Ottawa, Ontario— Canadian eventing riders Kyle Carter and Waylon Roberts rode to success in the CIC 3* World Cup Qualifier at the CIC 3*-W Red Hills Horse Trials, held March 8-11 in Tallahassee, Florida.

Riding his nine-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Madison Park, Carter, who currently resides in Sparr, Florida, finished eighth in the World Cup Qualifier. After receiving a score of 61.6 in dressage, Carter was tied for 14th place, but quickly moved up to an eighth place tie after incurring no jumping faults, and 13.6 time faults over the challenging cross-country course, designed by Captain Mark Phillips of Great Britain. After lowering two rails for eight jumping faults in the show jumping phase, Carter secured his eighth place finish with a final score of 83.2.

“I don’t know what I was thinking entering the World Cup qualifier, my horse is still fairly inexperienced,” joked Carter; “but I was thrilled with how he handled the cross-country course. He was fantastic. We had a few mistakes in dressage and stadium jumping, but I couldn’t be happier with him.”

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