Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch, Kyle Cater and Maya Studenmund place top twelve at CCI 2* Ocala

Ottawa, ONâ€”Canadians Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch, Kyle Carter and Maya Studenmund closed out the international eventing season in North American with top 12 performances highlighted by fault free cross country performances at the CCI 2* Ocala Three Day Event, held November 14â€“18, 2007, at the Florida Horse Park in Ocala Florida.

Young Rider Rhodes-Bosch of Summerland, BC competing in her first CCI 2 star three day event was the top Canadian rider with Port Authority, her nine-year-old Canadian bred Selle Francais cross gelding. After dressage, Rhodes-Bosch was standing in 20th place in the field of 40 starters, on a score of 60. The pair recorded a clean performance over Mark Phillips cross country course and added just only one rail in the show jumping, to move up in the standings to ninth place overall with a final score of 64.

â€œIt was the first CCI 2* for both myself and my horse,â€ remarked Rhodes-Bosch. â€œThe cross country was certainly the biggest track I had ever jumped, but my coach, Rebecca Howard, described it as an inviting first two star course. I’m looking forward to competing at Jersey Fresh CCI 2* in May, and hopefully continuing on to the North American Young Ridersâ€™ Championships in July.â€

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Pan American Eventing Team member Carter, of Calgary AB and currently based in Citra, FL, riding the 12-year-old Canadian Thoroughbred mare Right About Now, finished just behind Rhodes-Bosch in 10th place. Holding 29th position after dressage, Cater recorded double clean round in both the cross-country and show jumping phases to move up the leader board and finishing on his dressage score of 68.7.

Returning to the international competition field was Unionville, PA based Maya Studenmund and Business Class, her 10-year-old American thoroughbred mare. Tied for 37th place after dressage on a score of 72.2, the pair recorded the third Canadian clear cross-country performance and took just one rail in show jumping to finish in 12th place with a score of 76.2. Finishing in 13th place on a score of 79.6 was Kerri Short riding her 10-year-old Canadian born Westphalian mare Fantasia. Standing in 16th place after dressage on a score of 58.4, the pair posted a clear cross-country jumping performance but incurred 9.2 time penalties and then took three rails in show jumping.

Also returning to CCI competition level, was former Olympic team member Martha Griggs of Kettleby, ON, riding Susan Langâ€™s 13-year-old Irish-bred gelding Gregory who finished in 22nd place with a score of 113. India McEvoy, of the United States, won the CCI 2 * division with Jumboâ€™s Jake on a score of 51.2.