Ottawa, Ontario—Canadian Para-Dressage rider Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC, won an Individual Silver medal following the Grade II Individual Championship Test today at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games held at the Sha Tin equestrian venue in Hong Kong, China.

Riding Maile, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood owned by Christine Murphy Ksionek and Pat and Linda Parelli, Barwick scored 68.454%, which earned her the silver medal.

The gold medal was won by Germany’s Britta Naepel riding Cherubin 15 with a score of 71.909%. Denmark’s Caroline Cecile Nielsen claimed the bronze medal, with a score of 68.182% paired with Rostorn’s Hatim-Tinn.

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