May 23, 2013
Roberta Sheffield, who began competing for Canada earlier this month at a CPEDI 3* event in Mannheim, GER, continued her success for her new country at the CPEDI 3* Roosendaal in the Netherlands, held from May 16 to 18. Sheffield,
Two Canadian riders took part in the prestigious CSI 5*/CSI 2* Wiesbaden, which took place in Wiesbaden, GER from May 17 to 20 as part of the world-renowned Global Champions Tour, a series created to provide some of the world’s
Both veteran and up-and-coming jumping riders flocked to Calgary, AB from May 15-19 for the CSI 2* Bow Valley Classic II-one of multiple CSI-level competitions to be hosted by Canadian Olympian John Anderson’s Rocky Mountain Show Jumping facility this season.
Canada’s Rebecca McGoldrick (currently residing in West Tisbury, MA, USA) continued her European competition schedule with the CSI 2* Balmoral, held May 15 to 17 in Belfast, IRE. Riding Cuba Libre, an 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse stallion owned by Debbie
Canadian veterans Kyle Carter (who is currently living in Citra, FL, USA) and his 15-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Madison Park made an incredible comeback at the CIC 3* Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials, which took place May 17-19 in Fairburn, GA, USA.
Canada was host to a CDI 3* Dressage competition during the Angelstone Spring Dressage Tournament, held May 17-19 in Acton, ON. The highlight of the competition was the Ogilvy Equestrian FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, held in front of a packed
If you weren’t at City Hall on Tuesday, you will likely have heard by now that Toronto City Council voted against expanded gaming at Woodbine Racetrack. In the end, it was a very close vote – 24 to 20, as
You got it! Gary Stevens and Oxbow. Cindy Pierson Dulay photo All aboard! Tomorrow is the day, a day to push a casino at Woodbine, push your councillors, push your city that there is no other place
You ready for today? WILL TAKE CHARGE IS..Cindy Pierson Dulay photo EMMA-JAYNE WILSON, one of the continent’s best riders, shows then how its done winning the Battle of Sexes Jockeys Challenge at Pimlico. The website www.horse-races.net got
WYNNE-FIELDS NORTHERN DANCER PAVILLION: landmark building at CFC will house multi-discipline programs WOODBINE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP’S leader NICK EAVES talks with PREMIER KATHLEEN WYNNE at the old Windfields.CFC on Wednesday. Tom Sandler photos Walking through the property of the
So the FEI launched its latest greatest series last weekend, its Nations’ Cup Dressage series. Rotterdam and Aachen already offer team competitions a la Nations Cup-style, so the FEI just tacked one on the front (Vidauban, France) and one on
It was with shock and sadness that I learned of Jon’s unexpected passing earlier this week. I did not know Jon well, but I do have a vivid memory of our first meeting, because he was the first international dressage
I thought I would be posting this yesterday, but due to some mysterious British logic, Badminton’s show jumping round was today and not on the ‘traditional’ Day of the Sun. And I certainly didn’t want to jinx Rebecca and Rupert by gushing
Another weekend has flown by. Selena left Friday for Grandview and got back here around 10:30 on Saturday night. There is no such thing as a short day in an eventer’s life. Grandview was very successful. Our first timer, Paige
Well, MCTA went well….sort of. Selena was not performance happy despite a competitive dressage test from Solo with his best mark ever at this level and a third and fifth placing in the Advanced division for Woody and Rocky respectively.
The Fork not being our best outing of the year, Selena is off to MCTA, in Maryland, to ride the three boys in the Advanced division, giving them another run before the CCI*** at Bromont in June. The training schedule
You are invited to Winsong Farm to enjoy Marie-Lynn Hammond in a Special “Barn” Concert, which will take place Sunday June 23rd at 2:00 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for teens. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Marie-Lynn Hammond has just released
This morning Dominique was riding Zeloso and Zelador, once again, was waiting patiently on a pedestal. Dominique rode all of the fun walk stuff I’d described to Sally yesterday. We also threw in a few hints at piaffe steps. Zeloso
Whenever the weather cooperates I go to Sally’s farm and watch while she rides. Sally is a few decades older than me and has decided that riding alone is no longer safe. On Saturday she decided to trot her horse.
Competing in Aachen a few weeks ago was one of the most exciting and memorable places I have ever ridden. On last minute notice, I was able to organize to enter a National show at Aachen, Germany. Vitall took in
Competing in Europe is not as big and scary as all of us at home think it is. It’s the same just on a bit of a bigger scale. Most national shows are only one day and everyone trucks in
A few weeks ago, I was in Saumur, France visiting some friends, and on the way home I stopped in Paris. I had never been and always wanted to go. Paris was lovely, but it was just a short visit!
Today, wailing sirens announce the approach of massive fire trucks, but starting around the 1830s in some American cities, it was sturdy horses that got the apparatus and firemen to the fire scenes. Up to that point, men were the
Nothing says “May” like the running of the Kentucky Derby, this year to be held May 4th at Churchill Downs. People will be standing at the track rail, and glued to their TV sets and computers urging on their favourites
What is it about some dogs, cats and horses that sets them apart? Some seem to have a sixth sense and then, something else that makes them almost human. Is it personality, a character trait or a quirk that they
This series of lessons, showing you how to use the foundation lessons of Alexandra Kurland’s clicker training, though they appear very simple, were very carefully designed. If you progress systematically through them, you will see amazing results from your horse
All good training begins with a solid foundation. Just like building a house, if the foundation isn’t solid there will be issues with the structure later on and you will have to either put Band-Aid solutions in place to ‘fix’
Now, let’s look at the horse you have and make a list of all the things he does that you would need to change to have him be your dream horse. Most of us would say “I don’t like it
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As a follow-up to the article on new deworming practices in the Canadian Horse Health Annual, Dr. Ela Misuno, former internal medicine resident and master’s student at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, provides additional information about drug resistance and
Uncaptured has been a horse on the run since his narrow win first time out on May 13, 2012 at Woodbine. In his next three starts, Uncaptured, trained by Mark Casse for John Oxley, made off with the Clarendon, Vandal
The physical aspects of riding are only a portion of riding successfully; our mental programming is often neglected or ignored. A positive mind is one of the key ingredients to a successful show season. Here are some tips that will
