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Equestrian Canada And Ride iQ Partner To Revolutionize Training And Education For Para Dressage

Equestrian Canada And Ride iQ Partner To Revolutionize Training And Education For Para Dressage

In 2016, Élisabeth Brosda of Gatineau, QC, tragically lost her life in a car accident. Though the promising dressage star would never see her name in Olympic lights, her spirit lived on through our Canadian Dressage Team at the Paris 2024 Games this past summer.

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UF researchers to study pain, with help from horses

UF researchers to study pain, with help from horses

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A horse, a scientist, an engineer, and a physiologist walk into a doctor’s office.

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A Royal Review of Successful Careers in the Horse Industry 

A Royal Review of Successful Careers in the Horse Industry 

Guelph, ON Dec. 3, 2024 - The equine industry in Ontario is a multi-billion-dollar sector and finding one’s way to the top may seem beyond reach, especially for the uninitiated.  Interviews with top competitors and industry professionals at the 2024 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto revealed key ingredients to their success stories. 

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A new approach to comics became a popular Christmas present for animal lovers

A new approach to comics became a popular Christmas present for animal lovers

In this week's Black Week sales, there is an exciting novelty: a nonfiction comic book that has proven to fascinate many who do not usually read books. Now at a 30% discount on Amazon, the book "The Mind of a Horse. Science Meets Comics" has got an enthusiastic reception from readers ranging from 10-year-olds to adults.

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The Rider is Ontario's number one source for horse industry news and information both in print and online. 

The newspaper is in its 51st year of publication. The Rider has special English, Western, Quarter Horse and general sections having many columns written by industry leaders, a comprehensive coming events section, stable, stallion, and service directories, real estate ads and classifieds. The Rider covers all English and Western disciplines as well as Quarter Horse Racing, Driving and various other breeds and disciplines. The Rider is distributed through subscription, through the memberships of our official association partners and through almost 300 tack and feed stores. The Rider is also available as a digital edition. 

The Rider is a six time recipient of the Ontario Equestrian Federation Media of the Year award. Editor and Publisher, Barry Finn is the Past-president of the Independent Publishers Association of Ontario.

Our dedicated advertisers and faithful readers have kept the paper going strong for 51 years. We're looking forward to keeping you informed for many more years to come. We welcome your press releases and news. 

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Equestrian Canada And Ride iQ Partner To Revolutionize Training And Education For Para Dressage

Equestrian Canada And Ride iQ Partner To Revolutionize Training And Education For Para Dressage

Posted in Dressage, Equestrian News, Home Page articles

In 2016, Élisabeth Brosda of Gatineau, QC, tragically lost her life in a car accident. Though the promising dressage star would never see her name in Olympic lights, her spirit lived on through our Canadian Dressage Team at the Paris 2024 Games this past summer.

Read more

UF researchers to study pain, with help from horses

UF researchers to study pain, with help from horses

Posted in Equestrian News, Home Page articles, horse-health

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A horse, a scientist, an engineer, and a physiologist walk into a doctor’s office.

Read more


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