A glance at the results of the low adult jumper division at the Winter Equestrian Festival and amateur jumper classes at major Ontario tournaments shows Canadian rider Nancy Benson peppered among the top placings. This busy Ottawa native manages a hectic career as a real estate agent buying and selling 'unique urban properties' interspersed with traveling a daunting number of miles every week to train and show her horses.
Jim Elder describes his method for starting his three- and four-year-old horses over fences.
Christilot Boylen made history at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo when she became Canada's first Olympic dressage competitor at the age of 17. The six-time Olympian has also won the individual gold medal at three Pan American Games.
Behind every top competitor is a mentor, sponsor or supporter who was instrumental in helping that rider along the path to success. Our Horse Tales series The Difference Makers profiles Canada's 2010 WEG team members and the people who inspired them to reach the top of their sport.
Always enter at your best gait, and before the class is called to order, show off your best gait. Keep reading for more of Randy Roy's show tips.
Hickstead, an Olympic champion with lifetime earnings of over $3 million who is ranked the number-one show jumper in the world by the World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses, had a rather pedestrian beginning.
It can be difficult to tell when mares are in heat, some develop extreme behaviours that can interfere with training or showing, or be outright dangerous.
The Canadian show jumper took a chance on a job in a distant land and found love, adventure - and awesome weather.
After spending 90 days at 10 horse shows in Europe, Alan Chesler shares his view of the differences between our two continents.
