All In, Dressage Canada Horse of the Year 2018

Dressage

Canada

Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu's WEG team horse All In has been named Dressage Canada's Horse of the Year 2018.

Equestrian Canada (EC) honoured outstanding dressage athletes, horses, owners and volunteers at the EC Dressage Awards Reception, which was held in the Tanbark Club at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON, on Nov. 6, 2018.

For the second consecutive year, All In (Tango x Damiro), a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding co-owned by Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu of Saint-Bruno, QC, her father, Craig Fraser and husband, Marc-Andre Beaulieu, has won the coveted title of Horse of the Year. The 2018 honour was awarded in light of his continued excellence in the ring, culminating in an impressive performance at the World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG).

All In’s striking presence and command of the test movements earned a handful of top-three placings in 2018, including wins in the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) CDI 4* Grand Prix on March 15 (71.957%) and the Ottawa Dressage Festival CDI 3* Grand Prix Special on May 20 (72.319%). He also earned a personal best score in the AGDF CDIO 3* Nations’ Cup Grand Prix Freestyle on March 30 when he wowed the judges to the tune of 76.990% – a score that led Team Canada to a silver-medal finish in the prestigious competition.

However, the highlight of All In’s 2018 season was still to come: the large liver chestnut earned the distinction of being the highest-scoring Canadian horse at WEG 2018, earning 70.016% in the Grand Prix on Sept. 12. The score placed him in 33rd place, just shy of the top 30 moving on to the Grand Prix Special, in his first-ever WEG appearance.