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Pleasant Ridge Saddlery Building Massive New Store
Pleasant Ridge Saddlery has broken ground on a new store that will be the largest equine sepcific store in Canada. The new location is just up the road from the original store and will boast almost 25,000 square feet of floor space allowing for new nd enhanced prod- uct lines.
Planning for a fall 2012 opening the store will be begin construction in the coming weeks. Have a look as you drive by on the way to Pleasant Ridge’s annual May Tent Sale, which is expecting up to 10,000 visi- tors over the long weekend, May 16- 20.
Canadians Finish in the Top 10 at The Fork International Horse Trials
Ottawa, ON—Canadian National Eventing Team members Rebecca Howard, Hawley Bennett- Awad Jessica Phoenix and Diana Burnett all finished in the top 10 in the CIC 3* division at The Fork Inter- national Horse Trials, held April 6–8 in Norwood, NC, USA.
Rebecca Howard of Salmon Arm, BC, and her 2010 World Equestrian Games partner Riddle Master, Blithe Hill Farm’s 11-year-old Canadian Sport Horse gelding, took second place in the hotly contested division which featured 60 of the top North American horse/rider combinations. A score of 45.60 put Howard and Riddle Master in eighth place after dres- sage. A fault-free ride over the cross country course designed by Captain Mark Phillips, followed by a clean show jumping effort moved the pair moved up the leaderboard to finish second place. They were one of only two entries in the division to finish on their dressage score.
Ryan and Alicia Cleaves, Sharon Cleaves, Aspen and Paxton Cleaves
“I was thrilled with Riddle Master,” said Howard, who will make her next stop with Riddle Master at the CIC 3* at Jersey Fresh in Allentown, NJ. “He is stronger, more confident and established in all three phases this year.”
Hawley Bennett- Awad of Langley, BC rode her 2010 World Equestrian Games mount Gin & Juice, a 12-year-old Thorough- bred mare owned by Ben- nett and Linda Paine, to a sixth place finish, adding only 7.20 cross country time penalties to their dres- sage score of 48.90 to fin- ish with 56.10.
“I was very happy with Gin & Juice’s dres- sage test. She was very relaxed in the ring,” said Bennett-Awad. “She com- pleted the cross country like a pro and was nice and fresh for the jumping on Sunday. Honestly, I could not have asked for a more fantastic weekend.”
Rebecca Howard
Cannington, ON native Jessica Phoenix and her own Exponential, a 14- year-old Canadian Thor- oughbred gelding, were the second combination to fin- ish on their dressage score in the three star division. The pair moved up from 36th place to ninth overall on a score of 61.20. Rounding out the top 10 was Diana Burnett of Blackstock, ON and Shi- gatzi, her own nine-year- old Canadian Thorough- bred gelding. Burnett added 1.20 cross country time and four show jump- ing penalties to her dres- sage score of 57.90 to fin- ish with 63.10. Selena O’Hanlon of Kingston, ON, riding her 2010 World
Games partner Colombo, a 7-year-old Swedish Warm- blood gelding, owned by Elaine and Michael Davies, had a final score of 71.70.1 for 17th overall. Other Canadians completing the CIC3* The Fork included Shandiss Wewiora and Rockfield Grant Juan (21st), Bennett- Awad and 5 O’clock Somewhere (24th), Peter Barry and Kilrodan Abbott (28th), Danica Moore and Utah B (31st) and Tessa Beckett and Sound Prospect (34th).
In the CIC 2* divi- sion O’Hanlon rode Fox- wood High, her 2011 Pan American Games team sil- ver medal mount, to a
fourth place finish. With John Rumble’s nine-year- old Canadian Sport Horse gelding, O’Hanlon added four show jumping penal- ties to her dressage score of 57.80 to finish with 61.80.
Phillip Dutton, of the United States, claimed the CIC 3* win aboard Mys- tery Whisper.
“Foxwood High was a little distracted going into the dressage ring, however he used it in a positive way and it added some pizzazz to a very obedient test,” said O’Han- lon, who plans to do the CCI 2* division at the CCI3* Bromont Interna- tional Three-Day Event in June. “I always look for- ward to cross country at the Fork. It’s a lovely gal- loping course. Foxwood High has a great gallop so the time was easy to make.
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