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Canadian Quarter Horse Association News for Spring 2023

Updated:

March 20, 2023

By Laurie Haughton, Chair, CQHA Media, Marketing & Communications Committee

Are you a Canadian Horse Trainer, Riding Coach or Official working within Canada’s Quarter Horse Industry?

CQHA would like to invite trainers, coaches, and judges to engage with us in developing a revolutionary new program for Canada’s Quarter Horse industry (all disciplines).

Horse Council BC News for Spring 2023

Updated:

March 16, 2023

Competition Season is Here! BC Summer Games, 55+ BC Games, HCBC Officials Clinics. Plus, HCBC Horseplay Program and HCBC Awards.

Therapeutic Riding: Questions and Answers

Updated:

March 16, 2023

What is Therapeutic Riding? Therapeutic riding offers the opportunity for people with a wide range of disabilities to ride horses in a safe environment. This can be a very valuable experience, offering help to build into a person’s life many new skills and experiences. In therapeutic riding, people learn to ride horses in the same way as in other riding disciplines, but it is just a more incremental process.

RCMP Investigate the Suspicious Deaths of 17 Wild Horses

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March 15, 2023

On March 10th, 2023, the Tk’emlups Rural RCMP received a report of several horses killed on British Columbia Crown land, north of Walhachin, approximately 65 km west of Kamloops.

In Memoriam - Wyndham St John (May 30, 1959 - March 6, 2023)

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March 15, 2023

The equestrian community in Canada and abroad offers condolences to the family and friends of Wyndham St John, who passed away on March 6 at the age of 63 in Cadiz, Spain. Born in Vancouver, BC, and residing in the United Kingdom, St John was an accomplished Canadian equestrian throughout her life.

Musical Ride Horse “Noble” Gifted to His Majesty King Charles III

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March 13, 2023

Ottawa, ON, March 11, 2023 — In recognition of the RCMP’s 150th anniversary and the upcoming coronation of His Majesty King Charles III in May, the RCMP is pleased to announce that RCMP Musical Ride horse Noble will be presented to His Majesty King Charles III. Details about the ceremony will be released at a later date.

Co-Founder, Margaret Southern, receives the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

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February 24, 2023

In a private ceremony, held at the McDougall Centre in Calgary, Alberta, on February 23, 2023, Spruce Meadows co-founder Margaret Southern CC, LVO, AOE, B.Ed., LLD. was presented the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Her Honour, the Honourable Salma Lakhani AOE, B.Sc., LLD (hon). This commemorative medal was created to mark the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada.