$50,000 Canadian Hunter Derby Championships at the Royal

The $50,000 Canadian Hunter Derby Championships will take place at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, with the $25,000 TD MacMillan Executive Wealth Hunter Derby on Monday, November 10th and the $25,000 Knightwood Hunter Derby on Tuesday, November 11th.

This high performance hunter competition presents riders with an opportunity to best showcase the talents of horse and rider over a challenging course with high performance (up to 1.30m), handy and “take your own line” options. The class combines a Hunter Classic with a Handy Hunter class in an exciting one round format.

The 17 top 3’6″ horses in the Canadian Hunter Derby Series will be competing. Selection of horses is based on points accumulated in the 24 event nationwide series. See www.hunterderby.ca for more information on the Canadian Hunter Derby Series.

The cumulative high point horse in the two classes will be awarded the Lorna Jean Guthrie Challenge Trophy as the 2014 Canadian Hunter Derby Champion.

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