FEI President HRH Princess Haya welcomed close to 300 delegates to the second FEI Sports Forum, which opened at the International Management Development Institute in Lausanne (SUI) today. Addressing the delegates, the FEI President commented on the broad cross-section of representatives from the equestrian community attending the Forum, which included the International Olympic Committee (IOC), […]
It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Don Martz, a passionate horseman and respected member of the media. The equine community has lost a devoted enthusiast who was dedicated to our sport. Martz served as president of the Canadian Equestrian Federation from 1992 – 1996 after his retirement from a very […]
In response to the European horse meat scandal, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced that they will be ramping up species sampling and testing. Inspectors will increase testing of raw and ready-to-eat meat products coming to the country from Iceland, Ireland, Poland, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. All tests of imported […]
Plans are underway for a major indoor horse show to take place in 2014 at the new Agrium Western Event Centre on the Calgary Stampede showgrounds in downtown Calgary, AB. The brainchild of John Anderson of Rocky Mountain Show Jumping, the Royal West will be a 10-day, multi-breed show. It will feature a division for […]
Para-Equestrian Canada, in partnership with Sport Canada, encourages the participation of riders with a disability to participate in competition through a grant program. As part of this project, therapeutic riding centres offering new competitive opportunities or increase their existing competition program to riders with a disability are eligible to receive a grant of up to […]
A group of nine Dressage and Para-Dressage judges from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the US have been promoted to 5* status, the highest rank, by the respective FEI Technical Committees. The promotions, which will come into effect on July 1st, will allow the judges to officiate at major […]
Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the rider/horse combinations selected to represent Canada at the CDIO3* Nations’ Cup in Wellington, FL, scheduled for April 11 – 14, 2013 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Organized as a test event for the 2015 Pan American Games, the Wellington Nations Cup will see combined teams of […]
Rebecca Howard rode her Olympic partner, Riddle Master, to a sixth place finish in the CICO 3* division at Fontainebleau, FRA, held March 21-24, 2013. Riddle Master, a 12-year-old Canadian Sport Horse gelding owned by Blithe Hill Farm, and Howard, originally of Salmon Arm, BC, were awarded 41.0 penalties for a personal best dressage test. […]
For the first time in four years, Canada will be represented at the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final. Jacqueline Brooks and Jaimey Irwin have both qualified to compete at the Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, April 24-28, 2013. Brooks of Cedar Valley, ON, earned her berth to the World Cup Final with a qualifying […]
Equine Canada has sent a strong message to the Pan American Equestrian Confederation stating the federation is firmly against a proposal to change the number of countries able to qualify for the Olympics through the Pan American Games from two countries to one county in the disciplines of Eventing and Dressage. “We were horrified to […]
