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Canada Wins Nations’ Cup in Wellington, Florida


Ten-time Canadian Olympian Ian Millar Makes Debut as Chef d’Equipe


Wellington, Florida – The Canadian Show Jumping Team won the $150,000 FEI Nations’ Cup, presented by IDA Development, held on Saturday, March 4, during the CSIO4* Winter Eques- trian Festival in Wellington, FL. The win came as 10- time Canadian Olympian Ian Millar of Perth, ON,


made his debut as the new Cana- dian Team chef d’equipe. A total of 11 countries com-


peted in the annual team event. Following the opening round of competition held in the after- noon, the top eight teams moved forward to compete under the lights in a second round of com- petition. The Canadian team comprised of Erynn Ballard, Mario Deslauriers, Tiffany Fos- ter, and Beth Underhill were on a score of eight faults as the first round came to an end, as were Brazil and Ireland. Belgium sat at the top of the leaderboard with four faults. As Canada’s lead-off rider,


Foster, 38, of Langley, BC, in- curred four faults in the opening round and rebounded to post a clear round the second time out riding Hamilton, a 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Quadros 3 x Acolord) owned by The Hamil- ton Group. Ballard, 42, of Tottenham,


The Canadian Show Jumping Team won the $150,000 FEI Nations’ Cup at the CSIO4* Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. From left to right: Beth Underhill, Mario Deslauriers, chef d’equipe Ian Millar, Tiffany Foster, and Erynn Ballard. Photo by Starting Gate Communications


ON, had the same scores as her teammate, knocking a rail at a black vertical at fence six before returning to jump clear under the


Continued on Page 2 Remembering Norm Picov Community, family,


philanthropy and his beloved horses.


These were the some of Norm Picov


the most important things to Norm Picov, a man deter- mined to grow the sport and community he loved in his hometown of Ajax. Taking the reins from his father Alex Picov in 1952, one of the founders of Quarter Horse racing in Ontario, Norm transformed his family’s farm, Picov Downs, into a state of the art Quarter Horse track and casino known today


as Ajax Downs. Today, Ajax Downs’


popular Quarter horse racing season attracts thousands of fans each year completing Norms vision of bringing the community together to enjoy fast horses and family fun. It was important to Norm for fans get up close to the horses and for the younger genera- tion to engage in the sport at his new track. Through fam- ily events, he wanted to en- courage the love of horses


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MARS Bromont CCI Three Day Event ...............2 Veterinarian Act....................................................4 Woodbine Casino..................................................4 Remembering .......................................................4 Susan Dahl............................................................6 Equine Nutrition...................................................8 August Equine ......................................................8 New Extreme Cowboy .....................................9 Pro and Non-Pro Reining Series ...................10 OTRA News...................................................12 We Can Hustle Column..................................13 Fitness for Riders............................................14 EFT and Low Back Pain ................................15 Obit: Lantz McLaren......................................15 ORCHA News ................................................15 ORHA News...................................................16 Between the Ears............................................17 Had To Be Ivory.............................................18 OCHA News...................................................19 AQHA News ..................................................19 OQHA News ..................................................20 EOQHA News................................................22 QROOI News .................................................23 Canadian Dressage .........................................25 Anne Gage Column............................................26 Coming Events ...................................................27 Teen Ranch.....................................................28 Horse Listening ..............................................29 Equine Asthma ...............................................29 Lindsay Grice .................................................30 Lynn Palm ......................................................31 Carriage Driving.............................................32 Perks of Volunteering .....................................34 Building Confidence.......................................35 Working Equitation Expo...................................36 Ottawa Area Dressage Group.............................37 Trillium Morgan Horse Farm.............................38 Horse Day Erin...............................................39 Directories.................................................40-43 Real Estate......................................................44 Obit: Ian Tyson...............................................46 National Mental Health Hub ..........................47


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