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Wahoo!!

There is nothing better then going on the Eventing USA Blog and finding pictures of some of our local riders.

Here is what I found!!  There are tons more photos of everyone over there. Go and check them out!

Tik Maynard!!

The AMAZING Lynne Larsen on her winning horse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look at this smile!!!!!

And of course Sabrina Glaser- Levere

And we can never forget Hawley!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There were quite a few Canadians at Rebecca Farms this year and every one of them made us proud!

Well done!!!!!!!!!!!

Both Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC, and Ashley Gowanlock of Langley, BC won all of their respective classes over the three-day competition, including today’s Freestyle Tests—a respectable feat when competing against some of the world’s best.

Lauren Barwick rode her Paralympic horse Maile in the Grade 2 Freestyle Test to an impressive score of 78.750%, which was the highest score achieved by any rider during the competition.

Other top Canadian scores included a win from Ashley Gowanlock of Langley, BC in the Grade 1b class with a score of 63.333% on Donnymaskell, owned by Sandy (Alexander) Mitchell; a second place finish from Tara Kowalski of Vancouver, BC in the Grade 1b class with a score of 64.510% riding MJ Fatal Attraction owned by Philippa Keegan and Rachael Tipper; a second place finish from Judi Island of Caledon, ON  riding Wouldja Believe It owned by C.A.R.D. with a score of 60.455%; and a second place finish from Eleonore Elstone of Langley, BC riding Why Not G owned by Kelleigh Kulcsar.

 April 30, 2010 —

Leahona Rowland finished as the top Canadian rider inboth of the international divisions at CCI Florida International ThreeDay Event, held at the Florida Horse Park in Ocala, FL, on April 15 –18, 2010.

Rowland, 26, originally of Kelowna, BC, took second place in the CCI 2*division riding Lorenzo III, Jessica DiGenova’s 11-year-old DutchWarmblood gelding. Sitting in second with a dressage score of 46.40,Rowland maintained her placing throughout the competition with faultfree cross country and show jumping rounds, to finish on her dressagescore. The same duo won the CCI 1* division at the CCI FloridaInternational last year.

Riding her second horse, Lambrusco, her own eight-year-old Oldenburggelding, Rowland was in fourth following dressage with a score of48.80. The pair added only four jumping faults to finish in fifth placewith 52.80.

Olympian Kyle Carter, originally of Calgary, AB, and now residing inSparr, FL, rode Final Watch, a 10-year-old Hanoverian mare owned byBillie Sue Jensen, to ninth place. Carter was 17th after a dressagescore of 58.60 and moved up to 12th after a fault free cross countryround. Four faults in show jumping gave them a final score of 62.60.Rounding out the Canadian entries in the CCI 2* division was SamElsenaar, 21, of Brooklin, ON and her 12-year-old Thoroughbred crossgelding Armon who finished in 23rd place.

The top score of the day in the CCI 2* division went to Tiffani Loudon-Metze riding Lo Fino, with a score of 43.50.

In the CCI 1* division, Rowland once again finished on her dressagescore partnered with El Paso, DiGenova’s eight-year-old Canadian-bredTrakehner gelding. They sat third after dressage on a score of 45.90penalties. Posting clean cross country and show jumping rides moved thepair up one spot to finish in second place.

Lisa Marie Fergusson, 27, of Langley, BC, was tied for first-placefollowing dressage with 42.50 riding Smart Move, her own six-year-oldWelsh Sport Horse gelding. Adding 12 jumping faults, Fergusson finishedin ninth place overall with 54.50. Katelyn Ziegler, 19, of Beiseker,AB, riding Peninsula Lion, her own eight-year-old Irish Warmbloodgelding, also finished on their dressage score of 63.10 for 15th spot.Finishing in 17th place with a score of 67.90 was Christian Bennett,18, of Sutton, ON, and her own Rolex, an 11-year-old Thoroughbredgelding. In 23rd place was Claire Roper, 25, of Vancouver, BC andMullentine, her nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding.

American Hannah Burnett won CCI 1* division riding Harbour Pilot with a score of 43.50.

In Elkon, Maryland at the April edition of the Fair Hill InternationalHorse Trials, held April 16–18, Canadian Eventing 2009 AthleteDevelopment Scholarship winner Emily Daigneault, 20, of Gatineau, QC,finished in 13th place in the CIC 2* division aboard Misty ValeBacardi, her 15-year-old Morgan gelding. The pair added 16.40 crosscountry time penalties to their dressage score of 64.40 to finish on afinal score of 80.80.

American Jennifer Brannigan and Cambalda won the CIC 2* division with a score of 46.30.

In the CIC 1* division Veronique St-Maurice, 20, and her 16-year-oldThoroughbred gelding Majestic Bear finished in fifth place. The pairfinished on their dressage with a score of 66.50. Stephanie Castonguay,17, of Vaudreuil, QC, finished in sixth place with Tyne Be Merry, hernine-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, on a score of 68.20.

The winner of the CIC 1* division was Claire Kelley of the United States riding Clifton Peekachu with a score of 46.60.

(5) 8 of the 9 Canadian starters had clean rounds on XC, 4 Canadians had double-clears, and 6 Canadians are in the top 10.  David has been coaching the Canadians for a few years now, and the benefits are really showing.  Leading the way for the Canadians is Steph Rhodes-Bosch (9th) who has had the lowest weekend jumping totals at several big horse trials this spring.

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I am VERY impressed with our Canadaian riders today!!

ALL of them FINISHED their cross country course and ALL but one had a clear jump round and a few had some time faults.

