Happy Canada Day! Photo via Wikimedia Commons
Hot on the heels of the U.S. WEG squad announcement last night, Equine Canada named its squad today. Hawley Bennett-Awad posted the team on her Facebook page, and we have confirmed that the Canadian squad is:
Hawley Bennett-Awad / Langley, BC / Gin & Juice, 2000 brown, American Thoroughbred / Rider & Linda Paine
Selena O’Hanlon / Kingston, ON / Foxwood High, 2003 bay, Canadian Sport Horse gelding / John & Judy Rumble
Jessica Phoenix / Cannington, ON / A Little Romance, 2005 dark bay, Canadian TB /Trakehner mare / Donald Leschied
Kathryn Robinson / Kettering, GBR / Let it Bee, 2001, black German bred, gelding / Rider
The team alternates will be named in a press release that will be published shortly. Stay tuned, and congrats to Team Canada!
Update 6:15 p.m. EST. The non-traveling alternates were named in a press release:
Peter Barry / Dunham, QC / Kilrodan Abbott , 1999 bay, Irish Sport Horse gelding / Rider, Susan & Dylan Barry
Selena O’Hanlon / Kingston, ON / Bellaney Rock, 1999 chestnut, Irish Sport Horse gelding / Rider & Eventing Canada
Jessica Phoenix / Cannington, ON / Pavarotti, 2002 bay, Westphalian gelding / Don J. Good
