Canadian Paralympian Jody Schloss and her 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, Lieutenant Lobin (Lobster x Fanal Prydsholm), swept the CPEDI 3* Grade I division at the Caledon Spring Jubilee. They scored 66.071% in the Team Competition on June 1 for their first win. An action-packed day on June 2 led to a score of 67.083% in the Individual and 73.333% in the Freestyle to add two more wins to their collection.
Jody Lands 3rd at AGDF in FEI Para Individual Champ Test Grade I – CPEDI 3*
Jody Schloss placed 3rd in the FEI Para Individual Champ Test Grade I – CPEDI 3* during week 9 of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). The competition started on Friday, March 8, with FEI Para Team Tests. Para riders from Grade I to Grade V rode in FEI Individual Tests on Saturday and those with an average combined score of 60.000% or higher qualified for the FEI Para Freestyle Tests on Sunday.
RESULTS for FEI Para Individual Champ Test Grade I – CPEDI 3*
Place, Rider, Nationality, Horse, Horse Information: Judge E% – Elke Ebert, Judge C% – Birgit Valkenborg, Judge M% – Marco Orsini, Total %
1.Roxanne Trunnell (USA), Dolton, 7-year-old Hanoverian gelding by Danone I owned by Kate Shoemaker: 75.536%, 73.750%, 75.893%, 75.060%
2.David Botana (USA), Lord Locksley, 18-year-old Trakehner stallion by Unkenruf x Lida owned by Margaret Stevens: 70.714%, 73.393%, 72.679%, 72.262%
3.Jody Schloss (CAN), Lieutenant Lobin, 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding by Lobster x Farine owned by Jody Schloss: 69.643%, 71.607%, 71.429%, 70.893%
4.Winona Hartvikson (CAN), Ultimo, 12-year-old P.R.E. gelding by Invasor III x Gala XXI owned by Winona Hartvikson: 71.429%, 69.107%, 67.321%, 69.286%
5.Deborah Stanitski (USA), Skovlunds De Nice, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding by De Noir x Miss Kiki owned by Deborah Stanitski: 67.500%, 66.786%, 66.964%, 67.083
“I would like to thank Equestrian Canada, especially Clive and Christine for all of your help as well as Jamie-Ann Goodfellow and Sarah Rodger’s for your help during the training process.” Said Jody, “Thanks to Caroline Archambault for making Lobin and I relaxed and feeling great for our performances with her magical massages. Thank you to Melinda Castillo for being such a good and reliable assistant, and for leaving your kids so you could help me for 3 weeks. Thanks to my mother for helping me organize everything so that this show would be the success that it was.Thank you to Jennifer Tilinghast for being such a great and reliable groom, and for making Lobin feel and look so good and ready to perform. Thank you to Marley Crosby for being my assistant during the show. Thank you to Karis for being such a good coach and for helping Lobin and I so much! I would like to thank Adequan Global Dressage Festival for hosting such an incredible show. Last but not least I would like to thank my amazing horse Lieutenant Lobin for improving so much! I’m so proud of you, and the effort you put into improving! I bought you extra treats today for being such a good boy!”
Wellington Results
Top Canadian Results – CPEDI 3* Wellington
FEI Para Team Test – Grade I
Placing / Rider / Horse / Owner / Score
1st / Jody Schloss / Lieutenant Lobin / Jody Schloss / 69.524%
2nd / Robyn Andrews / Fancianna / Robyn Andrews / 68.274%
FEI Para Individual Test – Grade I
Placing / Rider / Horse / Owner / Score
1st / Jody Schloss / Lieutenant Lobin / Jody Schloss / 71.250%
2nd / Robyn Andrews / Fancianna / Robyn Andrews / 69.286%
FEI Para Freestyle – Grade I
Placing / Rider / Horse / Owner / Score
1st / Robyn Andrews / Fancianna / Robyn Andrews / 73.222%
2nd / Jody Schloss / Lieutenant Lobin / Jody Schloss / 70.333%
FEI Para Team Test – Grade IV
Placing / Rider / Horse / Owner / Score
3rd / Laura Hall / Boo Sinclair / Heather Boo / 65.750%
FEI Para Individual Test – Grade IV
Placing / Rider / Horse / Owner / Score
3rd / Laura Hall / Boo Sinclair / Heather Boo / 65.203%
Back to Back Victories for Jody!
Canadian Paralympian Jody Schloss Earns Back-to-Back Victories at Final Wellington CPEDI 3
Ottawa, ON, Mar. 13, 2017 – Canadian Paralympian, Jody Schloss of Toronto, ON earned back-to-back victories in the Grade I division at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) CPEDI 3*, held Mar. 10-12 in Wellington, FL. It marked the final CPEDI held at the acclaimed Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) of the season.
Eleven horse and rider combinations from Canada and the United States competed in classes from Grade I through Grade V over the course of the weekend, including multiple World Equestrian Games’ riders and Paralympians.
Partnered with her newest mount, Lieutenant Lobin (Lobster x Fanal Prydsholm), Schloss’s first victory came on opening day with a win in the Grade I Team Test on Mar. 10. She and Lieutenant Lobin, her 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding earned a score of 69.524%.
The following day, Schloss and her mount, known affectionately around the stables as Lobin, returned to the stadium for the Individual Test. Topping their earlier score, the pair finished with a mark of 71.250%. The pair also claimed second in the Freestyle on Mar. 12, with a 70.333%.
