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Central Ontario Regional Dressage Finals/Third Qualifier Results

Here are highlight results for the Central Ontario Regional Dressage Finals, plus a third qualifier. This competition took place on Saturday, August 12 at Chance Stables, near Bowmanville, Ontario. Those who used the show as a third qualifier also had their scores used in the Regional Finals.  Complete results follow the highlights

Regional Finals

The highest level in this show was Second Level, with Tests 3 and 4 being used. Johanna McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club rode Millgate Braveheart to first place finishes in both Second Level Tests, with Megan Mattos of the Waussnodae Pony Club taking second spot in both classes on Freddy the Freak. Ms McKeen was the only entry in the Second Level Freestyle class, and took first place riding "against the book." Ms McKeen was Second Level Champion and Ms Mattos was the Reserve.

In the First Level A competition, the order of finish was the same for both Test 1 and Test 2. The winner and Division Champion was Madison Wilks of the Durham Pony Club riding Mega Cool. Second place and Division Reserve went to Christy Chamney of the Maple Pony Club on My Turn. In the First Level B competition, Kayla Neil of the Durham Pony Club was the only competitor on Adara; her scores were good enough for third place in Test 3 and second place in Test 4, and of course she was the Division Champion.

In the Training Division, D'Arcy Hutcheson of the Centaurus Pony Club won the Test 3 class on Bundle, with Jenna Scott of the Durham Pony Club second on Timbit and Emily Boyce of the Maple Pony Club third on Something From Nothing. In the Test 4 class, the winner was Carolyn Russell-Poliquin of the Oshawa Pony Club on Cornucopia, with Ms Hutcheson second and Ms Boyce third. Ms Hutcheson was Training Division Champion with Ms Russell-Poliquin the Reserve.

Jennifer Pett of the Victoria Pony Club won the Pre-Training Test 1 Class on Thunder, with Nikki Ince of the King Pony Club second on Maximus and Justine Blocksdorf of the Simcoe Pony Club third on Brandee. In Pre-Training Test 2, the winner was Ms Blocksdorf, with Maya Kenedy of the Maple Pony Club second on Napoleon Brandy and Ms Pett third. The Pre-Training champion was Ms Pett, with Ms Blocksdorf the Reserve.

In the Starter Division, the Test 1 class was won by Alycia McCracken of the Simcoe Pony Club riding Mr. Handsome. Second place went to Jane Stephenson of the Uxbridge-Scugog Pony Club aboard Ladybug, and Riikka Kojola of the Maple Pony Club was third on Masquerade. In Test 2, the winner was Ms Stephenson, with Janene Howran of the Kawartha Pony Club second riding Zia's Tattered Lace and Ms Kojola third. Ms Stephenson was Starter Division Champion with Ms McCracken the Reserve. Emily Banks-Ng of the King Pony Club won the Starter Freestyle on Brandy, with second place going to Ms Howran, and third place to Emma Pasianotto of King riding Curious Jordan. The Starter Pas de Deux was won by a team comprising Nikki Ince on Maximus and Maddy Lang, also of King, riding Fat Chance.

Sarah Smith of the Maple Pony Club won the Entry Division Test 1 on Ceulan Copper Bracken, with second place going to Wesley Stubbings of the Simcoe Pony Club riding Lucky Bag Pipes. Megan Pagniello of the King Pony Club placed third on Summit. In Test 2, the winner was Ms Pasianotto and Curious Jordan, with Ms Smith second and Ms Banks-Ng third. Ms Smith was Entry Champion with Ms Pasianotto the Reserve

Qualifier

Megan Mattos was the only Second Level entry, riding Freddy the Freak. This time her scores were good enough for fourth in both Test 3 and Test 4.

Christy Chamney and My Turn placed were the only entry in First Level Test 1 and placed second, riding "against the book". There were no entries at this level in the Qualifier.

Carolyn Russell-Poliquin and Cornucopia won both the Training Level Test 3 and Test 4 classes. Second place in Test 3 went to Jane Little of the Arête de Chêne Pony Club on Spanish Velvet Lace, with Lauren Bridle of the Waussnodae Pony Club third riding Nick. In Test 4, Ms Bridle was second and Alyssa Stavrakos of the Durham Pony Club was third riding Alyssa's Lincoln.

