Walk This Way

Dressage judge Justin Ridgewell believes the walk is one of the most difficult gaits due to its lack of natural forward movement, and is worthy of attention within your regular schooling routine.

Crisis & Criteria

Equine Canada's High Performance programs are facing a number of challenges including communication, coaching, and a lack of transparency in eventing selection criteria.
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Boyd Exell is the Master in Mechelen

After a thrilling competition on the last evening of the 35th edition of Jumping Mechelen (BEL), Boyd Exell (AUS) claimed his fourth FEI World Cup™ Driving victory of this season. The enthusiastic spectators witnessed a fantastic neck-to-neck competition with runner-up spot going to Koos de Ronde (NED), while Georg von Stein (GER) finished third and […]
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Ahlmann Scores a Hat Trick in Mechelen

Germany’s Christian Ahlmann galloped to his third victory of the season at the eighth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2015/2016 Western European League at Mechelen in Belgium today. The competition came down to a 10-way decider against the clock, and, third-last into the arena, the 40-year-old rider and his brilliant 15-year-old stallion […]
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In Memoriam: David Esworthy

Judge, steward, clinician, and former president and chairman of the Canadian Equestrian Federation (now Equine Canada) David Esworthy passed away on Dec. 19 at the age of 86. A true horseman, Esworthy, who resided in Langley, BC, fed his passion for horses for nearly eight decades. Riding, training, judging – he did it all and […]
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Drewell Wins Second WC Vaulting Leg

Germany’s Jannis Drewell produced his second successive win of the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2015/2016 series at the Christmas Show in Mechelen, Belgium where Switzerland’s Simone Jäiser topped the Female Individual podium and Germany’s Torben Jacobs and Pia Engelberty scooped the Pas-de-Deux honours. The hugely popular Belgian event presented the fourth of this season’s five […]
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FEI Supports Bertram Allen Disqualification from Olympia

FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez has voiced her full support for the actions of FEI Officials at London Olympia on Monday night (December 21) when Irish rider Bertram Allen was disqualified after blood was found on the flank of his horse, Quiet Easy. “I have absolutely no doubt that the protocols regarding blood on the […]