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at Ottawa Summer Tournament
David Arcand Dominates $50,000 RBC Grand Prix
Ottawa, Ontario – David Arcand of Boisbriand, QC, won the $50,000 RBC Grand Prix on Sunday, July 14, to close out the two- week Ottawa Summer Tour- naments at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON. For the second week in
a row, Arcand led the grand prix victory gallop. Hot off
his win in the $50,000 Brookstreet Grand Prix on July 6, Arcand and Phil v/h Wezelse Heihoeve were again double clear to take victory in the $50,000 RBC Grand Prix. Nick Granat designed a course
on Wesley Clover Parks’ grass grand prix field that saw three competitors jump clear and qualify for the all-de- ciding jump-off. First back for the short course was U.S. competitor Maggie Jacobs of Mount Vernon, OH, who had an unfortunate stop at the first fence on course. A nice re- covery couldn’t stop the time faults from adding up on the clock, leaving her in eventual third place riding Clyde VA, a 15-year-old Holsteiner stallion (Caretino 2 x Quintero) owned by Pony Up Sporthorses Ltd. Arcand was next to challenge. Despite his horse losing a shoe mid-
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David Arcand of Boisbriand, QC, riding Phil v/h Wezelse Heihoeve won the $50,000 RBC Grand Prix on Sunday, July 14, at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography
Team Canada’s Paris 2024 Equestrian Jumping Team Unveiled
TORONTO (June 26, 2024) - Eques- trian Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced the roster of Team Canada equestrian jumping athletes nominated to com- pete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Athlete: Erynn Ballard
Hometown: Tottenham, Ont. Horse: Nikka vd Bisschop Owner: Rein Family LLC Groom: Clémence Rességuier
Athlete: Mario Deslauriers Hometown: Venise-en-Québec, Que. Horse: Emerson Owner: Wishing Well Farm LLC / Mario Deslauriers Groom: Stefanie Walchuk
Athlete: Amy Millar Hometown: Perth, Ont. Horse: Truman Owner: Millar Brooke Farm LTD. & Overlund Groom: Daniel Ingratta
Alternate Athlete (Travelling): Athlete: Tiffany Foster (Langley, B.C.) Horse: Battlecry Owner:Artisan Farms Groom: Kaytlyn Brown To be eligible to participate in the
Paris 2024 equestrian competitions, the selected athlete-horse combina- tions must have achieved the Mini- mum Eligibility Requirements (MER) at selected events during the qualifica- tion period. The athletes each quali- fied for Team Canada based on their performance results during the jump- ing qualification period of Jan. 1, 2023 – June 24, 2024. 43-year-old Ballard, who is cur-
rently the second highest-ranked fe- male show jumper in the world, has been representing Canada on Nations Cup teams since 2006. Her first time riding for Team Canada at a Major Games came at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Paris 2024 will mark her Olympic debut. She has seen an impressive career surge in the months leading up to being nominated
to Paris 2024. In May, she won her first-ever 5* Grand Prix title. She then recorded 11 podium finishes in 4* and 5* Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) competitions, with six instances of taking both first and second place. “Every young athlete dreams of
going to the Olympics, so this is really a dream come true,” said Ballard. “This is more than just a dream for me. This year belongs to everyone that has supported me and believed in me my whole career. I was able to qualify four horses with four different owners, but only one horse can go. This be- longs to everyone. I have an excep- tional team behind me and I couldn’t do it without them. To all the horses and all the people that have made this a reality, thank you.” Paris 2024 will mark the veteran
Deslauriers’ fourth Olympic Games appearance, having made his Olympic debut at Los Angeles 1984, where he finished fourth in both the individual and the team jumping events. Also in
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