Saving the dummy foal: Instead of finding the mare's udder and getting that all-important colostrum, he's walking in circles.

While a strong gallop eats up the cross-country course, a quality canter is imperative to score good dressage marks and have the rhythm and balance needed for stadium jumping.

To become a top international competitor, it takes a village – from sponsors and owners, to grooms, veterinarians, farriers, talent, and most importantly, the partnership of some great horses. Twenty-four-year-old Tatiana Dzavik’s dreams are becoming a reality as she advances to the top levels of equestrian show jumping after years of hard work and dedication. […]

Marking the anniversary of the horsemeat scandal, Horse & Country TV will broadcast a special program featuring HRH The Princess Royal’s speech from the recent World Horse Welfare Conference, which considered ‘Horses in the Next Generation’. This is the first time The Princess Royal’s speech, in which she suggested that horse welfare could be improved […]

Thursday, January 16th is the final day to cast your vote in the 2014 Equine Canada Director-at-Large election. Members of Equine Canada who are in good standing and 18 years of age or older (as of Oct. 30, 2013) are eligible to vote. To view the candidates standing for election and read their nomination submissions, click […]

A suspected case of EHV-1, the neurological form of the equine herpes virus, has been reported at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Maryland, and quarantine measures are currently in place. According to a bulletin on the centre’s website, “veterinarian Dr. Kathy Anderson is optimistic the incident is isolated and contained.” The report continued, […]

The American Quarter Horse Association filed an appeal in the ongoing cloning lawsuit on December 26, 2013, with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In the statement on their website, the AQHA said, “Again, we are extremely pleased with the brief and look forward to presenting our case to the Fifth Circuit. The appellees’ […]

Jump Canada fully supports the campaign by Equine Canada to raise funds for the 2014 World Equestrian Games set for Normandy, FRA next summer via the recently announced $20.14 for 2014 campaign. Here is a statement released by JT Taylor, Elizabeth Bordeaux, and Mark Samuel of the Jump Canada Board: Our team needs and deserves […]

As announced earlier today, CHIO Aachen will no longer host a leg of the FEI Furusiyya Nations Cup Series. In a press release, the FEI noted that “at the time of the December 31st deadline for declaration of participation, we were informed by the German National Federation that Aachen was unable to meet the commercial […]

Pedro Oscar Mayorga, former FEI Honorary Vice President and Bureau Member, passed away peacefully on 6 January 2014 surrounded by his family at home in Buenos Aires. He was 93. A Jumping rider, an Olympian, a chef d’équipe, and an official at the highest level of the sport, Mayorga was the longest serving FEI Bureau […]