The Tryon 2018 World Equestrian Games (WEG) Canadian Para-Dressage Team of Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC, Winona Hartvikson of Langley, BC, Jody Schloss of Toronto, ON, and Roberta Sheffield, who resides in Lincolnshire, GBR, has reunited to pick up the mantle at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan.

Para-equestrian dressage competition, which is divided into five Grades based on functional ability, begins at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park on Aug. 26, 2021, with the Individual Test for Grades II, IV and V. Canada’s Paralympians, who are in Grades I and III, will take on the Individual Test and the first chance for a medal on August 27. Three combinations will then compete for the maple leaf in the Team Test on August 28, with team medals decided after all Grades have performed the following day. Finally, the top eight combinations per Grade will move on to the Individual Freestyle on August 30 for their last shot at an individual medal.

Before para-dressage competition gets underway, 76 horses from 27 countries passed the official horse inspection on August 25 – including the four Canadian entries.

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