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It is the executive branch of Canada's Olympic and Paralympic equestrian teams; the national association and registry of Canadian equestrian athletes; the national regulatory body for equestrian coaches, competition organizers, and judges; and the national federation of Canadian horse breeders and Canadian breed registries.
Day first joined the Canadian Equestrian Team in 1964, and in 1966 tied the record high jump of 7 feet 1 inch at the National Horse Show in New York. Day took gold in individual jumping at the 1967 Pan American Games. [2] Day was named Canada's Horseman of the Year three years running in 1966 through 1968. [2]
Amy Millar (born 14 February 1977) is a Canadian equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. [1] [2] Following a successful junior career, Amy quickly enjoyed success at the Grand Prix level. [3] She made her Nations Cup debut for Canada in 2000 at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta. [3]
He has been a staple on the Canadian Equestrian Team for decades, and has amassed over $3.5 million [7] in prize earnings at the prestigious Spruce Meadows venue in Calgary, Alberta. With his horse, Big Ben (1976–1999), Millar won more than 40 Grand Prix titles worldwide and the Show Jumping World Cup two years in a row (1988 & 1989).
In the first half of the twentieth century, international equestrian sport was dominated by military riders. In Canada, the Canadian Militia (later renamed as the Canadian Army) was recognized by the federal government as the country's first national equestrian federation, and began the process of building the first institutional CET.
Christilot Hanson-Boylen (born 12 April 1947 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is a Canadian equestrian who competed as a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team in Dressage at six Olympic Games (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, and 1992). Boylen's mother was the late Javanese-born Canadian dancer, Willy Blok Hanson and her father was an Australian soldier. [1]
This was the first individual gold medal won in equestrian, and second overall gold won by Canada in Olympic history, the other being a team medal coming from the 1968 Olympics. [5] In 2010 Hickstead earned the title 'Best Horse in the World' at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games(WEG) in Lexington, Kentucky.
Aside from Antoinette, Little Joe and Emirage, Pracht's celebrated competition horses included Mazepa, Duccas, Cantate and Lyogen. In her lifetime she built up her expertise by having been coached by her father, as well as by Willi Schultheis, Walter Christensen, the well-known Heinz Lammers, Walther Günther and Harry Boldt.
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