DECEMBER 2025 THE RIDER /25 Section 2


Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu Captures Grand Prix Freestyle Victory at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show


Toronto, Ontario – Canadian Olympian Brittany Fraser- Beaulieu of St. Bruno, QC, won the $20,000 Grand Prix Freestyle CDI-W riding up- and-coming mount Jaccardo with a score of 77.520% on Tuesday, November 11, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the Royal Agricul- tural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON.


Fraser-Beaulieu exe-


cuted an electrifying floor- plan that kept the Coca-Cola Coliseum crowd on the edge of its seats to the aptly cho- sen selection of Brittany Spears tunes. With an ex- pressive extended trot, Jac- cardo


brought


Fraser-Beaulieu down the final center line on artistic scores of 80% or above from four of the five judges. The final halt in front of Stephen Clarke, President of the Ground Jury and Judge at C, marked the second-ever CDI Freestyle performance for Jaccardo, an 11-year-old Dutch-bred gelding (Desper- ado x Broere Jazz) owned by Jill Irving. “It’s really fun music


and he settles right in and loves it,” said Fraser- Beaulieu of how quickly Jaccardo learned their freestyle designed by Great Britian’s Tom Hunt. “I thought my one tempis on the centerline were very good, and my pirouettes were great. The whole flow of it felt nice. This is only his second time showing inside and I am so proud of him for going in there. Tonight, he acted like it was no big deal, and that’s what I’m most proud of; learning and grow- ing.”


Jaccardo joined Fraser-


Beaulieu’s string at the start of the 2023 season after Irv- ing purchased the gelding in Wellington, FL. Two years later, they were champions of the 2025 Wellington Fu- ture Challenge for develop- ing grand prix horses and are now well on their way to finding success at the top level.


“No matter what hap-


pens in the ring, I drop my reins, and he has a walk that’s a nine,” continued Fraser-Beaulieu, a member of


Canadian Olympian Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu of St. Bruno, QC, rode Jill Irving’s Jac- cardo to win the $20,000 CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle on Tuesday, November 11, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


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Camille Carier Bergeron of Laval, QC, finished runner-up riding Finnlanderin in the $20,000 CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


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Kristjan Good of Campbellville, ON, riding Levi VDL was presented with the Lorna Jean Guthrie Challenge Trophy as the Canadian Hunter Derby National Champion


by Liza and Lorna Margaret “Muffie” Guthrie on Tuesday, November 11, at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


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