Angelstone held its final tournament of the year in Rockwood, ON from September 26-30. Some of Canada’s top show jumpers contested the CSI 2* Angelstone National Show Jumping Tournament over the course of the week. For many riders, it was their final competition before Canada’s renowned and always highly-anticipated Royal Horse Show, to be held […]
Well-known equestrian David Esworthy and former President of Equine Canada, has been inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of his life-long dedication to equestrian sport in British Columbia, Canada and abroad. “The 2012 Class of Inductees honoured by the BC Sports Hall of Fame is exceptional,” stated Marion Lay, chair […]
Members of Equine Canada (EC) from across Canada recently had an opportunity to vote on draft revisions to the national sports federation’s Bylaws. Although a general meeting to accommodate in-person voting on the Bylaws during the Canadian Interprovincial Championships in Bromont, Quebec on September 22, saw the revisions accepted almost unanimously, an advanced on-line voting […]
The Plantation Field CIC/Horse Trials took place in Unionville, PA, USA, from September 21 to 23, attracting a large field of top international competitors. Many Canadian Eventing riders finished on the leaderboard: CIC*** 26- Nicole Parkin / Lexus 28- Selena O’Hanlon / A First Romance CIC** 4- Lindsay Beer / El Paso / 48.90 13- […]
Canadian Show Jumping Team finished in fourth place at the 2012 FEI Nations’ Cup™ Promotional League Final at CSIO5* Barcelona, held in Barcelona, ESP, September 20-23, 2012. Spanish course designer Javier Trenor set a long course for the two round Final that resulted in only 12 clear efforts out of the 53 rounds and one […]
Having dominated the CSI2* Canadian Show Jumping Tournament, Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, rode away with the Caledon Cup on Sunday, September 23. Candele won all three phases of competition comprising the Caledon Cup at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON, recently named the official equestrian venue of the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. […]
During the second day of competition at the Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships (CIEC), a sanctioned Equine Canada competition happening September 21-23, held in Bromont and Blainville, QC, junior and senior riders continued to compete in the disciplines dressage, jumping and reining. During day two of dressage competition in Bromont, QC, in the Level 1 Test […]
Under sunny skies, the first day of competition at the Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships (CIEC), a sanctioned Equine Canada competition happening September 21-23, was held in Bromont and Blainville, QC. Senior and junior riders competed for top honours in the disciplines dressage, jumping and reining. At the lovely Parc Equestre de Bromont in Bromont, QC, […]
The Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships (CIEC) is a sanctioned Equine Canada competition happening September 21-23 in Bromont and Blainville, QC. The CIEC is a collaborative event between the national and provincial sport organizations governing equestrian competition, with the provincial and territorial sport organizations (P/TSOs) fielding combined adult/junior teams in three different disciplines dressage, jumping and […]
In front of a record crowd of 70,000 spectators, Canadian Olympian Rebecca Howard, of Salmon Arm, BC, finished in 11th place at the CCI 3* Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, held September 6-9 on the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, UK. Howard rode her 2012 Olympic partner, Riddle Master, an 11-year-old Canadian Sport […]
