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Las Marismas Carries Canada's Taylor Bland to Top of FEI Children's
Final
Calgary,
Alberta – Tango Las Marismas carried Taylor Bland to a historic
victory by becoming the first Canadian to win the FEI Children's
Final held October 24 to 28 at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, AB.
Bland,
13, of Calgary, AB, piloted the Spanish-bred Tango Las Marismas,
owned by Las Marismas Sporthorses, to the Gold Medal. After placing
second in the first two rounds of competition on Wednesday and Friday,
Bland was among the six riders to advance to the jump-off in the
final round of competition on Saturday evening. With a clear round
in a time of 29.10 seconds, Bland was more than two seconds faster
than her closest competition. It was an all-Canadian finish as Ben
Asselin of Calgary, AB, earned the Silver Medal in a time of 31.12
seconds, and Jake Krembil of Schomberg, ON, took the Bronze in a
time of 31.52 seconds.

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Las Marismas Proudly Offered for Sale
Ottawa, Ontario – Tango Las
Marismas, the brave palomino gelding that carried Taylor Bland to
a historic victory at the 2006 FEI Children's Final, is proudly
offered for sale by owner Las Marismas Sporthorses, a training business
with bases in Canada and the Dominican Republic.
Following on her incredible success
at the 2006 FEI Children's Final, Bland, under the tutelage of Canadian
Show Jumping Team member Jill Henselwood, continued to lease Tango
Las Marismas for the first-half of the 2007 HITS Thermal circuit
in California before returning to school. Once again, Tango Las
Marismas proved himself a winner in the show jumping ring, claiming
the Mid-Circuit Championship in the Low Junior Jumper Division following
the first three weeks of competition.

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Inatana’s
descendant Santano, champion stallion at KWPN approvals
Santano Van Hof Olympia,
a three-year old stallion by Sandro Hit out of Inatana’s granddaughter
P.Siltana Van Hof Olympia (Silvano N x Calypso III), has been proclaimed
the dressage champion at the KWPN studbook approvals in Ermelo,
Netherlands.
Santano
was bred by Henk and Iris Poettgens, and is owned by Berend and
Els Minnen of Resim Dressage Stables. The KWPN report praises the
stallion for his outstanding conformation, temperament and movement.

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