The Netherlands emerged victorious as the pilot season for the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2013 series got underway at Domain Equestre de Grands Pins in Vidauban, France. Sweden finished second at this opening event, with the host nation of France in third and Switzerland slotting into fourth place. Great Britain sent just three riders, but […]
The Netherlands held firm to take the win while those around them crumbled in the closing stages of the opening leg of the Europe Division 1 section of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 series at La Baule, France . Switzerland finished second while Ireland, Great Britain and France shared third place ahead of […]
Details of the 2013 Quarter Horse Racing Industry Development Program (QHRIDP) have been announced by the Program Administrator. Cooperatively developed with input from the Quarter Horse industry, the 2013 Program maintains a solid racing program and significant support for breeders. With purses being offered of close to $3.7 million, the 2013 Racing Program includes a stakes program worth over $750,000, […]
Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the successful athletes selected as recipients of the Dressage Canada Bursary and Dressage Canada Youth Bursary Awards. Supported by the Dressage Canada Levy Fund the Bursary Program recognizes the difficulty athletes face as they strive to continue their dressage education. The Program was developed to encourage athletes to accomplish […]
Canadian 2012 Olympic duo, Jessica Phoenix and Exponential rode to a spectacular victory in the CCI 3* division at the Jersey Fresh Three Day Event held in Allentown, New Jersey, USA, May 8 – 12, 2013. After earning a score of 52.7 in the dressage test, Phoenix, of Cannington, ON, and Exponential, her 15-year-old Canadian […]
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, on May 8th, joined representatives from St. John Ambulance Canada to announce two partnerships to research on the benefit of using dogs and horses to assist Veterans in dealing with mental health issues. “Our Government is exploring every option for improving the […]
Bulldog Racing’s Alpha Bettor found his best stride late to win Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Eclipse Stakes, at Woodbine. Alpha Bettor, a five-year-old son of Alphabet Soup trained by Dan Vella, saved all the ground in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ event and glided up the rail, under rider Justin Stein, to make his seasonal debut […]
Black Hornet, the longest shot on the board at 16-1, set a lively pace en route to his first added-money score in Saturday’s $150,000 Queenston Stakes, at Woodbine. It was also a first stakes score for trainer Pat Parente and owner Winview Racing Stable, who entered Black Hornet into the seven furlong ‘Poly’ event off […]
Just seven days after coming out on top in Lummen, Belgium, French riders recorded their second win of the inaugural Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping series at Drammen, Norway. However this time they were pushed just about as close as it could get, with the runners-up from The Netherlands keeping them under immense pressure right […]
Ted Dwyer, former coordinator of the FEI World Cup™ Jumping Pacific League and international course designer and judge, has died in Australia just days before his 90th birthday. Ted lived in Young, New South Wales together with his wife, Judy and their two sons on a farm that had been in his family since 1868. […]
