Canadian Dressage Squads for 2025 Announced

Dressage

Canada

Equestrian Canada (EC) shared the National Team Program (NTP) High Performance athlete lists for 2025.

National Team Program (NTP)

The EC National Team Program was created to provide a pathway of support for technical and tactical experience and exposure that increases the number of Canadian athletes achieving international podium performances.

The NTP identifies athletes in the Train to Compete and Learn to Win stages of the Long-Term Equestrian Development (LTED) framework and supports their progression to the Learn to Win and Train to Win levels. In addition, the NTP is aligned with EC’s high performance strategies and funding partners, such as Sport Canada and the Athlete Assistance Program (AAP).

National Squad

National Squad athlete/horse combinations have a team top 8 objective at the World Championships and Olympic Games. Minimum eligibility requirements: Three (3) panel scores of 68%, or better, from CDI3*, or higher, competitions in the Big Tour Technical tests (Grand Prix/Grand Prix Special)

Carier Bergeron, Camille - Finnländerin (Owners: Gilles Bergeron / Camille Carier Bergeron)
Chia, Ariana - Guateque IV (Owners: Coves Darden Farm)
Gallagher-Legriffon, Denielle - Come Back De Massa (Owners: Denielle Gallagher-Legriffon / Ellen Lazarus)
Irving, Jill - Delacroix II (Owners: Jill Irving/Windhaven)
Moreira Laliberté, Naïma Statesman (Owners: KLM Inc.)
Von Martels, Chris - Eclips (Owners: Chris Von Martels / Barbara Soederhuizen)

Ariana Chia and Guateque IV are no longer a combination but still listed.

Development Squad

To progress to the National Squad Minimum eligibility requirements: Two (2) panel scores of 67%, or better, from CDI1*, or higher, competitions in the:
• Big Tour Technical Tests (Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special)
• Medium Tour Technical Tests (Intermediate A/B/II)
• U25 Tour Technical Tests (Intermediate II/Grand Prix (16-25)
• Small Tour Technical Tests (Prix St. Georges, Intermediate 1)

Beaulieu, Hannah - Long Island (Owners: Marina U. Toni Meggle)
Bell, Lori - Flirt (Owners: Lori Bell / Denis Rodet)
Blais Tétreault, Mathilde - Fedor (Owner: Laurence Blais Tétreault)
Carier Bergeron, Camille - Sound of Silence (Owners: Gilles Bergeron)
Fraser-Beaulieu, Brittany - Harmonium (Owners: Johanne Dubé)
Fraser-Beaulieu, Brittany - Jaccardo (Owners: Jill Irving)
Fraser-Beaulieu, Brittany - Leeghwater (Owners: Jill Irving)
Irving, Jill - Genesis (Owners: Windhaven)
Irving, Jill - Knight (Owners: Windhaven)
Irwin, James - Flirtfaktor S (Owners: James Irwin/Tina Irwin)
Irwin, James - Simsalabim (Owners: Kimberly Wynd)
Mancusi, Brooke - Kalisto Sollenburg (Owners: BM Dressage)
Moreira Laliberté, Naïma - Jaliska L.D. (Owners: KML Inc.)
Torkkeli, Ryan - Sternenwanderer (Owners: Ingetraud Bolz / Dieter Laugks)
Trussell, Belinda - Feng De Lys (Owners: Linda Jodion)

Torrkeli and Sternenwanderer are no longer a combination but still listed.

Talent ID Squad

The performance objective of the Talent ID squad is for riders to progress to the Development Squad level. Young riders are listed in this squad and they have to score a minimum of 2x 65% at a CDI in the team or individual test to be submitted to the squad.

Three riders are currently listed. They are:

Rokstad, Sophia - Lord Nunes (12-YP RHLD by Lord Loxley x Jazz, owned by Stephanie Rokstad)
Swackhammer, Anne - Fabienna GV (11-YO WESTF by Fackeltanz x August der Starke, owned by Kristina Bennett / Melissa Sinclair)
Williams-Brown, Kiara - Fortissimo (12-YO WESTF by Franziskus x Dr Doolittle, owned by Simone Williams)

In a previous version of the Talent ID squad (also marked 1 December 2024) Kathryn Robinson was also listed with Forget-Me-Not (14-yo KWPN by Valdez x Ferro, owned by Carol Robinson).