In the Pre-Training Division, Carrie Doorenspleet of the Durham Pony Club won Test 1 aboard Gold Rush Frontier, with Ms Blocksdorf and Brandee second, and Hilary Howran of the Kawartha Pony Club third riding Mackeeba. In Test 2, Ms Doorenspleet again took the honours, with Ms Howran second and Ms Ince third.

In the Starter Test 1 class, there was a rare tie for first place between Jane Stephenson of Uxbridge-Scugog riding Merrylegs and Maxime Weiss of the King Pony Club riding Black Velvet, with Christy Chamney third, this time riding Neo Royo. In the Starter Test 2 competition, Ms Stephenson again finished first, with Janene Howran and Zia's Tattered Lace second, and third place going to Maddy Lang and The Flying Finn.

Ms Weiss and Black Velvet won the Entry Level Test 1 class in the Qualifier, with second place going to Ms Pagniello and Summit, and third to Ms Banks-Ng and Brandy. In Test 2, Ms Weiss finished first, Ms Banks-Ng second and Ms Pagniello third.

Now the details.

Regional Finals

Second Level B

Test 3
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 55.106 1
Megan Mattos Freddy the Freak Waussnodae 53.617 2

Test 4
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Johanna McKeen Millgate Braveheart Oshawa 52.941 1
Megan Mattos Freddy the Freak Waussnodae 52.745 2

Freestyle - Johanna McKeen and Millgate Braveheart were the only entries, placing first with a score of 61.193.

Champion: Johanna McKeen

Reserve: Megan Mattos

First Level

Kayla Neil of Durham was the only entry in First Level B competition.  She scored 56.000 in Test 3, good for third place, and 58.611 in Test 4, good for second place and the First Level B Championship.

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Madison Wilks Mega Cool Durham 62.222 1
Christy Chamney My Turn Maple 57.778 2

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Madison Wilks Mega Cool Durham 65.588 1
Christy Chamney My Turn Maple 58.824 2

First Level A Champion: Madison Wilks

Reserve: Christy Chamney

Training Level

Test 3
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
D'Arcy Hutcheson Bundle Centaurus 62.500 1
Jenna Scott Timbit Durham 58.333 2
Emily Boyce Something From Nothing Maple 55.000 3
Carolyn Russell-Poliquin Cornucopia Oshawa 54.583 4
Jane Little Spanish Velvet Lace Arête de Chêne 54.167 5
Jennifer McKeen Annie Oshawa 52.500 6
Lauren Bridle Nick Waussnodae 52.500 7

Test 4
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Carolyn Russell-Poliquin Cornucopia Oshawa 62.308 1
D'Arcy Hutcheson Bundle Centaurus 61.538 2
Emily Boyce Something From Nothing Maple 60.769 3
Jennifer McKeen Annie Oshawa 57.308 4
Jenna Scott Timbit Durham 56.923 5
Lauren Bridle Nick Waussnodae 51.154 6

Champion:  D'Arcy Hutcheson

Reserve:  Carolyn Russell-Poliquin

Pre-Training Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Jennifer Pett Thunder Victoria 66.471 1
Nikki Ince Maximus King 60.294 2
Justine Blocksdorf Brandee Simcoe 59.412 3
Hilary Howran Mackeeba Kawartha 58.529 4
Maya Kenedy Napoleon Brandy Maple 58.529 5

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Justine Blocksdorf Brandee Simcoe 60.313 1
Maya Kenedy Napoleon Brandy Maple 60.000 2
Jennifer Pett Thunder Victoria 57.500 3
Hilary Howran Mackeeba Kawartha 54.375 4
Nikki Ince Maximus King 54.063 5

Champion:  Jennifer Pett

Reserve:  Justine Blacksdorf

Starter Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Alycia McCracken Mr. Handsome Simcoe 74.483 1
Jane Stephenson Merrylegs Uxbridge-Scugog 67.931 2
Riikka Kojola Masquerade Maple 65.172 3
Janene Howran Zia's Tattered Lace Kawartha 59.655 4
Emily Stubbings Jube Jube Simcoe 54.483 5
Maddy Lang The Flying Finn King 52.414 6

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Jane Stephenson Merrylegs Uxbridge-Scugog 75.357 1
Janene Howran Zia's Tattered Lace Kawartha 75.000 2
Riikka Kojola Masquerade Maple 66.429 3
Maddy Lang The Flying Finn King 66.071 4
Alycia McCracken Mr. Handsome Simcoe 61.786 5
Emily Stubbings Jube Jube Simcoe 60.000 6

