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The CEA results are in!
The final standings of the 2024-2025 CEA Jumping and Dressage Challenges have been released. As always, our riders did us proud! Here’s an overview of the top placings:

Team Results:

• MINI DRESSAGE CHALLENGE – Team Bahamas 2nd place
• MINI JUMPING CHALLENGE – Team Bahamas 4th place
• REGIONAL JUMPING CHALLENGE – Team Bahamas 5th place

Individual results – Special congratulations to the following riders:

MINI JUMPING CHALLENGE

• Quinn O’Brien & Vivawell: 2024 CEA MJC High Score Rider / 1st place Height Class B (0.60m)
• Hannah Knowles & Apple Strudel: 5th place Height Class B (0.60m)
• Kelsey Pyfrom & Salt and Pepper: 8th place Height Class A (0.50m)

REGIONAL JUMPING CHALLENGE

• Katerina Coello & Whiterock Duggie: 3rd place Height Class D (1.05m)
• Sennen Fitzmaurice & Lea’s Pride: 8th place Height Class B (0.85m)

MINI DRESSAGE CHALLENGE

• Gabriela Souza & Casino Royale: 1st place (69.500%) Intro Level Test C
• Sennen Fitzmaurice & Lea’s Pride: 2nd place (68.250%) Intro Level Test C / 2nd place (69.423%) Training Level 1
• Kennedy Albury & Rags to Riches: 2nd place (69.063%) Intro Level Test A
• Katerina Coello & Casino Royale: 3rd place (69.231%) Training Level 1
• Kaitlyn Russell & Lucky Star: 4th place (67.813%) Intro Level Test A
• Emery Dunn & Knee Deep: 5th place (67.500%) Intro Level Test A
• Poppy Denning & Starbucks: 6th place (tied) (66.250%) Intro Level Test A
• Hannah Knowles & Apple Strudel: 5th place (67.000%) Intro Level Test C
• Marlo Pinder & Flight of the Phoenix: 6th place (66.750%) Intro Level Test C
• Isla Whylly & Rags to Riches: 7th place (tied) (66.875%) Intro Level Test B

REGIONAL DRESSAGE CHALLENGE

• Lorrinda Maura & Shakespeare in Paradise: 2nd place (69.200%) Training Level Test 3

Complete Results:

• CEA2024_MJCIndividualResults_FINAL
• CEA2024_MJCTeamResults_FINAL
• CEA2024_RJCIndividualResults_FINAL
• CEA2024_MJCIndividualResults_FINAL
• 2025_MDCResults_Final
• CEA2024-2025_RDCResults_Final

Millie and Gulli were flying high in Drammen, Norway, at the Longines EEF Nations Cup RQ CSIO3*!
– 8th/80 in the 1.40m two-phase
-22nd/70 in the 1.45m Grand Prix

Congratulations Team Bahamas for a fantastic showing at the Grand Caraibe Guadeloupe 2025 competition:

– Hannah Knowles & Thequilla De L’Erg – Espoir Division – 6/24 (Day 1), 7/26 (Day 2)
– Marlo Pinder & Victoria St. Pierre – Elite Division – 6/26 (Day 1), 1/26 (Day 2), OVERALL SILVER MEDALLIST, ELITE DIVISION!
– Alana Pyfrom & Alaknanda – Elite Division – 14/26 (Day 1), 15/26 (Day 2) , voted MOST ELEGANT RIDER
– Sennen Fitzmaurice & Uninsomnie D’Amour Z – 5/10 (Day 1), 5/10 (Day 2)

Thanks to
-Team Coach Raishun Burch
-Team Manager Kimberly Johnson
-The Management and Staff of La Manade, Guadeloupe!!!!

Congratulations to Gold Medalists:

FUTURE CHAMPIONS
🥇Walk, Trot – Hailey Cunningham
🥇Walk, Trot, X -Layla Cunningham
🥇Walk, Trot, Canter – Kennedy Albury
🥇Walk, Trot, Canter, Line – Kennedy Albury

JUMPERS
🥇Puddle Jumpers Level 1 – Alexander Frantz
🥇Puddle Jumpers Level 2 – Isla Whylly
🥇Pre-Novice Jumpers 0.70m – Marlo Pinder
🥇Novice Jumpers 0.75m – Anouk Formige
🥇Hopeful Jumpers 0.85m – Ella Saidi

DRESSAGE
🥇Introductory Test A – Kennedy Albury
🥇Introductory Test B – Marlo Pinder
🥇Introductory Test C – Gabriela Souza
🥇Training Level 1 – Hannah Knowles
🥇Training Level 3 – Lorrinda Maura

Equestrian Bahamas launched the community outreach programme: “Touch a Horse, Touch a Life” by welcoming members of the Freetown Boys Club to Mariposa Stables for a full immersion experience…grooming, feeding, bathing, and yes…riding! This was the first of monthly planned outreach experiences, supported in part by FEI Solidarity, featuring the Member Clubs of Equestrian Bahamas. The programme aims to connect Bahamian youth with horses to promote healing, build relationships and foster personal growth, with a goal of reaching 500 youths in 2025.

A big thank you to RBPF Corporal 3919 Davis, Urban Renewal Officer Mr. Mackenzie and the young men of the Freetown Boys Club for taking the first steps with us on this journey; to FEI Solidarity for their support; and of course to the fabulous Mariposa Stables team and all the willing volunteers who helped out on the day!

Stay tuned for a full calendar of future outreach experiences and volunteer opportunities!

