The Board of directors of the 2018 World Equestrian Games announces the appointment of its new chief executive officer, Mr. Luc Fournier, taking over from Paul Côté, who has accepted a new challenge. “Three years before the Games, his talent and his large experience in major events will renew the energy of the team and […]
Problematic from the start, the groups involved with bringing the 2018 Bromont WEG to fruition continue to struggle with organizing the behemoth event. At the end of August they lost their long-standing leader, Paul Côté, who had been chair of the bid committee and was subsequently named CEO, when he announced his resignation. This week, […]
Businessman and founder of Anderson Ranch and Rocky Mountain Show Jumping, James Carl (J.C.) Anderson, died on September 3, 2015, of congestive heart failure, at the age of 84. A Nebraska-native and former member of the counter-intelligence unit of the U.S. army, Anderson made his fortune in the Alberta oilfields. He began this venture as […]
As previously reported, Paul Côté has resigned from his position as executive director of the WEG 2018 Organizing Committee (COJEM 2018). His appointment as head of Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) in Montreal was announced last week. Cote was chair of the Bromont Bid Committee and his was an integral part of the bid process. […]
New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson is recovering following surgery to repair an injury to his cervical spine (neck), which he sustained August 9th in a fall at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe. Nicholson was taken to a local hospital in Swindon after he fell from Cillnabradden Evo at the final fence of the CIC3* […]
Alan Plewis, founder and operator, of the iconic Foxhunter Tack Shop in Stouffville, ON, for over 35 years, passed away on July 16th.
Thunderbird Show Park, in Langley, B.C., will host a Furusiyya Nations Cup Jumping™ qualifier in May 2016. The news was announced July 27th, on the facility’s Facebook page. The Furusiyya Nations Cup Jumping™ series takes place at venues around the globe and includes 45 nations. Athletes from six regions complete in 19 qualifiers throughout the […]
A total of four chuckwagon racing horses died during the 2015 edition of the Rangeland Derby at the Calgary Stampede. The first horse was euthanized after he sustained a broken right hind cannon bone on July 4th, when Layne Bremner’s wagon collided with another. The second death occurred two days later, on July 6th, when […]
During the $100,000 Nutrena® Grand Prix Sunday, second place was claimed by Karen Cudmore aboard Clair Cudmore’s Ceonto, with a time of 44.08 seconds.
On Saturday July 4th, a horse was euthanized following the sixth heat of chuckwagon races. Layne Bremner’s right lead horse, Duke, suffered a broken cannon bone, when two wagons collided on the track. The 10-year-old Thorougbred gelding, a former racehorse, was examined by a veterinarian on the scene and euthanized immediately. Bremner received a $2,500 […]
