8/ JUNE 2022 THE RIDER EC Weekend Highlights – May 19 - 22, 2022


held at the prestigious Wes- ley Clover Parks, the event saw several athlete and horse combinations achieve scores to be considered for the upcoming Fédération Equestre


(FEI) World Championships in Herning, Denmark in Au- gust.


Internationale


EC’s High Performance Director James Hood and CEO Meg Krueger enjoyed watching several Dressage tests


during some of the nicer weather on Saturday morning. Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley


Canada’s largest dressage competition hosts success- ful show despite major weather event


lights from this past week- end’s


achieving world class re- sults around the globe. Canada’s largest dressage competition hosts successful show despite major weather event After missing the last two years due to COVID-19, the Ottawa Dressage Festival


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(ODF) was thrilled to wel- come back over 100 com- petitors and 500 spectators to four days of high-level competition from May 19- 22, 2022.


area witnessing devastating storms on Saturday, the event organizers from Na- tional Capital Dressage Inc. were still able to host a highly successful competi- tion with some scheduling changes for the Sunday’s ride times. Organized by volunteers since 2003 and


Even with the Ottawa


(EC) staff members were on hand to take in the incredi- ble competition and engage with attendees at a hosted booth where EC merch was available. Shirts, hats and vests were sold throughout the weekend with proceeds going to support the Cana- dian Equestrian Team’s equipment needs for Worlds later this summer.


Lieutenant Lobin earn personal best in the Freestyle


Jody Schloss and


Jody Schloss of Toronto, ON, earned wins in all three tests of the Grade I in the CPEDI 3* Para-Dressage competition. The two-time Paralympian began her weekend scoring 70.536%, while riding her own Lieu- tenant Lobin (Lobster x Fanal Prydsholm), an 18- year-old Danish Warmblood gelding. On the second day, the pair improved their


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Schloss of Toronto, ON, and Lieutenant Lobin at the Ot- tawa Dressage Festival. Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley


super star, even during the storm, he preserved and did his best” said Schloss. “After the storm, he was rar- ing to go, he seems to know his job and when we are in the ring, he is in ‘show mode’, we scored a personal best!”


In the Grade IV divi-


sion, Laura Hall of Lady- smith, BC, earned a personal best in the Team test, scoring a 70.000%, while riding Istrano (Chi- ronie x Waldemar), she co- owns with Andrew Hall, a nine-year-old Dutch Har- ness. On the second day, the duo earned a 70.041% in the Individual test and 69.142%


score in the Individual test with a 71.345% and con- cluded the weekend with a personal best 74.478% in the Freestyle. “Lobin was a definite


in the Freestyle to wrap-up the weekend.


achieve successful results, including personal bests throughout the weekend in Ottawa


travelled on such a long dis- tance for competition, I am happy with his behaviour, he came in great shape for


Negro), a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Laurence Blais Tetreault, earned the win in the Grand Prix on Friday, scoring a 68.609%. The Montreal, QC, native continued her success over the weekend earning a personal best score of 72.420% in the CDI 3* Grand Prix Freestyle to music. “Fedor and I never


Mathilde Blais Tetreault and Fedor


(Johnson TN x


Blais Tetreault and Fedor were all smiles on Friday after winning the Grand Prix Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley


fville, ON, and Fancy That (Donnerschweg x Frelherr), a 17-year-old Oldenburg mare owned by James Irwin, began the weekend with a 67.239% in the CDI


the show” said Blais Tetreault. “He is getting more confident and mature at this level, I’m extremely happy” Tina Irwin of Stouf-


3* Grand Prix. The pair came back on Sunday and won the CDI 3* Freestyle to music with a personal best score of 73.220%.


on the Ottawa Dressage Fes- tival, please visit: https://na- tionalcapitaldressage.ca/en/


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