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Central Ontario Regional Dressage Finals/Fourth Qualifier Results

Here are highlight placings at the Central Ontario regional Pony Club dressage finals, plus a fourth qualifier show for the Central Canada Zone Championships, which took place at Blue Star Farm near Mount Albert on Sunday, August 15. Competitors could enter either the finals or the qualifier, but not both, although classes ran concurrently. Selection for the Central Ontario team, which will compete against teams from the Western Ontario and St. Lawrence-Ottawa Valley Regions, will be based on scores at this meet and three earlier qualifiers. This year, the Central Canada Zone Championships are being hosted by the St. Lawrence-Ottawa Valley Region near Ottawa, on August 28-29. Central Ontario's team will be announced closer to those dates.

At the highest level for this show, First Level, the Test 1 winner in the regional finals group was Julia McGill of the Durham Pony Club on D'Artagnan. Second place went to Johanna McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club riding Millgate Braveheart. There was only one entry at this high level in the zone qualifier group, Sabrina Welter of the Toronto & North York Pony Club, riding Santa Rosa, and she was awarded first place. The order of finish was the same in First Level Test 2, so Ms McGill was Division Champion and Ms McKeen the Reserve (Champions and Reserves were declared only for the regional finals groups).

Jessie Ball of Victoria was the winner of the Training Level Test 2 class in the regional finals, riding Corona's Kiowa. Second place went to another Victoria entry, Kourtney Matysek on Rule the Day. There was a tie for third place between Kayla Neil of the Durham Pony Club on Adara and Katlyn Hewson of the Victoria Pony Club on Without a Trace. Again there was only one entry in the zone qualifier group, Karen Foell of the Toronto & North York Pony Club, who rode Teflon Willie. In the Training Level Test 3 class of the regional finals, Kourtney Matysek and Rule the Day placed first, with Jessie Ball and Corona's Kiowa second, and Kayla Neil and Adara third. Karen Foell and Teflon Willie again were the only entry in the zone qualifier group for this test. Jessie Ball was Division Champion and Kourtney Matysek was the Reserve.

The Pre-Training Test 1 winner in the regional finals was Rachel Welsh of the Oshawa Pony Club riding Pippi. Stephanie Rutherford of the Baltimore Hills Pony Club was second on Royal Court Jester, and third place went to Kylie Figueira of the Victoria Pony Club on Baltimore. Among the zone qualifier competitors in this class, Tara Langevin of the Durham Pony Club placed first on Spur of the Moment, Ilona Parenteau of the Toronto & North York Pony Club was second riding Anastasia. There was a tie for third place between another Toronto & North York rider, Maddie Baker aboard Skeeter, and Sarah Wilson of the Kawartha Pony Club riding Gray Wolf. In the Pre-Training Test 2 class, Rachel Welsh and Pippi again took the honours in the regional finals group, with Madison Wilks of the Durham Pony Club second aboard Mega Cool, and Stephanie Rutherford third with Royal Court Jester. Among the zone qualifiers, Kristiana Cope of the Whitchurch Pony Club placed first on Callie, with Tara Langevin and Spur of the Moment second and Ilona Parenteau third with Anastasia. Champion was Rachel Welsh, Reserve was Stephanie Rutherford.

Roberta Spratt of the Kawartha Pony Club won the regional finals section of the Starter Test 1class on Mr. Teds. Second place went to Jodi Hunsley of the Durham Pony Club on Kenny, and third place to Erin Thompson of Oshawa riding Everyone Loves Lily. Mallory Black of the King Pony Club took top spot among the zone qualifiers riding Night Sky, with Taylor Ryan of Whitchurch second on Kyna and another Whitchurch rider, Jazmin Visco, third on Xyla. In the Starter Test 2 competition, Roberta Spratt again won the regional finals group, with Erin Thompson second and Jodi Hunsley third. Among the zone qualifiers, the winner was Taylor Ryan, with Jazmin Visco second, and third place going to Karen Foell of Toronto & North York, this time riding Delicately Refined. Roberta Spratt was Champion and Jodi Hunsley was Reserve.

Christine Oldridge of the Victoria won the Entry Test 1 class in the regional finals group riding Elphin Birdsong. Second place went to Maddy Lang of the King Pony Club on Fat Chance, and another King rider, Nikki Ince, was third on TC. Maxime Weiss of King was the only entry in this class for the zone qualifier, riding Night Sky. In the Entry Test 2 regional finals, Christine Oldridge again placed first, with Nikki Ince second and third place going to Rebecca Adrian of the Durham Pony Club on Narhans Gift. In the zone qualifier, Maxime Weiss again placed first, with second going to Tara Chiasson of the Simcoe Pony Club on Jessica, and another Simcoe rider, Wesley Stubbings, third riding Little Tim. Christine Oldridge was Champion and Nikki Ince the Reserve.

