In a double of doubles, Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill NRW recorded a back-to-back victory in the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Western European League 2012/2013 series when heading the line-up on home turf at Neumuenster, Germany where the pair also reigned supreme last season. The 30-year-old rider and her 13-year-old stallion produced a […]

The Equine Canada Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean-Christophe Gandubert, as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gandubert, former managing partner of P3 Strategies & Synergies Consultants, will assume the role on March 1, 2013. “The search committee considered many extraordinary candidates from around the world during the search […]

The registration process for the FEI Sports Forum is now open and representatives of National Federations, event organisers, athletes, trainers, officials, the media and all other FEI stakeholders wishing to attend are invited to register using the dedicated online platform. The Forum will be held on April 8-9 in Lausanne (SUI) at the International Institute […]

FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping goes global next week, when the inaugural leg of the new series running under the Furusiyya banner takes place at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, February 21, 2013. This is a pivotal moment for the sport which was described by FEI President, HRH Princess Haya, […]

Robyn Walker, 15, of Calgary, AB, was a member of the gold medal winning team and finished in eighth place individually at the 2012 FEI Children’s International Classics Final held in Valle de Bravo, MEX, January 30-February 3, 2013. Riding a borrowed horse for the entire competition named Golondrina, a 12-year-old dark bay mare, Walker, […]

Eric Lamaze picked up a new mount at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington. Artisan Farms purchased the seven-year-old grey gelding, Check Picobello Z (Cardento x Orlando), for Lamaze to ride. Last year, under Lowie Joppen, Check Picobello Z finished eighth in the World Championships for six-year-olds in Lanaken. Immediately afterwards, he was sold by […]

The Draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines can be viewed and submissions made through the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) website at www.nfacc.ca/codes-of-practice/equine until February 14, 2013. All submissions must be made through the online system and easy to follow instructions are provided. A Scientists’ Committee report summarizing research on priority […]

Equine Canada awards the Susan Jane Anstey Trophy to an exceptional individual who has delivered outstanding media coverage serving to enhance the image of Canadian equine interests to the Canadian public. Susan Sellers’ article in the September 2012 issue of Horse Sport, “Remembering the XIX Olympiad, Mexico City 1968″, certainly captured the imagination of the […]

The town of Valle de Bravo, located on the shore of Lake Avándaro and over 150km southwest of Mexico City, played host to the FEI Children’s International Classics Final last week (February 3rd). A total of 32 young athletes from 14 nations battled it out at the Rancho Avándaro Country Club, where Mexico’s Juan Pablo […]

Northern Dancer, a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and the most successful sire of the 20th Century, has been named as the winner of the Equine Canada Horse of the Year award-the Hickstead Trophy. Foaled in 1961, Northern Dancer was a small bay colt sired by Nearctic and his dam Natalma, was by Native Dancer. The following […]