Source: News Release
Canadian Para-Equestrian Team Set to Compete in England
Ottawa, ON --- Para-Equestrian Canada is pleased to announce that Lauren Barwick, Ashley Gowanlock and Roberta Sheffield will compete for Canada at the upcoming Hartpury CPEDI3* Festival of Dressage held July 3 - 5th, 2013 in Gloucester, ENG and the Bishop Burton CPEDI2* held July 18th - 21st, 2013 in Beverley, Yorkshire, ENG.
Barwick of Aldergrove, BC will ride Equine Canada's nine-year-old Oldenburg mare, Off to Paris. Gowanlock of Surrey, BC will compete on six-year-old chestnut mare, Double Agent, owned by Canadian teammate Sheffield. Sheffield of Lincolnshire, UK will be competing on her 10-year-old bay gelding Dutch Warm Blood, Wonderboy.
A strong support team has accompanied the riders and horses overseas which is led by Mary Longden (Team Coach), Andrea Taylor (Team Coach), Elizabeth Quigg (Chef d'Equipe), and Amie O'Shaughnessy (Director of Para-Equestrian).
Hartpury: http://www.hartpury.ac.uk/dressage/index.html
Bishop Burton: http://www.bishopburton.ac.uk/equestrian/equine-events/competition...
About Para-Equestrian Canada
Para-Equestrian Canada is the Equine Canada committee responsible for developing programs for athletes with a physical disability, and implementing the Para-Dressage high performance program. Para-Equestrian is one of Canada's most successful international disciplines, achieving an individual gold medal and an individual silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games, as well as two individual bronze medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games.
About Para-Equestrian Sport
Para-Equestrian sport provides riders with a physical disability the opportunity to compete against other riders with similar abilities. Riders are given a "Grade" based on their functional ability, and are judged on their riding skill against other athletes of the same Grade. There are five grades of competitions in dressage, with Grade IA representing the more severely impaired riders, and Grade IV representing the least severely impaired riders. Many Para-Equestrian athletes also compete alongside able-bodied competitors in Equine Canada competitions. At the grass roots level, Para-Equestrian encompasses a number of different disciplines, while the international stream focuses only on Para-Dressage. For more information, please visit
www.equinecanada.ca/para-equestrian.
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