THE WARM-UP RING The Official News of the Jumping Committee June 2018, Volume 14, Issue 6 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR IN THIS ISSUE Derbies can also be offered at two different heights such as in a combined Children’s/ Adult/Junior/Amateur-Owner Derby where each group jump at their respective heights Canada Second in $400,000 Longines Michelle C. Dunn but are scored together. (See this month’s FEI Nations’ Cup on Home Soil Rules Review for further details.) The scoring of Derbies adds to the challenge Rules Corner and the fun with high options being scored at two points each with up to 10 options offered Show Jumping Coverage on CBC Sports and the handy options adding another 10 points that can be won. These are added to Young Guns! Profiling Anya Bereznicki the rider’s original score and result in up to 30 bonus points being awarded in total. You Nominations Now Open for 2018 can see where the fun comes in! Our show season is well underway, and Jumping Bursary Program To add to the mix, the prize money to be won summer is finally here. I hope you are in Derbies is growing each year with totals enjoying showing outdoors in our beautiful at the Royal West in Calgary, which acts as Canadians Contest Children’s and Junior Canadian summer weather. Nations’ Cups at Thunderbird Show Park the Regional Finals, up to $35,000 and prize One of Jump’s newer partnerships is with money for the Finals at the Royal Agricultural the Canadian Hunter Derby Series. We have Winter Fair in Toronto ranging up to $50,000. Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 Victorious supported this program in order to broaden Our Jump program offers travel money in $385,000 CSI5* ‘Continental’ the scope of participation across the country to be won, which helps send our Eastern Grand Prix and to get more competitors participating in Derby winners out to compete in Calgary at and enjoying the fun of the Derby classes. the East-West Final. It also subsidizes the Sympatico Inducted into Hall of Fame The Hunter Derbies have become extremely Western horses that travel east to compete popular at all our shows, ranging in scope at the Derby Final in Toronto. Current Jump Canada and from Pony Derbies up to the high-octane The prize money totals have encouraged CET Medal Standings qualifiers for the Canadian Hunter Derby owners to invest in horses solely to compete Series Final which takes place at the Royal in the Derbies, which has led to a new Success Stories Agricultural Winter Fair in November. lease on competition life for some of our All the riders enjoy the creativity of jumping older, great-jumping horses whose days of 2018 Canadian Hunter Derby Series the high options where suitable and competing in multiple over-fences classes finding the handy route to show off their may be over. They can come to a show for only a day or two, compete in one class, and Clinics, Clinics, Clinics! riding abilities and their horse’s talent. It’s wonderful to see how the Derbies have go home in glory (and with money in their showcased our beautiful hunters and that owners’ pockets). It’s a win-win situation all Longines World Rider Rankings more spectators are enjoying watching these around. talented horses jump big jumps. If you have the chance, find a Derby in your Acknowledgments Although the Pre-Green horses must refrain area, and settle in for an exciting ride! from jumping any courses or high options Respectfully yours, that could jeopardize their Pre-Green status, the Green hunters are free to show off over the higher heights and options. Due to this restriction in the Pre-Green, a number of competition organizing committees have Pamela Law offered Derbies to suit the Pre-Green horses Chair, Jumping Committee so they have an opportunity to shine as well. JUNE 2018 THE WARM-UP RING 1 Cara Grimshaw Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, BC, was double clear for Canada riding Victor, owned by Artisan Farms and Torrey Pines Stable. CANADA SECOND IN $400,000 LONGINES FEI NATIONS’ CUP ON HOME SOIL Mario Deslauriers of New York, NY, Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, BC, Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, and Keean White of Rockwood, ON, formed the Canadian Show Jumping Team that finished runner-up in the $400,000 Longines FEI Nations’ Cup held Sunday, June 3, at CSIO5* Langley, BC. Ireland claimed victory for the second year in a row with a total of 12 faults while Canada finished second with 18 faults. Mexico, which had claimed the inaugural Nations’ Cup at