This show offered several freestyle classes, which feature dressage performed to music. In the First Level freestyle, Johanna McKeen and Millgate Braveheart took first place, and Julia McGill took second on D'Artagnan. Katelyn Powell and Sundance of the Durham Pony Club took top spot in the Training freestyle. Jessie Ball was second, with third place going to Jennifer McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club on Colwyn Tegan. Wesley Stubbings won the Starter Freestyle, with his sister Emily Stubbings second on Jemini and Tara Chiasson third; all three are members of the Simcoe Pony Club. The King Pony Club team of Mallory Black on Lief Alaric and Sarah Cowie on Majestic General won the Starter Pas de Deux, with another King team, Nikki Ince on TC and Maddy Lang on Fat Chance, placing second. These four King riders also performed as a drill team, taking first place automatically.

This show also included a team competition on a branch level, across divisions. First place went to the Victoria Pony Club team of Jessie Ball, Kylie Figueira, Kourtney Matysek and Christine Oldridge. Durham Team 1 took second spot, with contributions by Andrea McGill, Julia McGill, Kayla Neil and Katelyn Powell. A team with members from several branches took third place; it included Katlyn Hewson of Durham, Stephanie Rutherford of Baltimore Hills and Roberta Spratt of Kawartha (this team's fourth member was forced to scratch).

Now here are the details.

First Level Division A

Test 1
Group Place Rider Horse Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Julia McGill D'Artagnan Durham 60.2
Regional Finals 2 Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 57.2
Qualifier 1 Sabrina Welter Santa Rosa Toronto & North York 49.6

Test 2
Group Place Rider Horse Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Julia McGill D'Artagnan Durham 56.8
Regional Finals 2 Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 55.7
Qualifier 1 Sabrina Welter Santa Rosa Toronto & North York 46.0

Training Level

Test 2
Group Place Rider Horse/Pony Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Jessie Ball Corona's Kiowa Victoria 68.8*
Regional Finals 2 Kourtney Matysek Rule The Day Victoria 65.0
Regional Finals 3 (tie) Kayla Neil Adara Durham 65.0
Regional Finals 3 (tie) Katlyn Hewson Without a Trace Victoria 65.0
Regional Finals 5 Jennifer McKeen Colwyn Tegan Oshawa 64.6
Regional Finals 6 Katelyn Powell Sundance Durham 61.9
Qualifier 1 Karen Foell Teflon Willie Toronto & North York 57.7

*  High score of the day in any class or division.

Test 3
Group Place Rider Horse/Pony Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Kourtney Matysek Rule The Day Victoria 65.0
Regional Finals 2 Jessie Ball Corona's Kiowa Victoria 62.9
Regional Finals 3 Kayla Neil Adara Durham 62.5
Regional Finals 4 Katlyn Hewson Without a Trace Victoria 62.5
Regional Finals 5 Jennifer McKeen Colwyn Tegan Oshawa 59.2
Regional Finals 6 Katelyn Powell Sundance Durham 58.7
Qualifier 1 Karen Foell Teflon Willie Toronto & North York 60.0

Pre-Training Level

Test 1
Group Place Rider Horse/Pony Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Rachel Welsh Pippi Oshawa 62.6
Regional Finals 2 Stephanie Rutherford Royal Court Jester Baltimore Hills 62.3
Regional Finals 3 Kylie Figuera Baltimore Victoria 62.1
Regional Finals 4 Andrea McGill Phoenix Rising Durham 60.0
Regional Finals 5 Alyssa Stavrakos Alyssa's Lincoln Durham 57.6
Regional Finals 6 Madison Wilks Mega Cool Durham 57.3
Qualifier 1 Tara Langevin Spur of the Moment Durham 60.6
Qualifier 2 Ilona Parenteau Anastasia Toronto & North York 59.7
Qualifier 3 (tie) Maddie Baker Skeeter Toronto & North York 58.8
Qualifier 3 (tie) Sara Wilson Gray Wolf Kawartha 58.8
Qualifier 5 Kristiana Cope Callie Whitchurch 57.1

Test 2
Group Place Rider Horse/Pony Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Rachel Welsh Pippi Oshawa 64.4
Regional Finals 2 Madison Wilks Mega Cool Durham 59.1
Regional Finals 3 Stephanie Rutherford Royal Court Jester Baltimore Hills 58.1
Regional Finals 4 Andrea McGill Phoenix Rising Durham 57.8
Regional Finals 5 Alyssa Stavrakos Alyssa's Lincoln Durham 56.9
Regional Finals 6 Kylie Figuera Baltimore Victoria 56.6
Qualifier 1 Kristiana Cope Callie Whitchurch 65.3
Qualifier 2 Tara Langevin Spur of the Moment Durham 62.5
Qualifier 3 Ilona Parenteau Anastasia Toronto & North York 61.5
Qualifier 4 Sara Wilson Gray Wolf Kawartha 61.2
Qualifier 5 Maddie Baker Skeeter Toronto & North York 59.1

