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Canadian Eventing Team Named for 2015 NAJYRC

Equine Canada and Eventing Canada are pleased to announce the teams who will represent Canada at the 2015 Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championship (NAJYRC), set to take place July 14-19, 2015 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Athletes from both British Columbia and Alberta will form a combined team comprised […]
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Megan Lane to Sit out Individual Final for Canada

Only 3 riders per team allowed to Compete in Individual Dressage Final The FEI published the following statement on July 13 regarding the Dressage Individual Final, taking place July 14 at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park as part of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games. FEI Bulletin – Final decision on riders eligible […]
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Olympic Test Event Marks One Year to Rio 2016

The Olympic Equestrian Test Event – the Aquece Rio (“Warm Up Rio”) International Horse Trials – gets underway on August 6, 2015, a day after celebrations in Brazil to mark the one-year countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Representatives from 16 national federations, including athletes and officials, will travel to the Olympic Equestrian Centre […]
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Fourth Chuckwagon Death at the Calgary Stampede

A total of four chuckwagon racing horses died during the 2015 edition of the Rangeland Derby at the Calgary Stampede. The first horse was euthanized after he sustained a broken right hind cannon bone on July 4th, when Layne Bremner’s wagon collided with another. The second death occurred two days later, on July 6th, when […]
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Canadian Dressage Team Claims Silver Medal at Pan Am Games

Following a hard-fought battle with the United States, the Canadian Dressage Team claimed the silver medal on Sunday, July 12, at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. Dressage competition is taking place July 11, 12, and 14 at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Caledon, ON. Brittany Fraser of New Glasgow, NS, Megan […]
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Yann Candele Eighth in $400,000 Pan American Cup

Kent Farrington (USA) and Amalaya Investments’ Voyeur concluded the Spruce Meadows ‘Pan American’ Tournament CSI 5*, presented by Rolex, with a masterful win Sunday. Competing in the $400,000 Pan American Cup, presented by Rolex, competition ended impressively as the three highest ranked American riders in the world claimed top honors. With Farrington leading the way, […]
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Uruguay Strikes Twice at Angelstone’s Erin Welcome

With the Pan Am Games fast approaching, riders from multiple countries, including Uruguay, Argentina, the United States and Canada, took the opportunity to bolster get some additional experience in Canada by testing the FEI 1.45m course, set by Mexican course designer Oscar Soberon. The fans came out in droves for Saturday’s $46,000 FEI Erin Welcome, […]