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Lamaze also qual- ified for the Individual Final with a total of nine faults for 22nd position. Lamaze, who was only carrying one fault coming into Mon- day’s event, had rails down at the ‘b’ element of the triple combina- tion at fence seven, as well as number 10. “It was a difficult course for my horse; it was a difficult course for many horses,” said Lamaze, 44, of his mount, Derly Chin de Muze, a nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned by Ash- land Stables and Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable.
As the defending Olympic Champion, Lamaze said of his chances on Wednesday, “My horse is young and inexperienced, but we all start from zero. Anything can happen.” Henselwood, 49, had two rails down, at fence 10 and fence 12, riding George, a 10- year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Brian Gingras.
“I thought George was awesome,” said Henselwood, a member of Canada’s silver medal team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games riding alongside London teammates Lamaze and Millar.
“He’s green. He’s tried so hard at these Games and with a little more experi-
ence, he would jump clear.”
In the Team Final, the
Olympic equestrian venue of Greenwich Park erupted when Great Britain won the team gold medal in a dramatic jump-off. Both Great Britain and the Netherlands were tied with a total of eight faults fol- lowing two rounds of team competition to force an all- deciding jump-off.
Ian Millar riding Star Power. Photo by Cealy Tetley,
www.tetleyphoto.com
To the delight of many of the 21,000 specta- tors, Great Britain finished the jump-off with a perfect score of zero faults to earn its first team gold medal since the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. The Netherlands incurred 12 faults in the jump-off to take the team silver. Saudi Arabia earned its first Olympic team medal in show jumping, taking the bronze medal with 14 faults.
Switzerland placed fourth with 16 faults while Canada was fifth with 26 faults. Sweden and the United States tied with 28 faults for sixth while Brazil finished eighth with 67 faults. From the original starting field of 15 nations, eight teams qualified to compete in Monday’s Team Final.
“Eric Lamaze riding Derly Chin de Muze. Photo by Cealy Tetley,
www.tetleyphoto.com
The Canadian Olympic Team for Show Jumping is supported by Chef d’Equipe Terrance Millar; Assistant Chef d’Equipe Mark Laskin; Veterinarian Dr. Sylvie Surprenant; Stable Manag- er Lori Green; and Team Manager Karen Hendry- Ouellette.
Grooms include Cris-
tian Canobbio (Foster), Jessica Dooley (Hensel- wood), Delphine Rouston (Lamaze), Sandy Patterson (Millar) and Anne-Sophie Canut (Candele). Kerri McGregor is the Team Leader for the Canadian Olympic Team for Eques- trian and Tina Collins is Assistant Team Leader. For more informa- tion, including live scoring and results, please visit the equestrian sport section of the official 2012 London Olympic Games website at
www.london2012.com/equ estrian.
Jill Henselwood riding George. Photo by Cealy Tetley,
www.tetleyphoto.com
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