A large contingent of Canadian dressage athletes headed to Devon, PA from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, 2017 for the CDI-W/3* Dressage at Devon, where they dominated the leaderboard, sweeping the small tour and winning two of the four big tour classes.

Leading the Canadians in the big tour was Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, ON. Riding Chrevi’s Christo (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Matador), a 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding she co-owns with Louise Leatherdale, she started on a high note, scoring 70.920% to win the CDI-W Grand Prix (for Grand Prix Freestyle) on Sept. 29.

“Mrs. Louise Leatherdale and I are so proud of Chrevi’s Christo,” said Creech, who has been competing at the FEI level with Chrevi’s Christo since 2013, bringing him up through the small tour ranks and into the big tour by 2015. “This was his first time in Devon, and also his first time competing under the lights. He was super in this atmosphere and stayed with me in the Grand Prix.”

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