2009_Manny_Diana_Burnett_Maui_Jim_web.jpgOttawa, ON—Diana Burnett of Blackstock, ON, earned a top five finish in the 2009 edition of the Maui Jim Horse Trials CIC 3*, held July 9–12, 2009, in Wayne, Illinois, USA.

Riding Manny, a nine-year-old Canadian Thoroughbred gelding owned by the rider and John & Nadia Lennox, Burnett was sitting in third place after dressage on a score of 41.8. Adding 28.4 cross country time penalties on Ritch Temple’s (USA) cross country course, Burnett and Manny moved to fifth place which they maintained in the jumping round where they kept the rails up but added four time faults. They  completed the competition on a score of 78.2.

“It was a very good weekend for us. It seems that Manny has really matured and changed since Rolex,” said Burnett who plans to compete at the CCI 4* Burghley Three Day Event in England this September. “We had the best FEI dressage test that we have ever done. I would like to thank my groom, Sandra Andresen and Manny’s owners John & Nadia Lennox, because they are the whole reason that Manny and I are competing.”

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