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Central Ontario Region Second Dressage Qualifier Results

Here are highlight placings at the second Central Ontario Region of Pony Club dressage qualifier for the Central Canadian Zone Dressage Championships, held on Sunday, July 10, hosted by the Victoria Pony Club. Selection for the Central Ontario Dressage team, which will compete against teams from the Western Ontario and St. Lawrence-Ottawa Valley Regions, will be based on scores achieved at this meet, another qualifier on May 22 hosted by the Kawartha Pony Club, a third qualifier at Cedarlane on August 13, and also at recognized dressage competitions not sponsored by Pony Club. This year, the Central Canadian Zone Championships are being hosted by the Western Ontario Region on August 20-21. Details follow the highlight placings.

At the highest level for this show, Second Level, there was only one entry in each Division. Johanna McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club riding Millgate Braveheart was the only entry in Division A. She rode "against the book" and achieved scores high enough for first place in both Test 1 and Test 2. Daina Brown of the Kawartha Pony Club on Moonwalker was the only entry in Division B. She, too, rode "against the book," placing third in Test 3 and second in Test 4.

In the First Level, the winner of both the Test 1 and Test 2 classes was Kayla Neil of the Durham Pony Club aboard Adara. Katie Stephenson of the Maple Pony Club riding Tybalt placed second in Test 1 and third in Test 2. Third place in Test 1 went to Jennifer McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club on Colwyn Tegan, who placed second in Test 2.

Rachel Welsh of the Oshawa Pony Club riding Pippi Longstocking Pony Club was the winner of the Training Level Test 3 competition, with Madison Wilks of the Durham Pony Club second riding Mega Cool and Samantha MacDonald of the Uxbridge-Scugog Pony Club third on Heart of Gold. These riders finished in the same order in the Training Level Test 2 class.

The Pre-Training Test 2 class was won by Jennifer McKeen, this time riding Annie. Second place went to another Oshawa Pony Club entry, Erin Thompson aboard Everyone Loves Lily. Third place went to Kylie Figueira of the Victoria Pony Club riding Baltimore. In the Pre-Training Level Test 1 class, Erin Thompson and Everyone Loves Lily took top honours, with Rebecca Adrian of the Kawartha Pony Club second aboard Narhan's Gift. In third place was Jenna Scott of the Durham Pony Club, on Timbit.

In Starter Test 2, first place went to Rachael Goodman of the Whitchurch Pony Club riding Ladybug. Alana Eadie of the Simcoe Pony Club took second place aboard Monty. Third place went to Michaela Brown of the Kawartha Pony Club riding Cavalier. Rachael Goodman also won the Starter Test 1 class, with Nikki Ince of he King Pony Club in second spot on Lief Alaric and Alana Eadie third.

In the Entry Level Test 2 class, the winner was Maxime Weiss of the King Pony Club riding Moonlight. In second place was another King Pony Club entry, Emma Pasianotto riding Brandy, with Hilary Howran of the Kawartha Pony Club third on Mackeeba. Jennifer Pett and Thunder won the Entry Level Test 1, with Nikki Ince second, this time riding Fat Chance, and Janene Howran of Kawartha third on Zia's Tattered Lace.

This show offered several freestyle classes, which feature dressage performed to music.

In the Second Level Freestyle class, Johanna McKeen was again the only entry, and again her score was good enough for first place.

Stephanie Rutherford of the Baltimore Hills Pony Club won the First Level Freestyle class riding Falkenfels, with no second.

In the Training Freestyle class, Ilona Parenteau of the Toronto & North York Pony Club took first place on Anastasia, with Samantha MacDonald and Heart of Gold second, and Whitney Brennan of Uxbridge-Scugog third riding Karoo.

Rachael Goodman and Ladybug won the Starter Freestyle class, with second place going to Maxime Weiss and Moonlight, and third place to Alicia McCracken of Simcoe riding Dragon Lady.

The Uxbridge-Scugog team of Whitney Brennan and Samantha MacDonald won the Training Pas de Deux competition.

In the Starter Pas de Deux, King's duo of Maddy Lang on Summit and Nikki Ince on Lief Alaric took first place. Second went to another King team, Emily Banks-Ng on Fat Chance and Maxime Weiss again on Moonlight. These four King riders also entered as a Starter Quadrille team and placed first against the book.

Now here are further details.

