APRIL 2020 THE RIDER /33 Section 2


Canada Tops Youth And Senior Leaderboards At Adequan Global Dressage Festival 8


Youth


the Grand Prix Freestyle on March 1. 2018 North American Championships


Camille Carier Bergeron and Sound of Silence 4 posted enviable scores for top three placings in the Under 25 division at AGDF 8. Photo Credit: Susan J. Stickle


Canada showed of the


breadth and depth of its dressage talent during the eighth week of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL, which hosted the Palm Beach Dressage Derby and Florida International Youth Dressage Championships from Feb. 25-March 1, 2020.


The maple leaf was


represented on the Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI 4* leaderboard by Lima 2019 Pan American Games team gold medalist, Lindsay Kellock of Wellington, FL. She and Sebastien (Sandro Hit x Fidermark), the 14- year-old Rheinlander geld- ing that Kellock co-owns with Enterprise Farm, LLC, placed third in Feb. 27’s Grand


Prix,


69.826% in front of a home- town crowd. In the CDI 3* division,


Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, ON, piloted the 17- year-old Danish Warmblood gelding that she co-owns with Louise Leatherdale, Chrevis Christo (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Matador), all the way to the winner’s circle. The duo took home top ho- nours in the CDI 3* Grand Prix on Feb. 27 with 67.935%. On Feb. 29, a score of 70.468% followed in the CDI 3* Grand Prix Special, earning second place for the pair.


“Mrs. Leatherdale and


I are so proud of Christo staying so focused and with me during the ride,” said Creech, who has been part- nered with the beautiful bay for the past seven years. “I felt my highlights were the piaffe/passage tour, but also the pirouettes felt great. I am very thankful


to Mrs. scoring


Leatherdale for her wonder- ful support, our home team – my daughter, Vanessa, and Stephanie Gow – for keep- ing Christo so happy during the show and also to Team Leatherdale for cheering us on. The Palm Beach Derby is a very special show and the AGDF facility is impec- cable. Winning the Grand Prix and second place in the Grand Prix Special will al- ways be a cherished mem- ory. Go Christo!” Sheri Doornekamp of


Odessa, ON, also made her mark on the leaderboard in the CDI-Am division. Rid- ing her 15-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Axel (Sandreo x Vincent), she nabbed third place in the Prix St. George on Feb. 29 (65.882%). Canada’s NextGen


athletes were also out in force at AGDF 8, as the scores from the Under 25 (U25), Young Rider, Junior, Children’s and Pony divi- sions counted towards the Florida International Youth Dressage Championships.


Prix with Chrevis Christo during the eighth week of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), held Feb. 25-March 1, 2020, in Wellington, FL. Photo Credit: Susan J. Stickle


Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, ON, showed off a grin worthy of first place after winning the CDI 3* Grand


In the CDI-U25 divi-


sion, Laurence Blais Tétreault of Montreal, QC, and Utah (Jazz x Landwind II B), Mathilde Blais Tétreault’s


Dutch Warmblood gelding, scored 70.950% for third in


(NAYC) team gold medal- ist, Camille Carier Bergeron wowed the CDI-Y judges with Gilles Bergeron’s 12- year-old Westphalian geld- ing, Sound of Silence 4 (San Amour I x Limes). The Mascouche, QC, native kicked off the weekend on Feb. 28 by scoring 71.667% in the Team Competition, followed by 73.837% in the next day’s Individual Com- petition. But their best score was yet to come: On March 1, Carier Bergeron and Sound of Silence 4 posted a personal best of 77.150% in the CDI-Y Freestyle for sec- ond place. “I still have a hard


19-year-old


time believing that it’s true,” said Carier Bergeron of her high marks, which have bumped her into eighth place in the FEI Dressage World Youth Ranking – Young Riders. “Sound of Si- lence and I have been part-


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