Rider	Home Town
Lisa Coulter	Kelowna, BC / Pilot Point, TX
Duane Latimer	Bienfait, SK / Ardmore, OK
Shawna Sapergia	Cochrane, AB
Vernon Sapergia	Cochrane, AB

 
Coulter will be riding Western Whiz, a seven-year-old Quarter Horse
gelding owned by Robert Thompson. Coulter represented Canada at the 2009
Reining Kentucky Cup CRI 4* held at the Kentucky Horse Park in
Lexington, KY, where she won individual and team silver.

Latimer, the current FEI Reining World Champion, will be looking to
defend his title riding Dun Playin Tag, Lance Griffin’s Canadian-bred
six-year-old Quarter Horse gelding. Latimer also posted the score that
secured Canada the team silver medal the 2006 World Championships in
Aachen.

Shawna Sapergia, team and individual silver medalist from the 2002 Jerez
WEG, will be riding This Chics On Top, a Canadian-bred seven-year-old
Quarter Horse mare owned by Outrider Ranch Ltd.

Shawna’s father, Vernon Sapergia, will be making his Canada Reining Team
debut at the World Equestrian Games riding Its Wimpys Turn, a
six-year-old Canadian-bred Quarter horse mare also owned by Outrider
Ranch Ltd.

“Without a doubt, we have four outstanding athletes and horses
representing Canada reining at the 2010 World Equestrian Games. We
should feel confident that we will have a place on the podium,” said Bob
Thompson, chair of the CRC.

“We are very lucky to have such a strong, talented and experienced team,
and we are looking forward to an exciting and tough competition,” added
Chef d’équipe, Wendy Dyer.

For additional information on the CRC and its programs, including selection criteria, please visit the Equine Canada website at www.equinecanada.ca or e-mail
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