Ottawa’s own Rayne Dubois won the $20,000 Grand Prix, presented by Saniton Plastic, on Saturday, September 17, 2022, during the Ottawa National show jumping tournament at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON.
Canadian course designer Mike Pegg made good use of the expansive grass field at Wesley Clover Parks, setting a track that saw seven horse and rider combinations advance to the all-deciding jump-off. As the final jump-off challenger, Dubois was chasing a target time of 43.04 seconds set by David Arcand of Montreal, QC, riding Phil v/d Wezelse Heihoeve. With Dublin, her partner of two years, Dubois shaved fractions of a second from Arcand’s leading time to claim victory in 42.98 seconds.
“They raised the last fence, a vertical, in the jump-off, which we thought might be the bogey fence,” said Dubois of the jump-off track. “You basically had to let them go and try to get one less stride and let them pop over. If I had helped him, I probably would have got in his way!”