34/ JULY 2012 THE RIDER


Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze Scores at Spruce Meadows


Calgary, Alberta – Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, topped a starting field of 55 entries to win the $32,000 RSA Cup during the Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ tournament on Thursday, June 14, in Calgary, AB.


ble. “You never worry that you’ll turn too tight to the fences and she won’t see them. Today she was fast and jumped really well.”


Riding Coriana van Klap- scheut, Lamaze posted a time of 68.25 seconds, stopping the clock almost three seconds faster than his closest rival to take his first victory of the sea- son at Spruce Meadows. Tim Gredley of Great Britain came the closest to catching Lamaze’s time, crossing the timers in 71.08 seconds riding Unex Chamberlain Z while Katie Dinan of the United States took third place with a time of 71.93 riding Nougat du Vallet.


In an event where speed is the name of the game, Lamaze and Coriana van Klapscheut are hard to beat.


“When she’s on like she was today, you can take all of the options and she’s really dependable about doing it,” said Lamaze of the 10-year-old Bel- gian Warmblood mare (Darco x Heartbreaker) owned by the Ziegler family’s Artisan Farms and Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Sta-


Lamaze’s win comes dur- ing the second week of competi- tion during the Spruce Meadows summer tournaments, which is rated a CSI4*-W competition by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI). Lamaze felt that Coriana van Klapscheut took the first week of competi- tion at Spruce Meadows to get back into top competitive form, having not competed since CSIO5* Madrid, Spain, held May 17-20.


“Normally she would do Rome and then come here, but her last show was Madrid and that was a little too much time off for her,” explained Lamaze of the mare’s competition sched- ule. “She took last week here to settle down, and I think she is going to have a good week.” Lamaze will continue to compete with Coriana van Klap- scheut in the 1.50m division throughout the ‘Continental’ tournament. He will ride Verdi, his other entry in Thursday’s $32,000 RSA Cup, in the $200,000 CN Performance Grand Prix on Saturday, June


Equine Canada Announces Two FEI Jumper Stewards Clinics in 2012


July 6, 2012—Equine Canada is pleased to host two Federation Equestre International (FEI) Jumper Stewards Clinics. The clin- ics are open to all FEI jumper stewards and senior national stewards with permission from their national federation and Equine Canada Senior (S) and Senior National (SN) stewards. The clinics will take place at Caledon Equestrian Park in Pal- grave, ON, September 15–17, 2012, and at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC, September 21–23, 2012.


This will be the second time FEI Jumper Stewards clinics have held in Canada since 2009, and will be conducted by Maria Hernek (SE), FEI Level 3 Steward for Jumping and by Jan Stephens (CAN), FEI Level 3 Steward for Jumping and EC Steward General and the chair of the Equine Canada Stewards Committee.


“Eric Lamaze and Coriana van Klapscheut won the $32,000 RSA Cup on June 14 at the CSI4*-W Spruce Meadows ‘Conti- nental’ tournament in Calgary, AB.” Photo Credit – Parker/Rus- sell – The Book LLC


16. A 10-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood gelding (Heart- breaker x Mr. Blue) owned by Artisan Farms and Torrey Pines Stable, Verdi is one of the hors- es Lamaze is considering for this summer’s Olympic Games. One week earlier, on June 9, Lamaze placed second in the


$200,000 CN Reliability Grand Prix riding Derly Chin de Muze. Lamaze will continue com- peting throughout the summer tournaments at Spruce Meadows in Calgary before returning to his European base in Vrasene, Belgium.


“It is a tremendous educational opportunity for Canadian Senior and FEI stewards,” said says Jan Stephens, chair of the Equine Canada Stewards Committee and Canada’s FEI Steward General for Jumping. “We also look forward to welcoming Senior and FEI stewards representing the international steward- ing community.”


For additional information about the FEI Jumper Stewards clinic, please visit the Equine Canada website atwww.equinecanada.ca or contact Kathy Strong at kstrong@equinecanada.ca or by phone at 613 248 3433 ext. 141.


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