Tiffany Foster: You Won’t Know If You Don’t Try
My mom and I drove by our old place in Langley the other week and she asked me, ‘Tiffany, when we were living in that house, would you ever have...
Tag Archives: Team Canada
Kent Farrington Will Not Compete in Paris & Other Developments Ahead of the Individual Qualifier
Under the Olympic format, teams have the option to make changes to their roster up to two hours ahead of the Individual Qualifier. At the Tokyo Games, the USA tactically...
Olympic Origins: Truman’s Road from Normandy to Paris
“I always said, or maybe predicted, that Truman was going to jump the Olympic Games,” said breeder Aurore Merel with a knowing smile. "People laughed a little bit, but I...
Canada’s Chris Von Martels & Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu Called Up to Paris Team
Changes are afoot on the Canada's Paris Olympics dressage team. With the pre-Games training camp coming to an end, Jill Irving's Delacroix has been declared not fit to compete. No...
Olympic Eventer Rebecca Howard Named Team Technical Advisor for Canada
Canadian Olympic event rider, coach, and advisor Rebecca Howard has expanded her role with the eventing high performance program on the road to the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. As...
Ten-Time Olympian Ian Millar Is Heading Back to the Games—Only This Time, as Canada’s Technical Advisor
In the half-century Ian Millar spent riding at the highest level for Canada, he says his greatest joys have been his Nations Cup wins alongside his teammates. So it only...
Three Members of the Rio Olympic Team Just Called Out the Canadian Federation
When the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) General Assembly voted on the proposed Olympic format change to three-member teams for the Tokyo 2020 on Tuesday, the Canadian federation voted with the overwhelmingly majority....
From Rookie to Rio in a Year and a Half
Kara Chad of Calgary, Alberta was the Travelling Reserve for the Canadian Show Jumping Team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here she recounts what it's...
What Do You Do When the Road to Rio Suddenly Changes Course?
Public disputes. Allegations of selector bias and unsoundness issues. Last minute changes to the team lineup. The selection process for the Canadian Olympic eventing team has had more plot twists...
Tiffany Foster on Her Nations Cup Career
The first time I made the team it was by default. It was 2011. Andy and Carlene Ziegler (owners of Artisan Farms) had just bought me a horse, Southwind VDL,...
That Time Canada Won Team Gold at the “Alternate Olympics”
It was a crazy time. Russia was set to host the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Six months before the Games they invaded Afghanistan. In protest, the Americans lead a boycott...
The Unlikely Pairing of Megan Lane and Her Olympic Mount Caravella
Some horses aren’t cut out for dressage. Like this horse, who isn’t a fan of musical interludes, nor non-alphabetic letter arrangements. Apparently. https://youtu.be/9AFJX-ArN24 The wallflowers of dressage, like our friend...
Riding for Canada in Rio Is…
The Canadian Olympic Committee and Equestrian Canada have (finally) named the 10 equestrian athletes nominated to represent the maple leaf in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games next month. According to...
Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 Are on the Road to Rio, They’re Just Taking an Unusual Route
Eric Lamaze has pegged the 13-year-old Hanoverian mare Fine Lady 5 as his leading hope for the Rio de Janeiro Games this summer. Just don’t expect to see them in...
Erynn Ballard on Life After Appy Cara
Three years ago, Canadian show jumper Erynn Ballard had a potentially career ending fall in the hunter ring. It left her with a broken collarbone, shoulder joint and shattered scapula—all...
Team Canada Wins a Gold Medal—IN OLYMPIC FASHION
Hudson’s Bay Company unveiled the Team Canada Collection athletes will be wearing at the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. It looks an awful lot like the 2015 Pan American...
