by Carlie Ringland
I still can’t believe it! I had a once-in-a-lifetime dream come true! Six riders were selected to ride in the Anky van Grunsven Clinic at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament (September 5-9) and I was one of those lucky people!
At the age of 13 this was a huge deal for me!! I was able to ride in her clinic two days, for 45 minutes each. Riding at Spruce Meadows during the ‘Masters’ was amazing, but getting lessons from Anky was even more awesome!
continue reading "‘Riding With The Stars’ - A personal account of riding with Anky van Grunsven"
by Garry Allison, The Horses Rocky Mountain Turf Club
It took a bad break for one jockey to open the door of opportunity for another at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club on September 22. Scott Sterr had been trying to win the Canada Quarter Horse Cup Futurity for a decade before accomplishing the long-overdue feat aboard Pow Wow Lane that eventful Saturday afternoon.
Pow Wow Lane, out of Invisible Injun, Cash In This Lane by Lanes Leinster, surprised the betting public (paying $23.10, $11.70, $5.20) as he ran away with the 350-yard dash despite a shaky start.
continue reading "Pow Wow Lane takes QH Cup - Over $180,000 in purse money handed out"
This year marked the second anniversary for the Canadian Performance Futurity, and, once again, Thunderbird Show Park in Fort Langley, BC, showcased the classes for the Pacific Zone.
Seeing expansion in the program, classes for five-year-old horses were now offered in addition to the previously held four-year-old classes. Additionally, jumper classes were also held for the first time in this zone, in addition to the hunter and dressage classes.
continue reading "Pacific Zone Futurity expands roster"
By Kerri Kerley
Due to the impending threats of Mother Nature, the decision to play the Canadian Open one day early at the Calgary Polo Club was made. On Saturday, August 26th, Tusk Energy and Palmer Ranch met face to face on the Ranch House Field, both vying for the bragging rights of the 16-goal Canadian Open Championship title.
Palmer Ranch came out strong from the very first throw in, and Tommy Biddle was pretty much unstoppable scoring 10 goals after six chukkers. Tusk gave them a run for their money, but on this day they just would come up a little short.
continue reading "Calgary Polo Club Canadian Open marks end of 2007 season"
By Sonia Meyer, Executive Director
In January 2007, the Alberta Horse Trials Association (AHTA) launched its High Performance Eventing Program with a goal to support high performance athletes and their coaches through to international levels of competition.
To this end, we worked with the AEF and were successful in receiving a grant from the Alberta Sport and Recreation Foundation with matching funds from AHTA towards hiring a HP coach for the program.
We are extremely excited to announce that we have hired Lorraine LaFramboise as our high performance eventing coach for the next year. Lorraine brings a tremendous depth of experience both with eventing and show jumping and we feel very privileged that she has agreed to help us develop the AHTA High Performance Eventing Program.
continue reading "High Performance Eventing Program - Alberta Equestrian Federation"
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