VERY impressive.

-- 23 PORT AUTHORITY Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch CAN  9th –double clear x-c     

 -- 31 COLOMBO SelenaO'Hanlon CAN  10th doubleclear x-c      

-- 20 GIN & JUICE Hawley Bennett-Awad CAN  11 th double clear x-c      

 -- 66 AMISTAD MicheleMueller CAN  13th clear w/time     

-- 17 MADISON PARK Kyle Carter CAN   16th  double clear x-c

  -- 32 MANNY Diana Burnett CAN  17th clear w/time     

-- 11 NAPALM Ian Roberts CAN 20th  clear w/time     

 -- 64 TASMAN SEAChelan Kozak CAN  32nd clearw/time

-- 54 HIGH SOCIETY III Jessica Hampf CAN   37th 20 jump and w/time      

 Eventing USA had more photos (  http://useventing.com/blog/?p=9127#more-9127 ) but here are some:

Chelan

Stephanie

Hawley - look at that smile!!

COOL MOUNTAIN William Fox-Pitt GBR--42.8   1

27 MANDIBA Karen O'Connor USA--43.7   =2

48 ARTHUR Allison Springer USA--43.7   =2

65 TIPPERARY LIADHNAN Kim Severson USA--44.8    4

16 COURAGEOUS COMET Becky Holder USA--45.2    5

69 ASHDALE CRUISE MASTER Oliver Townend GBR -46.2    6

35 THE FOREMAN Phillip Dutton USA--47.2    7

72 WOODBURN Phillip Dutton USA6--47.7    8

4 ODT MASTER ROSE Oliver Townend GBR --49.8    9

71 WATERFRONT Phillip Dutton USA--51.0    10

32 MANNY Diana Burnett CAN--51.3     11

23 PORT AUTHORITY Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch CAN --52.0    15

66 AMISTAD Michele Mueller CAN--52.5     16

31 COLOMBO Selena O'Hanlon CAN--52.7       17

20 GIN & JUICE Hawley Bennett-Awad CAN --53.8    =21

11 NAPALM Ian Roberts CAN--57.5   30

17 MADISON PARK Kyle Carter CAN--59.7    36

54 HIGH SOCIETY III Jessica Hampf CAN57.67 57.67 55.67 --64.5    44

64 TASMAN SEA Chelan Kozak CAN54.00 52.33 53.33 --70.2 --   49

 http://scoring.rk3de.org/leaderBoard.html

I am very impressed with out Canadian Riders at Rolex so far.

Rolex holds the dressage portion over two days and the Canadian riders that competed today put in very impressive rides. Stephanie was actually holding third position there for a while!!!

27 MANDIBA Karen O'Connor USA--43.7  1     

16 COURAGEOUS COMET Becky Holder USA--45.2  2    

32 MANNY DianaBurnett CAN--51.3  3     

29 THE GOOD WITCH Jennifer Wooten-DaFoe --51.5  4      

2 NEVILLE BARDOS Boyd Martin USA --51.8  5       --      --

23 PORT AUTHORITYStephanie Rhodes-Bosch CAN --52.0   6     

31 COLOMBO Selena O'Hanlon CAN --52.7 7     

24 PAWLOW Will Faudree USA--52.8 8      

3 LEYLAND Amy Tryon USA--53.7 9  

20 GIN & JUICEHawley Bennett-Awad CAN--53.8 10      

7 MERLOCH Bonnie Mosser USA--54.5 11      

33 DRACO Colin Davidson USA55.0 12    

1 KHEOPS DU QUESNAY Phillip Dutton USA-55.3 =13       

30 ALL'S FAIR Ashley MacVaugh USA --55.3 =13      

11 NAPALM Ian RobertsCAN--57.5 15      

22 SNOOZE ALARM Lauren Kieffer USA --58.5 16    

17 MADISON PARK Kyle Carter CAN --59.7 17     

21 RADIO FLYER Dorothy Crowell USA--61.7 18      

9 THE ALCHEMYST Debbie Rosen USA--62.5 19      

26 WONDERFUL WILL Michael Pollard USA --64.3 20      

18 JOS ALADAR Jose Ortelli ARG--65.2 21      

15 ESTRELLA Andrea Baxter USA--66.0 22      

12 HENRY JOTA HAMPTONPeter Atkins AUS--71.5 23      

14 UN Jane Sleeper USA-79.0 24      

Rolex Wednesday Jogs: The Best of the Best in Fashion

by Shannon Crocker, Victoria Jessup, and Courtney Young

"Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch: You go girl, stop those divets!  Stephanie is ready for even the most exclusive polo match in Palm Beach.  Her look would even work perfectly next weekend at The  Gold Cup and the expression on the horse’s face couldn’t be cuter. For someone who is a lesser-known rider in the US (she’s Canadian) she’s at the top of the jog game. We can’t wait to see what she brings out at the next jog. As Jimmy Wofford picks his Who Dat of the weekend this is our fashion bluebird Who Dat."

And the Eventing USA Blog has a complete photo list of all the competitors.

Avalon Cancellations

Horse Trials BC  deeply regrets we are announcing the cancellation of both the Events at Avalon Farm in 2010. For a variety of personal reasons, the Winships are unable to hold their competitions this year, and they apologize to all for this late cancellation.  Horse Trials Directors will be working with them for 2011, as we hope they will continue with this great event next year.  Please contact the Winships directly for information about XC Schooling and other activities on the site.

Excellent preview of EXCELLENT Canadian Riders!!