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Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Ilan Ferder. Having
posted
strong scores for Canada in the first two rounds of team competition under Ballard’s expert guid- ance, the heat and inten- sity caught up to Darko’s Promise in the Final, re-
sulting in a score of 20 penalties. “The courses have
been big and hard, and it’s a new horse at this level,” said Ballard, who made her Canadian Equestrian Team debut in 2006 when she helped Canada win the BMO Nations Cup at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, AB for the first time in the
event’s long history. “I think he got tired emo- tionally and physically. You walk in the ring with everyone cheering and it’s a big atmosphere, so that’s new for him. Of course, you want better, but three days in this heat is a lot and I’m not disap- pointed in him.” Following the per-
formances of the first
three team members, Canada was sitting in 10th place on a cumula- tive, three-round score of 65.89 penalties. Although teams of four athletes have the benefit of drop- ping their highest score in each round, the margin between Canada and the ninth-place French team meant that the perform- ance of anchor rider, Lamaze, 50, could not improve the team’s plac- ing. Therefore, it was de- cided he would forego the final round and save his up-and-coming part- ner, Chacco Kid, for an- other day. “He’s not a horse
The Canadian Show Jumping Team’s youngest member at 22, Kara Chad put forward three strong performances aboard Carona. Photo Credit - © Cealy Tetley -
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that has ever done a championship and he’s still lacking a bit of expe- rience,” Lamaze said of the 12-year-old Olden- burg gelding (Chacco Blue x Come On), owned by the Chacco Kid Group. “He’s usually a super blooded horse, but he was feeling the heat a little bit. I didn’t come here for the individual, I came for the team, and I tried to do the best I could.” During the first two
rounds of team competi- tion, Lamaze, the 2008 Olympic Champion who
Erynn Ballard completed her inaugural major games aboard Darko’s Promise, a horse she has been riding for less than six months.
Photo Credit - © Cealy Tetley -
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was competing at his sev- enth consecutive WEG, contributed strong per- formances for the team, and put Canada’s fastest time on the board in the initial speed phase. With their inaugural
major games now in the record books, Chad and Ballard weighed in on their experience as part of the Canadian Show
Jumping Team. “Everyone is very
supportive of each other,” said Ballard. “We walk the courses together, and in the warm-up, everyone is there watching. I’d say there is definitely good team spirit and a lot of support.” Chad added, “I
think Team Canada is known for their cama-
raderie and our ability to work together as a team.” Now that the team
competition hardware has been handed out for show jumping, the indi- vidual medals will be de- cided on Sept. 23 with a two-round showdown. The top 25 will compete in Round A, with only 12 invited forward to Round B.
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