Equestrian Canada (EC) and the EC High Performance Advisory Group, Eventing (HPAG) are pleased to announce Rebecca Howard as the new Technical Advisor (TA) for Canada’s national eventing team. The Canadian Olympic event rider, coach, and advisor is expanding her role with the eventing high performance program on the road to Paris 2024.
BROMONT, QC - August 1, 2023 - It is with deep regret that the organizing committee of Bromont Horse Trials announce their withdrawal from the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ series for 2023.
AJAX DOWNS, AUGUST 1, 2023 - The first major stakes race for 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Ajax Downs this season headlines a seven-race card on Wednesday, August 2. The $58,095 final of the Ontario Bred Futurity has a field of 10 youngsters who will race 300-yards in the seventh race of the afternoon.
BROMONT, QC - July 31, 2023 - It was an American Olympic veteran vs young local rising star Sunday afternoon at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park, and with the difference of just one rail down, Peter Leone of Wellington, FL captured the win in the $45,900 CSI2* Grand Prix presented by the Government of Quebec.
BROMONT, QC - July 29, 2023 - Two olympic veterans went head-to-head in the $15,000 FEI CSI2* Open Welcome presented by Assante Wealth Management Group El-Chaer Friday night at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park, and it was Canadian Mac Cone (King City, ON) with Chadburn Holdings Con Couleur who emerged victorious.
BROMONT, QC - July 27, 2023 - Over 600 horses begin two weeks of competition today at the International Bromont, including 20 horses who will compete in the prestigious FEI division at the CSI2* level Thursday through Sunday each week.
AJAX DOWNS, JULY 26, 2023 - It was a big day at Ajax Downs on July 26 for owner and trainer JAMES BOGAR, of Cameron, ON and jockey BRIAN BELL of Lindsay. Bogar won four of the seven Quarter Horse races on Wednesday, three with horses that he owns and bred at his farm. Bell won three races, two for Bogar, to pad his lead as the leading jockey for 2023.
AJAX DOWNS, JULY 25, 2023 - The 2023 Ajax Downs Quarter Horse racing season reaches the halfway mark this Wednesday, July 26, the 12th card of the 25-day meeting. And if the second half of the season is anything like the first, there is a lot more exciting racing on the way.
Ottawa, ON, July 21, 2023 – Equestrian Canada and the EC High Performance Advisory Group, Eventing (HPAG) is pleased to announce the team that will represent Canada at the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) Eventing Nations Cup™ in Bromont, Quebec from August 11 – 12, 2023.
Ottawa – July 20, 2023 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Ben Asselin, an equestrian athlete, received a 14-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during an in-competition sample collection session on June 18, 2022, revealed the presence of d-amfetamine, a prohibited stimulant.
