Chris von Martels and Eclips Named to Canada’s Olympic Dressage Team after Jill Irving’s Delacroix Withdrawn

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Chris von Martels on Eclips, named to the Canadian Olympic dressage team. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

July 26, 2024

Chris von Martels and Eclips on Friday were named to Canada’s Olympic dressage team after Jill Irving’s Delacroix was withdrawn.

Chris and Eclips competed for Canada at the Tokyo Olympics.

Eclips is a 15-year-old KWPN gelding (Apache x Olympic Ferro) owned by Barbara Soederhuizen and Chris.

The other two members of Canada’s team are Camille Carier Bergeron on Finnlanderin, 14-year-old Oldenburg mare, and Naima Moreira Laliberte on Statesman, 17-year-old Hanoverian gelding.