Second Level Division A
Test Rider Horse Branch Score Place
1 Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 60.26 1
2 Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 62.43 1

Second Level Division B
Test Rider Horse Branch Score Place
3 Daina Brown Moonwalker Kawartha 56.38 3
4 Daina Brown Moonwalker Kawartha 58.43 2

First Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Kayla Neil Adara Durham 65.93 1
Katie Stephenson Tybalt Maple 63.33 2
Jennifer McKeen Colwyn Tegan Oshawa 60.74 3
Stephanie Rutherford Falkenfels Baltimore Hills 53.33 4
Kourtney Matysek Rule the Day Victoria 45.19 5

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Kayla Neil Adara Durham 64.41 1
Jennifer McKeen Colwyn Tegan Oshawa 60.29 2
Katie Stephenson Tybalt Maple 59.41 3
Stephanie Rutherford Falkenfels Baltimore Hills 55.88 4
Kourtney Matysek Rule the Day Victoria 55.29 5

Training Level

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Rachel Welsh Pippi Longstocking Oshawa 70.00 1
Madison Wilks Mega Cool Durham 69.23 2
Samanatha MacDonald Heart of Gold Uxbridge-Scugog 66.92 3
Whitney Brennan Karoo Uxbridge-Scugog 63.85 4
Jenny Fulton Romeo's Juliet Baltimore Hills 61.92 5
Ilona Parenteau Anastasia Toronto & North York 61.92 6

Test 3
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Rachel Welsh Pippi Longstocking Oshawa 67.50 1
Madison Wilks Mega Cool Durham 63.75 2
Samanatha MacDonald Heart of Gold Uxbridge-Scugog 60.00 3
Ilona Parenteau Anastasia Toronto & North York 59.58 4
Jenny Fulton Romeo's Juliet Baltimore Hills 59.17 5
Whitney Brennan Karoo Uxbridge-Scugog 55.42 6

Pre-Training Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Erin Thompson Everyone Loves Lily Oshawa 71.18 1
Rebecca Adrian Narhan's Gift Kawartha 65.00 2
Jenna Scott Timbit Durham 63.82 3
Kylie Figueira Baltimore Victoria 62.06 4
Emily Lindsay Tarragon Simcoe 62.06 5
Megan Christou Favor Sierra Oshawa 61.47 6

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Jennifer McKeen Annie Oshawa 70.94 1
Erin Thompson Everyone Loves Lily Oshawa 70.00 2
Kylie Figueira Baltimore Victoria 66.56 3
Megan Christou Favor Sierra Oshawa 66.25 4
Jenna Scott Timbit Durham 65.63 5
Hanna Bailey Let's Rhumba Victoria 65.31 6

Starter Division

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Rachael Goodman Ladybug Whitchurch 66.90 1
Nikki Ince Lief Alaric King 66.21 2
Alana Eadie Monty Simcoe 65.17 3
Katie Wood Peanut Victoria 64.48 4
Michaela Brown Cavalier Kawartha 62.76 5
Kate Hoppe Beaverwood Larkspur Brooklin 61.72 6

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Rachael Goodman Ladybug Whitchurch 74.64 1
Alana Eadie Monty Simcoe 72.14 2
Michaela Brown Cavalier Kawartha 70.71 3
Kate Hoppe Beaverwood Larkspur Brooklin 69.29 4
Nikki Ince Lief Alaric King 69.29 5
Katie Wood Peanut Victoria 68.57

Entry Division

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Jennifer Pett Thunder Victoria 74.35 1
Nikki Ince Fat Chance King 71.74 2
Janene Howran Zia's Tattered Lace Kawartha 69.13 3
Hilary Howran Mackeeba Kawartha 67.39 4
Jaimie Figueira Baltimore Victoria 64.35 5
Maxime Weiss Moonlight King 62.61 6

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Maxime Weiss Moonlight King 66.90 1
Emma Pasianotto Brandy King 64.48 2
Hilary Howran Mackeeba Kawartha 63.01 3
Jaimie Figueira Baltimore Victoria 61.03 4
Emily Banks-Ng Fat Chance King 60.00 5
Jennifer Pett Thunder Victoria 60.00 6

Second Level Freestyle
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 65.35 1

First Level Freestyle
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Stephanie Rutherford Falkenfels Baltimore Hills 61.00 1

Training Freestyle
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Ilona Parenteau Anastasia Toronto & North York 65.75 1
Samantha MacDonald Heart of Gold Uxbridge-Scugog 60.00 2
Whitney Brennan Karoo Uxbridge-Scugog 58.75 3
Jocelyn Donaldson Duke of Hazzards Simcoe 53.50 4

Starter Freestyle
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Rachael Goodman Ladybug Whitchurch 68.50 1
Maxime Weiss Moonlight King 67.00 2
Alycia McCracken Dragon Lady Simcoe 66.50 3

Training Pas de Deux
Riders Horses Branch Score Place
Samantha MacDonald/Whitney Brennan Heart of Gold/Karoo Uxbridge-Scugog 59.83 1

Starter Pas de Deux
Riders Horses Branch Score Place
Maddy Lang/Nikki Ince Summit/Lief Alaric King 66.00 1
Emily Banks-Ng/Maxime Weiss Fat Chance/Moonlight King 65.00 2

Starter Drill Team
Riders Horses Branch Score Place
Maddy Lang/Nikki Ince/

Emily Banks-Ng/Maxime Weiss

Summit/Lief Alaric/

Fat Chance/Moonlight

King 73.00 1

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).