Ottawa, Ontario—Canadian Olympian Jacqueline Brooks and Gran Gesto have been awarded the Dressage Canada International Grand Prix Freestyle Champion Award for 2008.
Brooks of Mount Albert, ON, and Gran Gesto, a 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding sired by Grannox and owned by Anne Welch and Brinc Ltd., won the Championship Award based on three FEI Grand Prix Freestyle scores and one Grand Prix score submitted to Dressage Canada between January 1 and November 30, 2008. All scores submitted—including the three freestyle scores and the technical Grand Prix score—must be achieved from a panel of five FEI Dressage judges for consideration.
Brooks submitted Freestyle scores of 71.800%, good for second place, from CDI Blainville Week I in Blainville, QC; 72.200%, and second place, from CDI Zada WEF Dressage Classic in Wellington, Fl; and 72.500%, for fourth place, from CDI-W Gold Coast Opener in Loxahatchee, FL, for an average Freestyle score of 72.167%. Brooks also submitted a Grand Prix score of 68.542% CDI Zada WEF Dressage Classic where the pair also finished in second.