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Hyde Moffatt Cashes In With $75,000 RBC Grand Prix Victory


Rycroft of Calgary, AB, set the biggest test of the week for 16 entries. Of those, five jumped clear to advance to the tie-breaking jump-off. The lead changed hands with each new jump-off challenger as no one had a rail down and the times got increasingly faster and faster. As the last to go, Mof- fatt knew exactly what he had to do to win. Executing tight turn-backs and using his horse’s large stride to his


Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa, Ontario – Hyde Moffatt of Brantford, ON, continued his winning streak by scor- ing victory in the $75,000 RBC Grand Prix held Satur- day, July 24, at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON. Hot of his win in Thursday’s $30,000 CI Assante Wealth Management Open Wel- come, Moffatt returned to the grass grand prix field at Wesley Clover Parks to claim victory in the $75,000 RBC Grand Prix. While Grafton had been his win- ning mount for Thursday’s win, this time it was Donjo that carried him into the winner’s circle. Course designer Joey


Hyde Moffatt and Donjo won the $75,000 RBC Grand Prix on Saturday, July 24, dur- ing the Ottawa Summer Tournaments at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


new horse to me,” said Mof-


42.45 seconds riding Bonita vh Keizershof Z, a 10-year- old Zangersheide mare (Bustique x For Pleasure) owned by Ramsay Eques- trian Inc. “Donjo is a reasonably


earlier this year. “He’s natu- rally fast. He doesn’t look fast but he covers a lot of ground, you’re able to turn really tight with him, and there is an almost unlimited amount of scope. It’s easy to be quick so I knew if I rode


Ali Ramsay of Victoria, BC, was double clear for second place in the $75,000 RBC Grand Prix riding Bonita vh Keizershof Z. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


advantage, Moffatt was able to stop the clock in 40.98 seconds to take the win over Ali Ramsay of Victoria, BC, who had a jump-off time of


fatt of the 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood


(Zirocco Blue VDL x Ahorn) that he began riding


gelding


smooth, we’d stand a chance.” Canadian Olympic team sil- ver medalist Mac Cone, 68, took third with a time of 44.28 seconds riding Zaia di San Giovanni, an 11-year- old grey Italian-bred mare (Cornet Obolensky x Cassini II) owned by Chadburn Holdings Inc. Susan Horn of Bolton, ON, was fourth rid- ing Dominka van de Lu- cashoeve while Cone


show!” said Moffatt, 42, who brought seven horses owned by Ariel Grange to Ottawa. “The horses all had a nice rest after Florida. Everyone came in feeling good and fresh and it bal- looned from there. We had numerous wins throughout the show and the two big classes this week. You don’t have many weeks like that. We better enjoy it while we can!


on the Ottawa Equestrian Tournaments, visit www.Ot- tawaEquestrianTourna- ments.com. Full results are available at www.ottawae- questriantournaments.com/r


ment for making this one of the best horse shows in east- ern Canada and thanks to Ariel for the incredible sup- port,” concluded Moffatt. For more information


“Thanks to manage- Continued on Page 26.


horses will be heading to Calgary, AB, in September to compete at the world- renowned Spruce Meadows, where the competition is also held on grass footing. “This has been quite a


the season!” said Moffatt, noting that the Ottawa Sum- mer Tournaments was his first competition of the year on Canadian soil. “We came here as the opener for us in Canada to give the horses experience on the grass and it could not have worked out better.” Moffatt’s string of


have found himself at the top of the leaderboard for the second time this week. “It’s a nice way to start


rounded out the top five with his second jump-off con- tender, Con Couleur. Moffatt was thrilled to


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