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Canadian Young Riders Team Also Finishes Second in Nations Cup


Ottawa, Ontario, March 5, 2013 —- For the second day in a row, Canadian riders collected silver medals on the podium following their second place finish in the $10,000 Hollow Creek FEI Young Riders Nations Cup, held Saturday, March 2, dur- ing the CSIO4* FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL.


fornia to Florida to be part of this competition. It was really nice to have the whole country represented with riders from the east and the west of Canada.”


“They were all team players and wonderful young ladies, who came together as a team to ride really well for Canada,” added Underhill.


Competing in the International Ring earlier in the day for round one of the competition, the Cana- dian Team was comprised of Bretton Chad and Kara Chad of Calgary, AB, Amelia Vernon of Cal- gary, AB, and Nicole Walker of Aurora, ON. Walker, riding her own horse High Yummy, an 11- year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding, and Bretton Chad, with Stone Ridge Farms LLC’s Santa Cate- rina LS La Silla, a 12-year-old mare, posted clear opening rounds. Vernon riding Jaime Auletto’s Udolente, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, and Kara Chad with Stone Ridge Farms LLC’s Alberto II, a 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding, both had one rail and a time fault each to finish with a score of five.


Using Nations Cup rules, only the top three scores are to count and Canada easily qualified for the second round held later in the evening under the lights. Heading into round two, Canada was tied with the United States at the top with five faults. In the evening round, Kara Chad had one time fault over the Anthony d’Ambrosio designed course, while Walker had four faults and Bretton Chad accumulated five. Vernon’s score of nine was the drop score for the second round. With a two round total of 15, Canada claimed second place. The United States won the competi- tion with a total of 10, while the team from Columbia rounded out the top three spots with a score of 48.


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“It was an absolute pleasure to be the chef d’équipe of the Young Rider Nations Cup team,” said, Beth Underhill, of Canada’s second place fin- ish. “Bretton, Kara and Amelia all flew from Cali-


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