After the conclusion of Team Test competition on Aug. 29, 2021, the Canadian Para-Dressage Team earned a respectable 10th-place finish at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan.

Three Canadian combinations performed at Baji Koen Equestrian Park during the Grade I, II and III competitions on August 28: Lauren Barwick, 43, of Aldergrove, BC, and Sandrino, Lee Garrod’s nine-year-old Westphalian gelding sired by Spirit of Westfalia; Winona Hartvikson, 62, of Langley, BC, and Onyx, the 18-year-old Hanoverian gelding she co-owns with Jane Macdonald; and Roberta Sheffield, 40, of Lincolnshire, GBR, and Fairuza, her 12-year-old mare.

With a final score of 211.699, Canada sat in the gold medal position overnight until the conclusion of the following day’s Grade IV and V competitions.

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