THE WARM-UP RING The Official News of the Committee March 2020, Volume 16, Issue 3 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR IN THIS ISSUE staying home, and most of us have no idea whether or not we have the virus due to a lack of widespread testing. Stay Up to Date on COVID-19 Our equine industry is drastically affected Michelle C. Dunn by this situation. Boarding and lesson barns are being asked to close their doors CSIO4* FEI Nations’ Cup to all but the bare minimum of staff. Many Photo Gallery people are either working from home or not working at all. The stock markets are in dire straits, putting even more of our Canadian Team Ties citizens in financial jeopardy. While the for Fourth in $150,000 Nations’ Cup news is not uplifting, perhaps we can take a few moments to ponder the good things in our lives. Jump Hall of Fame Celebrates New Inductees Many of us are in self-imposed isolation in our homes with our families. Take this time How times can change from one month to enjoy each other and your animals. I’m 2020 to the next, one week to the next, or even taking the time to get a host of chores done Postponed one day to the next. The last time I wrote that I've been putting off for ages. Take this letter, the winter circuits were well time to read about our sport, learn more underway with many Canadians showing about in general, and even watch 2020 Longines FEI Jumping World on circuits in California and Florida and past shows on your computer. Cup™ Final Cancelled many spots in between. Fast forward to For now, all we can do is follow our today, and all circuits have shut down, government’s suggestions and try to stay some many weeks early, and most horses safe and healthy. I know you join me in Rules Corner are back safely in Canada. hoping this crisis eases sooner rather than The COVID-19 Coronavirus has hit the later, and we can get back to enjoying our horses, competing at horse shows, and Success Stories world, including North America, with a vengeance, leading to the shutdown of relishing the rhythms of daily life. sports activities everywhere. Although Stay safe. Stay healthy. Longines World Rider Rankings horses cannot contract or spread the virus, their support staff most certainly can, and countries are calling on all citizens to Acknowledgments perform self-imposed quarantine. The numbers of those with the illness continues to grow at an alarming rate, often Pamela Law doubling in days. We don’t know if we are Chair, completely protected from illness by simply Jumping Committee STAY UP TO DATE ON COVID-19

Equestrian Canada (EC) is constantly monitoring updates regarding the COVID-19 global pandemic and the corresponding impact on Canadian equestrian sport and the . For all the latest information and resources, including updates on the EC office closure, cancellation of EC-sanctioned events, and recommendations for equestrian facility owners, click here.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 1 CSIO4* FEI NATIONS’ CUP PHOTO GALLERY Winter Equestrian Festival - Wellington, FL | All Photo Credits – © Starting Gate Communications

Nations’ Cup teammates Beth Underhill and Vanessa Mannix.

Sam Walker riding Kel’star du Vingt Ponts was one of two Canadian individuals in the CSIO4* division. Canadian fans cheering on and Idalville d’Esprit.

Kelly Soleau-Millar and Jonathon Millar.

EC Manager of Jumping Karen Hendry-Ouellette hard at work with chef d’equipe Mark Laskin.

Fitting on Nations’ Cup night, David Ballard Erynn Ballard, pictured on Catoki’s Son Z, shows off his jacket from the 1996 represented Canada as an individual during Olympics. CSIO4* week. Two-time Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster (center, black jacket) with members of the 2020 Jill Irving Mentorship program.

David Ballard, , Amy Millar, Gail Vanessa Mannix with Canadian chef d’equipe Greenough, and Hyde Moffatt ready to cheer on Fran McAvity and Karen Hendry-Ouellette. Mark Laskin. Team Canada.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 2 Starting Gate Communications

The Canadian Show Jumping Team. Left to right: Beth Underhill, Vanessa Mannix, chef d’equipe Mark Laskin, Eric Lamaze, and Jonathon Millar. CANADIAN SHOW JUMPING TEAM TIES FOR FOURTH IN $150,000 NATIONS’ CUP

Highlighted by a strong performance from 2008 Canadian Olympic Starting Gate Communications champion Eric Lamaze, the Canadian Show Jumping Team tied for fourth place in the $150,000 CSIO4* Nations’ Cup held Saturday night, February 29, at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL.

Eric Lamaze of Wellington, FL; Vanessa Mannix of Calgary, AB; Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON; and Beth Underhill of Schomberg, ON, represented Canada in the only Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) sanctioned senior team event held during the 12-week WEF. A total of nine teams competed for top honours over a track set by American course designer, Ken Krome.

