Bromont, PQ – The 33rd  edition of the International Bromont, presented by CN, ended on an excellent note with $125,000, 1.60m CN Grand Prix, a CSI*** event.

Course designer, Brazilian Guilherme Jorge, put out all the stops with a difficult course composed of thirteen fences, including a water jump, a double and triple combination for a total of sixteen jumping efforts over a distance of 520 meters in a time allowed of 84 seconds. Twenty-nine horse/rider combinations took on the challenge. Quebeckers in the pack included Angela Covert Lawrence and, of course, Mario Deslauriers, on this two horses Obelix R and Paradigm. The entire Millar family and Jill Henselwood, who is flying to the Olympic Games, were also in the fray as well as renowned Americans Leslie Howard, Alison Firestone Robitaille and Todd Minikus.

Second rider on the course, Alister Gatherum of Great Britain, got a clear round. Young Ontarian Kim Farlinger was eliminated following a fall, luckily harmless. There were a number of other clear rounds including: Jenna Thompson, Erynn Ballard, Yann Candele, Keean White, Norman Dello Joio, Ian Millar, Schuley Riley and Todd Minikus who dominated this edition and once again gave a brilliant performance. He participated in the jump off with both his mounts, Pavarotti and Presidente. Bromont’s Mario Deslauriers got the crowd really excited by also scoring clear rounds on both his horses, Paradim and Obelix. The battle was close between the twelve remaining riders, including the formidable Todd Minikus and Ian Millar also part of the group. Ian Millar’s children came close to a clear round but both knocked a bar down in the triple combination.

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