A wonderful day of horse sport at the beautiful Moonstone property!!!!
Congratulations Team Bahamas:

• Sienna Jones and Querida FES Winners Height Class A: 11/0/59.513
• Sennen Fitzmaurice and Lea’s Pride Winners Height Class B: 8/0/64.949
• Katerina Coello and Whiterock Duggie Winners Height Class D: 0/4/56.452

Thanks to all who made this wonderful day possible!

Under the guidance of coach Erika Adderley and Chef D’Équipe Heidi Mello, riders Katerina Coello, Gabriella Moran, Marlo Pinder and Connor Watkins made a strong showing at the Grand Caraibe Martinique 2025 competition, held at the EquiLibre facility in Le François, Martinique.

The competition featured 92 riders from 9 countries (Antigua, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, and Suriname). Other EB members were on the scene too, as Sennen Fitzmaurice, Anouk Formige and Alana Pyfrom rode in a mixed-country team under Coach Rai Burch. All visiting teams competed on horses lent for the competition by riders from stables across the island of Martinique.

Highlights included:
• Connor Watkins aboard Blues King de L’Esque – 3rd place in the Espoir Division Day 1
• Erika Adderley aboard Endrix d’Eliapi – 3rd place Grand Prix Division Day 1
• Marlo Pinder (Violine du Buhot) – top 15 placings both days, Espoir Division
• Katerina Coello showed her usual style aboard Himam d’Or and was voted Most Elegant Rider at the competition’s final awards ceremony.

Thank you to our wonderful hosts at the EquiLibre facility and the Martinique FFE Federation!

Led by a trio of solid performances from Kelsey Pyfrom, Quinn O’Brien and Katerina Coello, Team Bahamas finished on a total of zero faults in The Bahamas leg of the Caribbean Equestrian Association (CEA) Mini Jumping Challenge held this past weekend at Camperdown Equestrian Centre.

Riders faced a track of 9 obstacles set by FEI Course Designer Tatiana Kholodniakova of Russia. FEI Jumping Judge and CEA President Heidi Mello was on hand to judge the performances.

Congratulations to the top performers from each of three height classes, who were named to Team Bahamas, with their scores being combined for an overall Team score. Top performers were:

• Height Class A (0.50m): Kelsey Pyfrom riding her own pony Salt and Pepper – 0 jumping faults in 62.20 seconds (5.80 seconds off the Optimal Time)
• Height Class B (0.60m): Quinn O’Brien riding Erika Adderley’s Vivawell – 0 jumping faults in 68.51 seconds (0.51 secs off the Optimal Time)
• Height Class C (0.70m): Katerina Coello riding AHG Whiterock Duggie – 0 jumping faults in 63.45 seconds (4.55 secs off the Optimal Time)

Next up: the CEA Regional Jumping Challenge which will be held on 29 March, 2025, at Moonstone Stables!

A big THANK YOU to FEI 3* Dressage Judge Mr. Omar Zayrik of Mexico for presiding over the Bahamas leg of the 2024 Caribbean Equestrian Association Dressage Challenge. Thank you also to CEA President Heidi Mello who was on hand for the successful event. The next day Judge Omar gave clinics to our dedicated Dressage riders who could only describe the experience as AMAZING!

The overall winners from each category were:
Introductory Test A – Childrens: Kennedy Albury riding Rags to Riches (69.062%)
Introductory Test B – Childrens: Isla Whylly riding Rags to Riches (66.875%)
Introductory Test C – Childrens: Gabriela Souza riding Casino Royale (69.500%)
Training Level 1 Test – Childrens: Sennen Fitzmaurice riding Lea’s Pride (69.423%)

Introductory Test B – Adults: Krystal Darville riding Vivawell (65.937%)
Training Level 1 – Adults: Amber Lleida riding Querida FSH (56.153%)
Training Level 3 – Adults: Lorrinda Maura riding Shakespeare in Paradise (69.200%)

The overall top-scoring pair (69.500%) was Gabriela Souza riding Erika Adderley’s Casino Royale.

The riders named to the Childrens Team were Gabriela Souza, Kennedy Albury and Sennen Fitzmaurice. (Due to a CEA rules technicality, insufficient competitors qualified to field an Adult Team score.)

The Caribbean Dressage Challenge takes place in Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Overall ranking of the teams will not be known until all the participating countries have held their 2024 Dressage Challenge competitions.

Congratulations to Ella Saidi, Emma Johnston, Alana Pyfrom and Hannah Knowles who represented The Bahamas at the Grand Caraibe Suriname competition, held at Ponderosa Stables, Paramaribo, Suriname. The team was coached by Raishun Burch of Bermuda and assisted by local trainer Erika Adderley. As in all Grand Caraibe competitions, this was a horse-borrowed competition, with the riding clubs in Suriname lending their horses for the competition to the participants, including riders from Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique and Suriname.

The competition was held under the rules of the Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation and took place over two days, with day 1 featuring a 2-phase competition and day 2 the more familiar format of one round against the clock, with riders achieving clear rounds proceeding to the jump off. Overall placings were based on an amalgamation of the two days’ results.

Ella Saidi riding Caesar placed 5th in Sunday’s competition and finished 10th overall out of 22 in the Elite Division while Emma Johnston riding Ruffian placed 7th in Sunday’s competition and finished 20th out of 42 overall in the Espoir.Division. Congratulations also to Alana and Hannah for riding in their first international competition in a very challenging environment!