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TORONTO, Oct. 9, 2025 /CNW/ - The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, the world's largest indoor combined agricultural and equestrian show, will return to Toronto's Exhibition Place from November 7-16, 2025, bringing the country to the city for its biggest and best year yet.
Guelph, ON Oct 17, 2025 - Firefighters, emergency managers, veterinary professionals, and community stakeholders from across southwestern Ontario gathered at Grand River Raceway in Elora for a specialized Large Animal Emergency Rescue course, from Equine Guelph. Grand River Agricultural Society (GRAS) provided foundational funding for the program back in 2014 and was proud to support the full-to-capacity one day hands-on workshop on October 17,2025.
With her family ties to equestrian sport, it’s unsurprising that Allie Schmidt developed a strong connection with horses at a young age. By her mid-teens, she was already running her own training program from her family’s barn in Campbellville, Ontario, and by the end of high school, she was competing at the FEI Junior level in dressage.
Guelph, ON Sept 9, 2025 - Equine Guelph’s Large Animal Emergency Rescue (LAER) training team made waves on the East Coast this summer with fully booked workshops at Whinny Hill Equestrian Centre in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
The Rider is Ontario's number one source for horse industry news and information both in print and online.
The newspaper is in its 51st year of publication. The Rider has special English, Western, Quarter Horse and general sections having many columns written by industry leaders, a comprehensive coming events section, stable, stallion, and service directories, real estate ads and classifieds. The Rider covers all English and Western disciplines as well as Quarter Horse Racing, Driving and various other breeds and disciplines. The Rider is distributed through subscription, through the memberships of our official association partners and through almost 300 tack and feed stores. The Rider is also available as a digital edition.
The Rider is a six time recipient of the Ontario Equestrian Federation Media of the Year award. Editor and Publisher, Barry Finn is the Past-president of the Independent Publishers Association of Ontario.
Our dedicated advertisers and faithful readers have kept the paper going strong for 51 years. We're looking forward to keeping you informed for many more years to come. We welcome your press releases and news.
TORONTO, Oct. 9, 2025 /CNW/ - The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, the world's largest indoor combined agricultural and equestrian show, will return to Toronto's Exhibition Place from November 7-16, 2025, bringing the country to the city for its biggest and best year yet.
Guelph, ON Oct 17, 2025 - Firefighters, emergency managers, veterinary professionals, and community stakeholders from across southwestern Ontario gathered at Grand River Raceway in Elora for a specialized Large Animal Emergency Rescue course, from Equine Guelph. Grand River Agricultural Society (GRAS) provided foundational funding for the program back in 2014 and was proud to support the full-to-capacity one day hands-on workshop on October 17,2025.
