Rider makes Olympic dressage history with helmet
Canadian dressage rider Jacqueline Brooks has made history past times existence the laid out inwards the bailiwick to wearable a difficult chapeau during contest at an Olympic Games.
Brooks, who rode her Grand Prix exam inwards a security helmet rather than the traditional overstep hat, is currently ranked 18th inwards the private standings subsequently earning a marking of 68.52 pct inwards her exam amongst D Niro.
“I am really proud to live on the laid out Olympic dressage passenger to compete inwards a helmet,” said Brooks of her determination to take away security over tradition.
“It’s the agency the sport is going.”
Finnish passenger Emma Kanerva, who finished twelfth on Spirit, too wore a difficult hat, every bit did Brooks’s team-mate Ashley Holzer, in addition to overall leader Charlotte Dujardin.
Brooks’s teammate, David Marcus, was eliminated subsequently nail problem during his test, leaving Brooks in addition to Ashley Holzer to ride every bit individuals.
“He did everything I asked for out there,” said Brooks of D Niro, a 13-year-old grayness Swedish Warmblood gelding owned past times Brookhaven Dressage, Inc. “He was in addition to thence rideable in addition to everything felt easy. I couldn’t live on happier amongst him.”
Chef d’équipe Gina Smith, 1988 Olympic squad bronze medalist, said: “Jacquie rode D Niro through a construct clean exam today in addition to made an first-class laid out impression for our team. Both Jacquie in addition to D Niro were relaxed only had such positive human face inwards their performance. Canada tin live on really proud of this combination!”
Holzer, of Toronto, Ontario, volition ride Breaking Dawn on the instant twenty-four hours of the private in addition to squad qualifying competition.
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