In front of a near capacity crowd in the Ricoh Coliseum, Waylon Roberts (Port Perry, ON) rode Bill Owen like a man with nothing to lose and everything to win. Sitting in third following last night’s initial round of competition, Roberts knew how costly mistakes could be at this level.

“Tonight I knew I had to take a couple of risks,” said Roberts following his win. “I didn’t ride the pig jump very well but ‘Bill’ saved my butt! I was really working to get a clear round tonight because that last rail we had down last night cost us the lead coming into today. I had to change my plan a bit and I still didn’t have quite as much turning power as I would have liked, but the horse has come so far in a short period of time so I’m very pleased.”

Roberts graciously acknowledged he was in pretty good company, with Olympians and Pan-Am champions riding alongside.

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