Keean White Maintains Lead in Canadian League World Cup Standings

October 1, 2025

Ottawa, Ontario—Keean White has maintained his lead in the Canadian League World Cup standings following his ninth place finish, for 10 points, in the $100,000 Canada Cup World Cup Qualifier at the CSI-W Tournament of Champions on September 21.

White, a native of Cambridge, ON, now has a total of 62 World Cup points, putting him 17 points ahead of his closest challenger. White’s World Cup season began with an 11th place finish, for 11 points, in the $60,000 World Cup Qualifier at the Classic Internationale de Blainville in Blainville, QC, riding Celena Z, an eight-year-old Zangersheide mare owned by Lindsay Schiassi. A fourth place finish at the L’International Bromont World Cup earned the pair an additional 15 points. Their top World Cup finish of the season thus far came at the CSI-W Summer Festival in Palgrave, ON, where White and Celena Z finished in second place in the $100,000 Marquest World Cup Grand Prix to earn 17 points. White also travelled south of the border and earned an eighth place finish, for nine points, in the $200,000 FTI World Cup Qualifier at Hampton Classic Horse Show on August 31, 2008.

“Both myself and my owners are very excited about the potential of competing in Las Vegas next April,” remarked White, 25. “I owe my success this year to my horses and the owners behind them.”

Currently in second place in the Canadian League standings with 45 points is Jenn Serek of Dewinton, AB. After gaining 20 points for her second place finish at L’International Bromont, Serek finished ninth in the $100,000 Marquest World Cup Grand Prix to earn an additional eight points with Bottom Line, a nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned by Brad Prather. Serek and Bottom Line also earned an additional 17 points for their second place finish in the $100,000 Canada Cup World Cup Qualifier at the Tournament of Champions.

Only four points behind Serek is Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, who holds third place in the standings with 41 points. Candele and Susan Grange’s Pitareusa, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, earned 20 points for their second place finish at the Classic Internationale de Blainville. He added nine points for his sixth place in the $100,000 Marquest World Cup Grand Prix with Mustique, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare also owned by Grange. At the Tournament of Champions, Candele and Mustique were awarded 12 points for their fifth place finish in the $100,000 Canada Cup World Cup Qualifier.

Amy Millar of Perth, ON, holds down fourth place with 37 points. She earned eight points for finishing 15th in Blainville with Piccobello du Val de Geer, an nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned by Millar Brooke Farm and Irish Oaks, and followed up with a fifth place result at L’International Bromont with Costa Rica Z, a 13-year-old Holsteiner mare owned by Mathews and Millar Brooke Farm, for an additional 13 points. The pair also received five points for their 14th place finish in Palgrave and 11 points for sixth place at the Tournament of Champions.

Right behind Amy is her brother Jonathon, also of Perth, ON, with a total of 36 points. Riding Millar Brooke Farm’s Romanov, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Jonathan earned 13 points for his fifth place finish in Blainville, 12 points for sixth place in Bromont, and five points for 15th at the Tournament of Champions. Jonathan Millar also rode Brookstreet Hotel’s Fahrenheit, a nine-year-old German-bred stallion, to 11th place to earn an additional seven points in Palgrave.

In sixth place with a total of 34 points is Millar patriarch and 2008 Olympic team silver medalist Ian Millar of Perth, ON.

The next event on the Canadian League World Cup calendar is the CN World Cup Grand Prix at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair on Wednesday, November 12, 2008.

For complete standings, please visit http://www.equinecanada.ca/jumpcanada/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=3.

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