Underhill, 57, and her mount, Count Me In, got Canada off to a strong start by leaving all the rails in place. However, the reigning Canadian Show Jumping Champions incurred four faults when they failed to clear the entire width of the open water jump.

Riding for the first time in the WEF Nations’ Cup, Mannix, 30, had Beth Underhill of Schomberg, ON, riding Count Me In, owned by Sandy rails down at the liverpool obstacle at fence five as well as ‘b’ of the Lupton.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 3 triple combination set as fence 11 riding Catinka 25, her 11-year- Starting Gate Communications old Oldenburg mare (Catoki x Luxano). The pair also exceeded the tight time allowed of 70 seconds to pick up a time fault for a total of nine faults. When the best three scores of Canada’s four- man team were counted, Mannix’s score would be dropped from the team total.

Millar, 45, also had two rails down late on course at the ‘a’ and ‘b’ elements of the triple combination for eight faults riding Daveau, a 12-year-old Dutch gelding (Zento x Glennridge) owned by his family’s Millar Brooke Farm of Perth, ON.

Lamaze, 51, kept Canada in the thick of things with the recently acquired Idalville d’Esprit, a 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding (Carabas v/d Wateringhoeve x Nabab de Reve) owned by Chris Stinett and Lamaze’s own Torrey Pines Stable Inc. The pair left all the rails in place but were caught by the clock for a single time fault in the opening round. Vanessa Mannix of Calgary, AB, riding Catinka 25. Counting a total of 13 faults, Canada was tied for third place with Brazil at the end of the first round. The United States had Starting Gate Communications a flawless scorecard with zero faults while Ireland sat in second position with five faults.

Coming back for the second round, Underhill was working on a clear round when Count Me In, a 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Count Grannus x Sherlock Holmes) owned by Sandy Lupton, took exception to the triple combination, resulting in an unplanned dismount and immediate elimination.

That meant the scores of the next three Canadians would all count towards the team total. Mannix brought home a score of four faults the second time out with Catinka 25 while Millar again incurred eight faults with Daveau, this time dropping rails at the double combination at fence three and again at the ‘b’ element of the triple combination at fence 11.

Lamaze then delivered a clear round in fine fashion, much to the Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, riding Daveau for Millar Brooke Farm. delight of the Canadian cheering section that had bravely endured the unseasonably cold Florida weather. That gave Canada a total Starting Gate Communications of 12 faults in the second round, and an overall score of 25 faults to tie for fourth place with Israel.

“Show jumping is an unpredictable sport and, unfortunately, tonight we had a couple of unexpected things happen,” said Canadian Show Jumping Team chef d’equipe Mark Laskin of Langley, BC. “To win a Nations’ Cup, everything has to go right and when it doesn’t, that’s the difference between first and fourth.”

The United States easily retained its place at the top of the leaderboard, aided by 18-year-old Brian Moggre riding MTM Vivre le Reve who posted the evening’s only double-clear performance. Counting only four faults, the home side claimed victory over Ireland who finished the two-round competition with a total of 13 faults. Australia took third place with 22 faults while Canada and Israel tied for fourth place with 25 faults. Brazil rounded out the top six with 26 faults. Only the top six teams advanced following Eric Lamaze of Wellington, FL, riding Idalville d’Esprit for owner Chris the opening round with Colombia, Mexico, and Chile failing to Stinett and Torrey Pines Stable. qualify.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 4 Shawn Hamilton / www.clixphoto.ca

From left to right: Chef d'equipe Terrance Millar, Mac Cone, Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar claimed the team silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. JUMP CANADA HALL OF FAME CELEBRATES NEW INDUCTEES

On November 3, 2019, three new inductees were welcomed into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame. Since its inception in 2006, a total of 60 champions have been honoured for their contributions to Canadian hunter/jumper sport, including 21 horses and , 31 humans, six organizations, and six teams. In this issue, we look back on the momentous occasion of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where, seemingly against all odds, the Canadian Show Jumping Team claimed the silver medal.

Team: 2008 Olympic Games Silver Medal

It had been 40 years since the Canadian Show Jumping Team claimed its first Olympic team medal. When Mac Cone, Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar packed their bags for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, all four dreamed of bringing home a medal for their country but likely had little idea that they would indeed be jumping off for an Olympic gold medal.

