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Jill Irving

Originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Jill Irving has been a horse enthusiast and a competitive equestrian since she was a young girl. Her experience as a child was primarily based in showing ponies and hunters, but in her late teens she began to focus on dressage. In these early years, Jill spent time training with fellow Canadian Christilot Boylen, and became an accomplished rider at the Prix St. George and Intermediare I.[expand title=”Read More”]

In 1987 Jill married her husband Robert, and relocated to Moncton, New Brunswick, where her focus changed from riding, to raising a family.  Since then, her three daughters (Megan, Meredith and Olivia) have grown up to be leading riders on the hunter circuit in both Canada and the United States. Jill herself spent many years showing hunters with her girls, and has been named the Canadian Hunter Grand Champion three times at the Royal Winter Fair. Now, Jill is fully dedicated to dressage, and competes for Canada at both the Prix St. George/Intermediare 1 and the Grand Prix.  Jill spends the winter months in Wellington, FL where she trains with four time Olympian Ashley Holzer, and divides her time during the summer months between their family farm in Moncton, NB, training with Ashley in New York, and competing in Europe.  Her recent accomplishments include helping Canada to win a gold medal at the CDIO3* Wellington Nations Cup in March 2017, and competing for Canada at the CHIO Aachen 2017 – one of the most prestigious equestrian competitions in the world. Jill is currently ranked as one of Canada’s top seven Grand Prix riders, and is ranked 90th in the FEI World Rankings. Her current competition horses are Degas 12, a 15 yr old, Hannoverian, gelding by De Niro and Arthur, a 12 yr old, KWPN Gelding by Jazz.

Jill is the founder and inspiration behind the Canadian Youth Equestrian Mentorship Program. She is passionate about equestrian sport, and is dedicated to helping young Canadian riders gain exposure and experience to some of the best competitions in the world through the engagement and support of fellow Canadian riders and international competitors. [/expand]

 

What do you enjoy most about being a dressage competitor?

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What do you look forward to most about the Canadian Youth Equestrian Mentor Program?

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What is your favorite thing to do when you are not at the barn?

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Brittany Fraser-Beaulie

Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu is one of Canada’s top Grand Prix riders. She has had many successes on her current horse All In. The pair recently competed in Europe finishing in the top 10 in Aachen, Germany. Brittany has represented Canada multiple times throughout her career so far including winning a team silver medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto. For the past four years Brittany has been training full time with four-time Olympian Ashely Holzer based out of New York City. Brittany has hopes to compete at the World Equestrian Games next September.

 

Chris von Martels

Chris is a 35 yr old, Canadian equestrian, originally from Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada From 1998 – 2003 Chris competed internationally at the Junior and Young Rider levels. Shortly there after he moved his way into the small tour level and ultimately made his grand prix debut in 2007.

Most recently, Chris was a member of silver medal winning Canadian Dressage Team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, and won the individual bronze medal at the same competition. He was the first Canadian in twelve years to win an individual medal in dressage at the Pan Am Games.

Chris was named the 2015 Equestrian of the Year by Equine Canada, and the 2015 Dressage Rider of the Year by Dressage Canada.

In 2016, Chris was named second reserve for Canadian Dressage team for Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero with Divertimento.

Chris owns owns and operates Von Martels Dressage Inc. a highly successful horse sales business, which buys and sales horses all over the world.

Joan Macartney

Joan Macartney is a dressage enthusiast, having trained, competed and judged dressage for a number of years. She is a Senior Dressage Judge both with Equestrian Canada and US Equestrian where she judges throughout Canada, the United States and Central America.

A highlight of Joan’s background is travelling and judging in a variety of countries around the world – South America, South Africa, Eastern Europe are few areas where she has judged and presented clinics.

Working with youth and assisting in their development is always a priority – this past summer she travelled to Australia to judge their National Youth Dressage   Championships.

Joan has worked with the Canadian Youth Mentorship Program in the past and looks forward to meeting the 2018 group of young “up and comers” and providing insights into the “magical world of dressage judging”.

 

Lendon Gray

After a successful competitive career, including two Olympic Teams, World Games, World Cup and numerous national championships on self trained horses, Lendon has been focusing on teaching mostly through Dressage4kids which she started 20 years ago. Among it’s many educational and competition programs is the Winter Intensive Training Program. Fourteen determined riders from age 11 – 21 spend three months in Florida with Lendon. The program consists of lessons five days a week, fitness work six days, a lecture or field trip six days, required reading with tests as well as volunteer work.

Tiffany Hamilton

Tiffany has been involved in the Equine Youth Mentorship Program since the beginning. She has assisted with the development of the program, communications, and acted as chaperone. Tiffany lives in Saint John, New Brunswick with her husband and daughter, where she actively competes in Dressage with her Hanoverian gelding Ducati at the Prix St. Georges and Intermediate level. Tiffany is a past board of director for the local dressage organization in New Brunswick that focuses on the development of dressage in the province through overseeing and coordinating dressage activities and competitions throughout NB. Tiffany holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Certified Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) designation. Tiffany works full time in the field of Human Resources.

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