Ottawa, Ontario-It was a banner weekend for Canada during the CDI-W/Y Palm Beach Dressage Derby, held February 29 to March 2, in Loxahatchee, FL, USA which saw Canadian riders complete a hat trick in the Grand Prix division.

Canadian double Olympian Ashley Holzer, a current resident of New York, NY, started the competition off with a bang by winning the Grand Prix class riding Pop Art (Amsterdam x Cabouchon), an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Holzer and Ian Nicoll. Their score was 73.083% in what was arguably the largest CDI Grand Prix field held outside Europe, with a class size of nearly 50 entries.

Holzer finished off the weekend by riding a career best score of 77.450% in the Grand Prix Freestyle.

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