Jody Schloss and Lieutenant Lobin. Photo by Cealy Tetley.
Canadian Paralympian Jody Schloss and her 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, Lieutenant Lobin (Lobster x Fanal Prydsholm), swept the CPEDI 3* Grade I division at the Caledon Spring Jubilee. They scored 66.071% in the Team Competition on June 1 for their first win. An action-packed day on June 2 led to a score of 67.083% in the Individual and 73.333% in the Freestyle to add two more wins to their collection.
Jody Schloss placed 3rd in the FEI Para Individual Champ Test Grade I – CPEDI 3* during week 9 of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). The competition started on Friday, March 8, with FEI Para Team Tests. Para riders from Grade I to Grade V rode in FEI Individual Tests on Saturday and those with an average combined score of 60.000% or higher qualified for the FEI Para Freestyle Tests on Sunday.
Place, Rider, Nationality, Horse, Horse Information: Judge E% – Elke Ebert, Judge C% – Birgit Valkenborg, Judge M% – Marco Orsini, Total %
1.Roxanne Trunnell (USA), Dolton, 7-year-old Hanoverian gelding by Danone I owned by Kate Shoemaker: 75.536%, 73.750%, 75.893%, 75.060%
2.David Botana (USA), Lord Locksley, 18-year-old Trakehner stallion by Unkenruf x Lida owned by Margaret Stevens: 70.714%, 73.393%, 72.679%, 72.262%
3.Jody Schloss (CAN), Lieutenant Lobin, 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding by Lobster x Farine owned by Jody Schloss: 69.643%, 71.607%, 71.429%, 70.893%
4.Winona Hartvikson (CAN), Ultimo, 12-year-old P.R.E. gelding by Invasor III x Gala XXI owned by Winona Hartvikson: 71.429%, 69.107%, 67.321%, 69.286%
5.Deborah Stanitski (USA), Skovlunds De Nice, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding by De Noir x Miss Kiki owned by Deborah Stanitski: 67.500%, 66.786%, 66.964%, 67.083
“I would like to thank Equestrian Canada, especially Clive and Christine for all of your help as well as Jamie-Ann Goodfellow and Sarah Rodger’s for your help during the training process.” Said Jody, “Thanks to Caroline Archambault for making Lobin and I relaxed and feeling great for our performances with her magical massages. Thank you to Melinda Castillo for being such a good and reliable assistant, and for leaving your kids so you could help me for 3 weeks. Thanks to my mother for helping me organize everything so that this show would be the success that it was.Thank you to Jennifer Tilinghast for being such a great and reliable groom, and for making Lobin feel and look so good and ready to perform. Thank you to Marley Crosby for being my assistant during the show. Thank you to Karis for being such a good coach and for helping Lobin and I so much! I would like to thank Adequan Global Dressage Festival for hosting such an incredible show. Last but not least I would like to thank my amazing horse Lieutenant Lobin for improving so much! I’m so proud of you, and the effort you put into improving! I bought you extra treats today for being such a good boy!”