AUGUST 2010 THE RIDER /37
Ben Asselin Wins Individual Gold at North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships
Ottawa, ON—Ben Asselin of Calgary, AB, won the individual junior show jumping gold medal on Sunday, August 1, at the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championship (NAJYRC). Presented by Gotham North, the Championships were held July 28 – August 1 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, also the site of the upcoming 2010 All- tech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Navigating the demanding courses set by FEI ‘I’ course designer Olaf Petersen, Jr., of Germany, Asselin, 16, had five faultless rounds throughout the individual competition to claim the Individual Gold Medal with a perfect score of zero. Asselin was aboard Lolita, a 12- year-old Oldenburg mare owned by Attache Stables. “This is my first time competing at the Champi- onships and the experience has been surreal and surpris- ing,” said Asselin, who also led the Alberta team to a gold medal on Friday. “Lolita was unreal and incredi- ble. From the warm-up competition to the last round, she jumped perfectly. She has the biggest heart and she gave her all every time she went in the ring.”
Beth Underhill
Withdraws from WEG Contention
Schomberg, Ontario – Canadian Olympian Beth Under- hill of Schomberg, ON, has withdrawn from World Equestrian Games contention.
Underhill and Top Gun had been named to the team that will represent Canada at two international events in Spain. The day before the Canadian Show Jumping Team Long List for the upcoming 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was announced on July 14, Underhill was informed that Top Gun would no longer be available to her.
“I was shocked, I was not aware that this was com- ing,” said Underhill. “The horse had been named to the European tour, and the World Championships were within reach. I had been campaigning him very much with the focus on peaking this fall for Spain and the World Championships. The owners had a change of heart and the horse is to be sold. As difficult as it is, I have to respect their decision.”
The silver medal was award- ed to American Meg O’Mara of Zone 2 riding Sinatra IV with four faults while Jocelyn Neff and Gaja 20 of USA Zone 10 won the bronze with a total of eight faults. Bretton Chad of Calgary, AB, finished eighth individually aboard Calle II, a 13-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Stone Ridge. Finishing ninth was Jasmine Wig- gins of Okotoks, AB, riding Little Milton, her eight-year-old Hanoverian gelding. Alexandira Smith of Calgary, AB and Calira, a 13-year-old Holsteiner mare owned by Blue Valley Farms Ltd., finished in 11th place. Rachel Schnurr of Waterloo, ON, and Magic Jumper, her 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding, were 14th while Laurence Addison of Lorraine, QC, and his 11-year-old Oldenburg mare, C-TJE, placed 15th overall.
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“Ben Asselin of Calgary, AB, and Lolita won the individual junior show jumping gold medal on Sunday, August 1, at the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championship.” Photo Credit —
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Underhill began riding Top Gun, a 10-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood gelding by Corland, in the summer of 2008. That fall, the pair finished second in the Canadian Show Jumping Championships held at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show. In 2009, Underhill and Top Gun were members of Canada’s fourth placed team in the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament and, this past February in Wellington, FL, were members of the victorious Canadi- an team in the CN Nations’ Cup.
Less than one week before receiving the news that the horse was to be sold, Underhill guided Top Gun to victory in the $35,000 1.50m Kinnear Financial Cup in the international ring at the Spruce Meadows “North American” Tournament in Calgary, AB.
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“I am obviously devastated and disappointed that I do not have the opportunity to continue riding this horse,” said Underhill. “Over the past two years, the horse has been a very special partner for me.” Underhill and Top Gun had been named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team that will compete in Nations’ Cup competitions in CSIO5* Gijon, Spain, from August 31 to September 5 and the League Final at CSIO5* Barcelona, Spain, from September 16 to 19. “It is such a heart break to learn that the horse is no longer available, especially when it is only a couple of months before a major championship such as the World Equestrian Games,” said Terrance ‘Torchy’ Millar, chef d’equipe of the Canadian Show Jumping Team and Chair of the Jump Canada High Performance Commit- tee. “Beth had brought the horse along to the top inter- national level and was a strong contender for the World Championship team. It greatly diminishes Canada’s chances when good horses are taken away, and it is especially disappointing that we do not have good horses available to us after winning gold and silver medals at the last Olympics.”
Underhill was first named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team in 1990, and has represented Canada in Olympic, World Championship, and Pan American Games competition. Two of her most memorable grand prix mounts were Monopoly, her partner at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and Altair. Underhill operates Beth Underhill Stables in Schomberg, ON.
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