48/ MAY 2022 THE RIDER Hertogin Van De Kouberg Earns


April’s Show Jumping Hall of Fame Horse of the Month Award Sponsored by Lisa Seger Insurance


Lexington, KY – May 5, 2022 – Hertogin Van De Kouberg, a 10-year-old chestnut KWPN mare owned by Stephen Macken, has earned the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Horse of the Month Award Spon- sored by Lisa Seger Insurance for April. Piloted by April’s Rider of the


Month, Natalie Jayne of Elgin, IL, Herto- gin Van De Kouberg competes in the Am- ateur Division of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series’ East Con- ference Presented by ROOD & RIDDLE. The pair competed successfully in the High Amateur Jumper divisions at the 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, taking top honors in the $2,500 High Amateur Jumper and the $15,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame High Amateur Jumper Classic at WEF 12. Hertogin Van De Kouberg also earned the High Amateur Jumper Championship that week.


The Show Jumping Hall of Fame


conducts the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series with classes at ap- proximately 80 horse shows each year.


The Series hosts separate divisions for junior and amateur riders in two Confer- ences – the East Conference presented by Rood & Riddle and the West Conference presented by LAURACEA. The Series culminates in year-end Championships at the National Horse Show in Lexington, Kentucky, and Blenheim EquiSports’ In- ternational Jumping Festival in San Juan Capistrano, California. Winners of the Se- ries’ East and West Finals will each re- ceive one of LAURACEA’s best-selling Convertible Backpack Totes. Each month the Series honors one


horse that earns the most points in Series competition that month. The Series fol- lows Grand Prix rules and specifications is designed to give amateur and junior rid- ers the opportunity to compete at higher levels and serves as a proving ground for many riders who aspire to represent the United States in international competition. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame


Horse of the Month Award is proudly sponsored by Lisa Seger Insurance. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame


was organized to promote the sport of show jumping and to immortalize the leg- ends of the men, women and horses who have made great contributions to the sport. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is located at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Plaques honoring those who have been honored with induc- tion into the Hall of Fame can be seen at the Horse Park’s Rolex Stadium. Memen- tos and artifacts from the sport’s history are on display as part of the Show Jump- ing Hall of Fame collection at the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Wheeler Museum at the Horse Park.


The Show Jumping Hall of Fame


Jumper Classic Series is sponsored by Blenheim EquiSports, Charles Ancona, CMJ Sporthorse, The Hampton Classic Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, LAU- RACEA, Lisa Seger Insurance (LSI), Na- tional Horse Show Association of America, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and United States Hunter Jumper Associ- ation (USHJA).


Hertogin Van De Kouberg Canada’s Dana Cooke Wins Chattahoochee Hills International Horse Trials


Jennifer Ward/Starting Gate Communications for Eques- trian Canada


Fairburn, GA, April 11, 2022 – Canada’s Dana Cooke won the CCI4*-S di- vision at the Chattahoochee Hills International Horse Trials held from April 6 to 9, 2022, at the 8,000-acre Bouckaert Farm in Fairburn, GA.


The CCI4*-S divi-


sion, the highest level of competition offered at the event, attracted a large start- ing field of 34 entries in- cluding 13 Canadians, all of whom successfully com- pleted the three phases of competition. Many, includ- ing Cooke, were using the event as their final prepara- tory run before the upcom- ing Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event from April 28 to May 1, 2022. Originally from Mer-


ritt, BC, and now residing in Mooresville, NC, Cooke was sitting in fifth place fol- lowing the opening phase of dressage with a score of 29 penalty points. Adding noth- ing to her score after jump- ing clear in the second phase of show jumping, Cooke moved up into fourth posi- tion. A strong cross-country performance over the track set by British course de- signer, Hugh Lochore, saw Cooke add only four penalty points for exceeding the op- timum time by 10 seconds. A final score of 33 penalty points gave Cooke the win over Olympian Joe Meyer, a veteran of the New Zealand Eventing Team, who fin- ished with 33.3 penalty points riding Harbin. Cooke’s winning


partner was Mississippi, a 12-year-old grey German- bred mare (Cassini II x Legaat) owned by the FE


hoochee Hills International Horse Trials in Fairburn, GA. Photo Credit: Liz Crawley Photography


