Jump Canada is pleased to announce the Canadian Show Jumping Team that will represent Canada in the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup at the renowned CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament, to be held September 4-8 in Calgary, AB. The following horse/rider combinations will compete for Canada in the Nations’ Cup on Saturday, September 7: Rider/Horse/Hometown Mac […]
Today, August 23rd, marks the one-year countdown to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy. In just 12 months, some 900 riders, drivers and vaulters and their horses from over 60 countries, 500,000 visitors, at least 1,500 media representatives, and thousands of volunteers will gather in Normandy for the world’s greatest equestrian event […]
Through a rigorous selection process, the team representing Alberta in the upcoming Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships (CIEC), September 13 – 15, 2013, and held at Rocky Mountain Show Jumping, Calgary, Alberta, have been selected. The disciplines participating at the CIEC are Dressage, Jumping and Reining, all Federation Equestre International (FEI) sports with both junior and […]
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food has become aware of two cases of Potomac Horse Fever (PHF) in Ontario as of early August 2013. Samples collected from an anorexic and febrile horse in Essex County confirmed that the horse was suffering from PHF. The horse subsequently died. A horse in the Ottawa area also […]
In a thrilling final showdown, the Olympic gold medalllists from Great Britain added the PSI FEI European Team Jumping Championship title to their honours list when pipping the defending champions from Germany in Herning, Denmark. And a gutsy Swedish side battled through to snatch the bronze in a competition that kept spectators on the edges […]
It was a dramatic day of team competition at the JYSK FEI European Para-Dressage Championships in Herning (DEN), with the Grades Ia, II and III riders being put through their paces. London 2012 triple gold medallist Sophie Christiansen (GBR) and compatriot Anne Dunham dominated the Grade Ia competition. Christiansen and Janeiro 6 claimed the honours […]
Jacqueline Steffens drove away a winner at the CSI2* Orangeville International Show Jumping Tournament held August 14 to 18 in Orangeville, ON. The 19–year-old won both the NationWide Auto Warranty ‘Win a Car’ Series as well as the Martha W. Jolicoeur Illustrated Properties Leading Lady Rider Award. Steffens of Harriston, ON, was awarded a brand […]
Germany claimed team gold for the 22nd time at the Blue Hors FEI European Dressage Championship in Herning, Denmark. In a tense battle, it fell to reigning Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Champion, Helen Langehanenberg, to clinch it with her last-to-go ride. And she did so with cool conviction when steering the brilliant Damon Hill […]
Canadian dressage athletes topped the leaderboard in Saugerties, NY at the CDI3*/1*/J/Y/P presented by HITS on the Hudson held at the HITS Show grounds, August 15-18. Four-time Olympian and Toronto Native Ashley Holzer, currently residing in New York, USA took first place in both the FEI CDI Grand Prix and FEI CDI Grand Prix Special […]
Two great tests from multi-medalled veteran, 44-year-old Isabell Werth, and team rookie, 23-year-old Fabienne Lutkemeier, have given Germany the advantage after the first part of the Blue Hors FEI European Team Dressage Championship in Herning, Denmark today. Going late into the evening, Werth stamped her authority on the leaderboard when posting the highest first-day score […]
