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See Page 15 Horse Day in Erin - See Page 19
Tina Irwin Earns Hat Trick In 2019 CDIO 3*
Wellington Nations Cup
Ottawa, ON, March 16, 2019 – Tina Irwin of Stouf- fville, ON earned an im- pressive hat trick in the 2019 CDIO 3* FEI Nations Cup, presented by Stillpoint Farm, winning all three small tour classes hosted at the Adequan Global Dres- sage Festival (AGDF) 10 in Wellington, FL.
After helping the Cana-
dian Dressage Team take team silver with back-to-back small tour wins on March 13 and 14, Irwin rode forward for individ- ual honours in the CDIO 3* In- termediate I Freestyle on March 15 aboard Laurencio (Laurentio x Donnerhall), a 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding she owns with her husband and fellow Grand Prix athlete, Jaimey Irwin. Riding to a medley of tunes,
catchy including
Avicii’s “Hey Brother” and “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” of Dirty Dancing fame, Irwin
guided Laurencio through creative choreography Continued on Page 2.
Photo top right: Tina Irwin of Stouffville, ON followed up her team silver medal with the individual gold in the Intermediate I Freestyle aboard Laurencio during the 2019 CDIO 3* Nations Cup in Wellington, FL. Photo Credit: Susan J. Stickle
Can-Am Returns To Markham If you’ve ever been to the Can-
Am All-Breed Equine Expo before, you might be inclined to ask, “why should I go again?”. Ross Millar, the producer of the show, has the answer: it’s because he and his hard-working staff have spent the last twelve months
diligently piecing together an impres- sive array of international clinician tal- ent, bringing in many new vendors to increase the appeal for shoppers, dra- matically refining the layout to im- prove traffic flow, and even mounting a family-friendly Evening Extrava-
ganza that, like everything else about the Can-Am, conveys the fundamental message on which the whole show has always been built – that horses, no matter how demanding and difficult
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to earn a score of 74.460%. “This is now our second
individual gold,” said Irwin, who also picked up both team and individual gold nations cup medals in Wellington in 2017. “To do it once is amaz- ing, and to do it again on the same horse is really great. It’s an honour. I’m thrilled (to have won), and to be in this com- pany is fantastic.” After a landmark 2017
season, which included nine consecutive wins and a world record small tour score, the tal- ented pair moved up to the grand prix level in 2018. How-
Amberley Snyder Clinic - See
Page 55 Great Lakes Carriage Classic - See Pg 43 AHA
Honours Peter
Cameron - See Page 40
INSIDE
AWWO News......................4 Remembering.....................4 Susan Dahl..........................6 New Way of Looking At Horses.........................6
The Way Of Horses............8 Ken Doner ..........................9 Is the TMJ Inflamed........12 Lorie Duff .........................13 Barn Fires.........................14 Silver Spur Saddle Club..15 Niagara Area Saddle Clubs Merge......15
Erin Horse Day ................19 CRHRA News...................20 Equine Career Night........20 Equitana USA ..................20 Fork’s Fire Recovery.......21 OTRA News......................22 ORHA News .....................23 NERCHA News ................24 OPHC News......................24 ORCHA News ..................24 OCHA News .....................24 OXC News ........................25 Equine Guelph News .......27 AQHA News........................28 OQHA News........................29 EOQHA News.....................30
Top AQHA Shows...............30 QROOI News......................31 Nation’s Cup.......................33 Am I Ready Series..............35 Lynn Palm Column............36 Horse Listening...................38 COSA News.........................38 AHAEC News .....................40 Equi-Bow.............................41 Equine Wellness..................42 Between The Ears...............43 Carriage Classic .................43 Lindsay Grice .....................44 Lauren Bode .......................44 First Line Training Centre...45 Bridle/Rein Lameness ........46 Vanessa Cuartas .................47 Horses Are Brown ..............48 Queen Margaret’s...............49 Eco-Raster...........................49 Central Ontario Region Pony Club.......................49
Classifieds etc. ...............50-00 Amberley Snyder................55 Real Estate ..........................56 Ruth Armstrong...................57 Horse Cents for Kids..........58 Coming Events....................58 Fitness for Riders ...............59
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