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Canadian Vaulters Ready to Participate 2009 Kentucky Cup Vaulting Event

July 29, 2009

Ottawa, Ontario--- VaultCanada is please to announce the vaulters who will be representing Canada at the 2009 Kentucky Cup Vaulting, held from July 29 to August 2, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, US. This event will act as a test competition for Vaulting in preparation for the 2010 World Equestrian Games, which will be held at the same event site.

The Canadian vaulters are as follows:

Vaulter Hometown

Jessica Bentzen Parksville, BC

Tauren Deluca Langley, BC

Hannah Marland Rocky Mountain House, AB

Alisa Porter Chilliwack, BC

Raven Schmidt Chilliwack, BC

Chelsey Wierks Chilliwack, BC

The team’s Chef d’équipe is Marita Hoppe of De Winton, AB.

“The hardest work is behind us, and we are excited to begin,” said Hoppe. “The arena here is the best that it could be, and the event organizers have done a fantastic job.”

This is an important competition for the Canadian vaulters who will be vying for one of the three individual spots on the woman’s vaulting team as members of Canadian Equestrian Team heading to the 2010 World Equestrian Games.

A two and one star Federation Equestre International (FEI) event, the Kentucky Cup Vaulting offers a similar format to the Games. The competition will have Compulsories and Freestyle for round one for both the CVI* and CVI**, but the second round of the CVI** has a Technical test in place of the Compulsories. In addition to the Canadian entries, the event will also feature vaulters from Denmark, Italy, South Africa, Australia, Argentina, China and the United States.

Competition will begin daily at 8 a.m. and will resume in the afternoon at 1 p.m.

For additional information on VaultCanada and its programs, please visit www.vaultcanada.org.

About VaultCanada

VaultCanada is the discipline committee of Equine Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing programs on behalf of the vaulting community and administrating the high performance program for vaulters in Canada. For additional information regarding VaultCanada please visit www.vaultcanada.org

About Equine Canada

Equine Canada is a member-based association that represents, promotes and services Canada's equine community and industry. Its core areas of activity involve sport, equine health and welfare, education and safety, governance and marketing, representation and communication. Equine Canada is recognized by Sport Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Coaching Association of Canada as the national organization representing equestrian sport and equine interests in Canada. For more information about Equine Canada, please visit www.equinecanada.ca

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