Final Dressage Pan Am Games Qualifier in Bromont

As Canadian Dressage athletes continue the final push to qualify for the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile later this fall, competition was intense in the inaugural Dressage Classic CDI 1* 2* and 3* at Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park in Bromont, QC from Sept. 1 – 3.

Prix St Georges

Beatrice Boucher of Saint-Dominique, QC and Summerwood’s Limei (Londonderry x Weltmeyer), a 10-year-old Hanoverian mare owned by Monica von Glahn lead all pairs with a score of 72.794%. Boucher also won the Intermediate I with a score of 72.059%.

In second place was Canadian Dressage team veteran Shannon Dueck of Langley, BC, who now lives in Loxahatchee, FL, and Angelika MW (Franziskus FRH x Welt Hit II), an eight-year-old Oldenburg mare co-owned by Dueck, Elizabeth Ferber and Kathy Putnam finishing with a score of 71.176%

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Rounding out the top five was Lori Bell of Beaverton, ON, and Flirt (70.686%) in third; Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu of Saint-Bruno, QC and Jaccardo (70.637%) in fourth; and Jaimey Irwin of Stouffville, ON, and Flirtfaktor S (68.235%) in fifth.

Grand Prix

Sainte-Adèle, QC, native Tanya Strasser-Shostak and Fidelis Tyme (Fit for Fun x Pentagon’s Peron), a 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Evi Strasser, lead nine athlete and horse combinations with a score of 67.304%.

Grand Prix Special

In the CDI3* Grand Prix Special, Camille Carier Bergeron of Laval, QC, earned the victory aboard Gilles Bergeron’s Sound of Silence 4 (San Amour I x Limes), a 15-year-old Westphalian gelding, with a score of 68.128%.

Athletes will now wait to see if they will be selected to represent Canada at the upcoming Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from Oct. 20 – Nov. 5. The Equestrian Canada Dressage committee will base their selection off of the approved selection criteria found here.

For full information and results about the Dressage Classic, please click here.