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mare (Chippendale Z x Bon Ami). As the penultimate rider, Israel’s Daniel Bluman made it a three-horse race when he piloted Gemma W to the final clear first- round. Foster was the first to return


to tackle the jump-off, picking up eight faults and exceeding the time-allowed of 44-seconds to incur an additional time fault. Next into the Coca-Cola Coli- seum, Coyle and Legacy threw down the gauntlet, stopping the clock with a clear round in 37.02 seconds. Bluman tried his best to catch Coyle’s time but paid the price with one rail down, leaving him in the runner-up spot. “For sure it was not a simple


course, and later on in the course was where the course designer was trying to test us the most,” explained Coyle, 28, who com- peted for Ireland at this year’s World Championships in Hern- ing, Denmark. “In the jump-off,


Legacy can be very fast but I haven’t done that many where I’ve been really asking her to go as fast as possible. I saw the dis- tance early to the last fence and that gallop is something that I haven’t done much with her, but she went all the way.” In addition to hoisting the


Hickstead Trophy presented to the winner, Coyle was also named the Leading International Rider and Legacy, owned by Canada’s Ariel Grange, was named the Leading Canadian- Owned Horse. It was a tri- umphant finale for Coyle, who was just on the cusp of a top fin- ish all week. “The Royal is an extremely


great show for a lot of reasons,” said Coyle. “It’s Ariel’s home- town, she’s from Toronto, and that’s where the home farm is, so it’s a really special show for that reason. That’s maybe why I was trying too hard to have a good re- sult this week and nothing was happening, but thankfully tonight it was good.” Bluman has been riding a


hot streak with a second-place finish in the Longines FEI Jump- ing World Cup™ Washington at the end of October followed by a win in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Lexington one be- fore The Royal. With a second- place performance in Toronto, he moved into the lead in the North American League standings as riders look to earn points toward qualification for


the 2023


Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final taking place in Omaha, NE, next April. “When you only have three


riders for the jump-off course, things are a little complicated and you want to have some sort of strategy,” shared Bluman, 32. “My plan was simple; I had to take risks. “Gemma is a special horse


for me and for the whole team,” he continued of the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare (Luidam x Unaniem) owned by Blue Star Investments. “She’s been very consistent and she’s a great war- rior inside of the ring.” To the delight of the audi-


Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster wowed the crowd with a third-place finish in the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto riding Northern Light. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


ence, Foster was named the Leading Canadian Rider after her impressive results throughout this year’s Royal Horse Show. “This show is something


that all Canadian riders are so proud of,” expressed Foster, 38, who made her Royal Horse Show debut in 2001 when she won both


The $250,000 Longines FEI


Jumping World Cup™ Toronto closed out this year’s Royal Horse Show, the marquee event of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, which showcased the very best in horse sport with an ele- vated CSI5*-W rating from the International Equestrian Federa-


tion (FEI). For more information, please


visit


www.royalfair.org/horse-show. Funding support for The


Royal has been provided by the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto.


Daniel Bluman of Israel finished runner-up in the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto riding Gemma W. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


Daniel Coyle celebrated his win with a victory lap aboard Legacy in the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto on Saturday night, November 12, at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


the Jump Canada Medal and the Running Fox CET Medal na- tional finals. “A huge part of that is the organization and every- thing that goes into making this such a special event. The most important thing, though, is the crowd and the energy that they give. I can’t help but smile. I love it and I’m so proud that they all come out.” Charlie Johnstone, CEO of


the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, echoed Foster’s sentiment saying, “We are very, very ex- cited about what happened here all week celebrating a century of bringing champions to Toronto with our partners from the FEI and Longines. For 100 years, The Royal has really been about bringing the country to the city and being best in class. Clearly what we saw tonight was best in class, and that is what we have stood for the past century and what we will continue to stand for in the next century.”


Left to right: Daniel Bluman, Daniel Coyle, and Tiffany Foster were all smiles at the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World


Cup™ Toronto press conference on Saturday night, November 12. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


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