Here are highlight placings at the second Central Ontario Region of Pony Club dressage qualifier for the Regional Dressage Finals, held Sunday, July 9 at Blue Star Farm, hosted by the King Pony Club. Selection for the Regional Finals will be based on scores achieved at this meet plus a qualifier held in June, and a "last chance" qualifier to be held the morning of the Finals. Details follow the highlights.
At the highest level in this show, Second Level, the winner of both tests was Johanna McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club, riding Millgate Braveheart. The only other entry, Megan Mattos of the Waussnodae Pony Club, was second on Freddy the Freak. Ms. McKeen was division Champion and Ms. Mattos was Reserve.
In the First Level A Division, Emily Boyce of the Maple Pony Club won Test #1 on Something From Nothing, with Madison Wilks of the Durham Pony Club second on Mega Cool and Samantha Galway of Maple third on Fare Thee Well. Class #2 was won by Christy Chamney, another Maple rider, aboard My Turn; Madison Wilks was second and Samantha Galway was third. Ms Wilks was Champion and Ms Galway was Reserve.
In the First Level B Division, Kayla Neil of the Durham Pony Club was the only entry, riding Adara. In such a circumstance, placings are awarded according to the score attained, according to the Equestrian Canada rulebook. In Test #3, Ms Neil's score was good enough for third place, and in Test #4 she finished with a score high enough to be declared first and Champion.
Carolyn Russell-Poliquin of the Oshawa Pony Club won the Training Level Test #2 riding Cornucopia, with D'Arcy Hutcheson of the Centaurus Pony Club second on Bundle and Hanna Bailey of the Victoria Pony Club third on Let's Rhumba. Ms Russell-Poliquin also won Test #4, with Jenna Scott of the Durham Pony Club second riding Timbit and Jennifer McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club third on Annie. Ms Russell-Poliquin was Training Champion, with Ms Scott was Reserve.
The Pre-Training Test #1 was large enough to be divided into Group A and Group B. In Group A, first place went to Katie Lostchuck of Maple, riding Lieutenant James, with another Maple entry, Jennifer Nason on Faolin Ruadh second, and Justine Blocksdorf of the Simcoe Pony Club third on Brandee. In Group B, Hilary Howran of the Kawartha Pony Club was the winner on Mackeeba, with Jennifer Pett of the Victoria Pony Club second riding Thunder and Stephen Hall of the Uxbridge-Scugog Pony Club third riding Prospect's Oasis. In Test #2, Group A was won by Maya Kenedy of Maple on Napoleon Brandy, with Taylor Ryan of the Whitchurch Pony Club second on King Cole and Ms Nason third. Ms Blocksdorf took the honours in Group B, with Ms Pett second and Cori Barnes of the Uxbridge-Scugog Pony Club third on Locknigar. Ms Blocksdorf was Champion and Ms Pett was Reserve.
The Starter Division was again divided into A and B groups for each of two tests. In Starter Test #1, the A Group was won by Alicia McCracken of the Simcoe Pony Club, riding Mr Handsome; second place went to another Simcoe rider, Tara Chiasson on Brandee, with yet another Simcoe entry taking third place, Emily Stubbings on Jube Jube. Jane Stephenson of the Uxbridge-Scugog Pony Club won the B Group aboard Merrylegs, with Riikka Kojola of the Maple Pony Club second on Masquerade and Lauren Coleman-Baker of the Whitchurch Pony Club third riding Quinley. In Starter Test #2, Ms. Coleman Baker won Group A, with Ms Stubbings second and with third place going to Kyra Holmes of the Maple Pony Club riding Heart and Soul. Ms. Stephenson won Group B, with Ms McCracken second, and Megan Mattos third, this time riding Rhiannon. Ms Stephenson was Starter Division Champion and Ms Coleman-Baker was Reserve.
The Entry Level was also divided. In Test #1, Group A, the winner was Emma Pasianotto of the King Pony Club riding Curious Jordan, with Rebecca Gissing, also of King, second on Leif Alaric, and yet another King rider, Megan Pagniello, third riding Summit. In Group B, the winner was Sarah Smith of Maple riding Ceulan Copper Bracken; second place went to Wesley Stubbings of Simcoe on Lucky Bag Pipes, and Isabel Brims of the Whitchurch Pony Club was third on George. Ms Pasianotto was the Group A winner in Test #2, with Emily Banks-Ng of King second on Brandy and Jaimie Figueira of the Victoria Pony Club third on Baltimore. Mr. Stubbings won Group B, with Ms Smith second and Ms Gissing third. Ms Smith was the Entry Champion - and also the overall high point winner for the day - and Mr. Stubbings was the Reserve.
