Beaver Valley Outreach and Cedar Run Horse Park are thrilled to be bringing one of Canada’s most recognized icons, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Musical Ride to The Blue Mountains as part of the Cedar Run Rodeo Weekend August 24-26, 2012. Mayor Ellen Anderson said, “This is a wonderful event for our community, both […]

The 2011/2012 North American FEI World Cup™ Jumping qualifying leagues concluded last weekend at Tampa in Florida (USA), yielding a star-studded selection of contenders for the 34th Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands which is now only two weeks away. Two separate leagues take place on the North American continent. The […]

Ashley Holzer’s CDI results in Florida this season continue to sizzle following her most recent competition, the Global Dressage Festival CDI 5* Wellington, presented by Diamante Farms, held March 29–April 1 in Wellington, FL.                                                    On Thursday March 29, Holzer, who is originally from Toronto, ON, rode Breaking Dawn, a bay 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding […]

April 1st has brought the end of the circuit, with its highs and lows – many improvements with horses and riders shown in some cases and injuries in others. Whatever injuries have occurred, Wellington has excellent teams of veterinarians and many therapeutic services at their disposal to help and spas for the riders as well […]

It is now mandatory for anyone on horseback at any time on the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center to wear a helmet. This includes competitors, grooms and exercise riders, during warm-up, riding around the facility and at awards ceremonies. United States Equestrian Federation GR801 reads: “It is compulsory for riders all persons at Federation licensed […]

Due to an outbreak of strangles at Saratoga Raceway, the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) advises Ontario tracks to use caution when considering entries of horses showing Saratoga lines in March. Strangles is a highly contagious and serious infection of horses and other equines caused by the bacterium, Streptococcus equi. “It is up to the discretion […]

The 2011 Pan American Games individual gold medalist, Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, continued her winning ways by topping the CIC 1* division riding Patras VR at the Poplar Place Farm March Horse Trials held March 23-25 in Hamilton, GA. All the Canadian rider results, led by Phoenix are online at http://www.poplarplacefarm.com/.

At the CAI Live Oak International Combined Driving competition, Carole Precious of Puslinch, ON finished in seventh place overall in the FEI Single Horse division, held March 21-25 in Ocala, FL. Precious’ final results may be found at http://www.liveoakinternational.com/.

Looking to earn a spot on the Canadian Dressage Team at the London Games, Canada’s top dressage riders competed at CDI 3* Loxhatchee-International Horse Sport Champions Cup, held March 22-25 in West Palm Beach, FL. Full results of all FEI divisions are available at http://www.ihspb.com/. All the Canadian scores recorded for the Dressage Canada Olympic […]

Reigning World and European Champion Michael Jung led Germany to a convincing victory at the first leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing held in Fontainebleau, France.   Jung had three rides and dominated the contest from the outset, finishing at the head of the field with his Badminton entry, Leopin, after adding just two […]