The vaulting season is well underway within North America, and Canadian vaulting athletes have been earning impressive results on the CVI circuit, picking up plenty of top-three placings, including multiple wins at the CVI 3* Pacific Cup in Hollister, CA from May 5 to 7 and the CVI 3* Canada Cup in Chilliwack, BC, held May 26-28.

The newly formed 3* Senior Squad, consisting of Jeanine van der Sluijs of Olds, AB, Avery Malone of Innisfail, AB, Emily Stevenson of Carstairs, AB, Dallyn Shields of Didsbury, AB, Averill Saunders of Sundre, AB and Naomi Rowe, also hailing from Didsbury, have been impressing judges with their energetic and entertaining Beauty and the Beast inspired freestyle this season.

Partnered with She’s All That, a 12-year-old Canadian Sport Horse mare owned and lunged by van der Sluijs’s sister, Angelique, the squad earned back-to-back wins at the Pacific Cup and Canada Cup, winning on scores of 6.032 and 6.024, respectively.

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