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Leslie
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OLYMPIC Individual Gold Medalist |
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Lesley Grant LISTED CANADIAN EVENTING |
| Bluemont, VA |
Ocala, FL |
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BIOGRAPHIES |
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Leslie Law is reigning individual Olympic champion and team silver medalist. In the Athens Three Day Event he performed a personal best in the dressage with a score of 43.2 and following an uncomfortable moment at the water jump went onto complete an almost perfect cross country round with only 1.2 time penalties. In the final phase Leslie and team mate Pippa Funnell rode a clear round each in the team show jumping to secure team silver. Law then went on to jump a second clear round for individual honours; this performance, one of only two double clears elevated Law from fifth place to Olympic Champion. Know for his consistency, Law has a string of successes including a team silver in Sydney 2000, European team gold in 2001 and 2003 and World team bronze in 2002. Shear L’Eau who he rode into gold medal position in Athens is full brother to Shear H20 who was his Olympic mount in Sydney 2000. At last year’s European Championships in Ireland he was given the pathfinder’s role in the team for the first time and responded superbly with a faultless performance across country. His performance set up the British team for a successful defense of the European team title and he clinched the team gold with just one fence down in the final show jumping phase, finishing in fourth place individually. Leslie started riding at the age of 10 to compete with his brother Graham, who is also a successful event rider. He contradicts the popular image that event riders come from wealthy, privileged backgrounds, having grown up in a council house. Lesley Grant Lesley Grant burst on to the Canadian Eventing scene in 2002 with two top horses, Snappy and Timber Spirit. With Snappy, sired by Queen’s Plate winner Fiddle Dancer Boy, Lesley completed both the 2002 and 2003 editions of the CCI*** Fox Hall Cup and also the 2003 CCI*** Fair Hill International before the mare was sold. With Timber Spirit, an English thoroughbred with impressive bloodlines, Lesley completed the CCI*** Fox Hall Cup two years in a row, the 2003 CIC*** World Cup Qualifier at Over the Walls Horse Trials and, in 2004, enjoyed top ten finishes at the CIC** Dreamcrest Horse Trials and the CIC** Red Hills Horse Trials. In 2005, they added a 20th place finish at CCI**** Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event to their impressive list of accomplishments. Lesley holds an honours degree in International Relations and Philosophy and a Masters degree in Human Rights from York University. She has been the elected Rider Representative for the 2005 and 2006 Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee and is also involved in the Athlete Development Program. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing and travel. Leslie Law Results to Date: 2006
Seneca Fall Horse Trials open
intermediate - 1st Another Garrison
Seneca Fall Horse Trials open training - 1st Rain Man
Waredaca August Horse Trials open intermediate - 3rd Another
Garrison Waredaca 5 Year Old Young Horse Division - 1st Rain Man
Waredaca 4 Year Old Young Horse Division - 3rd Fab
Maryland II Horse Trials open prelim - 1st Another Garrison
Maryland II Horse Trials open training - 5th Rain Man
Maryland I Horse Trials open training - 1st Rain Man
Fairhill Spring Horse Trials open training - 1st Rain Man
CDCTA Summer Horse Trials open training - 1st Rain Man Rocking Horse 1 open intermediate
– 1st Shear L’eau 2005
Rolex CCI **** - 3rd Coup De Cour
2004 Lesley Grant Results To Date: 2006
3rd ON Seneca
Horse Trials - Fab
3rd Florida Horse Park Advanced Test - Timber Spirit
8th Poplar Place Advanced Horse Trials - Timber Spirit 8th OI Rocking
Horse – Timber Spirit 2005
10th Advanced
Witts End Farm - Timber Spirit 2004
5th Advanced Witts End Farm
Horse Trials – Timber Spirit 2003
35th CCI ***
Fairhill International – Snappy |
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