32/ JUNE 2017 THE RIDER
Christilot Boylen Dominates Small Tour at CDI 3* Ottawa Dressage Festival
Ottawa, ON, May 24, 2017- Canadian dressage athletes danced into Ottawa for interna- tional-level competition on home soil during the CDI 3* Ot- tawa Dressage Festival, held May 18-21at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON. Six-time Olympian, Chris-
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tilot Boylen of Loretto, ON made her mark in the small tour, earning impressive personal best scores aboard Rockylane (Rock Forever x Rica), her 11-year-old Westphalian mare. Boylen took second place
in the Prix St. Georges on a score of 70.746% on May 19 be- fore moving on to claim back- to-back wins in the Intermediate I (72.632%) on May 20 and In- termediate
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(77.000%) on May 21. “I will always treasure the
memory of the Freestyle with Rocky in Ottawa, where she re- ceived her first huge score, and the first ‘10’ from one of the in- ternational judges,” explained Boylen, who was also presented with the CDI Leading Athlete Award. Boylen continued, “Rocky
and I began our journey about a year ago. She is a very special horse – light on her feet, elegant, and quite sensitive. We are building our relationship quietly and steadily. The Florida compe- titions gave me the opportunity to identify the training issues in the ring, and we have been working hard to solve the prob- lems as they arise. In Tryon I felt we had made some great
progress, and now Ottawa has shown me that it wasn’t a fluke – we have cemented our progress.” “I must thank all the won-
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derful people who have helped me reach this spot,” said Boylen. “Udo Lange, who is my eyes on the ground, my daughter, Billie, who has built a very special rap- port with Rocky, my blacksmith, Luke, my vets, and the whole team that is involved in looking after a horse at this level. Thank you to Deer Ridge Equestrian in Loretto, ON for allowing me to train out of their top class facil- ity. It is a pleasure every day! I also want to thank the organizers of the Ottawa Dressage Festival for a great job running this event.” In the big tour, Canadian
Olympian, Belinda Trussell from Stouffville, ON earned back-to-back wins aboard her 14-year-old Westphalian geld- ing, Tattoo 15 (Tuareg x Ramiro’s Son). The duo started out with a score of 70.540% in the Grand Prix on May 19, be- fore returned to the ring May 20, achieving a score of 69.843% in the Grand Prix Special. The final big tour win went
to fellow Canadian Olympian, Jacqueline Brooks of Cedar Val- ley, ON. Riding her 2012 Lon- don Olympics partner, D Niro (D-Day x Napoleon 625), an 18- year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding owned by Mary Brooks and Brookhaven Dressage Inc., she topped the Grand Prix Freestyle on a score of 72.400%. Veteran, Elizabeth Steacie
of Brockville, ON also earned success in the big tour. Partnered with Callahan (Cordoba x Matcho AA), a 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding she co-owns with Deborah Dudgeon, Steacie earned third place in both the Grand Prix (67.000%) and Grand Prix Freestyle (67.650%). “I was very pleased with
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the Grand Prix test; it was the first time we were able to put it all together for a clean test, and happily, the judges were able to give us a good score,” explained Steacie, who is a member of the Equestrian Canada (EC) Dres- sage Committee, and has been involved in the equestrian com- munity as a rider, trainer, and competitor for over 50 years. “I think we are on the right track now and will continue to im- prove. The Freestyle was fun. I have to do a little work on it. Now that the technical parts are coming together, we need to im- prove the degree of difficulty and choreography.” Speaking to her partner-
ship with Callahan, Steacie said, “I have had Callahan since he was five years old. I feel that we have developed a great partner- ship. He is not always an easy horse, but we have a lot of trust together now and it is great fun to ride him. So far, he continues to exceed my expectations for him, so we will hopefully con- tinue to progress.” Other Canadians with top
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placings in the big tour included Julia Peirce of Rigaud, QC, who rode her 13-year-old Lusitano gelding, Zimbro (Liso x Rico) to a score of 65.314% in the Grand Prix Special for second place, and Alexandra Dvorak from Hillsburgh, ON, who took sec- ond place in the Grand Prix
