Ottawa, ON—Canadian Olympian, Leslie Reid rode to two top three finishes at Festival of the Horse CDI3* held March 28–30, 2008 in Burbank, California.
As one of the official qualifying events for the U.S. Olympic selection trials, the Burbank CDI 3* had several U.S. Olympic team contenders including former Olympians Stephen Peters, Debbie McDonald, as well as Leslie Morse making the field very competitive.
Reid, from Langley, BC, rode Patricia Hatch’s Orion, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Jazz, to a third place finish with a score of 67.670% in the Grand Prix class. The pair then moved up the scoreboard with a 70.900%, for a second place finish, in the Grand Prix Freestyle.