Ottawa, Ontario— Hawley Bennett of Langley, BC rode to a fourth place finish in the CIC 3* World Cup Qualifier at the CIC-W 3* Galway Downs Three Day Event, held March 30 – April 1 in Temecula, California, USA.

Riding her Olympic partner, and 2005 FEI Eventing World Cup Final mount, Livingstone, the 17-year-old Canadian Thoroughbred gelding she co-owns with her mother Gerry Bennett, Bennett earned her fourth place finish on a final score of 66.8.

A dressage score of 58.8 left the duo near the middle of the pack, in tenth place, but they moved up to sixth place after putting in a clear cross-country phase, in what would prove the fastest time of the day at six minutes and 19 seconds, over British course designer Michael Etherington-Smith’s demanding track. They finished off the competition on a high note, adding just eight jumping faults in the show jumping phase.

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