Mississippi Syndicate Inc. Chattahoochee Hills Inter- national Horse Trials was a fitting place for their first four-star victory, as the pair contested their first Fédéra- tion Equestre Internationale (FEI) sanctioned event to- gether in the CIC1* division in 2016 at the same venue. It marked the second FEI career win for the partner- ship that also won the CIC3*-S division at Jersey Fresh International Three- Day Event in Allentown, NJ, in 2019. “She’s just getting


more and more comfortable and established at the level,” said Cooke, 34, who com- peted with a total of five


horses across the various di- visions offered at Chatta- hoochee Hills. “It’s getting a little easier to put in a more consistent dressage test. I had a couple of silly mistakes in the test where I took a few things for granted, and then she jumped amazing in show jumping. It was probably one of the best rounds I’ve had with her.” Of the third and final


phase of cross-country, Cooke noted, “It was defi- nitely a tough, technical track that Hugh designed; it caught a few people out. He always designs a horse- friendly track; the horses all come out feeling confident


Dana Cooke, originally from Merritt, BC, won the CCI4*-S division riding Mississippi at the Chatta-


and happy and ready to go again which is nice. They all seemed to jump really well. The footing this year is probably the best footing they’ve had here ever. I don’t think it could have been any better.” Cooke will aim Mis-


sissippi at the CCI4*-S divi- sion of the upcoming Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event at the end of April fol- lowed by her first trip to compete overseas at CCI4*- L Millstreet in Ireland from June 1 to 5, 2022. “I’ve had her since


she was four, she’s another horse we got from Clayton Fredericks; she was literally still in quarantine when I tried her,” said Cooke of the horse who carried her to the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, as part of the Canadian team that won bronze. “We’ve been to- gether a long time and she’s taken me a lot of places. She was incredible all week- end.”


Two-time Canadian


Olympian Jessica Phoenix, 38, of Cannington, ON, had the busiest weekend of all the four-star competitors, running a total of six horses in the CCI4*-S division. Her best result came with Freedom GS, a 10-year-old Canadian-bred mare owned by Charlotte Schickedanz. Sitting in 20th position fol- lowing dressage, the pair made a dramatic move up the leaderboard with strong show jumping and cross- country performances to fin- ish fifth overall with a final score of 40 penalty points. Phoenix’s


student,


Hanna Bundy, 27, of Toronto, ON, was hot on her heels to finish sixth overall riding Lovely Assistant, an 11-year-old American Thor- oughbred mare (Colonel


John x Silver Ghost) owned by Juliana Hansen. The pair jumped clear show jumping and cross-country rounds, picking up minor time penalties in both phases to finish with 42.6 penalties. Phoenix also finished


11th and 12th in the final standings riding Bogue Sound and Mighty Mouse, respectively. Phoenix and Bogue Sound are headed to the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event to contest the CCI5* division, as is fel- low National Team Program High Performance Athlete and two-time Olympian Hawley Bennett-Awad, 44, who finished 14th overall riding her 18-year-old British Sport Horse mare, Jollybo. The lone Canadian


entry in the CCI3*-S divi- sion was 23-year-old Shelby Brost who is currently based in Ocala, FL. Riding RHF Peterzano, Brost and the 10- year-old Hanoverian geld- ing (Perigueux x Now or Never) were consistent throughout all three phases of competition to finish fourth overall with a final score of 46.8. For more information


on the Chattahoochee Hills International Horse Trials, v


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chatthillseventing.com/. For full results, visit eventen- tries.com/#LiveScores The Fork at Tryon In-


ternational Equestrian Cen- ter in Tryon, NC, also hosted CCI4*-S competi- tion the weekend of April 8 to 10, 2022. Two-time Olympian Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, celebrated her 39th birthday by being the top Canadian finisher, taking sixth place with a final score of 38.5 penalty points riding Vermont, a 10- year-old Hanoverian geld-


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Two-time Canadian Olympian Jessica Phoenix of Can- nington, ON, completed the CCI4*-S division with six horses, including placing fifth with Freedom GS, owned by Charlotte Schickedanz.


Photo Credit: Liz Crawley Photography


ing (Van Helsing x Heraldik xx) owned by Peter Barry. Loach also took 13th place with a score of 49.2 penalty points with her second entry, FE Golden Eye, a nine-year-old bay Hanover- ian gelding (Goldfever 3 x Contendro I) that she owns in partnership with her mother, Maureen Lemay, as well as Peter Barry and Amanda Bernhard. Both horses are headed to the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event where they will contest the CCI4*- S division. Only one competitor


in the entire CCI4*-S divi-


sion picked up jumping faults over the cross-country track designed by Mark Phillips but none of the 22 finishers made it home under the optimum time of six minutes and 29 seconds. U.S. Tokyo Olympic team- mates, Doug Payne riding Vandiver and Phillip Dutton riding Z, both finished on a final score of 30.8 with the win going to Payne as the rider who finished closest to the optimum time. For full results,


visit


evententries.com/#LiveScor es.


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