The winning ways of the Canadian Para-Equestrian Team have started in 2012 the same way they finished in 2011—with victory. The Team win was not the only success of the Canadian riders at the Gold Coast Dressage Opener CPEDI3*, held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Centre in West Palm Beach, FLA, January 19-22, they also won eight of the 16 classes offered.

Using the combined scores from the Team test and Individual test, Canadians Lauren Barwick, Ashley Gowanlock, Madison Lawson and Jody Schloss won the team competition with a total of 419.537%, while the host nation United States finished second with 407.471%.

In individual competition, Schloss of Toronto, ON, won all three of her Grade 1a classes riding Inspector Rebus, her 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding. The pair received 67.157% for their Team test, 70.583% in the Individual test and 69.167% for their Freestyle. Also competing in Grade 1a was Robyn Andrews of St. Johns, NL, riding her horse Fancianna, an 11-year-old Warmblood mare, and Ravallo Son, Santana Rooyakkers’ 17-year-old Bavarian Warmblood gelding. In the Team Test Andrews placed third with Fancianna and sixth aboard Ravallo Son. In the Individual test Andrews was sixth with Fancianna and seventh riding Ravallo Son, while in the Freestyle Andrews finished sixth with Fancianna.

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