With quarantine requirements making horse transport to mainland China next to impossible, the Hong Kong Jockey Club generously offered to host the equestrian events at its Sha Tin venue, renovating and building state-of-the-art facilities and constructing a stadium of true Olympic proportions. Despite being far removed from the Olympic movement in Beijing, equestrian sport enjoyed the full spotlight in Hong Kong with spectators, already fans of horse sport due to Hong Kong’s vast culture, eagerly turning out in droves.

At the 2008 Olympic Games, team medals for show jumping were determined over two rounds held over two days, August 17 and 18, and followed the traditional nations’ cup format of counting the best three scores and dropping the fourth. A total of 16 countries contested the team medals.

Canada got off to a shaky start in the first round when Cone produced a 12-fault effort riding Ole, a horse owned by Sara Houstoun and Larry Evoy. Things started to look even grimmer when Olympic debutante, Jill Henselwood riding Special Ed, the reigning Pan American champions at the time, incurred 18 faults. Eric Lamaze, who would go on to claim the individual gold medal three days later, kept Canadian hopes alive by jumping clear with Hickstead. A four-fault round from anchor rider Ian Millar aboard In Style, owned by Susan Grange and Lothlorien Farm, put Canada back into the medal hunt.

At the end of the first round, Switzerland and the United States were tied for first place with 12 faults, Sweden was third with 13 faults, and Canada and Great Britain were tied for fourth place with 16 faults apiece. Canada was one of eight teams that had made the cut for the second round. Medal hopes were tantalizingly close, yet the news that Cone’s mount had sustained an injury and would not continue meant Canada moved forward with a three-rider team, with all three scores to count.

Down but not out, Canada returned for the second round ready to fight. Henselwood led off by producing a vital clear round with Special Ed, owned by Juniper Farms. Lamaze and Hickstead, owned by the Fleischhacker family’s Ashland Stables and his Torrey Pines Stable, dropped a rail for four faults. The pressure was on Millar to deliver and, in his record-tying ninth Olympic Games appearance, he did just that, guiding In Style to a masterful clear round and guaranteeing a team medal for Canada. The only question

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 5 left to answer was whether it would be gold or silver. Michelle C. Dunn

Canada had finished the two-round competition on a total of 20 faults but so had the Americans, forcing a jump-off for the gold. Going into a head-to-head battle under the lights without the luxury of a drop score put Canada at a distinct disadvantage. While the three Canadian riders only dropped one rail between them for four faults, the U.S. team was able to maintain a clear score sheet to earn the team gold medal.

Canada’s team silver medal represented the synergy of teamwork between four riders and their horses under the guidance of chef d’equipe Terrance “Torchy” Millar. Forty years after claiming its first in Mexico City, Canada had won its second Olympic medal in dramatic fashion. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games silver medal team members (from left Award Sponsored by Equestrian Management Group to right) Ian Millar, Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, and Mac Cone receiving their Jump Canada Hall of Fame awards from presenter Beth Underhill. For a full list of Jump Canada Hall of Fame inductees, as well as tribute videos, visit https://www.equestrian.ca/sport/jumping/awards 2020 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES POSTPONED

On Tuesday, March 24, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee announced that the Olympic Games would be postponed due to the global pandemic COVID-19.

The President of the IOC, Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference to discuss the constantly changing environment with regard to COVID-19 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. President Bach and Prime Minister Abe expressed their shared concern about the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and what it is doing to people’s lives and the significant impact it is having on global athletes’ preparations for the Games.

The two leaders praised the work of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee and noted the great progress being made in Japan to fight against COVID-19. However, the unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating. On March 23, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “accelerating” with more than 375,000 cases recorded worldwide and in nearly every country, and the number is growing by the hour.

In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, and everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community. 2020 LONGINES FEI JUMPING WORLD CUP™ FINAL CANCELLED

As have all other events on the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) competition calendar, the Longines FEI Jumping World CupTM Final, scheduled to take place from April 15 to 19 in Las Vegas, NV, was cancelled. Unfortunately, that means Canada’s two invited representatives will not have an opportunity to try their luck in the city of lights. Erynn Ballard of Tottenham, ON, finished the 2019/2020 Longines World Cup qualifying season as the highest-placed Canadian in the North American Eastern League standings while Vanessa Mannix of Calgary, AB, was the top Canadian in the North American Western League. RULES CORNER

Attention competitors! Take note of the following new Equestrian Canada rule which complies with FEI rules.

