Canadian Junior Team Wins GOLD!!!!

With all 4 members of the Canadian Junior team finishing in the top eight individually, we will be bringing home the gold medals!!! We ended up with a team score of 204 and Region 2 from the United States got silver with a score of 201. Jade had the top score with a 69% for the squad. Jamie beat her pesonal best by 4% receiving a 67% and Sara had a flawless, perfect ride getting a 66.9%. Oslo and I did not have such a great ride because of a couple of errors in the rein back, and one late flying change. Also we unfortunately rode second in the morning at 8:08 in the morning (I was first up for team Canada) and Oslo was slightly distracted by the event riders riding up and down the hill beside the arena. COnsequently, Oslo was inattentive in the counter canter, causing us to change in the canter. We recovered quickly, but of course we still received a 4. In the middle of the test, Albrecht ran over and started yelling at the eventers and Tom Dvorak snapped on the steward afterwards - they ropped off that area immediately afterwards! We still received a score of 66.75% and our trot work was very good, so we were happy. Also, Canada was sitting individually 1st, 2nd, and 3rd until many of the anchor riders rode!!! The Americans didn't know what to think!!

The Young Rider teams also did very well. The Coast to Coast Canadian team ended up missing the bronze by 0.04 of a %. Also, the Ontario team got fifth. Everyone had very good rides as well.