This show offered several freestyle classes, which feature dressage performed to music.
In the Second Level Freestyle class, Johanna McKeen and Millgate Braveheart were the only entry, riding "against the book." This means that their placing was determined according to a scoring formula, even though they were the only entry. Based on their score, they placed first.
Emily Boyce won the First Level Freestyle, again riding against the book.
In the Pre-Training Freestyle, Jennifer Nason of Maple finished first aboard Faolin Ruadh, with Hillary Howran of the Kawartha Pony Club second riding Mackeeba and Sarah Nason of Maple third on Dillon.
In the Starter Freestyle, first place went to Riikka Kojola of Maple on Masquerade, with Emma Pasianotto of King second on Curious Jordan, and Janene Howran of Kawartha third on Zia's Tattered Lace. The Starter Pas de Deux class was won by the team of Nikki Ince and Maddy Lang of the King Pony Club, with a mixed Maple/Whitchurch team second (Kyra Holmes and Lauren Coleman-Baker), and another King team third (Emily Banks-Ng and Emma Pasianotto).
Now the details.
Second Level B3
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Johanna McKeen | Millgate Braveheart | Oshawa | 58.30% | 1 |
| Megan Mattos | Freddy the Freak | Waussnodae | 52.77% | 2 |
Second Level B4
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Johanna McKeen | Millgate Braveheart | Oshawa | 62.94% | 1 |
| Megan Mattos | Freddy the Freak | Waussnodae | 62.16% | 2 |
Second Level Freestyle
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Johanna McKeen | Millgate Braveheart | Oshawa | 69.00 | 1 |
Johanna McKeen was Division Champion, Megan Mattos was the Reserve.
First Level A1
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Emily Boyce | Something From Nothing | Maple | 61.48% | 1 |
| Madison Wilks | Mega Cool | Durham | 58.52% | 2 |
| Samantha Galway | Fare Thee Well | Maple | 57.41% | 3 |
| Hanna Galway | Phineas | Maple | 57.41% | 4 |
| Christy Chamney | My Turn | Maple | Elim. |
First Level A2
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Christy Chamney | My Turn | Maple | 65.29% | 1 |
| Madison Wilks | Mega Cool | Durham | 64.41% | 2 |
| Samantha Galway | Fare Thee Well | Maple | 56.18% | 3 |
Madison Wilks was First Level A Champion, Samantha Galway was the Reserve.
First Level B3
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Kayla Neil | Adara | Durham | 54.86% | 3 |
First Level B4
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Kayla Neil | Adara | Durham | 61.94% | 1 |
Kayla Neil was First Level B Champion.
First Level Freestyle
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Emily Boyce | Something From Nothing | Maple | 60.50% | 1 |
Training 2
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Carolyn Russell-Poliquin | Cornucopia | Oshawa | 71.15% | 1 |
| D'Arcy Hutcheson | Bundle | Centaurus | 59.62% | 2 |
| Hanna Bailey | Let's Rhumba | Victoria | 57.31% | 3 |
| Hannah Galway | Phineas | Maple | 56.93% | 4 |
| Emily Boyce | Something From Nothing | Maple | 56.92% | 5 |
| Samantha Galway | Fare Thee Well | Maple | 56.54% | 6 |
| Jenna Scott | Timbit | Durham | 55.00% | 7 (tied) |
| Samantha Molson | Tonka | Whitchurch | 55.00% | 7 (tied) |
Training 4
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Carolyn Russell-Poliquin | Cornucopia | Oshawa | 67.69% | 1 |
| Jenna Scott | Timbit | Durham | 66.54% | 2 |
| Jennifer McKeen | Annie | Oshawa | 65.00% | 3 |
| Samantha Galway | Fare Thee Well | Maple | 61.15% | 4 |
| Hannah Galway | Phineas | Maple | 57.31% | 5 |
| D'Arcy Hutcheson | Bundle | Centaurus | 56.54% | 6 |
| Kristiana Cope | Grover | Whitchurch | 55.77% | 7 |
| Samantha Molson | Tonka | Whitchurch | 55.00% | 8 |
Carolyn Russell-Polyquin was Training Champion, Jenna Scott was the Reserve.
