Canadian athletes made a strong statement with multiple top-10 placings at The Fork & 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Eventing Test Event in Mill Spring, NC, on April 6-8, 2018, as well as at the Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials in Fairburn, GA, on April 7-8.
The WEG Test Event provided the Canadian Equestrian Team athletes with the opportunity to get a feel for the grounds, rings and courses at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), which will host WEG in September 2018.
Lisa Marie Fergusson of Langley, BC was the top-ranked Canadian in the CIC 3* division of the WEG Test Event. She placed 11th with Honor Me, her 12-year-old Welsh Sport Horse gelding sired by Brynarian Brenin, known affectionately as ‘Tali’. On April 6, Fergusson and Tali started off in 23rd place with a dressage score of 34.70 penalties. The following day, they catapulted to 10th in the standings after executing a clear cross-country round with just two time penalties. Fergusson and Tali completed the event on a score of 43.50 after the show jumping phase, in which they incurred two penalty points.