Channel Archives: News

There will be no sanctioned horse shows this month or next in Canada. Equestrian Canada (EC) has extended its suspension on sanctioned competition to June 30, 2020, due to the...

Looking for financial assistance? We caught up with Bryan Brendle of the American Horse Council to discuss what financial resources are available to American equine business owners in need. What...

The state of Georgia may be starting to reopen, but USEF competition is not. The suspension of all USEF owned and named events, selection trials, training camps, clinics and activities...

COVID-19 has impacted all facets of our lives, including the economy, with an estimated 10 million unemployment claims filed in March. Among them are horse owners, many of which now...

The 2020 Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event (JFI) will not be rescheduled this year. The CCI four- and three-star event, originally slated for May 6–10 at the Horse Park of...

Boston-based manufacturer EquiFit specializes in designing stylish and technologically advanced products for horses—typically in black. Now, they’re making one for humans. It’s also black. Last week as COVID-19 continued its...

Save the date! The Tokyo Olympics have been rescheduled for Jul. 23, 2021 to Aug. 9, 2021, nearly one year to the day after the Games were due to start this summer....

Pandemic event cancellations continue this week worldwide. Joining the likes of Hickstead (GBR) and Aachen (GER), Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC has called off its May tournaments, including the...

COVID-19 has won this round. But the Games will go on. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday, Mar. 24 that the Toyko 2020 Games have officially been postponed by...

With COVID-19 spurred event cancellations now spreading into June and July, the Longines Masters has pulled the plug on the Lausanne leg of their 2020 season. It's the second event...

The 45th anniversary of North America's top show jumping facility is not to be. Equestrian event heavyweight Spruce Meadows, of Calgary, AB, announced Monday that the 2020 Summer Series has...

*UPDATED: Mar. 24, 2020* Three days before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially postponed the Tokyo Games, Team Australia began preparing for the inevitable. On Sunday, Mar. 22, the Australian...

*Updated Mar. 24, 2020* The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees jointly announced Sunday that Canadian athletes will not be sent to the Summer Games in 2020 due to COVID-19 risks....

In news that will surprise no one given the rapid rate of horse show cancellations over the past 48 hours, Equestrian Events Inc. (EEI) announced that this year’s Land Rover...

The FEI, USEF and Las Vegas Events have announced the cancelation of the FEI World Cup Finals 2020, which were to be held at the Thomas & Mack Center April...

Saut Hermès is the latest victim of the coronavirus. Originally slated for March 20–22, 2020 at the iconic Grand Palais in Paris, France, the 11th edition of the CSI 5*...

Russian dressage rider Inessa Merkulova is in a medically-induced coma fighting for her life following a riding accident in January in Germany. For more than 20 years, Merkulova has been...

Will coronavirus concerns affect the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo? It's a possibility that cannot be ignored. The Japanese Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have made it...

United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Safety Officer Jon Holling has issued a social media call to arms for the eventing community. Spurred by the tragic deaths of 33-year-old eventer...

“True luck consists not of holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.” – John Milton Hay Split...