Horse Show & Clinic Coverage
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Heat and Humidity Didn’t Dampen Enthusiasm at the Dressage New Brunswick Horse Show at the Princess Louise Park Show Centre
July 30, 2007Sussex, NB – July 29, 2007 – Despite the unaccustomed heat and high humidity, organizers of the Dressage New Brunswick National Dressage Show, at the Princess Louise park Show Centre in Sussex, New Brunswick, reported Read more »
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Day 24
by Michael Gallagher | July 27, 2007It is winter in Rio, but the first two weeks seemed to hit 34 degrees Celsius every afternoon. Today we were reminded that it is winter with temperatures in the teens – nobody on the Read more »
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Day 23
by Michael Gallagher | July 25, 2007There is a new guard on the gate where our van has been entering the venue for the past 23 days. We are told we cannot enter. A quick call to our Portuguese speaking transportation Read more »
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Days 21 & 22
by Michael Gallagher | July 25, 2007The reports over the weekend were a bit short due to the number of things going on as well as difficulty getting connected to the internet, so hopefully I can bring you up to speed Read more »
Woodwind Farm Horse Trials
by Denise and Chris Eaves | July 24, 2007For the third year, Woodwind Farm in Jarrett, ON hosted Entry through Training levels. Course designer-builder, Chris Eaves, believes that the Preliminary level is meant to develop horses for the future. Some of the Read more »
Home Town Win For Mario – International Bromont, Week 1
by Trish Oswald | July 23, 2007Mario Deslauriers and his scopey chestnut gelding, Paradigm, delighted the crowd at Bromont International’s first week of competition with a convincing win in Sunday’s $60,000 “Bonjour Quebec†Grand Prix. Twenty-three came forward for the Read more »
Central Ontario Pony Club Regional D Rally
July 23, 2007Aspiring young eventers from several Central Ontario Region Pony Club branches have entered the Region’s D Rally, to be held at Woodwind Farm near Hawkestone on Sunday, July 29. “Rally” is the Pony Club Read more »
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Day 20
by Michael Gallagher | July 23, 2007Just a quick note to say the Eventing Team won the silver medal, which also qualifies them for the 2008 Olympic Games. Can’t give you all the details right now as I have to be up at 4:00 a.m. to load 23 horses on a 747 to go home so I am going to bed. More details will follow, but it has been an exciting day!
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Day 19
by Michael Gallagher | July 23, 2007Just a short report today – it was a great day for Canadian Eventing! Canada was the only team to have four horses jump around the course without jump faults and two Read more »
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Day 18
July 23, 2007The Jumper horses arrived last night, on time and the arrival went pretty smoothly. We were delayed for a while we waited for all of the manual forms to be completed in triplicate and then Read more »
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Day 17
by Michael Gallagher | July 19, 2007At 6:00 a.m., the Jumpers started to arrive at the airport – one rider, three grooms and the vet are here. Horses will come in tonight. We arranged a van to pick them up and Read more »
Team Leader Pan Am Report - Day 16
by Michael Gallagher | July 19, 2007I am sure you have heard of the terrible plane crash in Sao Paulo. The president has declared three days of mourning – all of the country’s flags are at half mast in the village Read more »
