Here are highlight placings at the Central Ontario Regional Dressage Finals, held Sunday, September 26 at Carousel Farm near Newcastle. A "last chance" qualifier was held as well, with all competitors successful in making it to the Finals. Further details for both the qualifier and the finals follow the highlights.
In the First Level Division A, Alexandra Sprague of the Kawartha Pony Club was the only qualifying entry and placed first in both Test 1 and Test 2, riding Come As You Are "against the book" (i.e. placings are determined by the score actually achieved). She also won the First Level Freestyle class.
The First Level Division B had a similar scenario, with Meaghan Lloyd of the Durham Pony Club placing first in both Test 3 and Test 4 on Cab Fare.
The Champion in the Pony Club Entry Division was Katie McCoy-Bridges of the Toronto & North York Pony Club, riding Licorice. The Reserve was Lily Solomon, also of Toronto & North York, on Tango.
In the Pony Club Starter Division, the Champion was Jessi Rowe of the Durham Pony Club on Andante, with Cassandra Henderson of the King Pony Club the Reserve on Maximus. Ms Henderson won the Starter Freestyle class.
The Pre-Training Division Champion was Janel Semple of the Kawartha Pony Club riding Lucky Penny, with Emily Lindsay of the Rising Star Pony Club the Reserve on Shatar. Kaitlin Henderson of King won the Pre-Training Freestyle class on Dexter.
In the Training Division, the Champion was Janene Howran of Kawartha riding Verunique, with Nicole Russell-Poliquin of the Oshawa Pony Club the Reserve on Everybody Loves Raymond.
Now the details.
Qualifier Results
PC Entry Division
Test 1
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Lily Solomon | Tango | Toronto & North York | 74.34 |
| 2 | Katie McCoy-Bridges | Licorice | Toronto & North York | 68.69 |
| 3 | Noa Butler Bull | Driving Miss Daisy | Oshawa | 66.52 |
Test 2 - Ms Bull was the only entry in this test, scoring 64.48 and placing first
PC Starter Division
Test 1
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Zehra Ozturk | Razzle Dazzle | Whitchurch | 70.34 |
| 2 | Jessi Rowe | Andante | Durham | 67.59 |
| 3 | Alexandra Sprague | Armani | Kawartha | 66.2 |
Test 2
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Jessi Rowe | Andante | Durham | 67.86 |
| 2 | Alexandra Sprague | Armani | Kawartha | 65.71 |
Pre-Training Division
Test 1 - Janel Semple of Kawartha was the only competitor, riding Lucky Penny. She scored 65.59 and was awarded first place.
Test 2 - Emily Lindsay of Rising Star was the only competitor, riding Shatar. She scored 64.69 and was awarded first place.
Training Division
Test 2 - There was a tie for first place between the only two entries, Nicole Russell-Poliquin of Oshawa on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Janene Howran of Kawartha on Verunique. Both competitors scored 65.00.
Test 3
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Janene Howran | Verunique | Kawartha | 66.40 |
| 2 | Nicole Russell-Poliquin | Everybody Loves Raymond | Oshawa | 64.80 |
First Level Division A - There was only one entry in this class. Alexandra Sprague of Kawartha scored 66.39 on Come As You Are and was awarded first place.
Regional Finals
First Level Division A - There was only one entry in this class. Alexandra Sprague of Kawartha and Come As You Are scored 65.67 in Test 1 and 62.78 in Test 2 to take first place in each, and the Championship.
First Level Division B - Meaghan Lloyd of Durham and Cab Fare scored 67.14 in Test 3 and 63.42 in Test 4. She was awarded first place in each class and the Championship.
First Level Freestyle - Alexandra Sprague and Come As You Are won this class with a score of 66.83. There were no other entries.
PC Entry Division
Test 1
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Katie McCoy-Bridges | Licorice | Toronto & North York | 69.57 |
| 2 | Lily Solomon | Tango | Toronto & North York | 69.13 |
| 3 | Noa Butler Bull | Driving Miss Daisy | Oshawa | 63.48 |
Test 2
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Katie McCoy-Bridges | Licorice | Toronto & North York | 72.41 |
| 2 | Lily Solomon | Tango | Toronto & North York | 67.59 |
| 3 | Noa Butler Bull | Driving Miss Daisy | Oshawa | 63.45 |
Champion Ms McCoy-Bridges, Reserve Ms Solomon
PC Starter Division
Test 1
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Jessi Rowe | Andante | Durham | 67.93 |
| 2 | Cassandra Henderson | Maximus | King | 62.07 |
Test 2
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Cassandra Henderson | Maximus | King | 65.71 |
| 2 | Jessi Rowe | Andante | Durham | 65.36 |
Champion Ms Rowe, Reserve Ms C. Henderson. Ms Henderson was the only entry in the Starter Freestyle, and was declared the winner with a score of 71.5.
Pre-Training Division
Test 1
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Janel Semple | Lucky Penny | Kawartha | 65.00 |
| 2 | Kaitlin Henderson | Dexter | King | 63.53 |
| 3 | Emily Lindsay | Shatar | Rising Star | 62.06 |
Test 2
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Emily Lindsay | Shatar | Rising Star | 66.88 |
| 2 | Janel Semple | Lucky Penny | Kawartha | 65.63 |
| 3 | Kaitlin Henderson | Dexter | King | 65.00 |
Champion Ms Semple, Reserve Ms Lindsay. Ms K. Henderson was the only entry in the Pre-Training Freestyle, and was declared the winner with a score of 68.50.
Training Division
Test 3
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Janene Howran | Verunique | Kawartha | 64.80 |
| 2 | Jennifer McKeen | Regal's Inferno | Oshawa | 62.00 |
| 3 | Nicole Russell-Poliquin | Everybody Loves Raymond | Oshawa | 61.60 |
Test 4
| Place | Rider | Horse | Branch | Score |
| 1 | Nicole Russell-Poliquin | Everybody Loves Raymond | Oshawa | 67.20 |
| 2 | Janene Howran | Verunique | Kawartha | 66.80 |
| 3 | Jennifer McKeen | Regal's Inferno | Oshawa | 64.00 |
Champion Ms Howran, Reserve Ms Russell-Poliquin.
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).