On Saturday, June 13, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Equine Canada announced the Canadian Equestrian Team athletes who have been nominated to represent Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games, taking place July 10-26 in Toronto, Ontario. The team members are as follows.

Dressage athletes:

Brittany Fraser on her own and Marc-Andre Beaulieu’s All In

Megan Lane on her own and Cathy Lane’s Caravella

Belinda Trussell on Robyn Eames’ Anton

Chris von Martels on his own and Lisa von Martels’ Zilverstar

Reserves:

Diane Creech on Doug Leatherdale’s Robbie W

Karen Pavicic on her own and Jayne Essig’s Don Daiquiri

Eventing athletes:

Colleen Loach on Peter Barry’s Qorry Blue d’Argouges

Jessica Phoenix on Don J. Good’s Pavarotti 

Waylon Roberts on his own and Kelly Plitz’s Bill Owen

Kathryn Robinson on her own Let It Bee

Jumping athletes:

Yann Candele on Watermark Group’s Showgirl or Watermark Group’s First Choice 15

Tiffany Foster on Artisan Farms LLC’s Tripple X III

Eric Lamaze on Artisan Farms LLC’s Fine Lady 5 or Artisan Farms LLC’s Coco Bongo or Artisan Farms LLC and Torrey Pines Stable’s Rosana du Park

Ian Millar on Susan & Ariel Grange’s Dixson

Reserve:

Elizabeth Gingras on B Gingras Equestrian Limited’s Zilversprings

See more information about the riders and the team chefs d’equipe on the Equine Canada website.

The Pan Am Games will kick off with dressage, which runs on July 11, 12 and 15. Eventing will follow July 17-19, with show jumping closing out the equestrian portion of the Games on July 21, 23 and 25.

Dressage and jumping will be held exclusively at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park, a publicly-owned, world-class facility in Caledon, Ontario. The dressage and show jumping phases of eventing will also take place in Caledon, while the highly-anticipated cross-country phase will be hosted by one of Canada’s premier eventing facilities, Will O’Wind Farm in Mono, Ontario – which will be named the Pan Am Cross-Country Centre during the Games.

The Pan Am Games will prove especially meaningful for the Canadian dressage and jumping teams by providing the opportunity to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. The Canadian eventing team has already secured Olympic qualification through their sixth place finish at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France.

“We are really looking forward to having the Pan Am Games at the Caledon Equestrian Park, a venue that we’ve spent so much time competing at over the years. With so many friends in the area supporting us, it should be a great ambiance for Canada,” said show jumper Eric Lamaze.