Oct. 28, 2026
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu and her World Championship partner Jaccardo were named Canada’s Dressage Athlete and Dressage Horse of the Year with Jill Irving who owns the horse Dressage Owner of 2026.
The awards were announced Wednesday by Equestrian Canada that cited the success of the competing combination of the Tokyo Olympic rider and the 12-year-old Dutch-bred gelding that qualified for the World Cup Final in Fort Worth, Texas in April and led Canada’s dressage team to 9th place at the World Championships in Aachen, Germany in August. Both Brittany and Jaccardo were ranked 27th in the world at Big Tour at the championships.
Jill Irving, who rode on the Canadian team at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina and at the 2019 Pan American Games, bought Jaccardo (Desperado x Broere Jazz) in July 2023 and immediately turned over the ride to Brittany.
Lisa von Martels, active in dressage for more than three decades including the successful annual fund-raising effort Equestrian Canada Dressage Red and White in Wellington, Floria the past three years was named Dressage Volunteer of the Year.
