Andrew Rafail Eventing
Andrew Rafail is an experienced coach, trainer, and competitor, with over 25 years of experience in the horse industry, specializing in eventing.
He operates Sunnymead Farm, a full service equestrian facility in Central Ontario.
13/04/2023
There’s still a bit of snow in the background, but the weather is beautiful and we are very happy to be working outside again!
07/02/2023
We like our Equicrowns so much, we bought a second pair. ☀️
EquiCrown Canada
29/01/2023
Snow Day!
22/10/2022
Beck 💫
02/10/2022
This is one of my favourite pictures of Beck, our 6 yr OTTB event prospect.
Beck retired from the track last winter. He is a forward thinking horse who always gives 110%. We feed Brooks Performance KER & KPP products, and his diet is supplemented with Canpressco camelina oil for extra calories and natural Vitamin E.
We talk a lot about management for our senior horses, the things we do to keep them healthy and happy as they age.
The truth is that we manage our young horses and seniors the same way — plenty of hay, customized feed programs, and quality supplements to meet their needs.
Transitions on the hills with Beck, no better way to spend a sunny day!
Sunnymead Farm
30/03/2022
First outdoor jump lesson of 2022! ☀️
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25/03/2022
Pole work day for Beck
A bit more of Beck yesterday, for those not on our Instagram. 💫
(Simon gets credit for the video, of course! 😉)
07/01/2022
Beautiful winter day!
02/01/2022
⭐️⭐️ Introducing Better Tapit (Beck) ⭐️⭐️
We are very excited to see what the future holds for this promising young gelding!
Beck is a 2016 16.3 OTTB sired by Tapit out of the mare Betterbetterbetter by Galileo. He retired from racing in October 2021.
Many thanks to Brit Vegas Gengenbach. We couldn’t be happier!!!
02/01/2022
Happy New Year!!!
01/01/2022
Congratulations to all of our riders, colleagues, and competitors on a successful 2021 season!!
Andrew & Simon finished 3rd on the Ontario Eventing - OEA Leaderboard in the Open Pre Training Division.
We are looking forward to 2022!!
Sunnymead Farm Hill Top Tack & Authorized Canpressco Dealer Canpressco Brooks Performance Horse Feeds Kentucky Performance Products Kentucky Equine Research Bahr Saddlery
01/09/2021
The garden jump.
Sunnymead Farm
30/08/2021
Very excited to see Simon’s pictures from Lane’s End ‘Ride for a Cure’ on August 8.
Many thanks to Susan Laverty and Dave Fletcher for hosting this amazing event. Your contributions to both the Ontario Eventing community and cancer research are inspiring.
Thank you Christina Handley Photography and Rebecca Gullett for donating your time and talent to this great cause. It is appreciated!
Simon finished 3rd in a competitive Open Pre-Training division. He’s been very consistent this season, also finishing 4th at Will O’Wind and Bronte Creek.
Congratulations to Carrie, Emma, Kalli, and Tracy on a super day! You rode well and made us very proud. 🙂
11/04/2021
20/11/2020
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16/11/2020
Meet Andrew Rafail, a Canpressco Sponsored Rider based out of Omemee, Ontario. Andrew is an experienced coach, trainer, and competitor, with over 25 years of experience in the horse industry, specializing in eventing.
Check out Andrew's page to learn more about his clinics and competition accomplishments. https://www.facebook.com/andrewrafaileventing/
"Adding Canpressco to our program we have seen an improvement in our horse's skin and hair coats, gut health, exercise tolerance as well as exercise recovery. We prefer to feed a higher fat, low glycemic diet to our horses. Canpressco has provided the Vitamin E, Omega 3 and fats supplementation in an easy palatable product." - Andrew Rafail
16/09/2020
25/07/2020
New jumps on course!
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25/07/2020
Congratulations to Hannah on the purchase of the lovely Harlequin! ❤️
17/07/2020
The grass ring is now open for schooling!
07/07/2020
The dressage ring is up and ready for schooling!
Harlequin, of course, was the first to test it out. ❤️
*SOLD*
Congratulations Hannah!
There are two predominant concerns that our riders have expressed after being separated from their horses for the past two months:
The first, if the riders have lost their riding fitness, will that have a negative impact on their horses physically?
The second is a question that comes up often after any extended period of relative equine inactivity - be it COVID-19 barn closures or stall rest - if the horse isn’t fit, how do they build fitness while avoiding injury, and if the horse seems stiff, what does that mean and what should they do about it?
I’ve mentioned before that we are very fortunate to have access to Tracy Thompson of Activate Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation on a weekly basis. She has worked on my horses, my riders, and is a valued client and friend.
She put together three videos back in April discussing what equine physiotherapy is and what it can do for our horses. Honestly, I can’t imagine a better time to share them.
The 3rd video (click play on the link below), shares details of what Tracy is able to offer as a physiotherapist, some of her techniques, and a brief description of her equipment: therapeutic ultrasound, laser, muscle stimulator, and kinesiotape.
In the 1st video, she shares information about her training and practice of both human and equine physiotherapy in the UK, Europe, and North America: https://www.facebook.com/225250441569390/videos/531559380885536/
The 2nd video shares an account of a case that had a strong impact on her: https://www.facebook.com/225250441569390/videos/227480751808442/
Equine physiotherapy has been a valuable asset to our training program, and we are very lucky to have a practitioner of this quality in Canada.
If you are interested in contacting Tracy Thompson, her information is here: https://www.activate-physiorehab.com/c-o-n-t-a-c-t
27/05/2020
Thank you to all our clients for your support and patience as we navigate the implementation of new protocols and policies aimed at keeping our staff, boarders, and students safe during COVID-19.
Ship in lessons are now available.
We will resume our riding school lessons in June.
Please contact us to book your lesson, and we will email you the current protocols.
02/05/2020
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If you have been contacted by this account, please report it.
I have contacted Instagram, hopefully they decide to remove the account soon!
My instagram account has been hacked. I am trying to sort it out now. My apologies to everyone who has been bothered by this!!!
The impersonator’s username is andrewrafaill (two Ls), and has been reported.
25/04/2020
Throwback to Zappa at Dreamcrest Horse Trials last year, Open Training division.
Andrew & Zappa: XC at Dreamcrest HT 2019, Open Training Andrew and Zappa jumping clear cross country in the Open Training division at Dreamcrest Horse Trials 2019.
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