G109.7 Rowel with discs that have notched or serrated edges are not permitted anywhere within the grounds of EC Hunter Jumper Competitions (Bronze, Silver, Gold); rowel spurs with discs that have smooth, even edges are allowed.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 6 SUCCESS STORIES

Sportfot SAM WALKER Sam Walker of Nobleton, ON, and Enchanted were presented with the Champion Equine Insurance Hunter Style Award by Laura Fetterman (pictured right) on Sunday, February 23, during week seven of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Walker and Enchanted earned first and second place finishes in the Large Junior 16-17 Hunter division prior to being presented with the Hunter Style Award, which recognized the nine- year-old bay gelding, owned by Christel Weller of Keswick, ON, as a hunter whose style best exemplifies a based on form, movement, and way of going.

In addition to his success in the hunter ring during week seven, Walker earned top honors in the jumper ring. The 17-year-old claimed the High Junior Jumper division reserve championship after winning the $1,500 High Junior Jumpers aboard Remmits Delphi, a 12-year-old gelding owned by Clear Ride LLC.

ESI Photography LINDSEY PATON Hailing from Bend, ON, Lindsey Paton riding Capilano HF led the victory gallop in the $2,500 CSI3* Sapphire Tour Welcome on Thursday, February 27, at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA. Thirteen entries from the 25-horse starting field qualified to jump-off over the course designed by Portugal’s Bernardo Cabral, but none could catch Paton and the 12-year-old /-cross (Capone I x Colonel Rae XX) that she has been partnered with since the gelding was four years old. In the pair’s first year competing in Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) competition, they crossed the timers in 29.37 seconds to secure the victory. Second place with a time of 30.92 seconds went to 2012 World Cup champion Richard Fellers and Mojo, while third place on a time of 33.29 seconds went to fellow Canadian Keean White riding Vampyr van de Rib, owned by Alexandra Millar.

ESI Photography CASSANDRA KAHLE Cassandra Kahle, originally from Langley, BC, rode the aptly-named Esprit de Victoire to victory in the $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix on Saturday, February 29, at HITS Ocala in Ocala, FL. Kahle and the eight-year-old grey Holsteiner mare, owned by Holly Cannon, led the 20-horse class with a score of 88 in the first round. A score of 87 in the second round secured the win for the pair on a 175 total score. Second place with a two-round score of 170 went to Daniel Geitner riding his own Pen and Ink, while Nashea Powell and Dessert First finished third with a score 168. Kahle also finished in fourth aboard Garsino, owned by Kristin Fagan.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 7 Moises Basallote Fotografia REBECCA McGOLDRICK Young Canadian show jumping athletes dominated the €25,400 1.45m Big Tour competition on Sunday, March 1, during the CSI4* Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. Victory went to Rebecca McGoldrick while Kara Chad claimed second place. Hailing from Toronto, ON, McGoldrick bested a large starting field of 94 entries to take the win in the speed class riding Horatio Van Erpekom, her own 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood (Kannan x Udarco van Overis). Their time of 59.89 seconds was more than a second faster than Chad’s, who crossed the timers in 61.23 seconds to take second riding Firefly W, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Nabab de Reve x Voltaire) owned by Matthew Sampson.

Erin Gilmore Photography VANESSA MANNIX Vanessa Mannix was named the Leading Owner at the CSI3*-W Live Oak International held from March 5 to 8 in Ocala, FL. Mannix, 30, of Calgary, AB, earned the honour thanks to her own consistent results aboard Valentino d’Elte, coupled with her trainer, Conor Swail’s, top finishes riding GK Coco Chanel. Mannix and Valentino d’Elte, her 11-year-old Selle Français gelding (Castronom Z de Hus x Windsor) enjoyed several strong placings, including jumping double-clear to a top 12 finish in the $10,000 1.40m Waldron Private Wealth class. Swail and GK Coco Chanel, Mannix’s 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding, finished fifth in the $36,600 Longines FEI Jumping World CupTM Qualifier and tenth in the $100,000 Longines FEI Jumping World CupTM Live Oak. From left to right: Chester Weber, George Albright, Vanessa Mannix, and Juliet Reid in the Leading Owner Award presentation.

