Switzerland claimed team gold, while Belgian riders clinched two of the three Individual medals on offer at the FEI European Jumping Championships for Veterans 2012 staged in Dinard, France. Open to female riders of 45 years and older, and male competitors of 49 and above, these Championships are restricted to senior athletes who have not […]
The Plantation Field CIC/Horse Trials took place in Unionville, PA, USA, from September 21 to 23, attracting a large field of top international competitors. Many Canadian Eventing riders finished on the leaderboard: CIC*** 26- Nicole Parkin / Lexus 28- Selena O’Hanlon / A First Romance CIC** 4- Lindsay Beer / El Paso / 48.90 13- […]
Canadian Show Jumping Team finished in fourth place at the 2012 FEI Nations’ Cup™ Promotional League Final at CSIO5* Barcelona, held in Barcelona, ESP, September 20-23, 2012. Spanish course designer Javier Trenor set a long course for the two round Final that resulted in only 12 clear efforts out of the 53 rounds and one […]
The pace is set for another great adventure at Cedar Run Horse Park. More than 100 riders are expected at the 5th Annual Cedar Run Hunter Pace, the park’s season finale scheduled for Saturday, September 29, and there’s still time to be part of the action, says co-ordinator Elizabeth McCowan. “We’ll be accepting registrations up […]
Following an exciting outdoor season with the FEI World four-in-hand Driving Championships in Riesenbeck (GER) as the highlight, the Driving world can expect more thrilling competition as the sport moves indoors for the 12th season of the FEI World Cup™ Driving. Ten top class drivers will battle for the Driving World Cup title and nine […]
Spain, who have really embraced the concept of this inaugural FEI Nations’ Cup™ Eventing, have now moved up into second place in the overall rankings after an emphatic win at Montelibretti (ITA), the fifth leg of the series. The Spanish team riders dominated the final placings in second, fifth, sixth and eighth from a total […]
Canada’s Christilot Boylen scored the top selling horse at the 2012 Klosterhof Medingen Auction held on September 21 – 22, in Bad Bevensen, Germany. Boylen purchased Donatella Versace, a seven-year-old black Oldenburg mare (De Niro x Canaster I x Caprimond) for 167,000 euro. The mare’s original name was “Weideglück” and she is a full sister […]
Ian Millar has picked up a new ride. Millar has purchased the nine-year-old stallion, Baranus (Baloubet du Rouet x Centauer Z), from Dutch rider, Eric van der Vleuten. Van der Vleuten and Baranus won the Roosendal CSI 2* Grand Prix in May and took second in the Bonheiden CSI 3* Grand Prix in June.
Having dominated the CSI2* Canadian Show Jumping Tournament, Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, rode away with the Caledon Cup on Sunday, September 23. Candele won all three phases of competition comprising the Caledon Cup at the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON, recently named the official equestrian venue of the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. […]
It was sweet success for Marco Fuste’s Spanish side today when they snatched victory from Sweden in the closing moments of the 2012 FEI Nations Cup™ Promotional League Final on home turf in Barcelona. Just twelve months ago the host nation had to settle for runner-up spot when newly-crowned FEI European Champion, Rolf-Goran Bengtsson, gave […]
