Tag: Canadian Dressage Team
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Mathilde Blaise Teteault is looking ahead to Paris!
1.You have declared for the Paris 2024 Olympics can you tell me how you came to the decision to do this? I have declared for the Olympics because it has always been my dream to go and my horse is more than ready to represent Canada in Paris Who is the horse you have declared…
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Chris von Martels on the road to Paris
I recently spoke with Chris von Martels who has declared for the Canadian Dressage Team for The Paris Olympics. Above Chris is riding his horse Eclipse in the Tokyo Olympics. I have two horses that I have declared. The first one is Eclipse. That is my previous Olympic mount from Tokyo. He has many quirks…
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They all Passed! They are ready to compete!
They are all set for the Grand Prix tomorrow!
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Team Horses are in flight to Tokyo
The Team horses for the Tokyo Olympics are on their way and many have already arrived safely. The Canadian Dressage horses have been in quarantine in Germany. The British Dressage Team horses flew to Japan from Liege. Here are a few photos. For more detail about how horses are loaded into the crates and what…
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Is Megan Lane going to Florida?
This is my third post about Canadian dressage riders who usually go to Florida for the winter season to train and compete. For some the situation with Covid in Florida and the closure of the Canadian border to all but essential travel has caused them to make the decision to stay home in Canada. Olympian…
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Postponed! Tokyo 2020 will now be in 2021.
I am sure that athletes all over the world will be disappointed to see the Olympics postponed for a year. But I suspect they will also be relieved. This past winter season in Florida I interviewed the Canadian dressage riders who were competing with the goal of making the Canadian Team. I have not communicated…
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Naima Moreira Laliberte: One day at a time to Tokyo 2020.
At age 12 Naima saw the dressage in the 2008 Olympics and she was hooked!
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Tina Irwin: The Crown,the Mare and Tokyo 2020
She is not tall but she is mighty!
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Megan Lane: Competing for a Ticket to Tokyo 2020.
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Canadian Olympian Megan Lane at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida. Megan represented Canada in dressage at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Canada did not have a team but Megan and Belinda Trussell both qualified to ride.Now Megan has officially declared to be considered for…
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Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu: Competing for the Worlds!
Brittany Fraser is one of the Canadian dressage riders, competing in the winter season at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, with the aim of qualifying for the Canadian Team for the World Equestrian Games in Tryon NC. this September. Here are her responses to my questions. What age were you when you started riding? I started riding…