28/ AUGUST 2023 THE RIDER


Rebecca Howard Named Canadian Eventing Team Technical Advisor Olympian will continue to bring passion and expertise to expanded high performance role


Equestrian Canada


(EC) and the EC High Per- formance Advisory Group, Eventing (HPAG)


are


pleased to announce Re- becca Howard as the new Technical Advisor (TA) for Canada’s national eventing team. The Canadian Olympic event rider, coach, and advisor is expanding her role with the eventing high performance program on the road to Paris 2024. Working collabora-


tively with EC, the HPAG, the Provincial Horse Trials


Associations and Provin- cial/Territorial Equestrian Organizations, the position is multi-faceted with the ob- jective of winning major games’ medals and develop- ing high performance sport programs for eventing in Canada. The focus will be on supporting the existing high performance athletes, coaches and trainers and the development of programs to help advance Canadian rid- ers on the world stage. Howard has competed


for Canada at two Olympic


Games, World Equestrian Games, Pan American Games as well as at the big European and North Ameri- can courses with impressive results. Having


steadily


climbed the FEI World Rankings in her riding ca- reer, Howard competed at the 2010 FEI World Eques- trian Games where she fin- ished 23rd in the individual event with Riddle Master (Rodero x Eyes to Rule). A year later she helped Canada win team silver at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadala- jara where she finished sixth individually with Roquefort (Jackson x Aram). She was EC’s Eques-


trian of the Year in 2013 and her 10th place finish aboard Riddle Master at the 2016 Rio Olympics made her the top female rider there. Howard’s equestrian


exposure began in south- central BC, which at the time was home to National Team influencers Nick Holmes Smith, Joni Lynn Peters and Robin Hahn. Pur- suing “working student”, Pony Club and Young Rider milestones to their fullest, she moved herself to the eastern USA. After a decade in the


Photo Credit: Shannon Brinkman Rebecca Howard


states, and now a decade in the UK, she has earned a trail of working connections with the best in the world. Rebecca is based out of Woodlands Farm in Wilt-


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shire England, where she is currently developing a group of younger horses. Now a member of the


HPAG, Rebecca served as a UK-based selector and then as Team Chef d’ Equipe at the 2022 World Champi- onships in Patroni. She will continue as chef for the Canadians through to the Pan American Games this year in Santiago, Chile.


“We are thrilled to


have Rebecca joining in an increased capacity with the eventing team,” said James Hood, EC’s Director, High Performance. “She has shared her passion and ded- ication for the sport in her role with the HPAG so far and on the ground in Pratoni and the recent


training


camps and clinics she has helped organize for the


Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master Photo credit: Cealy Tetley


team. We are looking for- ward to her expertise and enthusiasm continuing to support the great things that are happening in Canadian eventing all the way to Paris.”


Howard will have the


Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master Photo credit: Shannon Brinkman


opportunity to make her mark on the Canadian land- scape working with both the National Team Program de- veloping our current and fu- ture athletes, but also the provision and planning for major games and Nations


Cup programming. “Last year was a steep


learning curve but one that I thoroughly enjoyed as we as a HPAG committee along with Equestrian Canada worked to get the team to Pratoni,”


expressed


Howard. “Now with that as a platform to bounce from, I am excited to continue - and to be working closely with our riders and help to keep Canadian eventing moving in a positive, competitive trajectory.”


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