Fiesty Icon and Ghost Pines Continue Rivalry
Ontario Racing has received applications for more than 5,000 racehorses from horsepeople across the Province and is happy to report that cheques are now being distributed.
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Horse of the Year Had to Be Ivory Returns
Ontario Racing has received applications for more than 5,000 racehorses from horsepeople across the Province and is happy to report that cheques are now being distributed.
The Canadian Quarter Horse Association Announces Program to Recognize Heroes Within the Community
The CQHA “Q Horse Heroes” program, will recognize those first responders, frontline workers, and any person who has went to extraordinary lengths to support the Canadian Quarter Horse Community.
How To Run A Feed Business Through A Pandemic
Two months ago, if you’d told Paul Sharpe that he’d be writing a weekly e-mail to his staff to check in with them and keep up morale, he’d have told you that was crazy. And yet, here he is, doing what needs to be done to deal with a pandemic that no one could even imagine.
How Clubs are Coping with COVID Cancellations
Riding clubs and equine associations will join the long list of those affected by COVID-19. With no show season in the foreseeable future, all levels of group activity will have to adapt to survive.
COVID-19 A Catalyst for Future Plans
When a horse person says they’re retiring, you can assume that they will still be working, just doing something different. For Margaret Godson, COVID-19 was a catalyst, pushing ahead retirement plans that were already in the works.
Eric Lamaze and Hickstead to be Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
2008 Beijing Olympic show jumping champions Eric Lamaze and Hickstead will be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2020/21. The announcement was made in Calgary, AB, on May 27, 2020.
Kicking Cowgirl Designs Gallops Over To Bolton Street
Kicking Cowgirl Designs (KCD) who recently won “Best Western Boutique in North America” beating out Western Stores in predominant states like California, Texas, and Arizona is on the move.
Coping with COVID-19 - For The Herd
Recognizing the urgent need of our equine friends, Jen Sweet of Lions Bridge Stables of Ayr, along with Jessica Blackwood, came up with a plan to help the horses. They launched a website and program called ‘Helping the Schoolies’ whose goal is to distribute a pandemic relief package for each riding facility in need. Relief will be used to ensure the basic needs, health and welfare of horses during the pandemic.
Riding Out the Pandemic Rodeo
As Rosemarie described, “Months’ worth of sweat, tears, hard work, and huge community support has seen this project head down the back stretch to now be reaching the finish line, less than one year later!” They’re just finishing staining the boards on 20 new box stalls in a new barn along with tack lockers, a wash stall and grooming stalls. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic struck.