Canadian Show Jumping Team 2019 Media Guide Presented by Omega Alpha WHERE CHAMPIONS PLAY
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Canadian Show Jumping Team 2019 Media Guide Presented by Omega Alpha WHERE CHAMPIONS PLAY. Three more tournaments this year, our International Christmas Market, and lots in between, there is so much to see and do at Spruce Meadows. With our coffee shop, shopping, carousel, face painting, first responders, military, and more, memories happens here. Call or visit us today at sprucemeadows.com or 403.974.4270. presented by Rolex presented by Rolex CSI 5 CSI 5 CSI0 5 June 26–30 July 3–7 Sept. 4–8 Memories happen here. Introduction The Canadian Show Jumping Team Media Guide is offered to all mainstream and specialized media as a means of introducing our top athletes and offering up-to-date information on their most recent accomplishments. All National Team Program athletes forming the 2019 Canadian Show Jumping Team are profiled, allowing easy access to statistics, background information, horse details and competition results for each athlete. We have also included additional Canadian Show Jumping Team information, such as past major games results. The 2019 Canadian Show Jumping Team Media Guide is proudly produced by the Jumping Committee of Equestrian Canada, the national federation responsible for equestrian sport in Canada. Table of Contents: Introduction 3 2019 Jumping National Team Program Athletes 4 Rider Profiles 6 Chef d’équipe Mark Laskin Profile 28 Major Games Past Results 29 Acknowledgements: For further information, contact: Editor Karen Hendry-Ouellette Jennifer Ward Manager Jumping, Equestrian Canada Starting Gate Communications Inc. Phone (613) 287-1515 ext. 102 [email protected] Layout & Production www.equestrian.ca Starting Gate Communications Inc. Photographers Equestrian Canada Moises Basallote Fotographia Suite 100, Arnd Bronkhorst Photography 308 Legget Drive Anwar Esquivel Kanata, Ontario, K2K 1Y8 CANADA Cara Grimshaw Phone (613) 287-1515 Swiat Koni Toll Free 1 (866) 282-8395 Elena Lusenti Fax (613) 248-3484 Starting Gate Communications Inc. On the Cover: Nicole Walker and Falco van Spieveld 2018 Canadian Show Jumping Champions by Starting Gate Communications Inc. 2019 Jumping National Team Program Athletes The following horse-and-rider combinations have been named to the 2019 Jumping National Team Program based on their 2018 results: A Squad 1. Eric Lamaze ............................................................ Chacco Kid 2. Tiffany Foster .......................................................... Donjo 3. Mario Deslauriers .................................................... Bardolina 2 4. Eric Lamaze ............................................................ Fine Lady 5 5. Ali Ramsay .............................................................. Hermelien VD Hooghoeve 6. Erynn Ballard .......................................................... Darkos Promise 7. Eric Lamaze ............................................................ Coco Bongo 8. Keean White ........................................................... For Freedom Z 9. François Lamontagne .............................................. Chanel du Calvaire 10. Kara Chad ............................................................... Carona 11. Lisa Carlsen ............................................................ Parette 12. Laura Jane Tidball ................................................... Concetto Son B Squad 1. Tiffany Foster .......................................................... Brighton 2. Beth Underhill ........................................................ Count Me In 3. Mario Deslauriers .................................................... Amsterdam 27 4. Jim Ifko ................................................................... Un Diamant Des Forets 5. Jenn Serek ............................................................... Wicked 6. Vanessa Mannix ...................................................... Catinka 25 7. Jonathon Millar ....................................................... Bonzay 8. Ian Millar ................................................................ Dixson 9. Jonathon Millar ....................................................... Daveau 10. Kara Chad ............................................................... Viva 11. Rebecca McGoldrick .............................................. Fleur IV 12. Tim Wilks ............................................................... Quelbora Merze 13. Nicole Walker.......................................................... Excellent B 14. Susan Horn ............................................................. Lilly Fee 15. Vanessa Mannix ...................................................... Valentino d’Elte 16. Erynn Ballard .......................................................... Catoki’s Son Z 17. Susan Horn ............................................................. Balintore 