Fans were stunned when Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival (NED) pulled up just a few movements into the Grand Prix test. Cornelissen was clearly gutted to have her amazing horse go out on such a low note, and revealed that an infection was to blame. “It started yesterday morning, I came to the stable and his […]
Megan Lane of Loretto, ON, and the 15-year-old KWPN mare Caravella were the first of two Canadians competing as individuals in dressage in Rio.
Canada’s representative in the Individual Eventing Final, Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master,had the last of the triple combination down, finishing in 10th
Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master had a brilliant clear round for the Canadian eventers in the team show jumping – good enough for 10th place with a total of 61.8 pp and a spot in the hallowed Individual Final. “I’m very thrilled with that,” she said afterwards. “I’ve been plagued with one pole in the […]
Second on course for Canada in the jumping portion, Jessica Phoenix and A Little Romance also had a run-in with the final combination, lowering the oxer. Nevertheless, she was delighted with their round. “Go Blue Eyes!” she exclaimed happily afterwards. “She was amazing!” Phoenix had to go to the crop a couple of times with […]
Olympic newbie Colleen Loach was first in for the Canadians, and had just one rail with Qorry Blue d’Argouges at a tricky vertical penultimate fence in an oxer-vertical combo that had caused some problems. “He was great, I just should have set up more at that vertical. He felt great; he jumped amazing. Qorry read […]
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As the riders had forewarned, today’s track was technical and demanded an accurate yet forward ride. The style caught many off guard, and at the end of the day 15 had been eliminated and there were only three double clear rounds. Most of the Canadians had a miserable day against the demanding track, but Rebecca […]
The following statement from FEI president Ingmar De Vos was released by the FEI concerning the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to ban all Russian paralympians from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio: “We are very disappointed with today’s IPC decision. Like our Paralympic athletes from all other countries, our three Russian athletes have trained hard […]
Rebecca Howard and Olympic veteran Riddle Master performed a solid test worth 49.40 pp, with the only bobbles being some loss of rhythm in one of the flying changes and a during a late-test collected canter. She moved into a tie for 41st spot with teammate Kathryn Robinson and Let It Bee, ahead of Canadians […]
