Zara's Legacy of Excellence

The OEA and the Zara Buren Memorial Foundation are proud to present Zara’s Legacy of Excellence, a Program that celebrates Ontario’s outstanding Junior Eventers across divisions (EV85-EV110), recognizing one excellent performance at each EC-sanctioned Horse Trial in Ontario in 2025.

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“Supporting and growing the sport of Eventing starts with our Juniors. We are working with the OEA to deliver a fair, performance-based program that acknowledges and encourages high performance across levels at our EC-sanctioned Ontario Horse Trials. Zara’s legacy of excellence in everything she did was the inspiration. We hope everyone has a great show season!” – Sabrina Haque (Zara’s mom)

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The Program recognizes Juniors who achieve outstanding results as reflected in their final scores. The Junior with the lowest score at each Horse Trial will be eligible to receive a white, embroidered, Ogilvy Jump Profile saddle pad provided by the Zara Buren Memorial Foundation.

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To encourage and reward as many excellent performances by Juniors as possible, there is a limit of one saddle pad per rider during the season.

 

Recipients will be announced on the OEA’s social media on the Tuesday following each Horse Trial. Where a Junior earns the lowest score more than once, their performance will be warmly acknowledged alongside the performance of the rider with the next-most-excellent score, who will receive the saddle pad.

 

At the end of the season, the OEA and the Zara Buren Memorial Foundation will award year-end ribbons for Zara’s Legacy of Excellence: Top Juniors, 2025 (EV85-EV110), to the top eight Juniors and prizes will be furnished for the top three. Year-end placings will be based on the OEA Leaderboard points associated with a Junior’s top four finishes (across divisions) at EC-sanctioned Horse Trials in Ontario during the 2025 season.