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In 2017, the organization announced its official change of name to become the Ontario Collegiate Equestrian Association (OCEA). This change was intended to reflect the association's diversified school involvement with both universities and colleges. The association was formerly known as the Ontario University Equestrian Association (OUEA)
Modern-day Olympic equestrian events are rooted in cavalry skills and classical horsemanship, [5] and through 1948, competition was restricted to active-duty officers on military horses. [6] Only after 1952, as mechanization of warfare reduced the number of military riders, were civilian riders allowed to compete.
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.
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.
The studbook was renamed in 1984 to include the designation 'Sport Horse'. [4] [7] The name change was registered the following year in the Official Trademark Journal. [8] The breed was renamed Canadian Sport Horse in 1987. [9] [4] Many of the horses are in Ontario. [2] [10] Numbers were growing in 2014. [9]
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Fort Erie Race Track is a horse racing facility in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, that opened on June 16, 1897.The racetrack is often referred to as "the border oval" because of the track's proximity (barely a mile) to the U.S. border. [1]
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