Five riders have been named for the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the 2007 Pan American Games which are being held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from June 14 – 29, 2007.
They are:
Mac Cone and Melinda
Karen Cudmore and Southern Pride
Jill Henselwood and Special Ed
Eric Lamaze and Hickstead
Ian Miller and In Style
There are 3 alternative horse […]

 
International show jumping competitor and renowned sire, Rio Grande, passed away at the age of 21.
Arguably the most influential sport horse sire standing in Canada, Rio Grande died suddenly on May 21 after suffering a heart attack. Owned by Augustin Walch of W. Charlot Farms, Rio Grande was a 1986 bay Hannoverian stallion by Raphael […]

 
May 31-June 3, 2007
At the St. Gallen CSIO in Switzerland, the U.S. team was third in the Samsung Super League Nation’s Cup; Richard Spooner from CA, and Ace won the LGT Preis class. Spooner, was the fastest in the jump off by four seconds. He also picked up the leading rider title by adding two […]

Saugerties, NY – June 04, 2007
Tim Hooker had the sought after last ride of the round and stopped the clocks at 42.246 beating 5 other horses that went clear by fractions of a second to win over Tracy Magness riding Tarco Van Ter Moude.
Tim has only had the horse since February but commented “I haven’t […]

McLain Ward has won for the second year in a row the $75,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of Devon on his Athens Olympic team gold medal mount, Sapphire. Things were certainly different for McLain this year though. When he won last year he rode a catch ridethat he had never ridden before and in […]

The term Grand Prix means ‘greatest prize or richest’ and comes from the French.  Grand Prix show jumping was born in Paris in 1866 and the word is often used in sport to designate the most challenging or sophisticated level of competition.
Show jumping at its highest level is not for the faint hearted.  It has been […]