JANUARY 2012 THE RIDER / 29


Section 2 INSIDE


Exciting New Talent Breaks onto the International Dressage Scene


Stouffville, Ontario – Dynamic young dressage couple Tina and Jaimey Irwin of Stouffville, ON, have enjoyed an incredible year, welcoming their first child six months before Tina made her international debut and Jaimey coached one-half of the Canadian Dressage Team to a Silver Medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.


of whether the rider would be Tina or Jaimey! “The stars had to align properly,” laughed Tina, who gave birth to a boy, Gavin, on April 19. “Before I got pregnant, I had helped Mary Ellen with her training and had competed Winston a few times. Jaimey took


Continued on Page 31.


New Dressage Talent......................29 Mark Todd ......................................30 OnTRA News .................................34 Jump Canada Symposium...............34 Lamaze is People Choice................35 Dressage Canada Board..................35 Breaking Dawn ...............................36 Standardbred Racing News.............36 Horse of A Lifetime........................37 Equine Canada Convention ............37 Lynn Palm.......................................37


Meredith Manor..............................39 Helmets Required ...........................38 Canadians win in Argentina............39 New Equine Wellness Course.........41 If Jumping Wasn’t Enough.............42 OEF Awards ...................................43 Saddle For 4 Life ............................45 Classifieds, Directory Ads.........46-51 Real Estate ......................................52 Two Fair Mares...............................53 Barbara Mitchell at Can-Am ..................53


FOXHUNTER TACK SHOP We will not Knowingly be Undersold


Toll Free 1-800-668-0304 250 Page Web Site http://www.foxhunter.on.ca


WE NOW HAVE TWO STORES! One located at the Renowned


ROYAL CANADIAN RIDING ACADEMY and one at 4341 Stouffville Road - 6km East of the 404


Tina Irwin riding Winston won a Team Silver medal and placed fifth individually riding Winston in her Pan American Games debut in Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo Credits – Dieter Busse


While Tina made her major games debut at the 2011 Pan American Games, her husband, Jaimey, was responsible for coaching one-half of the Canadian Dres- sage Team members that claimed the Silver Medal on October 20 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Canada’s four- member dressage team included Tina and Roberta Byng- Morris, both coached by Jaimey.


The Silver Medal represented teamwork on several different levels, not only between Tina and her horse, Winston, but also between Tina and Jaimey, her husband and coach. Both Tina and Jaimey compete at the Olympic level of grand prix as well as coach students and train horses at their Stoney Lake Equestrian business based in Stouffville, ON.


Last fall, Mary Ellen Horgan approached Tina and Jaimey about riding her horse, Winston. A student of the Irwin’s, Horgan had imported Winston from Holland on Tina and Jaimey’s advice, but hip replacement surgery was forcing her out of the saddle. As Horgan’s main trainer, Tina was the most familiar with Winston, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding. In addition, Tina was selling Amicelli, a horse she had developed from a four-year-old up to the grand prix level, leaving her without a top mount. Having Tina take over the reins seemed like the natural choice, and soon Tina and Jaimey were revising their 2011 competition strategy to include the Pan American Games.


As fate would have it, Tina had just learned that she was pregnant, with a due date of April 2011. With two grand prix riders in the family, the pair quickly for- mulated a plan that would allow October’s Pan Ameri- can Games to remain their goal for the 2011 season. Jaimey would continue to train Winston over the winter and begin competing in the spring to qualify for the Pan Am selection trials. When Tina was able, she would return to the saddle and attempt to get her qualifying scores for the Pan Am selection trials. There was no doubt that Winston was the horse, it was just a question


Saddle fitting available by our Cair Specialist Saddler for BATES, WINTEC and COLLEGIATE CONVERTIBLE Saddles. We can adjust your saddle for balance by raising or lowering the front or back of the saddle or we can adjust the fit of the panels by changing the bottom arc (rocker) to suit your horse. We can come to your horse for a custom fit or we can adjust the saddle using digital pictures of your horse with and without the saddle.


January-February Winter Clearance! In Store Specials at our Main Store


Clear out of saddles, boots, show shirts, bridles and other items. Over $200,000 in brand name merchandise at prices we are not allowed to advertise!


SADDLE SALE!


On most Crosby, Santa Cruz, Pessoa, Lovatt & Ricketts, Klimke Dressage, Anky Dressage, Harry Dabbs, and others at 40% to 60% off MSRP. plus WE PAY THE TAXES (SO AN EXTRA 13% OFF)


(AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER ITEMS) to reflect the Canadian Dollar. v m


or INTERAC - E Mail Money Transfer Contact Foxhunter: alan@foxhunter.on.ca


4341 Stouffville Road, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X5 Toll Free (Canada & USA) 1-800-668-0304


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56