Pre-Training 1, Group A
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Katie Lostchuck | Lieutenant James | Maple | 62.35% | 1 |
| Jennifer Nason | Faolin Ruadh | Maple | 56.76% | 2 |
| Justine Blocksdorf | Brandee | Simcoe | 55.88% | 3 |
| Maya Kenedy | Napoleon Brandy | Maple | 52.65% | 4 |
| Brittany Hale | Goliath | Simcoe | 52.06% | 5 |
| Taylor Ryan | King Cole | Whitchurch | 49.12% | 6 |
| Sarah Nason | Dillon | Maple | 48.82% | 7 |
| Aleks Burke | Just One Look | Maple | 46.76% | 8 |
Pre-Training 1, Group B
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Hilary Howran | Mackeeba | Kawartha | 57.06% | 1 |
| Jennifer Pett | Thunder | Victoria | 54.41% | 2 |
| Stephen Hall | Prospect's Oasis | Uxbridge-Scugog | 53.82% | 3 |
| Nikki Ince | Maximus | King | 53.24% | 4 |
| Kylie Figueira | That's So Raven | Victoria | 52.65% | 5 |
| Cori Barnes | Locknigar | Uxbridge-Scugog | 52.35% | 6 |
| Mitchell Hall | Prospect's Ebony | Uxbridge-Scugog | 48.53% | 7 |
| Maddy Lang | The Flying Finn | King | 43.82% | 8 |
Pre-Training 2, Group A
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Maya Kenedy | Napoleon Brandy | Maple | 62.81% | 1 |
| Taylor Ryan | King Cole | Whitchurch | 62.50% | 2 |
| Jennifer Nason | Faolin Ruadh | Maple | 61.88% | 3 |
| Brittany Hale | Goliath | Simcoe | 58.75% | 4 |
| Katie Lostchuck | Lieutenant James | Maple | 56.56% | 5 |
| Aleks Burke | Just One Look | Maple | 54.06% | 6 |
| Stephen Hall | Prospect's Oasis | Uxbridge-Scugog | 51.88% | 7 |
| Sarah Nason | Dillon | Maple | 50.63% | 8 |
Pre-Training 2, Group B
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Justine Blocksdorf | Brandee | Simcoe | 66.88% | 1 |
| Jennifer Pett | Thunder | Victoria | 65.94% | 2 |
| Cori Barnes | Locknigar | Uxbridge-Scugog | 62.50% | 3 |
| Nikki Ince | Maximus | King | 58.13% | 4 |
| Hilary Howran | Mackeeba | Kawartha | 55.31% | 5 |
| Kylie Figueira | That's So Raven | Victoria | 54.69% | 6 |
| Mitchell Hall | Prospect's Ebony | Uxbridge-Scugog | 53.13 | 7 |
| Shannon Szarota | Rhythm | Simcoe | 46.56% | 8 |
Pre-Training Freestyle
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Jennifer Nason | Faolin Ruadh | Maple | 68.00% | 1 |
| Hilary Howran | Mackeeba | Kawartha | 65.50% | 2 |
| Sarah Nason | Dillon | Maple | 64.50% | 3 |
Justine Blocksdorf was Pre-Training Champion, Jennifer Pett was the Reserve.
Starter 1, Group A
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Alicia McCracken | Mr Handsom | Simcoe | 69.66% | 1 |
| Tara Chiasson | Brandee | Simcoe | 64.83% | 2 |
| Emily Stubbings | Jube Jube | Simcoe | 62.07% | 3 |
| Janene Howran | Zia's Tattered Lace | Kawartha | 60.34% | 4 |
| Kayla Weber | Dad's Fancy Prince | Simcoe | 56.90% | 5 |
| Maddy Lang | The Flying Finn | King | 55.86% | 6 |
| Andrea Van Veghel | Pete | Uxbridge-Scugog | 48.28% | 7 |
| Lindsay Weber | Jake's Ty 2 K | Simcoe | 42.07% | 8 |
Starter 1, Group B
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Jane Stephenson | Merrylegs | Uxbridge-Scugog | 75.86% | 1 |
| Riikka Kojola | Masquerade | Maple | 69.66% | 2 |
| Lauren Coleman-Baker | Quinley | Whitchurch | 68.97% | 3 |
| Emma Pasianotto | Curious Jordan | King | 65.86% | 4 |
| Kyra Holmes | Heart and Soul | Maple | 62.07% | 5 |
| Jamie Kellock | Grover | Whitchurch | 56.55% | 6 |
| Megan Mattos | Rhiannon | Waussnodae | 53.79% | 7 |
| Sophie Bile | George | Whitchurch | 52.07% | 8 |
Starter 2, Group A
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Lauren Coleman-Baker | Quinley | Whitchurch | 77.14% | 1 |
