Canton and Joline, (Michaelangelo x Elianova/Aktuur), owned by Lisa Froehlich, are proving their partnership. Already at the WEF they have won the Second level, test one and placed second to Carol Lavell in second level, test 2 with a 76%. Last weekend they won the same test at the Southern Comfort Dressage show in Clarcona, Florida with a 73%. Already, the spectators recognize this little mare and gather at the ringside when the announcer says her name.

"She can be a little hot, but we have a really good rapport," said Canton. He said that she handled the atmosphere at Wellington well. He has been riding her since last June, and this was their fifth show together. "She did training level in September and had scores in the 80's from Axel Steiner," he said.

A nine-year-old KWPN mare, Joline was imported from Holland as a six-year-old, having been a broodmare, with several foals by Olympic Cocktail. She was a champion at her keuring, but when Canton started riding her she was fresh out of the pasture.

Joline is currently for sale. While there have been several interested parties, her owner is in no hurry to sell her and is waiting for the right partner to take her forward in dressage.

Canton, now training out of Julia Martin's farm in Birmingham, Alabama, was a student of Melle Van Bruggen and has trained in Germany with Conrad Schumacher. In 1992 he was long-listed for the Olympic Games on the stallion St. Tropez.

Text by Amber Heintzberger