Ottawa, ON, May 9, 2013 --- It is with great sadness that we mourn the sudden and unexpected passing of Jon Costin on Tuesday May 7^th, 2013, at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, ON, at age 44. 

Ottawa, ON, May 6, 2013— Equine Canada has named Dio Mio, owned by Jill Irving and Windhaven Farm, as the ‘Omega Alpha Horse of the Month’ for April.

Ottawa, ON, May 6, 2013 --– Canadian Olympian Rebecca Howard earned 12th place against some of the best Eventing competitors in the world at the renowned CCI 4* Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, held May 2-6 in England. This made her the top North American at the competition, which is the largest paid-spectator sports event in the United Kingdom, and one of only six international four star events held throughout the world.

Ottawa, ON, May 6, 2013 --- Pia Fortmuller of Priddis, AB, currently residing and training in Germany, earned impressive results at the CDI3* Radzionkow, Poland May 3--5.

Ottawa, ON, April 29, 2013 --- Canadian riders Karen Pavicic and Mackenzie Theissen Ryall placed in the top three at the 2013 Del Mar National Horse Show held April 25-28 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Arena, one of the oldest and most prestigious equestrian qualifying competitions in the Western USA.

Ottawa, ON, April 29, 2013 — Canadians Jacqueline Brooks and Jaimey Irwin battled it out against the best dressage athletes from around the world, vying to be counted among the finest in their field at the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final, held April 24-28 in Gothenburg, SWE.

Ottawa, ON, April 18, 2013 – Canadian team members David Marcus of Campbellville, ON,  Evi Strasser of Ste Adele, QC, Chistilot Boylen originally from Toronto, ON, now living in Rottingen, GER and Brittany Fraser of New Glasgow, NS, brought home the bronze medal from the team competition at the Wellington Nations Cup CDI-O3* presented by Stillpoint Farm, April 11 – 14 in Wellington, FL.  A full field of ten international teams competed for national glory in the CDI-O3* with Canada Team II, comprised of Lindsay Kellock, Cedar Valley, ON, Maya Markowski of St Clements, ON and Lee Tubman of Dunnville, ON finishing in sixth place.

April 5, 2013 — Pia Fortmuller of DeWinton, AB, has been named the Dressage Canada Red Scarf Equestrian Athlete of the Month for March.

March 14, 2013 — The future of dressage in Canada is on a pathway to greater success thanks to a high-performance planning summit which saw more than 50 stakeholders gather to identify program strategies to grow the sport and ultimately, the number of podium-level performances at the international level.