Canadian dressage athlete, Tina Irwin of Stouffville, ON earned the world’s highest small tour score on record for 2017 during week seven of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), held Feb. 23-26, 2017 in Wellington, FL.
Tina’s remarkable ride took place Feb. 26 in the CDI 1* FEI Intermediate I Freestyle aboard Laurencio (Laurentio x Donerhall), a 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding she co-owns with her husband, Jaimey. Despite a power outage that stopped their music and forced a re-start, Tina and Laurencio kept their composure to earn the record-breaking score of 78.708%.
“This was Laurencio’s first show of the season since Devon of last year, and I was very happy with the outcome,” said Tina, a 2011 Pan American Games team silver medalist. “I felt a bit rusty with him on the first day of competition, but then we made our comeback the following two days. He really rose to the occasion for our freestyle on Sunday. I was extremely happy with our performance. I think our highlights are the degree of difficulty, and how well the music fits to him.”