For the second day in a row, Canadian riders collected silver medals on the podium following their second place finish in the $10,000 Hollow Creek FEI Young Riders Nations Cup, held Saturday, March 2, during the CSIO4* FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL.

Competing in the International Ring earlier in the day for round one of the competition, the Canadian Team was comprised of  Kara Chad of Calgary, AB, Amelia Vernon of Calgary, AB, and Nicole Walker of Aurora, ON. Walker, riding her own horse High Yummy, an 11-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding, and Bretton Chad, with Stone Ridge Farms LLC’s Santa Caterina LS La Silla, a 12-year-old mare, posted clear opening rounds. Vernon riding Jaime Auletto’s Udolente, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, and Kara Chad with Stone Ridge Farms LLC’s Alberto II, a 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding, both had one rail and a time fault each to finish with a score of five.

Using Nations Cup rules, only the top three scores are to count and Canada easily qualified for the second round held later in the evening under the lights. Heading into round two, Canada was tied with the United States at the top with five faults. In the evening round, Kara Chad had one time fault over the Anthony d’Ambrosio designed course, while Walker had four faults and Bretton Chad accumulated five. Vernon’s score of nine was the drop score for the second round.

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