Ottawa, ON-Canadian rider Leslie Reid competed at Golden State Dressage Festival CDI3* held April 3-6, 2008 in Rancho Murieta, California.
On Friday, Reid, a Canadian Olympian from Langley, BC, rode Patricia Hatch’s Orion, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Jazz, to a second place finish with a score of 67.458% in the Grand Prix class. Yesterday, the pair earned a 67.650%, which was good for another second place finish in the Grand Prix Freestyle.
The weekend’s results at Rancho Murieta, which served as an official qualifying competition for the US Olympic Selection Trials, mean that Reid has achieved the necessary qualifying scores in order to be in contention for the 2008 Olympic Games Canadian Dressage Team.