44/ OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010 THE RIDER
Birthday Boy Jonathon Millar Wins $30,000 Caledon Cup Phase II
Palgrave, ON – Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, celebrated his 36th birthday with a win in the $30,000 Aviva Elite/Peel Maryborough Caledon Cup Phase II held Saturday, September 25, at the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament in Palgrave, ON.
A large starting field of 38 horses were in the hunt for victory and at the end of the first round, 11 had jumped clear to put their name on the list for the jump-off. From there, five jumped double clear, all
stopping the timers within one second of each other.
Riding seventh in the jump-off order, Millar moved to the top of the lead- er board after guiding Always Cullohill to a clear round in a time of 38.35 seconds. His closest challenger proved to be his own sister, as Amy Millar made a valiant effort with Costa Rica Z. However, her time of 38.50 was not fast enough to win, giving her older brother the victory. “It was a good jump-off for my
horse,” said Jonathon Mil- lar, who will represent Canada at the 2010 World Equestrian Games next week in Lexington, KY. “He has a big stride and he is pretty quick off the ground. In the jump-off, you galloped the first half, and then the second half was a little more delicate and tricky. All week, the courses have been inviting for the young ones, and if you have a horse that is more sophisticated, you can go for it. I am still getting to know my horse, and I was surprised how quick he was.”
Millar began riding the 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding this June, and the pair has already been enjoying impressive results.
he reached the final fence, only to see his chances of victory dashed. His time of 35.58 seconds was impres- sive with Redefin, owned by Susan Grange of Chel- tenham, ON. Candele also placed ninth with another Grange entry, Arrazo van’t Hagenhof.
“He’s a fun horse,” said Millar, whose family’s Millar Brooke Farm owns Always Cullohill. “He’s always competitive when you walk in the ring. He’s
“Jonathon Millar of Perth, ON, won the $30,000 Aviva Elite/Peel Maryborough Caledon Cup Phase II at the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament in Palgrave, ON.” Photo Credit –
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a really nice horse for these types of classes.” Millar is now well poised to contest Sunday’s $50,000 Caledon Cup Grand Prix, the third and final phase of competition comprising the Caledon Cup. “The strategy was to put it down without risking everything, and it paid off today,” noted Millar, adding that he thought his sister would catch his time. “Amy’s horse has been going great. Costa Rica had a little break this winter, and she’s been in great form. I was actually surprised; she looked like she was going faster than I went. Either way, it was a great result.”
Canadian Show Jumping Team veterans. Reid traveled to the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament with her mother, Leah, her younger brother, Graham, and her friend, Madina.
In a special ceremony held during Saturday’s competi- tion, Children’s Wish recip- ient Mirja Reid, 12, of Nepean, ON, was presented with a pony by nine-time Olympian Ian Millar, and his two children, Jonathon and Amy. All three mem- bers of the Millar family are
The younger of the two Millar siblings, Amy set- tled for second with Costa Rica Z while also taking fourth place with Piccobello du val de Geer. Yet another Ottawa-area native, Jill Hensel- wood of Oxford Mills, ON, broke up the Millar family domination by taking third place with IV Ever after stopping the clock in 38.89 seconds. Tiffany Foster of Schomberg, ON, posted the only other clear round in the jump-off to finish fifth with Carlos de Noel in a time of 39.23 seconds. Several other jump-off challengers were faster than the winning time, but at the expense of one rail. Yann Candele of Cale- don, ON, was well ahead on the clock when
Each year, the Canadian Show Jumping Tourna- ment works with the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada to grant a wish for a pony to a child afflicted with a high risk, life threatening illness. On Saturday evening, September 25, the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament also mounted the annual Children’s Wish Celebration, a fundraising event for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada
Combining a charity element with the show jump- ing tournament, the annual Children’s Wish Celebration was held on Saturday, September 25, featuring live and silent auctions and an expanded charity casino with a Monte Carlo theme.
Milton’s Ainsley Vince, the winner of phase one of the Caledon Cup on Thurs- day, had the advantage of going last in the jump-off, but had a rail with Frieda to finish seventh. Roberto Teran, riding for KingRidge Stables of King City, ON, guided Distant Star 3E to an eighth place finish.
The Canadian Show Jumping Tournament plays host to several year-end championship events including the Eastern Regional Finals of the CET Medal for riders aged 21 and under, as well as the $5,000 Eastern Canadi- an Final of the Jump Canada Talent Squad. For more information on the Canadian Show Jump- ing Tournament, please visit
www.equiman.com. Fol- low the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/CdnSJT.
Totilas Makes Dressage History at the Games
By Shawn Hamilton, CLiX Photography Edward Gal of the Netherlands on the ten year old black Dutch Royal Sport Horse Stallion, Moorlands Totilas, made dressage history in Lex- ington, KY winning three consecutive gold medals, a feat never before accomplished at a World Equestrian Games.
Totilas and Edward Gal’s team grand prix score of 84.043 earned the Dutch the team gold. Totilas was just warming up. Their Grand Prix Special performance earned them a score of 85.708 for a second gold medal.
“Honestly I can tell you exactly how many years, days and hours it has been since I missed the medal at the Olympics in Hong Kong, when it finally happened it was huge for me”. Peters visited the bronze podium once more after their stunning freestyle test where they fin- ished close behind Laura with 84.9.
“When I came here I knew I could do it but then it has to happen” says Edward after the freestyle competition and third gold win at WEG with a score of 91.8. “It was different to enter the arena for the freestyle, there were so many more people, it was a little difficult but in the end it went very well”.
um, only managed to obtain the team bronze. The Canadian dressage team consisting of Victoria Winter (Proton), Bonny Bonnello (Pikar- di), Ashley Holzer (Pop Art) and Belinda Trussell (Anton) finished seventh as a team with both Ashley and Belinda qualifying for the Grand Prix Special.
British rider Laura Bechtolsheimer scored perfect tens from all of the judges in her final pas- sage movement down center line on her 15 year old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Misral Hojris in the Grand Prix Special test. Finishing with a score of 81.708 she added a silver individual medal to her already acquired British Team silver. Laura and Mistral Hojris danced their way to their third silver in the freestyle with a score of 85.35. “My horse has not done this freestyle very often but he is growing into it” Laura comments. U.S. rider Steffen Peters wipes away a few tears on the podium accepting his bronze medal for the Grand prix Special test he performed on Ravel, a twelve year old Dutch Royal Sport horse gelding.
The Germans, used to dominating the podi-
Belinda, very happy with her Grand prix test score felt that “with Anton being just ten this year we are just starting to tap into his potential. Anton is a horse with so much heart and I hope this WEG is just the beginning of our career ahead”.
Ashley Holzer and Pop Art advanced to the Freestyle finals with an eleventh place finish in the Special. “He peaked just at the right time” Ashley comments “and the cheering squad in the arena was huge. I wasn’t nervous at all. I was very well prepared and the whole team structure made for a positive atmosphere. Poppy wasn’t going great in Europe but with the help of Robert Dover, Steffen Peters and Anky Van Grunsven we figured it out and it was the best Freestyle he has ever done”.
Ashley continues “ The whole Totilas thing is changing our sport, now we are all vying for second”.
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