Schloss, who made her Paralympic debut at the 2012 London Olympics, only began competing with Lobin last season. Since then the pair have enjoyed a string of successes, including a number of second and third place finishes at Wellington earlier this season and in 2016.
“I’m really happy with my performance, Lobin and I did so well,” exclaimed Schloss, who trains with Canadian dressage competitor Jessica Rhinelander. “The experience here in Wellington has been really good. I had a great time with the whole team. Every one was very supportive.”
With Wellington now behind them, Schloss is already looking forward to a bright future with Lobin.
“I’m really excited about the future for Lobin and I,” she said. “I intend to keep competing internationally with him.”
Also competing for Canada in the Grade I division was 2016 Paralympian Robyn Andrews of St. John’s NL, aboard Fancianna, her 16-year-old Friesian/Andalusian mare. The duo claimed second place in the Team and Individual Tests, receiving scores of 68.274% and 69.286%, respectively. But it was during the Freestyle that once again proved this exciting pair is one to watch.
They scored an impressive 73.222% to top the leaderboard and close out the CPEDI 3* on a high note, setting a new personal best at CPEDI-level competition. Her previous personal best was a 73.056% in the Freestyle, which came as part of a trio of wins during the CPEDI 3* held Jan. 19-22 in Wellington.
“I was very pleased with all of my performances,” said Andrews. “Fancy was very good in the warm-up and it really showed through in my Freestyle. Wellington really is my winter home.”
Looking ahead, Andrews hopes to once again represent Canada at the World Equestrian Games (WEG), happening in 2018 in Tyron, NC. She previously represented her home nation during WEG 2014 in Normandy, FRA.
Making her CPEDI debut was Canadian para-equestrian athlete Laura Hall of Ladysmith, BC. Riding Boo Sinclair (Sir Sinclair x Noble Nashua), an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by American Dr. Heather Boo, Hall captured two third-place finishes in the Grade IV division. On Mar. 10, she and Boo Sinclair scored 65.750% in the Team Test, following it up a day later with a 65.203% in the Individual Test.
“It was fantastic,” Hall exclaimed of her debut. “I had a great time and learned so much. It was such a memorable experience. Meeting all the riders and talking to them about their experiences was a definite highlight. The best part was going down that centreline for the first time in the stadium, such an amazing feeling! It was also an honour to ride for Team Canada, which has always been a dream of mine, and to be on that team with two great Paralympians.”
Adding to the excitement for Hall was testing the waters with a new equine partner.
“Boo Sinclair is an amazing horse, he is so willing and gives such a great feeling in those moments when I get it right,” she said. “We had only been together for five days prior to this show. My coach, Karen Pavicic, knew his owner, Heather Boo, who was excited to see Boo Sinclair strut his stuff in the stadium and agreed to let me ride him in this CPEDI. He performed so well and handled everything with a great attitude. I think he’ll be fantastic as part of the para world!” The Canadian team at the CPEDI 3* was supported by Team Massage Therapist Caroline Archambault, Equestrian Canada (EC) Head of Sport Science Jessica Dilliott and the recently appointed Para-Dressage High Performance Program Technical Leader, Clive Milkins, who has been involved in para-dressage for over 25 years.
“It is very exciting to be a part of a young dynamic team with lots of potential for future,” said Milikins, who was appointed earlier this month and will report directly to Jon Garner, EC Director of Sport. “In amongst our experienced athletes Robyn and Jody we welcomed Laura hall on Dr. Heather Boo’s horse Boo Sinclair. Although a relatively new combination with Laura only riding the horse a handful of times, they are an exciting combination for the future. A special thank you to Heather Boo for loaning Boo Sinclair to the team. This competition has been a valuable experience in both riding and team bonding. The future looks bright for Canadian para-dressage.”
Team Test Results!
Jody’s on Canada’s Olympic Long List!
The International Equestrian Federation has published its “long lists” of athletes and horses for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Jody’s on it!
Congratulations, Jody and Lieutenant Lobin!
Source: Canada’s Olympic Long Lists for Dressage, Eventing & Showjumping
Introducing Jody’s Horses!
More about PUSH!
Jody is one of the athletes starring in PUSH!, a play documenting the lives of Paralympic athletes.
PUSH! traces the history of Paralympic competition from 1944 to the present day, weaving together six athletes’ individual journeys to paint an exceptionally diverse picture of what it is to be a world-class athlete.
PUSH! Starring Jody Schloss!
During the Parapan Am Games, Jody took part in a play with other para athletes called PUSH!
PUSH! traces the history of Paralympic competition from 1944 to the present day, weaving together six athletes’ individual journeys to paint an exceptionally diverse picture of what it is to be a world-class athlete.
Carrying the Torch
Jody was chosen to carry the Parapan Am Games torch! Here she is, receiving the flame from another torchbearer!
Canadian para-equestrian rider Jody Schloss of Toronto, ON, is set to carry the Parapan Am torch on August 6, 2015, as part of the inspirational ceremonies leading into the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games, taking place Aug. 7-15, 2015.“I’m continuously surprised by how many fortunate opportunities I have because of my love for my horses,” said Schloss, who represented Canada at the 2012 London Paralympics.
Source: Para-Equestrian Jody Schloss Parapan Am Games Torchbearer | Horse Canada