Centre Equestre Dunelm Equestrian Center

08/02/2026

We are busy this week!!
Cassandra and Beaverwoods Blue Jay were Champion in the Large Pony Hunters at International BromontHorse Show!
Coco and Sophia were also Champion in the School Horse Division at The Parks Trillium show in Ottawa. One more day to go!

08/01/2026

It is a hard life being a Horse Show dog!!

07/27/2026

“Failure is absolutely part of the process. First, it's necessary to understand you need to cherish the wins because you lose much more than you win. But the failure is part of the process to understand and analyze. You learn much more in the failure than in the success because you analyze much more. When you win you just say, 'It was great, this was great' and you move on. But when you don't win and you fail, you go much deeper into why.”
~Olympic show jumper Rodrigo Pessoa on handling disappointment

In our latest episode of the Practical Horseman Podcast, sponsored by Farnam Horse and Tribute Equine Nutrition, Pessoa talks about talks about his training philosophy, what makes a good horseperson, his thoughts on how jumping has changed over the years, and more.

Click the link in the Comments below to listen to the episode! 🔊⬇️

📷 AK Dragoo Photography

07/27/2026

Home from Gaelic Glen/The Parks Trillium show. We were a small but mighty group! Congratulations to all. Goals were achieved lessons learned and improvements were made. What more could you ask for??
Congratulations to Ru and Poetry in Motion for winning Reserve Champion in the 2’3/2’6 Children’s Hunters out of a huge group at both Gaelic Glen and The Parks shows!! Consistency at its best!
And to Cassandra and her new horse Special Addition for winning Champion in the 2’9 Children’s Hunter after only having the horse for a week. Future looks bright!

07/16/2026

We wish to congratulate Cassandra on the purchase of this lovely horse, Special Edition!! We are looking forward to watching you both develop together over the next few years.
A big Thank You to Kristjan Good for helping us put together this match, and to Hilary for trusting us with him.

07/15/2026

07/13/2026

Home from a very successful two weeks at Ottawa Equestrian Tournaments. They were challenging weeks for sure. The weather was a huge factor to say the least. But despite the weather, lots of learning and developing happened all around. Proud of our group.
Our two weeks were capped off by Guinness and Olivia winning Reserve Champion in the large pony Hunter and Imajacres Lionheart and Juliette winning Champion in the 3’3 JR/Am Hunters. Juliette and Lion won all 4 classes over fences!!! And if that wasn’t exceptional enough, they then went on to win the Hunter Classic with a score of 88 out of 42 competitors. A truly outstanding finish to our two weeks!!
Ottawa Equestrian Tournaments

07/01/2026

Due to ongoing weather conditions and the impact on the competition site, all classes scheduled for Thursday, July 2 have been cancelled.

Our team is continuing to work on next steps. Further updates will be shared as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.