Tamie Phillips of Strathmore, AB has emerged the Western Division winner of the 2011 Jump Canada National Talent Squad Series.

The 2011 Western Division is comprised of nine competitions which started at the end of the month of March at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair and concluded with the division final at the Rocky Mountain Classic II in Alberta at the end of August. Registered riders are awarded points based on their results in each class they participate in. The rider with the most points at the end of the series is declared the division winner.

Phillips, 38, captured the victory following the final stop of the series, Western Talent Squad Finals, at the Rocky Mountain Classic II with a total of 33 points riding Lerche 37, her nine-year-old Holsteiner mare sired by Quantum. Phillips and Lerche 37 started the season with a fifth place finish in the Open Jumper Classic at Bow Valley Classic I for nine points.  The pair also earned 15 points for their fifth place result in the $50,000 1.40m Grand Prix at the Rocky Mountain Classic I.  Yet another fifth place finish, for an additional nine points, during the $25,000 Western Talent Squad Finals secured the victory for the pair in the series.

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