Eleonore Elstone

Birthdate: May 15, 1952
Birthplace: Duesseldorf, Germany
Hometown: Langley, BC
Personal Coach: Leslie Reid
National Team Coaches: Andrea Taylor & Mary Longden
Eleonore Elstone began riding ponies at the age of seven in her native Germany, and by age 12 she was riding competitively. She rode in all three Olympic disciplines – dressage, eventing, and show jumping – in the German Young Rider Championships. In 1974, she immigrated to the interior of B.C., where she
continued to pursue competitive riding. Only after a riding accident in 1979 did she focus entirely on dressage.
Elstone was long-listed several times on the Canadian Dressage team with different horses, though her commitment to the sport extended beyond just competing. As a level III coach, Elstone actively trained horses and riders to the Young Rider level in dressage and several of her students competed at NAYRC.
Elstone first began competing in the sport of Para-Dressage in 2006 at the  PEDI4* Pacific Rim competition held in Langley, B.C. She successfully won each of her classes, and carried on to represent Canada at the World Para-Dressage Championships the following year. These successes qualified Elstone and her horse Lutke to compete at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Hong Kong, allowing her to accomplish a lifelong goal of participating at a Paralympic Games. Elstone has represented Canada at a number of international shows over the past two years including the 2010 World Equestrian Games and 2011 European Tour. Along with her new mount, Zareno, an 8 year old Dutch warmblood gelding owned by Elisabeth Posmus-Penterman, Elstone is considered a medal contender heading into the 2012 Paralympic Games.

Horses

Zareno
2004 Dutch Warmblood gelding
Owner: Elisabeth Posmus-Penterman
Why Not G
2003 brown Dutch Warmblood gelding by Quite Easy
Owners: Eleanore Elstone, Kelleigh Kulcsar

Results

9th out of 20 Team Test, CPEDI3* Moorsele, BEL Zareno
14th out of 20 Ind. Ch Test, CPEDI3* Moorsele, BEL Zareno
1st out of 9 (Consolation) Freestyle Test, CPEDI3* Moorsele, BEL Zareno
3rd out of 25 Team Test, CPEDI3* Mannheim, GER Zareno
6th out of 22 Ind. Ch Test, CPEDI3* Mannheim, GER Zareno
5th out of 9 Freestyle Test, CPEDI3* Mannheim, GER Zareno