Equine Canada is pleased to provide daily coverage of the Canadian junior and young riders competing at the Adequan FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships, presented by Gotham North, in Lexington Kentucky. This year’s event, running from July 17 – 21, welcomes 222 young athletes from across Canada, the United States and Mexico who […]
Equine Canada is pleased to provide daily coverage of the Canadian junior and young riders competing at the Adequan FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships, presented by Gotham North, in Lexington Kentucky. This year’s event, running from July 17 – 21, welcomes 222 young athletes from across Canada, the United States and Mexico who […]
Johanne Pauline von Danwitz more than lived up to expectations when leading Germany to triple gold in the Junior competitions at the FEI European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors 2013 in Compiegne, France. And Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour showed that her 2012 Young Rider double of individual medals was no fluke when repeating the […]
Don Altena made his competition debut under Canadian Olympian David Marcus at the CornerStone Summer Festival held July 12 to 14 at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. Caledon Equestrian Park is preparing to host the equestrian events for the 2015 Pan American Games. Marcus, who operates David Marcus Dressage in Campbellville, ON, and […]
A 12-year-old Thoroughbred, ridden by one of Doug Irvine’s outriders, collapsed and died following the fourth heat of the chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede on July 12th. Stampede spokeswoman, Bonni Clark, said the horse had been examined prior to the race and was deemed fit to compete, and that it had not been involved […]
The Chronicle of the Horse has been purchased by Mark Bellissimo, whose Wellington Equestrian Partners LLC owns and operates the Winter Equestrian Festival as well as the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Founded in 1937, the Chronicle of the Horse has been owned for the past 61 years by the Ohrstrom family of The Plains, […]
Canadian Para-Equestrian athletes enjoyed success on the first stop of their European tour at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage CPEDI3* held July 3 – 5, 2013 in Gloucester, England. Three-time Canadian Paralympian, Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC secured the “Top Foreign Rider” award at Hartpury for her achievements with Equine Canada’s nine-year-old Oldenburg mare, Off […]
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Canada's newest para-dressage star
Like the pyramids of Egypt and the caramel in the Caramilk bar, accurately determining a young horse's performance potential is one of the great mysteries of the world.
