“Being my last junior year, I really wanted to finish it off at The Royal,” said Leanna Lazzari. “The Royal is so special because of its history, which you can feel when you walk in the building. My family has taken me to The Royal ever since I was a little girl. It was always my dream to show there, and once I got to show there, I wanted to be champion. Once I was champion there, I wanted to do it again. It definitely holds a special place in my heart.”

Hailing from Mississauga, ON, Lazzari will have a busy schedule at The Royal, showing in not only the Jump Canada Medal Final, but also in the junior hunter division with two horses, Claudia Wagner Wilson’s Playlist and the Samuel family’s Impressionist, and in the Knightwood Hunter Derby with her equitation horse, UFO de Nisi.

“I’ve never been champion in the junior hunters at The Royal, so that’s definitely one of my goals for this year,” said Lazzari. “I want to try and get that accomplished.”

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