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Grand Prix Freestyle on March 30.
Fraser-Beaulieu and All In
finished just off the podium in fourth place, but ended the AGDF season on a high note, breaking their personal best score yet again after earning 76.990%. “I’m very thrilled to be the
top Canadian rider in the Na- tions Cup,” said Fraser- Beaulieu, adding, “I’m proud of all our team members and the U25 riders. We had great team spirit and we all supported each other, so I’m very happy about that.”
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Team Canada 1, comprised of Naima Moreira Laliberté of Outremont, QC and Laurence Blais Tétreault of Montreal, QC, brought home the bronze during the CDIO-U25 Nations Cup, presented by Diamante Farms. L to R: Laurence Blais Tétreault, Naima Moreira Laliberté, Christine Peters, Thomas Baur, Gary Rockwell. Photo Credit: Susan J. Stickle
closed out the week with a sixth place freestyle finish on 71.530%, while Creech took
eighth place aboard Chrevis Christo after scoring 65.325%. Showcasing both her hu-
mour and positivity, Creech had the entire room laughing at the press conference after com- menting, “I love my horse, but I am on the journey to the Wizard of Oz to give him some courage. I think in all of this, it’s the one thing he is still lacking a bit – so we were struggling a little with the conditions and the flower pots. He’s a really nice horse and I know we will reach the Wizard of Oz.” Speaking to the team’s
performance overall, Chef d’Équipe Christine Peters said, “I am so proud of our team. They are a great team and really supportive of each other. I couldn’t be happier with how they have come together.” Canada was also strongly
represented by two teams of up-
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu finished fourth individ- ually after setting a new personal best score in the CDIO 3* Grand Prix Freestyle with All In. Photo Credit: Susan J. Stickle
and-coming athletes in the CDIO-U25 Nations Cup, presented by Diamante Farms. The team placings were determined solely on the results of the CDIO-U25 Intermediate II, held March 28. Team Canada 1 landed on the podium in the
bronze medal position after teammates, Naima Moreira Laliberté of Outremont, QC and Laurence Blais Tétreault of Montreal, QC went down cen- treline in impressive fashion. Spain took home the gold medal, and the United States earned silver. Moreira Laliberté led the team with a third
place finish on a score of 67.882% aboard KML Sàrl’s 12-year-old Swedish Warmblood stallion, I Do Kiss (French Kiss x Donnerfly). Blais Tétreault added an eighth place finish on Mathilde Blais Tétreault’s 17-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Utah (Jazz x Landwind II B). “It always feels good to ride for Canada,”
said Moreira Laliberté, who has plenty of team ex- perience, alongside Blais Tétreault, from the FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Champi- onships (NAJYRC). “I made a little rider error in the pirouette that was costly on points, but I was really happy with how my horse felt in the ring. We have worked hard since our first competition in January. It takes a village to get there, and I have to thank my trainer, Ashley Holzer. My horse is re- ally on the right program now and Ashley’s helped a lot to get us to this level.” Team Canada 2, made up of Tanya Strasser-
Shostak of Sainte-Adèle, QC and Vanessa Creech- Terauds of Caistor Centre, ON placed fourth overall. Strasser-Shostak contributed a fifth place finish with a score of 66.029% riding Renaissance Tyme (Royal Diamond x Dream of Heidelberg I), Evi Strasser’s 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding. Creech-Terauds placed ninth aboard Devon L (De Niro 6 x Wolkenstein II), an 18-year-old Hanover- ian gelding owned by Diane Creech and Louise Leatherdale. Canada’s U25 athletes continued to hold
their own over the following two days of individ- ual competition in the CDIO-U25 Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle, held March 29 and 30, re- spectively. Moreira Laliberté and I Do Kiss were once again the nation’s top placed pair, finishing fourth in the grand prix (66.880%) and fifth in the freestyle (68.167%). Blais Tétreault and Utah took seventh in both
classes, closing out the season with a score of 66.375% in the freestyle. Strasser-Shostak added two eighth place finishes to her record with Ren- aissance Tyme. “I would like to thank the competition organ-
izers and all the sponsors – without them and the support they put toward these shows, we couldn’t have these great experiences for the development of our athletes,” concluded Peters. For more information on AGDF 12 and the and full
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