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AUGUST 2021 Vol. 2, Issue No. 8


CELEBRATING YEARS


Great news from FEI Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials


High calibre entries have been


flooding in for the Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials, whilst the Organisers have just re- ceived confirmation of permission to increase visitor numbers, allow- ing for 12,000 spectators on both the Saturday and the Sunday. Recently back from the Tokyo


Olympics, team gold medal winners Oliver Townend and Tom McEwen bring seven and four rides respec- tively while travelling reserve and reigning World Champion, Ros Canter, has four horses running. Also in the mix are the newly


crowned British Open Champions, Izzy Taylor and Monkeying Around, Olympic reserve and longtime Blair supporter Nicola Wilson, France’s 2019 Blair CCI4*S winner Astier Nicolas, and even multi-medal win- ning three times Badminton cham- pion, Blair legend and course designer of the 2015 Blair European Championships, Ian Stark. The new ‘trial’ class, a CCI1*-


Intro, has a huge entry list of 138 combinations, while the Scottish Grassroots Eventing Festival and standard BE100 and BE90 sections are also very well supported. Not surprisingly, an extra day


of cross country competition has been added to the schedule to ac-


commodate the large number of eventing competitors. Assistant Director Nicky


Townshend commented: “We have been working hard to gain approval for an increase in spectator numbers for some time. To finally hear that this application has been approved


is fantastic news and bodes well for a truly exciting weekend of sport which can be enjoyed by more peo- ple than we felt might be possible this time last week.” Away from the various eques-


trian competitions, which also in- clude showing and show jumping, visitors to the horse trials can enjoy excellent shopping opportunities, new catering options, and on Friday evening Persie Gin are offering their annual ticket only Charity Gin Tast- ing in support of the event’s official charity, The Sandpiper Trust. Additional season and week-


end tickets are now available, plus single day tickets for both Saturday and Sunday, with some availability for Thursday and Friday. There is no more capacity in either the campsite or the members marquee. Tickets can be purchased through the web- site – there will be no tickets on the gate. www.blairhorsetrials.co.uk/


Two Canadians To Compete At FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships For Young Horses


Ottawa, ON, Aug. 16, 2021 – The maple leaf will be well represented by two Canadian entries at the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Champi- onships for Young Horses, scheduled for Aug. 24-29, 2021, in Verden, GER. In the six-year-old class will


be Fleur de Vie (Fidertanz 2 x Sandro Hit), a Hanoverian mare owned and bred by Cord Gaus. Ridden by two-time Canadian Olympian Leonie Bramall, who currently resides in Isernhagen,


GER, Fleur de Vie was crowned Han- noveraner Championesse at the Verden 2021 Hannoveraner Championships. J’Adoreina (All at Once x


Tuschinski) and Mathieu Boisselier, a Canadian residing in Came, FRA, will be competing in the seven-year-old class. The Dutch Warmblood mare, owned by SCEA Elevage d’Hulm and known as “Jasmine”, already has two FEI level competitions to her name with a personal best score of 74.600% from


the 2019 Segovia CDI-YH Final Test for 5-Year-Olds. For more information on the


FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses, visit https://inside.fei.org/fei/disc/dressage/m ain-events/world-young-horses-2021


Photo at Right: Mathieu Boisselier and J’Adoreina Photo Credit: Courtesy of Mathieu Bois- selier


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