| Emily Stubbings | Jube Jube | Simcoe | 70.71% | 2 |
| Kyra Holmes | Heart and Soul | Maple | 70.36% | 3 |
| Nikki Ince | Maximus | King | 67.86% | 4 |
| Kayla Weber | Dad's Fancy Prince | Simcoe | 65.00% | 5 |
| Maddy Lang | The Flying Finn | King | 61.43% | 6 |
| Tara Chiasson | Brandee | Simcoe | 51.79% | 7 |
| Sophie Bile | George | Whitchurch | 51.43% | 8 |
Starter 2, Group B
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Jane Stephenson | Merrylegs | Uxbridge-Scugog | 77.50% | 1 |
| Alicia McCracken | Mr Handsome | Simcoe | 68.21% | 2 |
| Megan Mattos | Rhiannon | Waussnodae | 65.36% | 3 |
| Janene Howran | Zia's Tattered Lace | Kawartha | 63.57% | 4 |
| Lindsay Weber | Jake's Ty 2 K | Simcoe | 60.71% | 5 |
| Andrea Van Veghel | Pete | Uxbridge-Scugog | 60.36% | 6 |
| Maya Kenedy | Shakespeare | Maple | 56.43% | 7 |
| Jamie Kellock | Grover | Whitchurch | 56.07% | 8 |
Starter Freestyle
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Riikka Kojola | Masquerade | Maple | 65.00% | 1 |
| Emma Pasianotto | Curious Jordan | King | 61.00% | 2 |
| Janene Howran | Zia's Tattered Lace | Kawartha | 60.00% | 3 |
| Sophie Bile | George | Whitchurch | 55.00% | 4 |
| Kayla Weber | Dad's Fancy Prince | Simcoe | 53.50% | 5 |
| Lindsay Weber | Jake's Ty 2 K | Simcoe | 51.00% | 6 |
| Megan O'Hara | Miss Know It All | Maple | 48.50% | 7 |
| Emily Banks-Ng | Brandy | King | 48.00% | 8 |
Jane Stephenson was Starter Champion, Lauren Coleman-Baker was the Reserve.
Entry 1, Group A
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Emma Pasianotto | Curious Jordan | King | 66.09% | 1 |
| Rebecca Gissing | Leif Alaric | King | 59.13% | 2 |
| Megan Pagniello | Summit | King | 58.70% | 3 |
| Victoria Malfait | The Full Monty | Springwater | 57.83% | 4 |
| Emily Banks-Ng | Brandy | King | 56.96 | 5 |
| Jaimie Figueira | Baltimore | Victoria | 55.22% | 6 |
| Brianne Malfait | Plain Jane | Springwater | 46.52% | 7 |
Entry 1, Group B
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Sarah Smith | Ceulan Copper Bracken | Maple | 80.00% | 1 |
| Wesley Stubbings | Lucky Bag Pipes | Simcoe | 66.96% | 2 |
| Isabel Brims | George | Whitchurch | 56.52% | 3 |
| Darby Mailhot | Jube Jube | Simcoe | 54.35% | 4 |
| Megan O'Hara | Miss Know It All | Maple | 53.91% | 5 |
| Danelle Chaudet | Mr Handsome | Simcoe | Elim. |
Entry 2, Group A
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Emma Pasianotto | Curious Jordan | King | 68.97% | 1 |
| Emily Banks-Ng | Brandy | King | 60.69% | 2 |
| Jaimie Figueira | Baltimore | Victoria | 54.14% | 3 |
| Megan Pagniello | Summit | King | 53.79% | 4 |
| Danelle Chaudet | Mr Handsome | Simcoe | 53.10% | 5 |
| Victoria Malfait | The Full Monty | Springwater | 46.55% | 6 |
| Brianne Malfait | Plain Jane | Springwater | Elim. |
Entry 2, Group B
| Rider | Horse | Branch | Mark | Place |
| Wesley Stubbings | Lucky Bag Pipes | Simcoe | 68.62% | 1 |
| Sarah Smith | Ceulan Copper Bracken | Maple | 63.79% | 2 |
| Rebecca Gissing | Leif Alaric | King | 61.03% | 3 |
| Darby Mailhot | Jube Jube | Simcoe | 56.55% | 4 |
| Megan O'Hara | Miss Know It All | Maple | 48.97% | 5 |
| Isabel Brims | George | Whitchurch | 47.93% | 6 |
Sarah Smith was Entry Champion, Wesley Stubbings was the Reserve.
Sarah Smith also received the trophy for highest score in the entire show, with her mark of 80.00% in the Entry Test #1.
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