Stephanie Dubois-Emond, of Morriston, FL, won the $10,000 Canadian Hunter Derby, presented by Topline Trailers, on Sunday, July 17, at the Ottawa National Horse Show held at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON.

In her hunter derby debut, Dubois-Emond topped a large starting field of 59 entries riding Castello, a 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Colleen McKenzie. The pair earned a total score of 103 points from the judges, including ten bonus points for taking all of the high option fences offered throughout the course.

“I’ll definitely do that again!” said Dubois-Emond, who normally competes in the show jumping divisions. “This is my first hunter derby ever. I’ve never done one; I’ve never really ever even watched one. Before riding Castello, I had not done the hunters since I was a kid, so this was really a lot of fun today.”

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