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James Irwin wins Advanced Championship at CDI3*/YH Cornerstone Summer Festival


By Angela Booth Malleau for Dressage Canada


Ottawa, ON—James (Jaimey) Irwin of Stouffville, ON swept the Advanced Division at the Cornerstone Farms Summer Festival, July 15-17, 2011, held at the Caledon Equestrian Park. Riding Winston, Mary Ellen Hor- gan’s 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding by Whin- ny Jackson, Irwin earned scores of 70.684% in the Prix St. Georges, 70.132% in the Intermediaire 1, and 73.875% in the Intermediaire 1 Freestyle.


She and Gran Gesto, the 16-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Brinc Ltd and Anne Welch, won the Grand Prix Freestyle with a very solid score of 70.950%. Not one of the five judges scored the duo below 70 percent, a testimo- ny to the combination’s experience and crowd-pleasing performance.


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James (Jaimey) Irwin swept the Advanced Division at the Cornerstone Farms Summer Festival, July 15-17, 2011, held at the Caledon Equestrian Park. Riding Winston, Mary Ellen Horgan’s 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding by Whinny Jackson, Irwin earned scores of 70.684% in the Prix St. Georges, 70.132% in the Intermediaire 1, and 73.875% in the Intermediaire 1 Freestyle.


Photo Credit—Jen Brailsford www.mwimages.com


Both Jaimey and his wife Tina have been cam- paigning Winston this season, and both have qualified to compete at the Pan American Games team trials in August. As of July 23, Jaimey led the qualification race with a combined average of 70.412%. Under Tina, Winston was the Alpha Omega Horse of the Month for June 2011, and Tina herself was declared the Red Scarf Athlete of the Month for June. She currently sits in fourth place in the qualification standings, an impres- sive feat given that she just began showing in May, having given birth to their first child in February. When asked who would be competing at the team tri- als, Jaimey replied:


“I think the situation that we have is a very


unique one. I don’t believe that it has ever happened before that a husband and wife … have both qualified on the same horse for a major team event. Winston is an exceptionally consistent horse … exactly what a team horse should be. I feel very fortunate to be able to ride such a horse and could not have had the success without the amazing support of Mary Ellen and Michael Horgan who own Winston. I know that every- one wants to know who will be riding Winston at the trials and that will be Tina. That was the deal since Tina had a baby and was riding Winston before, she would get the ride if she could. I had trained Winston all winter to get him to the point where he would be strong, fit and very consistent to be a top contender for the Pan Am Games.”


In the Grand Prix division, 2007 Pan American Games team silver medalist Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, On, won the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special classes with Devon L. The 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding (by DeNiro) is owned by Creech’s long-time sponsor Douglas Leatherdale. This is the gelding’s sec- ond year at Grand Prix, and he is very comfortable now at dressage’s highest level. The pair was also victori- ous at the two Milton CDIs in June.


“We are very excited having several international judges agreeing on the quality in Devon L’s Grand Prix Work. He is showing with more maturity and consis- tency. We do love to see how pleased he is with him- self and happy,” said Creech.


Also coming off her success at the Milton CDIs was Olympian Jacqueline Brooks of Cedar Valley, ON.


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