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Sunday’s Final Four Will Prove Exciting

June 24, 2006

(Spruce Meadows, Calgary, AB): It was a perfect Grand Prix day at Spruce Meadows as hundreds of Junior and Amateur riders took to the outdoor grass rings at the inaugural “Skyliner” Tournament.

Juniors and Amateurs from across North and South America - from the Pony Division on up through the 1.40m Division - took turns strutting their stuff throughout the day, vying not only for a chance to capture what might be their first Grand Prix ribbon, but also for a coveted spot in Sunday’s Final Four.

The big winner of the day was Cody Auer (Fairfield, CT) who won the Mullen Group Income Fund 1.40m Grand Prix on Meadows on the Green aboard her horse Okido, a 10 year-old Dutch gelding.

“I usually don’t ride very fast,” says Auer, “But they told me I’d better win because he’s such a fast horse”.

Auer has had a great week at the “Skyliner”, her team finishing fifth in the Paramount Resources Prix des Nations on Friday and sixth in the Kirchman Family 1.40m Welcome on Thursday. Each of these placings has been important as her scores will be combined to qualify her for Sunday’s Final Four. Only the top four riders in each division have qualified to compete.

There will undoubtedly be a little anxiety between now and tomorrow’s events. The format will take on that of a World Championship. All four riders and horses will enter the ring at the same time and first complete the course on their own mount. They will then have the opportunity to ride the same course with each of their opponents mounts.

The challenge of navigating a clear round is doubled when asked to do so on an unfamiliar horse, especially since the riders and horses will only have two minutes to get used to each other before they must start jumping.

The confirmed Final Four in each division are: 

 



Esso Pony Jumper Final Four

Jo Herbers / License to Fly                                 

Annie Abbot / Liberty Z  

Beth Buchanan / Loves Potion 

Jasmine Wiggins / Likity Split 

 

Canadian Utilities 1.10m (A) Final Four 

Jordan Bosstick / Sbrutsch

Ashlee Lloyd-Telford / Orlanda

Shawn Tebben / Sail Solo

Dylan Kornbluth / Jazmero

 

Canadian Utilities 1.10m (B) Final Four

Annie Laurie Cook / NZ Sneaky Feeling 

Courtney Fagan / Moxie 

Nicholas Wright / Iberia 

Allison Van Sickle / Amazing Grace 

 

Red Deer Advocate 1.20m (A) Final Four

Joelle Froese / Sprite 

Katherine Bardis / Lady Like 

Selena Selinger / Optiemist 

Kyle Timm / Peninsula Illusion 

 

 

Red Deer Advocate 1.20m (B) Final Four

Samantha Buirs / Cowboy Pride

Allison Van Sickle / Blue Bayou

Lindsay Wendt / Weisser Willi

Natalie Jones / Ulexis

 

Ashcor 1.30m (A) Final Four

Kyle Timm / Peninsula Van Cleef 

Alejandro Karolyi / Graciano LS 

Karl Cook / Notories Utopia 

Lindsay Wendt / Campiola 

 

Ashcor 1.30m (B) Final Four

Alfredo Miguel Trevino / Anika 

Sean Crooks / Edesa’s Lydille 

Nicole Crighton / King David 

Tiffany Sullivan / No-Sa 

 

Kirchman Family 1.40m Final Four

Mika Buckwold /  Huxley

Cody Auer / Okido

Sarah Segal / Go West

Fernanda Zambrano / Bradford

 



Tomorrow’s competitions get underway at 8:30a with the Canadian Utilities 1.10m Junior/Amateur Final Four on the North American Ring.  The day will finish with the featured Kirchman Family 1.40m Junior/Amateur Final Four starting at 1:30p.

 

Please visit www.sprucemeadows for full schedule information.

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