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DECEMBER 2025 Vol. 56 Issue No. 4 • ISSN: 1209-3955
Ireland’s Conor Swail Brings Down the House in Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto
Toronto, Ontario – Conor Swail of Ireland closed out the CSI5*-W Royal Horse Show by winning the $280,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto, presented by Ec- clestone Horse Transport, on Saturday evening, No- vember 15, held as part of the Royal Agricultural
Winter Fair in Toronto, ON.
Swail brought a sold-
out crowd of more than 6,500 fans to their feet as the final athlete to return in a three-horse jump-off over courses designed by Olaf Petersen, Jr. of Ger- many. He and Casturano, a 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Castelan 3 x Can- turo) owned by Conall Murray, stopped the clock at 41.24 seconds to take the win, Swail’s first in the FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto. Two up-and-coming
21-year-old riders repre- senting the United States rounded out the remaining spots on the podium with Skylar Wireman taking second on Barclino B while Mimi Gochman set- tled for third riding Inclen BH. Wireman had posted a
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INSIDE Ireland’s Conor Swail won the $280,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™
Toronto, presented by Ecclestone Horse Transport, on Saturday, November 15, at the CSI5*-W riding Casturano at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography
Add The 2026 Ontario Equine Expo to Your Calendar!
The 2026 Ontario
Equine Expo is shaping up to be a greatest spring show! After the success of its
inaugural year in 2025, with only 8 weeks of planning, the event has taken off for the upcoming year. A plethora of new exhibitors, as well as welcoming back previous exhibitors and sponsors, 2026 is shaping up to be a banner year. An assembly of new
team members will ensure this year’s Expo will be or- ganized and planned right down to the last time slot.
Amazing feedback was given after 2025, and the Ontario Equine Expo will continue to forge ahead! “We don’t want to for-
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about the horses first and foremost. We present the best available horses and riders for our clinic partici- pants and auditors, as well as our demonstrations. We are not a horse show with fill that’s boring and hard to follow. We are a profes- sional organization, and we want each and every ticket buyer to have the best expe- rience possible. We want heads to spin with a 3-day event full of knowledge and experience in the arena. The
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Alex Matz .............................................................3 Remembering........................................................4 REACH: Pay It Forward: .....................................4 Susan Dahl............................................................6 Equine Nutrition ...................................................8 Obituary: Dorreen Hellyer....................................8 Equine Symposium...........................................9 Our Friend Peter Van Eerd................................9 From the Trainer’s Eye ...................................10 OXC News......................................................12 OFA News.......................................................12 Joanne Milton Received Award ......................13 ORCHA News................................................14 Free Online Courses........................................15 OTRA News....................................................16 Industry Ambassadors.....................................16 ORHA News...................................................18 OQHA News...................................................21 QROOI News..................................................23 Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu.................................25 Anne Gage Column ............................................26 Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week.................................26 Lynn Palm.......................................................27 Equi-Cup Results............................................27 Horse Listening...............................................28 Jockey Club of Canada News.........................28 Lindsay Grice Column....................................29 Jumping High Performance Advisory Group .29 Rate of Penicillin Administration ...................30 Artistic Integrity Tattoo Ranch .......................30 National Dressage and
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