Ottawa, Ontario — John Pearce and Jill Henselwood earned the top two spots in the Canadian League World Cup standings, and will represent Canada at the 2007 FEI Jumping World Cup Final to be held April 18-22 in Las Vegas, USA.

Pearce, a resident of Stouffville, ON, was previously sitting in second position in the Canadian League standings but overtook the lead with a winning performance in the final qualifier, the $50,000 Orange County Register Grand Prix at the CSI-W Oaks Blenheim Spring Tournament in San Juan Capistrano, California.  Riding Forestview Farm’s 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding Urioso, Pearce’s win earned him an additional 20 World Cup points to give him a final total of 80 points.

Pearce, who will be competing in his third World Cup Final, having competed for Canada in 1992 in Del Mar, California, and in 1999 in Göteborg, Sweden, will head to Las Vegas with Urioso as well as Archie Bunker, a nine-year-old Oldenburg gelding also owned by Forestview Farm.

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