The Rider July 2010

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Ashley Holzer and Pop Art Win Grand Prix Freestyle at CDI 4* Lingen

Ottawa, Ontario—Three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer won the Grand Prix Freestyle at CDI 4* Lingen, in Lingen, GER, held June 4 – 6, 2010.

On the second stop of the Dressage Canada European Tour, Holzer and her 2008 Olympic partner Pop Art (Amsterdam x Cabochon), earned a score of 76.300%. The 13-year-old Dutch Warm- blood gelding is owned by Rusty Holzer and Moreen Nicoll. The duo beat Eng- land’s Laura Bechtolsheimer and Andretti H, winners of Grand Prix for Freestyle test. Canadian rider Shannon Dueck of Loxachatchee, FL, scored 69.650% for eighth in the Grand Prix Freestyle riding Ayscha, her nine-year-old Oldenburg mare by Welt Hit II. Cheryl Meisner of Bland- ford, NS finished just behind Dueck in ninth place with 69.400% aboard Paganini, John Risley’s 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Havidoff x Statuar).

In the Grand Prix for Freestyle, Holzer and Pop Art earned 70.213% for fourth place; Dueck and Ayscha were seventh with 67.021%, earning their fourth World Equestrian Games qualifying score for the Canadian Dressage Team; and Meisner and Paganini rounded out the Canadian entries with 66.340% for ninth place. Canadian Olympian

Belinda Trussell of Newmar- ket, ON and Anton (Antaeus x Melit), a 10-year-old German- bred gelding owned by Robyn Eames, scored 68.894% to fin- ish in 10th out of 22 entries in the Grand Prix for Special test. The duo then improved upon their score in the Grand Prix Special, earning 70.417% for eighth place.

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Holzer also competed in the Prix St. Georges/Interme- diaire I with Jewel’s Sonnen- stern (Sandro Hit x Sion), an eight-year-old Oldenburg stal- lion owned by Jewel Court Stud VS. They placed third with 68.947% in the Prix St. Georges test and fourth in the Intermediaire I test, scoring 68.105%.

Canadian World Equestri- an Games declared riders remaining in North America may attend Dressage at Blainville CDI 3*, June 18 – 20, 2010, in Blainville, QC; or Edmonton Gold Rush CDI3*, July 15 - 19, 2010, in Edmon- ton, AB, in order to earn WEG qualifying scores.

The international judging panel for the CDI 4* included Katrina Weust (FEI O—GER), Dr. Dietrich Plewa (FEI O— GER), Peter Engle (FEI I— GER), Ghislain Fouarge (FEI O—NED), Isobel Wessels (FEI I—GBR), Leif Tornblad (FEI O—DEN), and Dr. Vin- cenzo Truppa (FEI I—ITA). The European Tour has been made possible through the Own the Podium program, a national sport technical ini- tiative designed to help Cana- da’s summer and winter ath- letes achieve podium success at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Two tour stops remain: CDIO Rotterdam, NED, June 16 – 20; and CDIO Aachen, GER, July 13 – 18,

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Sagacious Enjoys Strong Return to the Grand Prix at Blainville CDI

Blainville, Quebec (June 24, 2010) – Pan Am Gold medalists Lauren Sammis and Sagacious HF, an 11-year-old KWPN geld- ing owned by Al Guden, made a spectacular return to the Grand Prix ring at the Blainville CDI3* in Quebec. After time away from the CDI show ring due to muscle soreness, Sagacious was back in winning form earning a second place in the Grand Prix with a 66.681% and a second place in the Grand Prix Freestyle with a 73.200%.

“Lauren and Sagacious won blue ribbons in their return to the ring, unfortunately they were in Canada where blue is second place,” joked Guden, who bought Sagacious as a four-month-old colt in Holland. “We were pleased with Lauren’s perfor- mance. She was striving to ride a quiet, accurate test to assure that Sagacious was fine with showing again. As a pair, both Lauren and Sagacious have proved they are consistent under pressure. They both seem unfazed by the com- petitive environment and that really helps them succeed,” added Guden.

The talented gelding proved to be in competitive form, and Sammis said she is looking for- ward to competing him at the Grand Prix Dressage Selection Trials for the World Equestrian Games at Gladstone in August. “I rode Sagacious in reserve in Blainville, in a dress-rehearsal type way,” Sammis said. “I know when it comes down to it I can ask for more and he will be bril- liant.”

Photo: Sagacious HF, owned by Al Guden, and ridden by Lauren Sammis made a triumphant return to the show ring in the Grand Prix at Blainville CDI3*. Next up for the award-winning duo: competing in the Grand Prix Dressage Selection Trials for the World Equestrian Games at Gladstone in August. (Photo by Cealy Tetley – tetleyphoto.com)

ographed by Marlene Whitaker. “My part is understanding, shap- ing and delivering Lauren’s vision and brilliance,” Whitaker said, adding that most of the music in the freestyle is by Yanni and John Tesh. “It was an honor to work with Lauren and Saga- cious and I hope the music inspires them also. I am often still moved to tears and never tire of hearing it.”

Sammis was thrilled with her new musical freestyle that she debuted at Blainville, chore-

Sammis said Blainville was her first time to ride through the new musical freestyle. “I opted out of a few things on the test because I wanted to keep it low key for our first time back,” she said. Sammis’ strategic ability to gauge Sagacious’ performance in competition has consistently served them as the successfully

came up the levels into the inter- national arena. They won the Team Gold Medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio in the Prix St George and the Indi- vidual Silver Medal for the US. In 2009, they made the successful transition to the Grand Prix win- ning 10 out of 12 CDI competi- tions entered. And their success in Grand Prix at Blainville is tes- timony to this pairs potential as this season progresses.

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Egyptian Arabian Horses from Canada Awarded In Kentucky

By Kelly Bowers

Canadian endurance horses were well repre- sented by a 16 year old Egyptian Arabian named HAF Allieena+/ (aka. Leena) who was rewarded for her performance in the 25 mile Pyramid Chal- lenge Endurance Race in Kentucky. She was the first Egyptian Arabian to cross the finish line (4th overall out of 26) earning her the prestigious Mid- dle Eastern Ceremonial Saddle generously donat- ed by HRM Mohammed IV of Morocco. Leena is proudly owned by Michelle Bignell of Cayuse Creek Ranch, Millbrook, ON and was ridden by a junior, Gia Petrella of Cobourg.

Even more impressive is the fact that Leena also won the ceremonial saddle for the 50 mile race in 2008. In the ten years that the saddle has been awarded, she is the only Canadian horse to have received it, and only the second horse to have won it twice. It is also worth noting that Gia Petrella is only the second junior rider to have ever won this race.

Winning was “all in the family” as Leena’s son, an 8 year old gelding named Kashif, was the second Egyptian Arabian to cross the fin- ish line of

the Kentucky race. His impressive performance earned him the ceremonial gold plated stirrup. Kashif was ridden by his owner, Bob Coleman, also of Cayuse Creek Ranch. Amazingly, the event was Kashif’s first endurance race and they finished 5th overall out of 26 starters. It seems Canada was represented very well indeed.

Top: Gia Petrella receives the ceremonial saddle from The Pyramid Society Bottom: Bob Coleman, Leena and Kashif with their prizes Left: Gia Petrella riding Leena.

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