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Canadian Show Jumping Team Finishes 10th At FEI World


Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018


Mill Spring, NC, Sept. 21, 2018 – The Canadian Show Jumping Team closed out the Team Final in 10th place at the FEI World Equestrian Games ™ Tryon 2018 (WEG) in Mill Spring, NC on Sept. 21, 2018.


Course Designer, Alan Wade of Ireland was ‘technical’ with ath- letes praising the courses for being worthy of a world championship. The Team Final was no exception, with 14 jumps brought up to 17 ef- forts through double and triple


the time allowed of 82 seconds for a total of five faults. “I’m feeling very good about


that round,” said Deslauriers, a two-time Canadian Olympian with roots in Bromont, QC who still holds the record as the youngest rider to win the FEI World Cup Final at 19 years old. “I’m very proud of Bardolina. She held her composure today and she just loped around in there. She has im- proved every day. We have one major games done now, and for the next one I think she’ll be really ready.” A long-time resident of New York with his wife and daughter, Deslauriers spent eight years compet- ing for the stars and stripes before rejoining the Canadian Show Jumping Team in 2017. Speaking to his return, he commented, “It


feels


Mario Deslauriers capped off WEG 2018 on a high note as Canada’s top performer in the Team Final aboard Bardolina 2. Photo Credit - © Cealy Tetley - www.tetleyphoto.com


After a hard-fought qualifica-


tion on Sept. 20 to earn a spot in the Team Final, Canadian Show Jumping Team members, Erynn Ballard of Tottenham, ON, Kara Chad of Millarville, AB, Mario Deslauriers of New York, NY and Eric Lamaze of Wellington, FL earned a team total of 65.89 penal- ties across three tough rounds of competition against a starting field of 25 teams. Following the third round,


the United States and Sweden were tied for the lead on 20.59 penalties, resulting in a jump-off. In a nail-biting finale that saw both teams stay on an equality of faults, the United States won gold for their home crowd after the com- bined time of their four jump-off rounds proved faster than Sweden. Germany took the bronze position on the podium with a score of 22.09. The word of the week for the jumping tracks set by FEI 4*


combinations. One of the trickiest components of the course proved to be a skinny Longines plank ver- tical placed directly after the triple combination, and set at a distance that asked riders to choose be- tween five short or four long strides. Deslauriers,


53, was


Canada’s top performer of the day aboard his up-and-coming partner, Bardolina 2 (Clarimo x Landos), a Holsteiner mare owned by Wish- ing Well Farm LLC. At just nine years old, Bardolina 2 is among the youngest horses in the jumping competition, and her greenness was evident in the first two rounds. However, in the Team Final, Deslauriers was able to wrap up WEG 2018 on a high note.


Like many other riders


throughout the day, Deslauriers only lowered the infamous Longines plank. He added one time fault for going slightly over


good to be back home riding for Canada. I’ve been living in the States for many years, but I’m Canadian, and always a Canadian at heart.” Chad, 22, put in a solid


performance, keeping it to eight faults aboard Carona (Untouch- able x Silverstone), an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare owned by Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable. “My horse has been incredi-


ble throughout the whole champi- onship,” said Chad, who is competing in her inaugural games, but contributed the best score to the team during the second round of team competition. “Both rails today are on me, my horse wanted a clear round and I’m thrilled with her.”


Chad capped off her first


WEG experience as Canada’s highest-placed individual in 40th out of 124 starters on a total score of 18.48. Ballard, 38, was also compet-


ing at her first major games, taking on the role of pathfinder for Canada throughout the week with her partner of less than six months, Darko’s Promise, a 10-year-old


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