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Ottawa, ON—For the second week in a row, the Canadi- an para-equestrian riders were at the top of their game at Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CPEDI 3*, held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Centre in West Palm Beach, FLA, January 25-29.
Jody Schloss of Toronto, ON, riding Inspector Rebus, her 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding fin- ished second in of her Grade 1a Team test with 67.255%
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Canadian Para-Equestrian Continue Winning Ways at the Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CPEDI 3* 3
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This competition in Florida was made possible through the Own the Podi- um program, a national sport technical initiative designed to help Canada’s sum- mer and winter athletes achieve podium success at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Canadian Para-Equestrian Team finished fourth in the world at the end of the Paralympic qualification period earn- ing Canada a team berth to compete at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
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20-year-old Welsh gelding. Madison Lawson of Bon- field, ON, rode her horse McGuire, her 17-year-old Canadian Sport Horse gelding to eighth place. In the Individual Championship test, Lawson and McGuire were fourth. Poole and Vasco E placed sixth, while rid- ing her second horse, Frisbee, Poole was seventh. Poole and Vasco E were second in the Grade VI Freestyle with 68.500%, while Lawson and McGuire placed fourth with 67.667%. With Frisbee, Poole rounded out the Canadian entries for six place with 64.417%.
Lauren Barwick gen- erously offered Ashley Gowanlock the ride on her 2008 Paralympic gold medal winning horse, Maile, for a new partner- ship. Gowanlock, of Sur- rey, BC, earned a third place finish in the Grade 1b Team Test riding the18-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare with a score of 67.576 %. The pair then went on to finish second in the Individual Championship test with a score of 70.072%. Gowanlock and Maile then wowed the judges during their Freestyle, scoring 75.333%, which was six per cent higher than her closest competi- tor, for the win.
and Individual test with 66.167%. The pair won their Freestyle with a score of 71.667%, which was over six per cent higher than her nearest competitor. Also com- peting in Grade 1a was Robyn Andrews of St. Johns, NL, riding her horse Fancianna, an 11-year-old Warm- blood mare. In the Team test Andrews and Fancianna placed third. In the Individual test Andrews was fifth with Fancianna, and in the Freestyle the pair finished in fourth place.
Using the top three combined scores from the Team test and Individual test, Canadians Lauren Barwick, Ashley Gowanlock, Lynne Poole and Jody Schloss fin- ished second in the team competition.
“I am so proud of how everyone from the athletes to the support staff, came together for these two shows,” said Para-Equestrian Team coach, Andrea Taylor. “The bonus of having two back-to-back CPEDI competitions is that it gave us all a great opportunity to make adjust- ments and try different things from one show to the next.
“Whether it’s more integrated sup- port team support, different feed or changes to a warm up routine, it is all get- ting narrowed down so that the athletes have a solid base from which to compete. Thanks to everyone who was there. We had a fabulous time,” added Taylor. Chef d’équipe Quigg-Robinson, team coaches Andrea Taylor and Mary Longden, veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Miller, sport psychologist April Clay, and team manager Amie O’Shaughnessy provided support to the Canadian para-equestrian riders for the duration of the competition in Florida.
In addition to the national team coaches Taylor and Longden, Robyn Andrews is coached by Sue McTavish, Madison Lawson coached by Gary Van- der Ploeg, Lynne Poole is coached by Karin Davis and Jody Schloss is coached by Jessica Rhinelander.
About Para-Equestrian Canada Para-Equestrian Canada is the Equine Canada committee responsible for developing programs for athletes with a physical disability, and implementing the Para-Dressage high performance program. Para-Equestrian is one of Canada’s most successful international disciplines, achieving an individual gold medal and an individual silver medal at the 2008 Para- lympic Games, as well as two individual bronze medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games.
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PHOTOS
1/ Ashley Gowanlock on Ferdonia 2/ Jody Schloss on Inspector Rebus 3/ Lauren Barwick on Off To Paris 4/ Lynne Poole on VascoE 5/ Madison Lawson of McGuire
Photo Credit— Lindsay McCall, United States Para-Equestrian Association
Riding Equine Cana- da’s nine-year-old Olden- burg mare, Off to Paris, Barwick of Aldergrove, BC, handily won the Grade II Teat test, scoring 75.000%. The pair was second in the Individual test with a score of 71.349%., but returned to their winning form for the Freestyle, earning the top score of the CPEDI com- petition with 77.167%. In Grade VI Team test, Lynne Poole of Schomberg, ON, finished in third riding Vasco E, her 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, and fourth riding Frisbee, her
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