Canada’s 2012 Olympian Rebecca Howard of Salmon Run, BC competed amongst eventing’s elite athletes in her debut appearance at the prestigious CCI 4* Land Rover Burghley Three Day Event held September 5-8 in Stamford, GBR

Howard, who currently lives and trains near Marlborough, GBR, deftly piloted her 2012 Olympic and 2010 World Equestrian Games partner Riddle Master, a 12-year-old Canadian Sport Horse gelding sired by Rodero, owned and bred by Blithe Hill Farm of Orangeville, ON, over the 31 technically taxing, and often times massive obstacles, for a foot perfect cross-country performance earning only 9.2 time penalties, finishing with 60.2, placing them 17th heading into show jumping. Only one competitor out of the 68 entered successfully negotiated a double clear over Capt. Mark Phillips course.

In the dressage test, the pair’s miss on their flying lead changes helped put their score at 51.0, sitting them in 28th before Saturday’s cross-country. In an otherwise flawless performance during Sunday’s final show jumping, Riddle Master’s split-second hesitation a stride out from the Liverpool gave them an unlucky rail earning four faults, but the round was good enough to move up them the leaderboard five spots to finish the event in 12th place with a total three day score of 64.2.

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