Month: March 2014

David Marcus Wraps Up Winter Season in Wellington

  Canadian Olympian David Marcus of Campbellville, ON, concluded his winter season in Wellington, FL, by competing in the CDI5* Adequan Global Dressage Festival Week 12 held March 25-30. Riding Chrevi’s Capital, a 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Weinberg) owned by Deborah Kinzinger, Marcus contested the Grand Prix on Thursday to earn a […]

Read More

Dressage Canada Announces Recipients of the Travel Assistance Support Program

Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the athletes selected as recipients of the Dressage Canada Travel Assistance Support Program. The Dressage Canada Travel Assistance Support Program was designed to help support both youth and senior High Performance athletes with their travel expenses representing Canada at the following competitions and development opportunities: International youth events FEI […]

Read More

EHV-1 Update: restrictions on Woodbine Barn 10 lifted

ORC Manager of Veterinary Services Dr. Adam Chambers announced that the training time restrictions placed on horses stabled in Woodbine’s Barn 10 are now removed, effective March 27, 2014. Horses from Barn 10 are now free to train during regular training hours. Horses temperatures should continue to be taken twice daily and monitored closely for […]

Read More

Canada’s Tiffany Foster Opens Final Week of WEF with a Win

  Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster of Vancouver, BC, opened the final week of competition at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, with a win in the $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m Speed on Wednesday, March 26.Entering the final week of competition at the 12-week FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, the $34,000 Spy […]

Read More

To Great Britain and Back

By Marguerite Old As a registered equine massage therapist, I have found that it is not always easy to find conferences that are geared specifically to what I do every day, which in my case is often treating the muscles of your horse’s back. When I learned that Horses Inside Out in Great Britain was hosting […]

Read More

EHV-1 case at Woodbine

There has been a report of EHV-1 in a five-year-old Thoroughbred filly residing in Barn 10 at Woodbine Racetrack. The horse showed neurological signs on Thursday March 13 but did not have a fever. The horse was removed from Woodbine to isolation on Saturday, March 15. The horse’s condition is stable. Results from tests available […]

Read More

Canadian Dressage Riders Continue Strong Performances at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival

Canadian Dressage riders continued to earn top results at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) CDI-W/1*/U25/Y/J/P in Wellington, FL, USA, March 13-16. Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON finished the week as one of Canada’s top performers. Partnered with Robyn Eames’ 14-year-old German-bred gelding, Anton, Trussell achieved a score of 70.900% in the FEI Grand Prix […]

Read More