18. Brian Walker ........................................................... Carlson 93 19. Keean White ........................................................... Z Diamanty 4 2019 Canadian Show Jumping Team Media Guide 2019 Canadian Show Jumping Team Media Guide 5 Erynn Ballard Birthplace: Oakville, Ontario Birthdate: September 13, 1980 Hometown: Tottenham, Ontario rynn Ballard began riding at the age of five with her parents, David and Starting Gate Communications Sandi Ballard, and entered the show ring one year later. Equally talented in Ehunter, jumper and equitation, Ballard became only the second Canadian to win the prestigious ASPCA Maclay National Championship at the 1998 National Horse Show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The following year, she captured the individual gold medal at the 1999 North American Young Riders’ Championship riding Leacock. Ballard made her Nations’ Cup debut at the 2006 Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament, helping Canada to achieve victory for the first time in the event’s history, and was named the 2006 Equine Canada “Equestrian of the Year”. Working in partnership with horse agent Ilan Ferder, Ballard recently made a spectacular return to the international spotlight, winning the $100,000 CSI5* Longines Speed Challenge at the 2018 Longines Masters of New York and being named to her first major games team for the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, NC. Ballard is the professional trainer and coach for her family’s business, Looking Back Farm. Known for her catch riding abilities, Ballard is often seen piloting a multitude of horses in the hunter and jumper divisions. Horses Darkos Promise 2008 bay Irish Sport Horse gelding Owner: Ilan Ferder Fellini S 2010 bay Dutch Warmblood gelding by Vermont x Rash R Starting Gate Communications Owner: Ilan Ferder Recent Competition Highlights (as of May 26, 2019) 2019 2nd $72,000 Case IH Grand Prix, CSI2* Caledon National, ON Z Diamanty 4th $1 Million AIG Grand Prix, HITS Thermal VIII, CA Fellini S 3rd $72,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Classic, CSI5* WEF IX, FL Ceitasi 5th $290,000 Longines Nations’ Cup, CSIO5* Palm Beach Masters, FL Darkos Promise 4th $72,000 1.55m NetJets Classic, CSIO5* Palm Beach Masters, FL Fellini S 1st $134,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round V, CSI5* WEF V, Wellington, FL Darkos Promise 2018 10th Team, World Equestrian Games, Tryon, NC Darkos Promise 56th Individual, World Equestrian Games, Tryon, NC Darkos Promise 1st $35,000 AIG Classic, CSI5* HITS Chicago XI, IL Catoki’s Son Z 3rd $385,000 Pan American Cup, CSI5* Spruce Meadows Pan American, AB Darkos Promise 3rd $382,800 Longines Grand Prix, CSI5* Longines Masters of New York, NY Fantast 1st $100,000 Longines Speed Challenge, CSI5* Longines Masters of NY, NY Fantast 5th $1 Million AIG Grand Prix, HITS Thermal VIII, CA Fantast 6 2019 Canadian Show Jumping Team Media Guide Lisa Carlsen Birthplace: North York, Ontario Birthdate: February 17, 1965 Hometown: Spruce Grove, Alberta isa Carlsen emerged on the international scene in 1986 with Kahlua, considered one of the greatest horses in Canadian show jumping history. LThe pair won several major grand prix events to earn their place at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis where Canada claimed the team gold medal and Carlsen and Kahlua placed sixth individually. The following year, the pair made their Olympic debut at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games before Kahlua was retired from competition in 1990. Carlsen returned to the international spotlight riding La Boom, her mount for Nations’ Cup events in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2010 and the 2012 Nations’ Cup Promotional League Final in Barcelona, Spain. Now partnered with Parette, Carlsen is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. She is once again a frequent member of Canadian Nations’ Cup teams and served as the traveling alternate Starting Gate Communications for the 2018 World Equestrian Games. Starting Gate Communications Married to Dayton Gorsline, Carlsen operates Trademark Stables in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The couple has one daughter, Cassandra Gorsline, who is following in her mother’s footsteps as a show jumping competitor. Horses Parette 2006 bay Brandenburg mare by Passoa VDL x Barinello Owner: Lisa Carlsen Recent Competition Highlights (as of May 26, 2019) 2019 3rd €200,000 Longines Nations’ Cup, CSIO5* Coapexpan, MEX Parette 10th $40,000 1.50m Gold Tour Speed Stake, CSI3* Blenheim Spring II, CA Parette 4th $70,000 UlcerGard Grand Prix, HITS Thermal VII, CA Parette 9th $70,000 Back on Track Grand Prix, HITS Thermal I, CA Parette 2018 3rd $100,000 Longines World Cup Qualifier, CSI3*-W HITS National II, CA Parette 5th €300,000 Nations’ Cup Final Challenge Cup, CSIO5* Barcelona, ESP Parette