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onds. “He was spectacular


all week and didn’t put a foot wrong,” said Underhill of her winning mount. “He gave me everything he had without question and felt better every round.” Underhill, who oper-


ates her own Beth Underhill Stables training business in King City, ON, began riding horses for Eric Lamaze at the beginning of this season when health issues forced the 2008 Olympic champion to take a step back. Lamaze has since formally an- nounced his retirement from the sport but has taken up his new role as chef d’e- quipe of the Canadian Show


Jumping Team with gusto. Underhill, 59,


re-


counted, “When I went in the ring for the second round, Eric said, ‘It’s yours to take.’ It galvanized me. I thought about all that Eric has done for us and has given me a renewed oppor- tunity at this stage in my ca- reer. All the Canadian riders wanted to make this week count. I wanted to hold my own and put into practice all the things that we had been working on. I wanted to do it for Eric. To have a result like this is thrilling.” Dieu Merci van T&L


was acquired in the summer of 2020 and is owned in partnership


between


Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Sta- ble and Mark Rein and Tara Dow-Rein’s Rein Family


LLC. Prior to La Baule, Un- derhill had only competed the horse during two weeks of competition in March at the Winter Equestrian Festi- val in Wellington, FL. “Mark has been tex-


ting after every round en- couraging us; we couldn’t ask for better owners,” said Underhill of


the 2021


Equestrian Canada Jumping Committee’s ‘Owner of the Year.’ “I grew up riding with Mark years ago as a junior. He is a Canadian and some- one who loves the sport. We are so appreciative that he and Tara have brought their support to this level, and all that they’ve done to get us to this point. I’m very thank- ful to have a horse at this level.


“To watch the Cana-


dian flag being raised and hear the anthem being played was an emotional moment, with the whole team there supporting us,” continued Underhill who represented Canada at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona with Monopoly. “To be part of a competition like La Baule is a dream come true for me. The crowd was electric and so supportive of the Canadians. Because of Eric’s history with the show, I think they have a soft spot for Canadi- ans. It was an incredible week. We did what we came to do.” Lamaze has won the


Grand Prix of La Baule on three occasions, in 2007 and 2011 riding his Beijing Olympic individual gold and team silver partner, Hickstead, and again in 2014 aboard Powerplay. “As Canadians, we


Canadian Olympian Beth Underhill and Dieu Merci van T&L jumped double clear in the €250,000 Nations’ Cup before winning the €500,000 Rolex Grand Prix of La Baule, France. Photo by Pierre Costabadie/Scoopdyga.com


couldn’t be happier; Beth continued the form she had in the Nations’ Cup,” said Lamaze. “It was an excel- lent course. It was a big grand prix track that was built with a lot of thought behind it. Beth was fast enough in the second round but not fast enough to do something stupid. She did what she needed to do at that stage of the class, and it worked out for her. Beth looks strong on that horse and winning the Grand Prix of La Baule is a major achievement in your career. “I’m proud not only of


Beth for the win, but for the entire Canadian team and


their attitude, the way that they handled everything and supported each other this week,” continued Lamaze. “Competing in Europe is something I’ve done by my- self for so many years; we eventually managed to get some teams over here, but it was never properly organ- ized. This week shows that good things are to come for Canada.” “This morning I was


walking through the vendor area and I came across the place where they have all the plaques of the past win- ners,” concluded Underhill. “I saw that Canada had won the Nations’ Cup in 1970, and that Eric had won the Grand Prix twice with Hick- stead and again with Power- play. I thought to myself, ‘wouldn’t it be magical to be part of that hallowed group?’”


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