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too 15 (Tuareg x Ramiro’s Son), a 14-year-old Westphalian geld- ing. They started out with a score of 66.780% in the CDI 3* Grand Prix (for Grand Prix Special) on Sept. 29, then improved their score to 68.529% the following day in the CDI Grand Prix Spe- cial.


Trussell also dominated the


highly competitive small tour - which featured 25 entries from Canada, the United States and even Germany – this time part- nered with Carlucci (Contendro I x Compliment), a 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Barbara Holden Sinclair. To kick things off, they scored 72.982% to win the CDI Prix St. Georges on Sept. 29, then earned a second win on Sept. 30 in the CDI Inter-


mediate I on Sept. 30 (73.465%). Ensuring a Canadian sweep


of the small tour was Lori Bell of Beaverton, ON and her up-and- coming partner, Flirt (Florencio x Donnerhall), a nine-year-old Old- enburg gelding. Together they scored 74.350% to win the CDI Intermediate I Freestyle on Oct. 1.


Also representing Canada


in the top three in the small tour was Tom Dvorak of Hillsburgh, ON, paired with Cyrus (Contucci x Cor Noir), an eight-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Carla Bahr. The duo earned sec- ond place finishes across the board, beginning with the CDI Prix St. Georges on a score of 70.658%. They returned the fol- lowing day to earn 69.956% in the CDI Intermediate I, before capping off Devon with a score of 74.000% in the Intermediate I Freestyle.


David Ziegler, 24, of


Beiseker, AB, also made a return to the CDI dressage ring at Devon. An up-and-coming Cana- dian athlete in both dressage and eventing, Zeigler made a name for himself after an incredible performance at the 2014 FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships


(NA-


JYRC), where he won medals in both dressage and eventing. Competing in FEI dressage


for the first time since Devon 2016, Ziegler entered the small tour with multiple mounts, but it was with Fie Guldbjerg (Don Schufro x Kanudos XX), a nine- year-old Danish Warmblood mare owned by Jean Good that he saw the most success. Their highest result came in the CDI Prix St. Georges, where a score of 68.904% put them into third place.


Fellow up-and-comer, Vanessa Creech-Ter- auds, 17, of Caistor Centre, ON (daugh- ter


kicked things off for the duo in the CDI-U25 Interme- diate II. They went on


to earn


67.884% in the CDI-U25 Grand Prix on Sept. 30 for second place, then finished on Oct. 1 with third place (68.775%) in the


Grand


CDI-U25 Prix


Freestyle. Creech-Ter-


auds saw even more success in the CDI Young Rider


division,


earning a hat trick by winning all three


classes of Diane


Creech), also had an impressive showing, competing in two di- visions with two dif- ferent partners. R i d i n g


Devon L (De Niro x Wolkenstein II), a 1 7 - y e a r - o l d Hanoverian gelding owned


by her


mother and Louise L e a t h e r d a l e , Cr e e ch-Te r auds earned to-three plac- ings across


Belinda Trussell & Carlucci . Photo Credit – Susan J. Stickle


A Partnership That Works!


board in the CDI Under 25 (U25) di- vision. A score of 63.632% for third place on Sept. 29


aboard Fleur de Lis L, her partner from NAJYRC 2016, where she picked up double indi- vidual silver medals and team gold. In Devon, their first win came in the Young Rider Team Test on Sept. 29 after scoring 68.289%. On Sept. 30, they won with a score of 66.816%, then completed the hat trick on Oct. 1 after earning 72.350% in the Young Rider Freestyle. Canada’s Junior athletes


the


were equally successful. Ava MacCoubrey, 16, of Cobourg, ON mirrored Creech-Terauds success by putting a second hat trick on the board for Canada. Returning to the ring for the first time since June with Ritter Benno (Rolls Royce x Wein- berg), a 16-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Hicholas Hansen, MacCoubrey topped the CDI Junior Team Test with a score of 68.468% on Sept. 29. She followed up with scores of


Vanessa Creech-Terauds & Fleur de Lis L Photo Credit – Stacy Lynne Photography


70.263% and 72.900%, respec- tively in the Individual and Freestyle classes. Close behind in the result


with two different horses was Al- lison Youngdale, 17, of Osgoode, ON. Riding RF Cosima 201 (Conello x Sir Shostakovich xx), her 12-year-old Holsteiner mare, Youngdale had her best results, taking second place across the board in the Team (67.072%), In- dividual (66.079%) and Freestyle (66.775%). Riding her NAJYRC 2017 partner, Ramiro (Blue Hors Don Romantic x Rambo), her 10- year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, she also picked up third place in both the Team (67.027%)


and Individual


(64.947%). Adding even more wins to


Canada’s tally at Devon was Eiren Crawford, a Canadian who currently resides in Sparks Glen-


coe, MD. In addition to earning top-10 placings in the big tour, Crawford brought along a young string of horses to contest the FEI Young Horse classes. Her best results came


aboard Bacary, owned by Lisa Smith, in the 5-Year-Old divi- sion. They won both classes, with impressive scores of 78.400% on Sept. 28 and 78.800% on Sept. 29. Paired with Godot SSF, a Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Scot and Carole Tol- man and sired by Sir Sinclair, Crawford began on Sept. 28 with a second place finish on 79.600%, then returned the fol- lowing day to score 77.200% for the win. For more information and


full results from the CDI-W/3* Dressage at Devon, visit www.dressageatdevon.org.


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