Canadian Olympian Hawley Bennett-Awad of Aldergrove, BC, nabbed a top-10 CCI 4*-L finish aboard her Eventing National Team Program National Squad partner, Jollybo (Jumbo x Danzig Connection), at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, held Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2020, in Temecula, CA

Bennett-Awad and the 16-year-old British Sport Horse mare that she co-owns with the Jollybo Syndicate LLC kicked off the competition on Oct. 29 by recording 35.20 penalty points in the dressage phase. A clear cross-country round with 6.80 time penalties brought the combination’s total to 42.00 penalties on Oct. 30 before the final show jumping round the next day. There, 12 faults and 0.40 time penalties tallied for a final score of 54.40 penalty points to place Bennett-Awad and Jollybo in seventh.

Bennett’s success matched that of other Canadians competing around the world in October. Kathryn Robinson, a resident of Kettering, GBR, also cracked the top 10 at the Strzegom October Festival in Strzegom, POL, held Oct. 8-11. The Canadian Olympian rode her seven-year-old gelding, Cloud K, to 46.1 penalties for sixth place in the CCI 3*-S division for their second-ever FEI level competition as a team.

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