Langley in 2016, finished third with 25 faults to stay ahead of the United States with an uncharacteristic total of 34 faults, despite the last-minute substitution of number two rider in the world, Kent Farrington aboard Uceko. Without the luxury of a drop score, the three-man team from Brazil racked up 40 faults for a fifth-place finish. As Canada’s lead-off rider, Foster, 33, had the support of the home crowd behind her as she guided Victor, a 16-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Elmshorn x Grandeur) owned by Torrey Pines Stable and Artisan Farms LLC, to a clear round. “I’ve gone first a lot and with Victor; I know him so well that I can walk the course and know my plan, and he’s always fast,” said Foster of being the pathfinder for Canada. “I didn’t want to sit around waiting, I just wanted to go out there and do it!” Foster’s clear would prove crucial to a strong team result after White was eliminated for two refusals at fence six, an oxer with an unusual turf-trimmed water tray underneath. That meant his would be the drop score, putting pressure on Millar and Deslauriers to deliver. Millar, 43, left two rails on the floor riding Daveau, a 10-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Zento x Glennridge) owned by Millar Brooke Farm. In only his second Nations’ Cup appearance since switching back to Canadian nationality in 2017, Deslauriers, hailing from Bromont, QC, had a rail at the first element of the double combination at fence seven and also picked up one time fault for exceeding the tight time allowed. Deslauriers was not alone in incurring time faults. In the opening round, 15 of the 19 athletes competing failed to complete the track set by Canadian course designer Peter Holmes of Cowichan Bay, BC, in 75 seconds or less. Foster had the closest call of all, stopping the timers in exactly 75 seconds to narrowly avoid falling victim to the clock. JUNE 2018 THE WARM-UP RING 2 In the second round, Foster and Victor made the challenging track look deceptively Cara Grimshaw easy, jumping to another clear round with time to spare. Ireland’s Richie Moloney also delivered two clear rounds for his nation riding Carrabis Z. Remarkably, Moloney and Foster had been the first two riders on course and, with the day’s only two double-clear performances, split a bonus of $80,000 on offer to the top-performing individual athletes. “In the second round, I was a little more settled and knew how the lines were going to ride,” said Foster. “When you know a horse as well as I know Victor, it is great to come back for a second time because you are always able to improve your ride. He is a horse that Artisan Farms bought nine years ago as a seven-year-old and he has delivered every time that we have asked him to. As he is 16 now, we don’t use him more than we have to, but every time we do he comes out and delivers. He was awesome!” Foster’s spirits were also buoyed by competing in front of a home crowd. “I always love coming here; I feel so much support,” said Foster, who grew up riding with, and eventually working for, Laura and Brent Balisky’s Thunderbird Show Stables. “My whole family is here including my two grandmothers and all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I love that I get to jump in front of them and it’s even better when I do well!” White, 35, who had been a member of Canada’s victorious team one month earlier at the Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, riding Daveau, Nations’ Cup of Coapexpan, Mexico, opted not to return for the second round with For owned by Millar Brooke Farm. Freedom Z, a 13-year-old bay Zangersheide gelding (For Pleasure x Baloubet du Rouet) owned by Angelstone Partners, automatically giving Canada its drop score. Cara Grimshaw Millar and Daveau jumped clear in their second attempt but were caught by the clock to add a single time fault to Canada’s score sheet. Clear rounds are well within their grasp, however, as the pair proved in Coapexpan when they jumped double clear to earn the bonus money. Canadian riders have benefitted immensely from the newly introduced bonus this season, as Eric Lamaze and Ian Millar split b50,000 after leading Canada to victory in the Nations’ Cup of Ocala. With a wealth of experience to his credit, including the 1984 World Cup title, Deslauriers knocked a rail at the opening element of the triple combination set at fence nine but emerged otherwise unscathed with the promising Bardolina 2, a nine-year-old bay Cara Grimshaw Holsteiner mare (Clarimo x Landos) owned by Wishing Well Farm LLC.