There has been a lot of focus on Team Canada’s performances at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. But there is another international equestrian event where one young rider from Stouffville, Ontario, is going to try her best to win.
Lily Solomon, 19, will be representing Canada at the World Individual Mounted Games Championships (WIC) held at the David Broome Center in Chepstow, Wales, August 18- 24, 2021. The event draws over 200 riders for a series of games that involve high speed, high agility, and teamwork and trust between the rider, their horse and their teammates.
While the Mounted Games sound like the famous Prince Philip Games (PPG), they are not connected to Pony Club, although many Mounted Games riders began riding in Pony Club. The Mounted Games originated in the UK as a way for young riders who loved the games to continue past that region’s maximum age of fourteen. In Canada riders don’t age out of PPG so they are able to compete in both PPG and Mounted Games.