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Chiacchia Working Towards Full Recovery
May 14, 2008Boston - Darren Chiacchia is making positive progress after a life threatening accident during the Red Hills Horse Trials on March 15. The Olympic medal winner is showing signs of improvement and is eager to Read more »
Tigger Too Dies at Jersey Fresh CCI3*
May 14, 2008US Eventing - The organizing committee of the Jersey Fresh CCI3* regrets to announce the death of David O’Connor’s horse, Tigger Too, ridden by Lauren Kieffer, at Fence 28 on the cross-country course. Lauren was uninjured in the fall. Preliminary necropsy findings on the horse “Tigger Too,” a seventeen-year-old gelding, showed that he passed away from an acute abdominal aortic rupture. Final necropsy results are pending. The FEI investigative panel has been convened to review the facts surrounding the incident, and more information will be released once the investigation is through.
When I get older…
May 13, 2008Most people tailor their activity level to their age, each decade inviting a re-assessment of energy-levels, ability and ambition. But not Hiroshi Hoketsu. At 67, and 44 years after he finished in individual 40th place Read more »
Get in the Saddle with Olympic Star Ian Millar and BMO to Win a Trip to Spruce Meadows Masters
May 12, 2008CALGARY, May 10, 2008 – The fourth annual BMO contest that will reward one lucky winner with a riding lesson from Canadian sports legend Ian Millar kicked off this week. Sponsored by BMO Financial Group, Read more »
Central Ontario Prince Philip Games Season Gets Underway
May 12, 2008The Central Ontario Region of Pony Club held its first Prince Philip Games meet of the season on Sunday, May 11, at Royal Lane Farm between Manilla and Lindsay, just north of Highway 7. Highlight Read more »
Featured Articles
Cheating: A Sensitive Issue
by Kim Izzo | Horse Sport May 2008What is being done to combat hypersensitization in the jumper ring? The old adage “cheaters never prosper” has renewed relevance in today’s world of sport. You need only think of the blood doping scandals Read more »
A Canadian Equestrian Abroad
by Vanessa Annand | Horse-Canada May/June 2008Vanessa Annand is a 21-year-old native of Alberta and lifelong rider. She took a gap year from her studies at the University of Victoria to tour Europe in 2007. To fund her trip, she worked Read more »
Derby Bloodlines Past & Present
by Jay Leimbach | Canadian Thoroughbred May/June 2008The dramatic rise and fall of dominant sirelines is a vastly under-appreciated fact of Thoroughbred racing and breeding, and nowhere is this illustrated better than in the list of Kentucky Derby winners of the past Read more »
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