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risks, turning in yet another faultless performance in a time of 33.43.
It was all up to Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, QC. Riding Unica, her 13-year- old mare, Covert-Lawrence was blistering fast, but unfortunately two rails came down, ending their hopes for repeat of Thurs- day’s winning performance. That left Millar, better known as ‘Captain Canada’ to his fans, in first and second place with a total of $57,500 in prize money. Deslauriers took home $14,000 for third, Covert- Lawrence claimed $12,000 for fourth, and Arcand won $9,000 for fifth place.
“Now I can buy shoes for my granddaughter,” joked Mil- lar, whose daughter, Amy, who placed ninth in the competition, welcomed Lily into the world three months ago.
Of the competition, Millar said, “It was fairly serious jump- ing today, and it was hard to jump the jumps clean, let alone go fast. You had to find the bal- ance between leaving the jumps up, and speed. I wasn’t slow, but I sure wasn’t blistering fast, and I was a sitting duck. The ladies torqued it up a little bit, and one wasn’t fast enough and Angie was certainly fast enough, but had her fault. That is the key, finding the balance.” With two horses in the jump-off, Millar did not think that one had a distinct advantage over the other.
“One is as fast as the other
I would say, they are both young horses just coming along. It was more about where they were plugged in in the order. What I wanted was to get one clear round in the bank, so that put the heat on the rest a little bit. And then I just had all my options going. In the jump-off, there is a lot of strategy. I knew I had the leading time, so if I torqued it up a little bit with Dryden, not only would I have a faster time of course, but I would put the pres- sure on that last horse. By putting the pressure on the last horse, maybe she makes a mis- take.”
Millar’s strategy worked, and Covert-Lawrence dropped two rails.
“It is always hard in the jump-off to gauge where you are in relation to the others, but my horse is really fast,” said Covert- Lawrence of her jump-off per- formance. “I had the fastest time; and in fact I had a second to spare. That second I should have taken in the corner going to fence eight and maybe I would have left it up, but that’s show jumping.”
Covert-Lawrence finished the week with a win in Thurs- day’s $32,000 Brookstreet/Com-
petitiveJumpers.com Open Wel- come riding Utan, a second place finish in the $15,000 ATCO Jumping Derby with Candidate du Marquet, and a fourth place finish in the feature event, the $118,000 Angelstone Produc- tions Grand Prix, Presented by Brookstreet.
“Overall, I can’t complain,”
she said. “I have had one of the best weeks of my show jumping
career.”
Following the Grand Prix, Staggered Crossing took the stage, followed by Canadian per- forming artists, Blue Rodeo. Combining Grand Prix show jumping with a live music con- cert is the innovative concept of Angelstone Productions, also the Grand Prix’s title sponsor. For more information on the National Capital Show Jump- ing Tournaments, please visit
www.hayesco.ca.
$118,000 Angelstone Productions Grand Prix, Presented by Brookstreet – Final Results
Rider/ Hometown/ Horse/ Faults/ Time
1. Ian Millar, Perth, ON, Dryden, 0:0, 33.43
2. Ian Millar, Perth, ON, Star Power, 0:0, 35.18
3. Lisa Deslauriers, New York, NY, Diablo, 0:0, 35.67
4. Angela Covert-Lawrence, St. Lazare, QC, Unica, 0:8, 31.82 5. David Arcand, Montreal, QC, Santos Utopia, 0:8, 32.42 6. Roberto Teran, Colombia, Distant Star 3E, 4
7. Jonathon Millar, Perth, ON, Always Cullohill, 4
8. Katie McVean, New Zealand, Delphi, 4
9. Amy Millar, Perth, ON, Costa Rica Z, 4
10. Mario Deslauriers, New York, NY, Vicomte D, 8 11. Ainsley Vince, Milton, ON, Frieda, 8
12. Sarah Johnstone, Toronto, ON, Starlet, 8
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