The temperature was not the only thing that has been heating up as the World Championships hit the one-week mark in Denmark. Held over the last two days, steep competition met the Canadians as the Para-Dressage teams were gathering to contest for a national medal in the BB Horse Arena.

It was a very warm Friday evening, having reached an unusual high of 30 degrees. First to enter the ring for Canada was Grade I Paralympic athlete Jody Schloss of Toronto, ON, riding her own 18-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding Lieutenant Lobin (Lobster x Fanal Prydsholm). Once onto the field of play, the pair seemed a little off their game and unfortunately that was reflected in their score of 65.179.

Jody Schloss and Lieutenant Lobin. (Cealy Tetley photo)

Schloss made no excuses and indicated that the day just wasn’t hers. “Lobin is always a really good boy, but I think today he was a bit distracted. I was not expecting him to be difficult, but he’s a horse! And he can’t be perfect all the time.”

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