The Canadian Para-Equestrian Team were in the top placings on the first day of competition at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage CPEDI3* held July 9-11, 2014 in Gloucester, ENG.
Riding Double Agent, her seven-year-old Anglo-European Studbook mare, Roberta Sheffield of Lincolnshire, UK won her Grade III team test with 69.000%, and finished in second with Evelyn Little’s eight-year-old gelding Dutch Warmblood, Bindro T, with a score of 68.211%.
Three-time Paralympian Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC and Equine Canada’s 13-year-old Oldenburg mare, Off to Paris, finished in second place in their Grade II team test, scoring 68.824%.
Ashley Gowanlock of Surrey, BC and Collegiate Sweet Leilani, M. Kendalyne Overway’s 13-year-old Morgan mare, earned a score of 66.360% for seventh in the Grade Ib Team Test. With her second mount, Barwick’s Ferdonia 2, a 15-year-old Oldenburg mare, Gowanlock finished in eighth place with 64.920%.
The Canadian Para-Equestrian Team is currently sitting in third place following the first day of team tests.
As a result of a very successful spring competition season in North America and Europe, Canada is currently ranked second as a nation in the FEI world para-dressage rankings.
Complete results for Hartpury Festival of Dressage CPEDI3* may be found here.
Leading the team in England is Amie O’Shaughnessy, Director of Para-Equestrian; Mary Longden, team coach; Elizabeth Quigg, chef d’équipe; and Dr. Jennifer Miller, team veterinarian. The grooming team includes Skye Hanlon, Laura Dixon, Lauren Massey and Justine Bowers.
The Canadian riders participation in these competitions has been made possible through the Own the Podium program, a national sport technical initiative designed to help Canada’s summer and winter athletes achieve podium success at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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