Freestyle
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Emily Banks-Ng Brandy King 74.000 1
Janene Howran Zia's Tattered Lace Kawartha 67.500 2
Emma Pasianotto Curious Jordan King 67.000 3
Riikka Kojola Masquerade Maple 65.000 4
Maxime Weiss Black Velvet King 64.000 5

Pas de deux
Riders Horses Branch Score Place
Nikki Ince/

Maddy Lang

Maximus/

The Flying Finn

King 73.500 1

Champion:  Jane Stephenson

Reserve:  Alycia McCracken

Entry Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Sarah Smith Ceulan Copper Bracken Maple 71.739 1
Wesley Stubbings Lucky Bagpipes Simcoe 65.652 2
Megan Pagniello Summit King 65.217 3
Emily Banks-Ng Brandy King 64.348 4
Emma Pasianotto Curious Jordan King 61.304 5

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Emma Pasianotto Curious Jordan King 75.517 1
Sarah Smith Ceulan Copper Bracken Maple 72.414 2
Emily Banks-Ng Brandy King 64.138 3
Megan Pagniello Summit King 61.724 4
Wesley Stubbings Lucky Bagpipes Simcoe 55.172 5

Champion:  Sarah Smith

Reserve:  Emma Pasianotto

Qualifier

Second Level - Megan Mattos of the Waussnodae Pony Club was the only entry in the Qualifier at this level, riding Freddy the Freak.  She scored 53.617 in Test 3, good for fourth place, and 52.745 in Test 4, also for fourth.

First Level B - Again there was only one entry in the Qualifier at this level.  Kayla Neil of the Durham Pony Club rode Adara to a score of 56.000 in Test 3 (third place) and a score of 58.611 in Test 4 (second place).

First Level A - The only entry was Christy Chamney of the Maple Pony Club, riding My Turn.  She scored 57.778 in Test 1 (second place) and did not ride Test 2.

Training Level

Test 3
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Carolyn Russell-Poliquin Cornucopia Oshawa 54.583 1
Jane Little Spanish Velvet Lace Arête de Chêne 54.167 2
Lauren Bridle Nick Waussnodae 52.500 3
Alyssa Stavrakos Alyssa's Lincoln Durham 50.833 4

Test 4
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Carolyn Russell-Poliquin Cornucopia Oshawa 62.308 1
Lauren Bridle Nick Waussnodae 51.154 2
Alyssa Stavrakos Alyssa's Lincoln Durham 50.385 3
Jane Little Spanish Velvet Lace Arête de Chêne 50.000 4

Pre-Training Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Carrie Doorenspleet Gold Rush Frontier Durham 62.059 1
Justine Blocksdorf Brandee Simcoe 59.412 2
Hilary Howran Mackeeba Kawartha 58.529 3

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Carrie Doorenspleet Gold Rush Frontier Durham 60.000 1
Hilary Howran Mackeeba Kawartha 54.375 2
Nikki Ince Maximus King 54.063 3

Starter Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Jane Stephenson Merrylegs Uxbridge-Scugog 67.931 1 (tied)
Maxime Weiss Black Velvet King 67.931 1 (tied)
Christy Chamney Neo Royo Maple 61.034 3
Janene Howran Zia's Tattered Lace Kawartha 59.655 4
Alyssa Stavrakos Little Dynamite Durham 57.931 5

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Jane Stephenson Merrylegs Uxbridge-Scugog 75.357 1
Janene Howran Zia's Tattered Lace Kawartha 75.000 2
Maddy Lang The Flying Finn King 66.071 3
Christy Chamney Neo Royo Maple 62.857 4
Alycia McCracken Mr. Handsome Simcoe 61.786 5
Maxime Weiss Black Velvet King 60.714 6
Alyssa Stavrakos Little Dynamite Durham 52.857

Entry Level

Test 1
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Maxime Weiss Black Velvet King 68.261 1
Megan Pagniello Summit King 65.217 2
Emily Banks-Ng Brandy King 64.348 3
Amanda Treen Ace of Wonder Durham 61.304 4

Test 2
Rider Horse Branch Score Place
Maxime Weiss Black Velvet King 58.966 1
Emily Banks-Ng Brandy King 64.138 2
Megan Pagniello Summit King 61.724 3
Amanda Treen Ace of Wonder Durham 61.724 4
Michelle Treen Garnet Durham 60.690 5

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).