ESI Photography JOHN PEARCE John Pearce, formerly of Stouffville, ON, and Chantico bested a field of 41 entries to win the $10,000 1.35m Open Classic on Saturday, March 7, during the seventh week of competition at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA. Pearce and the 15-year-old Holsteiner stallion (Contender x Latino), owned by Karen Ball, were the final challengers in a 12-horse jump-off, and they shot straight to the top of the leaderboard with another clear round in a time of 36.98 seconds. Second place with a time of 38.26 seconds went to 2012 World Cup champion Richard Fellers riding Balboa SH, owned by his wife, Shelley Fellers.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 8 Equestrian Sport Productions TIFFANY FOSTER Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, BC, and her longtime partner, Brighton, won the $73,000 CSI5* CaptiveOne 1.50m Classic on Sunday, March 8, during week nine of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL. A starting field of 44 entries contested the first-round track set by Ireland’s Alan Wade, with seven combinations advancing to the jump-off. Foster and Brighton, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Contender II x Quick Star), owned by Andy and Carlene Ziegler’s Artisan Farms LLC and Eric Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable, crossed the timers in 32.72 seconds to narrowly edge out fellow Olympian Beezie Madden of the USA, who finished in 32.87 seconds for second place aboard Breitling LS.

During the final week of WEF competition, Brighton was presented with the Champion Equine Insurance Overall Jumper Style Award by Laura Fetterman (pictured) of Champion Equine Insurance. Throughout WEF, one jumper horse was selected each week as the weekly recipient of the award, recognizing a horse that exemplifies a top show jumper based on scope, rideability, technique, and competitive spirit. Brighton, who had received the award during week nine, was selected as the overall award recipient as the horse that displayed the most consistent style throughout the circuit.

ESI Photography BETH UNDERHILL Canadian Olympian Beth Underhill of Schomberg, ON, and Count Me In won the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix on Friday, March 13, to conclude the final week of competition at HITS Ocala in Ocala, FL. Less than half a second separated the three finishers, but it was Underhill and Sandy Lupton’s 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Count Grannus x Sherlock Holmes) that topped the leaderboard with a jump-off time of 37.36 seconds. Second place with a time 37.46 seconds went to 2018 World Championship team gold medalist Devin Ryan riding Eddie Blue, while Tracy Fenney and MTM Apple rounded out the top three with a time of 37.59 seconds.

Sportfot CAROLYN ANDERSON Following a highly successful Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) circuit, Carolyn Anderson of Calgary, AB, riding Playbook clinched the circuit championship in the Marshall & Sterling/Great American Adult Hunter 50 and Older Section B division. During the 10- week WEF circuit in Wellington, FL, Anderson and the 10-year-old warmblood gelding, owned by CH Farm, LLC, earned two weekly division championship titles and two reserve championships on their way to the overall circuit championship. As the horse with the highest score of the season in the Adult Amateur Hunter 50 and Older divisions, Playbook was also awarded the Kenya Perpetual Trophy, donated in 2005 by Martha Wiedenkeller Hollister in loving memory of the horse, Kenya.

MARCH 2020 THE WARM-UP RING 9 LONGINES WORLD RIDER RANKINGS TOP 20 CANADIAN RIDERS as of February 29, 2020

21. Eric Lamaze 2260 353. Nicole Walker 610 63. Mario Deslauriers 1615 356. Jill Henselwood 595 84. Erynn Ballard 1503 412. Jonathon Millar 515 87. Tiffany Foster 1483 425. Kara Chad 508 188. Amy Millar 1002 457. Rachel Cornacchia 465 197. Vanessa Mannix 960 526. Hyde Moffatt 393 242. Ali Ramsay 830 528. Kyle Timm 390 256. Sam Walker 802 533. Lisa Carlsen 380 281. Beth Underhill 745 572. Susan Horn 350 342. Jim Ifko 628 587. Keean White 340

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EDITORIAL BOARD Karen Hendry-Ouellette (ex-officio), Pamela Law, John Taylor, Jennifer Ward (Editor), and Nancy Wetmore

CONTRIBUTORS Pamela Law, Emily Randolph, and Jennifer Ward

EC STAFF CONTRIBUTORS Karen Hendry-Ouellette

PHOTOGRAPHERS Moises Basallote Fotografia, Michelle C. Dunn, Equestrian Sport Productions, ESI Photography, Erin Gilmore Photography, Shawn Hamilton / www.clixphoto.ca, Sportfot, Starting Gate Communications

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PUBLISHER Equestrian Canada

TRANSLATION Pas de deux Communications

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