Starter Level

Test 1
Group Place Rider Pony/Horse Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Roberta Spratt Mr. Teds Kawartha 62.8
Regional Finals 2 Jodi Hunsley Kenny Durham 62.1
Regional Finals 3 Erin Thompson Everyone Loves Lily Oshawa 56.5
Regional Finals 4 Mallory Black Leif Alaric King 53.8
Qualifier 1 Mallory Black Night Sky King 61.0
Qualifier 2 Taylor Ryan Kyna Whitchurch 58.6
Qualifier 3 Jazmin Visco Xyla Whitchurch 55.2

Test 2
Group Place Rider Pony/Horse Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Roberta Spratt Mr. Teds Kawartha 65.2
Regional Finals 2 Erin Thompson Everyone Loves Lily Oshawa 61.7
Regional Finals 3 Jodi Hunsley Kenny Durham 57.2
Regional Finals 4 Mallory Black Leif Alaric King 57.2
Qualifier 1 Taylor Ryan Kyna Whitchurch 60.0
Qualifier 2 Jazmin Visco Xyla Whitchurch 56.9
Qualifier 3 Karen Foell Delicately Refined Toronto & North York 55.5

Entry Level

Test 1
Group Place Rider Pony/Horse Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Christine Oldridge Elphin Birdsong Victoria 64.3
Regional Finals 2 Maddy Lang Fat Chance King 60.9
Regional Finals 3 Nikki Ince TC King 57.4
Regional Finals 4 Rebecca Adrian Narhans Gift Durham 53.5
Qualifier 1 Maxime Weiss Night Sky King 65.2

Test 2
Group Place Rider Pony/Horse Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Christine Oldridge Elphin Birdsong Victoria 64.5
Regional Finals 2 Nikki Ince TC King 62.8
Regional Finals 3 Rebecca Adrian Narhans Gift Durham 52.1
Regional Finals 4 Maddy Lang Fat Chance King 51.0
Qualifier 1 Maxime Weiss Night Sky King 64.5
Qualifier 2 Tara Chiasson Jessica Simcoe 49.0
Qualifier 3 Wesley Stubbings Little Tim Simcoe 48.3
Qualifier 4 Emily Stubbings Jemini Simcoe 47.6

Freestyle Classes

First Level Division A Freestyle
Group Place Rider Horse Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 12.2*
Regional Finals 2 Julia McGill D'Artagnan Durham 11.6

* Scoring for this class uses a different system from all others.  Don't ask.

Training Level Freestyle
Group Place Rider Horse/Pony Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Katelyn Powell Sundance Durham 68.7
Regional Finals 2 Jessie Ball Corona's Kiowa Victoria 66.5
Regional Finals 3 Jennifer McKeen Colwyn Tegan Oshawa 66.0
Regional Finals 4 Andrea McGill Phoenix Rising Durham 63.2

Starter Level

Freestyle
Group Place Rider Pony Branch Score
Qualifier 1 Wesley Stubbings Little Tim Simcoe 53.0
Qualifier 2 Emily Stubbings Jemini Simcoe 46.5
Qualifier 3 Tara Chiasson Jessica Simcoe 42.0

Pas de Deux
Group Place Riders Ponies/Horses Branch Score
Qualifier 1 Mallory Black & Sarah Cowie Leif Alaric & Majestic General King 64.0
Qualifier 2 Nikki Ince & Maddy Lang TC & Fat Chance King 60.5

Drill Team
Group Place Riders Ponies/Horses Branch Score
Regional Finals 1 Black/Cowie/Ince/Lang Leif Alaric/Majestic General/TC/Fat Chance King 68.0

Team Competition
Place Name Members Team Score
1 Victoria Jessie Ball/Kylie Figueira/Kourtney Matysek/Christine Oldridge 73
2 Durham 1 Andrea McGill/Julia McGill/Kayla Neil/Katelyn Powell 68
3 Mixed Team Katlyn Hewson (Durham)/Stephanie Rutherford (Baltimore Hills)/Roberta Spratt (Kawartha) 66
4 Oshawa Jennifer McKeen/Johanna McKeen/Erin Thompson/Rachel Welsh 65
5 Durham 2 Rebecca Adrian/Jodi Hunsley/Alyssa Stavrakos/Madison Wilks 50
6 King Sarah Angus/Mallory Black/Nikki Ince/Maddy Lang 40

For more details e-mail Bob Inglis, Central Ontario Regional Communications Chair, or call him at 416-493-1223 (office) or 416-491-4230 (home).