Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, won the individual silver medal and the Canadian Eventing Team took the bronze in eventing competition held Sunday, July 19, at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Caledon, ON.
The third and final phase of eventing competition saw the Canadian Eventing Team, comprised of Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, Phoenix, Waylon Roberts of Port Perry, ON, and Kathryn Robinson of Kettering, GBR, maintain its overnight position to claim the team bronze medal. The United States won the team gold with a total score of 133.00, Brazil took the silver with 140.70, and Canada bronze with 163.00.
Phoenix, who was sitting in third position individually coming into the final phase of competition, produced a clear show jumping round with Pavarotti to put the pressure on the two riders ahead of her. Marilyn Little of the United States produced a clear round with RF Scandalous, but when a rail fell at the final fence for leader Ruy Fonseca of Brazil riding Tom Bombadill Too, it catapulted Little to the individual gold with a final score of 40.30 while Phoenix, the defending Pan Am champion with Pavarotti, moved up to claim the individual silver with a final score of 42.10. Fonseca took the individual bronze with a final score of 42.90.