Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON, will advance to the next round of individual competition in dressage at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Competing as a member of the Canadian Olympic Team for Dressage, Holzer earned a score of 71.809% riding Breaking Dawn in the Grand Prix test on Friday, August 3.  The top seven nations, as well as the top 11 individuals not already included as members of the top seven teams, advance to the Grand Prix Special to be held on Tuesday, August 7.  At the conclusion of the Grand Prix Special, team medals will be awarded.  The top 18 individual competitors will then contest the individual medals in the Grand Prix Freestyle to music on Thursday, August 9.  The individual medals in Dressage will be the final equestrian sport medals to be awarded at the 2012 London Olympics.

Holzer’s score of 71.809% ranked her 20th among the 50 athletes competing in the equestrian sport of Dressage at the 2012 Olympic Games, and easily qualified her for the Grand Prix Special.  London marks the fourth Olympic appearance for Holzer, who was a member of Canada’s bronze medal team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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