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Equestrian Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee are proud to announce the four athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in para-dressage at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games this coming September. Para-dressage is one of Canada’s most successful international equestrian disciplines, and many of the athletes nominated for Rio have a long and accomplished competition record. Since equestrian sport was introduced to the Paralympic Games program in 1996, Canada has earned a total of five individual medals, including gold and silver at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games by Lauren Barwick.

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the global governing body for equestrian sport, announced on June 6, 2016, that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Olympic Channel. The FEI is one of 27 International Federations to have signed an agreement with the IOC to work together to bring sport to a massively increased television audience worldwide.

On June 21, 2016, the FEI published the long lists (FEI nominated entries) of athletes and horses for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON and her mount, Anton, danced their way to a Bronze Medal in the CDIO 3* Grand Prix Freestyle, held April 1, 2016 as the individual final in the Stillpoint Farm Nations’ Cup in Wellington, FL.

A total of six nations will be making their Olympic and Paralympic debuts at Rio 2016 when they field athletes for the equestrian disciplines of Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, and Para-Equestrian Dressage.

If there was an annual award for Perfect NRHA Show of the Year, the 2016 Cactus Reining Classic would seriously have to be in the running. The five-day event - held March 2 to 6, 2016 at the WestWorld facility in Scottsdale, Arizona - had it all. The competition on days one and two of the event was exceptional, with Shane Brown winning the NRHA Open on day one with Double Loaded Gun (73), and Wind Er Up Wimp (73.5) on day two. Paige Barton’s Diamond Oak, with Martin Padilla riding, held on tight to take second place with a 72.5 on day one, and scored a 73 on day 2. He’s Smart With A Gun won the Intermediate for owner Michael Berg on days one and two.

Ian Millar Record 10th Pan Am, Starting Gate Communications, TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games, individual final show jumping, Caledon Equestrian Park, Yann Candel, Eric Lamaze, Michel Vaillancourt

Equestrian competition officially came to a close at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games with the individual final in show jumping taking place on Saturday, July 25, at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Caledon, ON.

McLain Ward, Pan Am Individual Show Jumping Gold, Canada Team Gold, Pan-Am Games, TORONTO 2015 Pan-American, Caledon Equestrian Park, Andres Rodriguez, Michel Vaillancourt, Yann Candele, Tiffany Foster, Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar

In a series of competitions that could hardly have been choreographed to better effect, Canada claimed the team title while America’s McLain Ward clinched individual gold in Show Jumping at the TORONTO 2015 Pan-American Games at the OLG Caledon Equestrian Park, Ontario, Canada.

Steffen Peters, Laura Graves, TORONTO 2015 Pan-American Games, Caledon Equestrian Park, Chris von Martels, 2016 Olympic Games, Kimberly Herslow, Prix St George, Brittany Fraser, Chris Von Martels, Belinda Trussell, Megan Lane

America’s Steffen Peters and Laura Graves added individual gold and silver on July 14th to the team title secured on July 12th at the TORONTO 2015 Pan-American Games at the OLG Caledon Equestrian Park, Ontario, Canada. The host nation’s Chris von Martels scooped individual bronze.

Pan Am Gold Canadian Show Jumping, Tiffany Foster, Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar, TORONTO 2015, Starting Gate Communications Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park

The Canadian Show Jumping Team of Yann Candele of Caledon, ON; Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, BC; Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON; and Ian Millar of Perth, ON, won the gold medal at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games on July 23 at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Caledon, ON.

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