a special groundbreaking ceremony held May 18. TO2015, the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee, the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the Town of Caledon joined together to announce […]
Developer Mark Bellissimo has withdrawn plans to build a hotel at the proposed Equestrian Village in Wellington, Florida, in response to ongoing public outcry and clear lack of support from the community. The recently elected council, including new Mayor, Bob Margolis, was not likely to support the land-use request, so Bellissimo has opted instead to […]
There has been one confirmed case of Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) in Colorado, and a Douglas County facility has been placed under quarantine. Reports indicate that the horse was shipped from Iowa by a private owner and was euthanized after showing severe neurological signs associated with the disease. Three other facilities in Colorado received horses from […]
McLain Ward’s golden Olympic partner, Sapphire, has been retired. Together the pair won two Team gold medals (in 2004 and 2008), Team silver at the 2006 World Equestrian Games, the 200 CN International and the 2010 Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix, among many other victories. Sapphire competed at the Winter Equestrian Festival this year following […]
Following the recent announcement of Headley Britannia’s forthcoming retirement from top-level competition, Lucinda and Clayton Fredericks will offer embryo transfer from the worlds’ best-known event mare. Embryo transfer involves inseminating a donor mare with fresh, chilled or frozen semen of a stallion of choice around the time of ovulation to create an embryo. At eight […]