the CDI Leading Athlete Award at the CDI 3* Ottawa Dressage Festival, held May 18-21 in Ottawa, ON. PHOTO CREDIT – Cealy Tetley
Freestyle (67.875%) aboard Fling (Florestan I x Mont- martre), a 17-year-old West- phalian gelding owned by her father and fellow competitor, Tom Dvorak. Additional success stories
in the small tour included Trussell, this time aboard Car- lucci (Contendro I x Compli- ment), a 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Barbara Holden Sinclair. They started out with a win in the Prix St. Georges after scoring 71.667%, followed up by a second place finish in the Intermediate I with 70.307%. Tom Dvorak of Hillsburgh,
ON rounded out the top three in the Prix St. Georges, scoring 70.570% with Cyrus (Contucci x Cor Noir), an eight-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Carla Bahr. He was also third in the Intermediate I on a score of 69.167%. Tanya Strasser- Shostak of Ste-Adele, QC was the third-place finisher in the In- termediate I Freestyle riding Déjà Vu Tyme (Dauphin x Wer- bellin), a 10-year-old Hanover- ian gelding owned by her mother, Evi Strasser, and Erika Murphy. Canada’s up-and-coming
dressage athletes also made their mark at the Ottawa Dressage Festival. Vanessa Creech-Ter- auds of Caistor Centre, ON, who was a double silver medalist at the 2016 FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Cham- pionships (NAJYRC), won the CDI-U25 Grand Prix on May 20 on a score of 67.132% with Devon L (De Niro x Wolken- stein II), a 17-year-old Hanover- ian gelding owned by her mother, Diane Creech, and Louise Leatherdale. She was also third in the Young Rider Freestyle (69.542%) on May 21, this time aboard Rob Roy (Rubin Royal x Glorieux), a 13- year-old Hanoverian gelding also owned by Creech and Leatherdale. In the Young Rider divi-
sion, Alexandra Meghji of Toronto, ON - a Team Silver Medalist from NAJYRC 2016 - picked up two wins in as many days, topping the Young Rider Individual with 69.123% and the Young Rider Freestyle with 73.958% aboard Rigo (Rotspon x Weltmeyer), a 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Diana Belevsky. Yanina Woywitka of Mer-
rickville, ON was also a com- mon sight on the leaderboard
after competing with two part- ners. Riding R’Myattack (Rheirattack x Wanderbursh II), a 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Susanne Dutt-Roth, Woywitka won the Young Rider Team on May 19 with 68.333%, then earned second in both the Young Rider
Individual
(68.684%) and Young Rider Freestyle (71.542%) on May 20 and 21, respectively. Paired with Bakari (Belis-
simo M x Dream of Glory), an eight-year-old Hanoverian geld- ing owned by Wanda Jamieson, Woywitka was second in the Young Rider Team (66.930%), and third in the Young Rider In- dividual (67.544%). Sophie Dean-Potter of
Caledon, ON filled the remain- ing spot in the top-three on the leaderboard after taking third place in the Young Rider Team on a score of 66.754% with Wendy Dice (Redford x Welt Hit II), a 14-year-old Dutch Warm- blood mare owned by Helena Dean.
The Junior division saw
Ava MacCoubrey of Cobourg, ON earn a hat trick with Ritter Benno (Rolls Royce x Wein- berg), a 16-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Nicholas Hansen. Under the guidance of her coach, Jacqueline Brooks, MacCoubrey started with a 70.000% in the Junior Team on May 19, and then moved on the following day to receive 70.307% in the Junior Individ- ual. She capped off the weekend with a score of 72.667% in the Junior Freestyle on May 21. Allison Youngdale from
Osgoode, ON and Molly Gun- yon from Hudson, QC swapped off for the second and third place positions in the Junior division. Riding her 12-year-old Hol- steiner mare, RF Cosima (Conello x Sir Shostakovich xx), Youndale was second in the Jun- ior Team with 66.937%, third in the Junior Individual on a score of 65.202%, and third in the Jun- ior Freestyle (64.917%). Gun- yon rode her 16-year-old Hanoverian mare, Weltwunder (Waikiki x Wittinger), to third place in the Junior Team, scor- ing 65.991%, then earned sec- ond place in both the Junior Individual (66.009%) and Junior Freestyle (65.208%). For more information and
complete results from CDI 3* Ottawa Dressage Festival, visit
www.nationalcapitaldressage.ca.
Six-time Olympian, Christilot Boylen of Loretto, ON earned back-to- back wins in the small tour aboard Rockylane, plus was presented with
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