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National Foal Championships winner announced
National Foal Championships winner announced
Caddyshack B, a bay colt bred and owned by Sylvia Dixon and Beasley Sport Horses of Schomberg, Ontario is the winner of the Canadian Sport Horse Association’s National Foal Championships 2011. The big-moving colt is sired by Cardento, the Holsteiner stallion that helped earn silver team medals for Sweden at the 2002 World Equestrian Games and the 2004 Olympics and is out of the F1 Canadian Sport Horse mare Balou Babe by Balou du Rouet. For the first time, the National Foal Championships was... more
F1 gelding on USEF High Performance List
F1 gelding on USEF High Performance List
A Canadian Sport Horse gelding and his rider have been named to the United States Equestrian Federation’s Eventing High Performance Training Lists to participate in training and development programs in 2012. The athlete/horse combinations on the lists will be invited to train this winter with U.S. Chef d’Equipe and Technical Advisor Capt. Mark Phillips. Preparation for and success at the 2012 Olympic Games were the highest priorities in developing these lists. CSH F1 gelding Good Knight (... more
Three CSHs in Mark Todd clinic
Three CSHs in Mark Todd clinic
Three Canadian Sport Horses were among the mounts used by some of Canada’s top event riders in a two-day clinic with World Champion and Olympian Mark Todd in early November. The clinic at Ghostwood Farm in Hockley Valley, part of a fundraiser for the Youthdale Treatment Centre Riding Program, was organized by veterinarian and eventing enthusiast Dr. Usha Knabe. The stands were packed with auditors who came to watch the eventing legend share his skills and knowledge. Among the invited riders... more
Royal wins for CSH gelding
Royal wins for CSH gelding
You don't necessarily have to be a big time breeder with a large band of broodmares to produce a winner. Sometimes it just takes one broodmare, the right stallion and a little help from a friend or two. That's the story behind Carbon Copy, the dark bay, three-year-old CSH gelding that made a big impression at the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, winning the prestigious Lieutenant Governor's Cup, placing second in the Governor General's Cup and capping it all off by taking the Grand... more
No Hickstead semen available for North America
No Hickstead semen available for North America
Unfortunately, North American breeders hoping to buy Hickstead semen are out of luck. The agents for the late great show jumping stallion say there is none in North America and the approximate 50 doses available in Europe cannot be shipped to North America. If you have a mare in Europe, there is a slight chance you may be able to get a dose, although details on the availability of the European semen have not been confirmed. At a press conference days after the sudden death of Hickstead, Eric... more
Hickstead
Hickstead
  The Canadian Sport Horse Association and its members extend to Eric Lamaze & the Fleischhaker Family our condolences on the sudden passing of Hickstead. An athlete of the highest calibre, he will truly be missed. Thank you for the wonderful memories. http://www.fei.org/disciplines/jumping/press-releases/death-equine-superstar-hickstead more
CSH and junior rider win in Washington
CSH and junior rider win in Washington
At the 53rd Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) the last week of October, KC van Aarem of Woodbine, MD, and Canadian Sport Horse Mastermind took the top prize in the Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers. They were the fastest double clear in a jump-off of eight entries in a class of 22. Mastermind II, a dark bay F1 CSH gelding, by Mattias out of Pacific Nebel, was bred by Jennifer Arnoldt of Dreamscape Farm in Langley, British Columbia. Van Aarem, 16, currently lives in Florida and trains... more
CANADIAN SPORT HORSES IN PAN AM SPOTLIGHT
CANADIAN SPORT HORSES IN PAN AM SPOTLIGHT
With the Pan Games in full swing, several ‘made in Canada’ equine athletes are competing on the international stage. In the Team Dressage competition, two products of Charlot Farms breeding program did Canada proud.  Top scoring rider for Canada’s silver medal winning team was Tom Dvorak, riding Viva’s Salieri, a 10-year-old Hanoverian stallion by Viva Voltaire, bred by Charlot Farm. Dvorak and the stallion had the Canadian contingent’s top score of 71.711. Other team members included... more
CSH top five-year-old Young Horse jumper
CSH top five-year-old Young Horse jumper
Canadian Sport Horses ruled the Five-Year-Old division of the Jump Canada Young Horse Series National Finals held September 21 to 25 at the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament in Palgrave, Ontario. CSHs claimed the top three spots in the national final, with three others finishing in the top 10. Held over three days in the grand prix ring and featuring $17,000 in prize money, horses accumulated points in each of the three phases with total points determining the overall champion.   Ridley, a... more
Hunter rider and CSH take equitation championship
Hunter rider and CSH take equitation championship
Courtney Cummings of Leesburg, Virginia and her Canadian Sport Horse gelding Last Call won the Monarch International North American Adult Amateur Equitation at the 18th Annual Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, Md. in early October. The show is one of the most prestigious U.S. competitions for hunter riders. Last Call, bred by Doug Dean, is by Cozy’s Commander out of Sabrina IV. Cummings, 36 has owned and ridden the 12-year-old gelding for four years. The pair went into the... more