All Blog Posts Tagged 'spruce meadows' (10)

Five Places Every Equestrian Should Visit

The Spanish Riding School

With its world famous Lipizzaner stallions and dressage training and techniques, the Spanish Riding School is definitely a Mecca for any horse lover. Take in one of their daily shows and be awed by the power and grace of…

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Added by The HorseLady Blog on November 13, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

Yann Candele Currently Top Canadian in World Cup Standings / Yann Candele occupe actuellement le premier rang chez les Canadiens au classement de Coupe du Monde

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December 13, 2010

Yann Candele Currently Top Canadian in World Cup Standings

Ottawa, ON—Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, closes out the 2010 season currently ranked as the top Canadian in the North American World Cup League standings.

In Toronto at the Royal Horse Show, Candele collected 10 points for his…

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Added by Equine Canada on December 14, 2010 at 4:27pm — No Comments

More about Spruce Meadows '09

The Equi-Fair and World Market

Two large buildings (the Riding Hall and Equi-plex) hold a combined total of over 100,000 SqFt of indoor and outdoor vendor space. Items include horse trailers, farm equipment, barns, and of course, saddles and tack, along with equestrian themed gifts and clothing. Vendors hail from around the globe, including France, Germany, Ireland, the US, Holland and Australia.

This is also a great… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on November 1, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Day 5 - the CN International

The very big news today is the CN International. McLain Ward has been wanting to win this class for years and today was his day. He and his amazing mare Sapphire had two clear rounds as did Eric Lamaze on his equally amazing stallion Hickstead. Ward had to go first in the jump-off and had a clean round that was deceptively fast.

Then Lamaze put in a very quick clean round to great cheering, but looking at the clock, everyone suddenly… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 13, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Day 4 Afternoon

Well, it's been a very big day at Spruce Meadows. This morning Tim Stockdale's great round in the BP Cup was good enough for second place. Yay Tim!

The Battle of the Breeds

The champions this year were Team Morgan. They had the highest number of points to place1st in Driving and Trail, 2nd overall in the Compulsory Skills. Congratulations Team Morgan!

Spruce Meadows Grandeur

In my post on Day 1, I mentioned that the Spruce Meadows… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 12, 2009 at 9:40pm — No Comments

Day 4 AM

Just a quick update:

Our very own Tim Stockdale had a burning fast round in the BP Cup which is a speed class using some of the natural obstacles in the International Ring - the table and a bank. Tim and Fresh Direct Kalico Bay held on to first for quite a while and just got beat by a whisker by Rich Fellers of Wilsonville, Oregon, USA, riding McGuinness. Keep your fingers crossed that none of the last four riders can catch Rich's or Tim's times.

Rich Fellers has a… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 12, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

More of Day 3

It was a full day at the Spruce Meadows Masters - and it's not over yet!

The Telus Battle of the Breeds

For those of you who are not familiar with Spruce Meadows, a lot goes on here besides show jumping. One of the other big competitions is the Telus Battle of the Breeds. This competition has a twenty year history of hard fought classes which… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 11, 2009 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

Day 2 of Spruce Meadows Masters

I don't have much time to post so I'll just upload some pictures of the exciting competitions:

Will Simpson won the Akita Drilling cup on Black Cherry by taking an inside turn in the jump-off that no-one else tried.

And Jaime Azcarraga of Mexico won the Cana Cup on his gorgeous and talented stallion Presley Boy

Sad News for Tim Stockdale

Unfortunately Fresh… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 10, 2009 at 8:27pm — 2 Comments

Spruce Meadows 2009

It's day 2 here at Spruce Meadows for the Masters Tournament, one of the biggest stops on the yearly international show jumping tour.

I'm just getting started updating my blog, so I'll start with the results from day One:

There were two classes in the International Ring on the first day. Eric Lamaze won the Zeidler Financial Cup riding Take-0ff, a 9 year old Dutch… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 10, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Season Half Over???

Well we have made it to the half way point of the season. Seems like we just got started - May does not seem so far away when we arrived in Calgary for two weeks of the May Classic tournaments at Spruce Meadows - but alas it is - half over.

I can not remember where we left you last - I believe it was the beginning of June in Blainville and from there I went on to Spruce Meadows for the Summer Series - five weeks of tournaments that highlights some of the best horse and rider combinations… Continue

Added by Evie Frisque on July 21, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments