2024 Regional Dressage Challenge
Cover photo compliments of Alison Elliot
Table of Contents
WELCOME FROM HOST CONGO ROAD EQUESTRIAN CENTRE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 16.
MESSAGE FROM THE BARBADOS EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION
MESSAGE FROM THE DRESSAGE COMMITEE CHAIR
MESSAGE FROM THE CARIBBEAN EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION
MESSAGE FROM THE BARBADOS OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION INC.
DRESSAGE COACHHEIDI HAURI-GILL
DRESSAGE JUDGEOMAR ZAYRIK
OFFICIALS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
DRESSAGE RIDERS
Welcome
We warmly welcome you to Congo Road Equestrian Centre for the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Regional Dressage Challenge and Mini Dressage Challenge. Owned and operated by The Hunte & Foster family, the Congo Road Equestrian Centre is home to Barbadian dressage rider Roberta Foster, a Bronze medalist equestrian at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games for individual dressage, who serves as dressage chair to the Barbados Equestrian Association.
We wish the best of luck to all of our athletes and
Message from the Barbados Equestrian Association
On Behalf of the Barbados Equestrian Association, we are very excited to welcome you back to the Caribbean Equestrian Association's Dressage Challenge for 2024! Last year we missed hosting this wonderful competition and we are delighted to have it back on our calendar again for this year.
It has been wonderful to see the number of new members subscribing to the BEA and the numbers of entries in our competitions. This weekend we have 63 entries, including 11 in the freestyle!
This regional competition allows our riders and their horses to compete and measure themselves against the other nations that are members of the CEA. These nations include Antigua, Trinidad, Bermuda, Haiti, The Cayman Islands, Jamaica, The Bahamas and of course Barbados. The top three scores are taken for each country and a team score is presented. These dressage tests are judged by the same international judge to ensure fairness in scoring this series.
We are so thankful for the amazing judges who are taking their time out to travel, judge and help us in the development of our sport in the islands. Omar Zayrik from Mexico is with us again this year. Omar has visited us in the past and we are thrilled to have him judge this series in 2024.
We are tremendously appreciative for the overwhelming sponsorship we have received this year. We thank our title sponsors for the event, Southern Palms, BRC, Rubis and the Barbados Olympic Association. BRC, Southern Palms and the Barbados Olympic Association have helped us for every year that I can recall and we cannot thank them enough for their continued support. We welcome Rubis to the role as title sponsor and look forward to what we hope will be a great and long-lasting relationship.
Thank you also to our FEI Veterinarian, Dr. Laura Williams, for her continued support.
A massive thank you to Roberta Foster and her family for the use of this wonderful venue! Roberta is our Dressage Chairperson and she is perpetually encouraging riders to fall in love with the sport of dressage. Roberta works tirelessly and is supported by a wonderful team. Events like this are a massive amount of work and Congo Road is magnificent for this event today. Thank you to all of the volunteers who have made this possible. Thank you for all that each and every one of you has done.
May you all enjoy this event and the best of luck to our riders and their horses!
Sincerely
Monique Archer BEA President
Message from the Dressage Commitee Chair
As Chair of the Dressage Committee, it is my great privilege and pleasure to welcome you to the 2024 Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Regional Dressage Challenge (RDC) and Mini Dressage Challenge (MDC). What a treat to have International 3-star Dressage Judge Mr. Omar Zayrik of Mexico visit our shores again. Mr. Zayrik has always encouraged riders at all levels to excel and his taking the time to travel through the Caribbean to judge the various venues participating in this year’s competition shows his commitment to the FEI solidarity program.
It is also a pleasure to have Heidi Hauri-Gill of the USA, instructor and international judge training our local team members for this prestigious competition in hopes of winning all five of the regional categories of this championship for Barbados.
I would like to congratulate all of the athletes competing in the RDC and MDC this year, as I know that you have all spent many hours training to make Barbados proud and give our island competitive team scores in 2024.
To members of the Barbados Dressage Committee, I also applaud your hard work and dedication in making this event possible. It takes many hands to pull off an international standard event like the CEA RDC, and having a committed team is essential.
The Dressage Committee would like to recognize and thank our sponsors, without whom we could not host this annual challenge. Thank you for your support in offering financial assistance, accommodation for our judge, the wonderful prizes for our winners, the tents, the trophies and medals, and so much more.
On behalf of the dressage committee and myself, may God truly bless all of the riders, spectators, officials and grooms with a successful and enjoyable Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Regional Dressage Challenge and Mini Dressage Challenge.
Roberta Foster Dressage Committee Chair
Message from the Caribbean Equestrian Association
On behalf of the Caribbean Equestrian Association (CEA), I am honoured to welcome you all to the 2024 Barbados leg of the CEA Dressage Challenge.
The CEA is proud to foster a spirit of collaboration and competition in the Olympic equestrian disciplines amongst its nine member nations. This mission is embodied in the CEA Dressage Challenge, a year-long competition offering Dressage athletes the opportunity to compete against their peers across the Caribbean and to achieve recognition and a sense of reward for their efforts.
It gives me great pleasure to see that this year Barbados will host two full days of Dressage, under the expert eye of FEI Judge Mr. Omar Zayrik of Mexico. I wish to thank Mr. Zayrik for his efforts on behalf of our region, as he moves from one island to another throughout the course of the year to judge all the legs of the Dressage Challenge.
Hosting a competition such as this takes a great deal of time and effort in planning and execution, and so I would also like to commend the Barbados Equestrian Federation, its member clubs and volunteers for their efforts.
Finally, I offer my best wishes to the athletes. The opportunity to compete for your country on home soil is always an honour, and great fun. I wish each of you the best of luck. More importantly- enjoy your ride!
Heidi Mello CEA President
Message from the Barbados Olympic Association Inc.
It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. to congratulate the Barbados Equestrian Association on hosting yet another exciting event as part of its very busy 2024 calendar, this time the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Regional Dressage Challenge and Mini Regional Dressage Challenge.
It is not often in Sport that both novice and advanced athletes of all ages, and their equine counterparts, get to their talents at the same event is special for its inclusivity. It also occurs at a special time in the Olympic Movement following closely on the heels of Olympic Day celebrated throughout the world on June 23 annually. The inclusivity of this event fits perfectly with the theme of this year’s Olympic Day: “Let’s Move and Celebrate”. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, said of this year’s theme: “This is the beauty of sport: it inspires us to move, it brings out the best in us, it keeps us healthy, and it brings us together…”
Whatever your role in these two Challenges, I urge you to embrace the Olympic values of excellence - striving for excellence, and being the best you can be; respect - for yourself, the rules, your opponents, and your environment; and friendship - celebrating your commitment to building a better world through sport.
Good Luck Team Barbados!!
Yours in Sport
Sandra Osborne, SCM, SC President, Barbados Olympic Association Inc
Dressage Coach Heidi Hauri-Gill
Heidi Hauri-Gill is a successful American dressage competitor, USDF bronze and silver medalist, judge, trainer, a Jane Savoie Certified instructor through 3rd Level and clinician.
Heidi's students have a history of achieving winning results in all spheres of dressage, including Adult Amateur, Junior, and Young Rider, and at all levels of competition from local to National to International - including local Elite athlete Roberta Foster, a Bronze medalist equestrian at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games for individual dressage.
Heidi has the skills and experience to take students from total beginners all the way to the elite levels of the sport. In Heidi’s words, “I always feel so fortunate to be part of the journey of those just beginning their dressage career, be it horse or human. As the judge, I try to encourage, give helpful tidbits, and yet be respectful to the scores."
The Barbados Equestrian Association is thrilled to have Heidi return in the capacity as coach for this year's CEA Regional Dressage Challenge, having just judged the Warm-Up Competitions earlier this month. With regards to training and judging the local dressage riders, Heidi stated, "I just love being here and working with each and every partnership of horse and human. The riders are so eager to go the next step, and the horses are so willing. There is a flair to island life, and to include horses is just the cherry on top!".
Dressage Judge Omar Zayrik
The Barbados Equestrian Association is delighted to introduce Mr. Omar Zayrik. A dressage judge is responsible for assessing a dressage test and is a certified official. The assessment of a dressage test is done at all levels.
As an FEI judge since 2018, Mexican Omar Zayrik was awarded 3-star level judge status in 2021. He has judged championships at all levels including Concours de Dressage International (CDI), recognized by the world governing body of equestrian sports, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), judging forty-five entries in the Grand Prix at CDI Deauville, France. Omar has officiated for CDI and national championships in Barbados, Belguim, Colombia, Canada, Holland, Portugal, Sweden, USA, and of course, Mexico.
Omar will officiate in the same capacity at the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Regional Dressage Challenge and Mini Dressage Challenge, traveling through the Caribbean to judge the various member countries participating in the competition this year. When asked about judging the CEA, he stated that, "I love to be a part of the CEA, because it helps me to bring my knowledge to many kids, in this developing area, with a lot of commitment and professionalism."
Omar is no stranger to the dressage arena, having competed very successfully representing Mexico, winning the FEI Dressage Challenge and medaling at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and Pan American Games. He is also the Latin & South America representative for the International Dressage Officials Club (IDOC). Omar has also been a Ground Jury Member of the FEI Dressage for Mexico City.
Officials
BEA PRESIDENT Monique Archer
BEA DRESSAGE COMMITTEE CHAIR Roberta Foster
BEA DRESSAGE COMMITTEE Sonya Beattie
Lynn Cabral
Gerdine de Vries
Jamie Foster
Gina Hunte
Emily Kinch
Mackenzie Manning
Jessie Pinheiro
Tammy Pinto
Sandra Sampson
Laura Smith
Zoe Thornton
Paige Tryhane
SHOW DIRECTOR Roberta Foster
SHOW COORDINATOR Sonya Beattie
SHOW SECRETARY Heather Walker
JUDGE Omar Zayrik
SCRIBE Allison Cox
DRESSAGE COACH Heidi Hauri-Gill
WARM UP ARENA STEWARDS
Alex Hole & Mackenzie Manning
ANNOUNCER Zachary Stuart
CALCULATORS Lynn Cabral & Michael Foster
SHOW OFFICIALS
Lori Brathwaite
Jamie Foster
Gloria Jackman
Jessie Pinheiro
RING STEWARD AT LETTER A Scarlett Farmer & Lori Brathwaite
ACCOMPANYING MUSIC & FREESTYLES
VETERINARIAN
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Jessie Pinheiro
Dr. Laura Williams
Alison Elliot
Alison Ince
Kevin Wood
Schedule of Events
SATURDAY, 29 JUNE 2024
8:15 AM Opening Ceremony with National Anthem
TIME DRESSAGE CLASS
8:30 AM Adult Intermediate I - Part 1
8:40 AM Adult Fourth Level Test 1
8:50 AM Adult Third Level Test 3 - Part 1
8:56 AM Children Second Level Test 3
9:04 AM Adult Training Level Test 3 - Part 1
9:12 AM Children Training Level Test 3 - Part 1
9:28 AM Adult First Level Test 3
9:52 AM Adult Intermediate I - Part 2
10:00 AM Children First Level Test 3
10:08 AM Adult First Level Freestyle - Part 1
10:16 AM Adult Third Level Test 3
10:24 AM Children Second Level Freestyle
10:32 AM Children Training Level Freestyle
BREAK
CLASS NATIONAL DRESSAGE COMPETITION
TIME DRESSAGE CLASS
10:55 AM Children Eventing Category C Test BREAK
TIME DRESSAGE CLASS
11:50 AM Children Training Level Test 1 - Part 1
12:04 PM Children Introductory Level Test B - Part 1
12:18 PM Children Introductory Level Test C - Part 1
12:39 PM Children Introductory Level Test A - Part 1
TIME DRESSAGE CLASS
12:46 PM Children Introductory Level Test A
12:53 PM Children Lead Line Test B Part 1
END OF FIRST DAY CEA REGIONAL DRESSAGE CHALLENGE
Schedule of Events
SUNDAY, 30 JUNE 2024
8:15 AM Opening Ceremony with National Anthem
TIME DRESSAGE CLASS
8:30 AM Adult Fourth Level Freestyle
8:38 AM Adult Intermediate 1 Freestyle - Part 1
8:46 AM Adult Third Level Freestyle - Part 1
8:54 AM Children First Level Freestyle
9:02 AM Adult Training Level Test 3 - Part 2
9:26 AM Adult First Level Freestyle - Part 2
9:34 AM Adult Intermediate 1 Freestyle - Part 2
9:42 AM Adult Second Level Test 3
9:50 AM Adult Third Level Freestyle - Part 2
9:58 AM Children Training Level Test 3 - Part 2
BREAK
TIME DRESSAGE CLASS
10:37 AM Children Training Level Test 1 - Part 2
10:44 AM Children Introductory Level Test A - Part 2
10:51 AM Adult Introductory Level Test B
10:58 AM Children Introductory Level Test C - Part 2
11:19 AM Children Introductory Level Test A - Part 3
11:26 AM Children Training Level Freestyle
11:33 AM Children Introductory Level Test B
BREAK
TIME DRESSAGE CLASS
11:47 AM Children Introductory Level Test B Part 1
11:54 AM Children Lead Line Test A
12:15 PM Children Introductory Level Test B Part 2
12:29 PM Children Lead Line Test B Part 2
Dressage Riders
CEA REGIONAL DRESSAGE CHALLENGE
Filardo, Jonathan 46 Galway Girl Children Training Level Test 3 SAT 9:20 am
Galbraith, Paula 44 Soca Kid
Training Level Test 3 SAT 9:04 am
First Level Test 3 SAT 9:36 am
Beattie, Amelie 49 Vanity Children Training Level Freestyle SAT 10:32 am
Domenge, Isla 42 Vanity Children Second Level Test 3 SAT 8:56 am
Foster, Roberta 575 Chichic
Hunte, Gina 289 Biscoito
Second Level Freestyle SAT 10:24 am
Third Level Test 3
Third Level Freestyle
8:40 am
8:46 am 212 Vivaldi Adult Third Level Test 3
Pinheiro, Rylee 45 Supa Children Training Level Test 3
10:16 am
Third Level Freestyle SUN 9:50 am
9:12 am Children First Level Test 3
10:00 am
First Level Freestyle SUN 8:54 am
Pinto, Tammy 41 Valentino Adult Fourth Level Test 1
Fourth Level Freestyle
Smith, Laura 48 Little Vegas Adult First Level Test 3
8:30 am
8:30 am
9:44 am
First Level Freestyle SAT 10:08 am
Thornton, Zoe 47 Flying South Adult First Level Test 3 SAT 9:28 am
First Level Freestyle SUN 9:26 am RIDER #
Dressage Riders
CEA REGIONAL DRESSAGE CHALLENGE
RIDER # HORSE DAY TIME
Smith, Kareem 43 Savoy Adult Training Level Test 3 SUN 9:18 am
RIDER # HORSE
Gibbs, Kiara 38 Raziel Children Training Level Test 3 SUN 10:14 am
Royden, Catherine 50 Queberon Adult Training Level Test 3 SUN 9:10 am
Archer, Monique 115 Camross Diamond Adult Second Level Test 3 SUN 9:42 am
RIDER # HORSE
Gale, Emilie 18 Sweet Talkin' Woman Children Training Level Test 3 SUN 10:06 am
Hutchinson, Imogen 16 Amagold Children Training Level Test 3 SUN 9:58 am
Kinch, Emily 15 Alkoro Adult Training Level Test 3 SUN 9:02 am
Dressage Riders
MINI DRESSAGE CHALLENGE
RIDER # HORSE
Galbraith, Jessie 2 Victor
Seymour, Taylor 3 Golden Dancer
Warren, Ella 6 Victor
RIDER # HORSE
Foster, Taylor 1 Clover Lucky Chance
Training Level Test 1
11:57 am
Training Level Test 1 SAT 11:50 am
Training Level Freestyle SUN 11:26 am
RIDER
Cozier-Dowden, Aria 36 Cherry Pie
Introductory Level Test B
12:04 pm 33 Gargamel
Kissoon, Vivienne 35 Gargamel
Introductory Level Test B
11:33 am
Introductory Level Test B SAT 12:11 pm 30 Raziel
Straburzynska, Kalina 28 Pintada
Straughn, Josiah 110 Cherry Pie
Introductory Level Test C SUN 11:12 am
Introductory Level Test C
Introductory Level Test B
Training Level Test 1
10:58 am
11:40 am
10:37 am
RIDER # HORSE CLASS
Bergeron, Alizee 5 Eamon
Hutchinson, Bianca 32 Eamon
Hutchinson, Imogen
Juman, Aleena
Juman, Eliyanah 10 Eamon
Juman, Nia
Introductory Level Test C
Introductory Level Test B
12:18 pm
11:05 am
10:51 am
Dressage Riders
ADDITIONAL CLASSES
RIDER HORSE CLASS DAY TIME
Filardo, Jonathan Galway Girl
Hinds, Naiya Lipstick
Hoyos, Caia Daring David
Skinner, Erin Gaucho
Tomlin, Lucy Annie Oakley
Children Eventing Category C Test SAT 11:03 am
Children Eventing Category C Test SAT 11:27 am
Children Eventing Category C Test SAT 11:19 am
Children Eventing Category C Test SAT 10:55 am
Children Eventing Category C Test SAT 11:11 am
RIDER
Foster, Alexis Clover Lucky Chance
Children Lead Line Test A SUN 11:54 am
RIDER HORSE DAY TIME
Austin, Kaiden Savoy
Barrow, Skylar Savoy
Smith, Kehlanis Zulu
Smith, Nkosana Savoy
Children Lead Line Test B SUN 12:43 pm
Children Introductory Level Test B SUN 12:15 pm
Children Lead Line Test A SUN 12:01 pm
Children Introductory Level Test B SUN 11:47 am RIDER
Olopade, Ruby Cherry Pie
Sandhu, Rosie Gargamel
Sobrino, Raquel Raziel
Wiggins, Christian Gargamel
Children Lead Line Test B SUN 12:29 pm
Children Lead Line Test B SUN 12:36 pm
Children Introductory Level Test B SUN 12:22 pm
Children Lead Line Test A SUN 12:08 pm
Dressage Riders
ADDITIONAL CLASSES
Boos, Leo Eamon
Boos, Natasha Eamon
Children Lead Line Test B SAT 12:53 pm
Children Introductory Level Test A SAT 12:46 pm
Acknowledgements
We sincerely thank all who generously support the Barbados Equestrian Association’s events every year. We also thank those sponsors who came onboard this year. Our sponsors play a vital part in the continuation of the equestrian events at the local, regional and international level and we offer our most sincere thanks for their continued support. We are positive that our dressage riders are thrilled with their various prizes!
Thank you to The Hunte & Foster Family, all of our Officials, Executive members and Dressage Committee members, show staff, volunteers and Congo Road Equestrian Centre’s grooms and staff, without their efforts and dedication, this show would not be possible!
A warm thank you to Judge Omar Zayrik and Dressage Coach, Heidi Hauri-Gill, for being available to judge and coach our dressage riders for this prestigious event. We are honoured to have your support and the competition would not be possible without you. We look forward to welcoming you back to Barbados in the near future!
A special thank you to Alison Elliott, Alison Ince and Kevin Wood, our official photographers, for their commitment and dedication to capturing our equestrian events, whether it be dressage, jumping or eventing.
Thank you to the coaches, riders, horses and supporters of Big C Stables, Congo Road Equestrian Centre, Five Gaits Equestrian Centre, Sandy Turf Stables, Whitehall Equestrian Centre and Yorkshire Stables. Your participation at the events help to continue to build and develop our national federation and the sport.
Thank you to everyone for attending and helping to make the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Regional Dressage Challenge & Mini Dressage Challenge a successful event.
Daphne’s Sea ShellStudio
Lady Dolly’s
Mackenzie Manning
Sean Hall