Zara's Legacy of Excellence
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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.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this Program, including the Year-End ribbons and prizes, a rider must:
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be under the age of 18 as of January 1, 2025;
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be a current member of the OEA;
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be Eventing at the EV85 level or above.
The top-placing Junior competitor at each Horse Trial will be identified as the Junior with the lowest final score provided by the competition scorers combined with a coefficient calculation to account for any disproportionate effort, difficulty and commitment associated with riding at the higher levels.
The coefficients are as follows: EV85: 1.0; EV90: .95; EV100: .90; EV105: .85 and EV110:.80.
2025 recipients
Congratulations to all our wonderful Juniors and to those who are leading the way in 2025:
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Glen Oro Spring Horse Trials: Laena Good / Summer Bay (EV100) and Paige West / Tuscon (EV90)
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Ottawa Horse Trials at Wesley Clover Parks: Laena Good / Summer Bay (EV100) and Chloe Elliott / Fancy Nancy (EV85)
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Grandview Spring Horse Trials: Daria Risk / All That (EV90) and Eliza Gaebel / Belfast Braveheart (EV85).
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Caledon Horse Trials 1:
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Cherrylane Horse Trials 1:
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Glenarden Horse Trials 1:
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Wits End Summer Horse Trials:
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Stevens Creek Horse Trials 1:
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Glen Oro Summer Horse Trials & FEI:
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Grandview Summer Horse Trials:
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Stevens Creek Horse Trials 2:
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Cherrylane Horse Trials 2:
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Lanes End Horse Trials:
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Glen Oro Fall Horse Trials:
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Caledon Horse Trials 2:
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Ottawa Fall Horse Trials & FEI:
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Grandview Fall Horse Trials:
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Glenarden Horse Trials 2:
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Wits End Fall Horse Trials:
*All scores have ben adjusted consistent with the level related coefficients.