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originally from Toronto, ON, then produced a beautiful clear round for Canada with Fanta M, the 12-year-old Dutch Warm- blood gelding (Cicero Z van Paemel x Navarone) she owns in partnership with Debbie Mc- Goldrick. In her second Nations’ Cup
performance for Canada, Susan Horn, 38, of Bolton, ON, posted 12 faults which would prove to be the drop score riding Dominka van de Lucashoeve, a 13-year-old grey Belgian Sport Horse mare (Cardento 933 x Chin Chin) owned by Kingsfield Farm. Kyle Timm, 33, of Calgary,
AB, rode in the anchor position for Canada with Farezzo, a 12- year-old Dutch Warmblood geld- ing (Arezzo VDL x Van Gogh) owned by Adam Pearsall and Torrey Pines Stable Inc. After his eight faults were added to the four incurred by Wilks, Canada had a total of 12 faults in the opening round to sit in sixth po-
sition. The home team from Spain led the proceedings with a clear score sheet. In the second round, Wilks
put a score of 12 on the board while McGoldrick left all the rails in place but touched the tape at the open water for four faults. Horn then added eight faults to the final score before Timm posted a 12-fault effort to close out the Canadian performance. Dropping Wilks slower 12-fault round, Canada counted 24 faults in the second round to finish on a final score of 36 faults. To the delight of the crowd,
Spain claimed victory with a final score of four faults while Colombia took second with 12 faults. Great Britain was third with 16 faults while Ireland, also on 16 faults but in a slower com- bined time, placed fourth. Bel- gium was fifth with 24 faults and Sweden was sixth with 28 faults. “Everyone rode really well
in the first round; jumping on the grass is always a different atmos- phere for the horses and riders,” said Beth Underhill, who acted as chef d’equipe of the Canadian
team. “Tim did a super job lead- ing us off and was very com- mendable, keeping in mind that his horse is only nine years old. For Rebecca to jump clean with a beautiful round gave confi- dence to the rest of the riders. She had a foot on the tape in the sec- ond round but produced two ex- cellent rounds that we are most proud of. “Susan’s horse was a bit
strong in the first round and got her down some of the lines too early, but Susan really kept it to- gether and showed improvement in the second round,” continued Underhill in her assessment of the team’s performance. “Tim’s horse got a little tired mentally and physically and came back a little empty in the second round. We’re still learning about this horse, maybe it wasn’t as com- fortable on the grass, but Kyle did his best. It’s a new partner- ship, and the horse will only learn from the experience of jumping two rounds.” Overall, Underhill was
pleased with the Canadian team’s performance, saying, “It was
Susan Horn of Bolton, ON, and Dominka van de Lucashoeve, owned by Kingsfield Farm. Photo by Moisés Basallote
Kyle Timm of Calgary, AB, and Farezzo, owned by Adam Pearsall and Torrey Pines Stable Inc. Photo by Moisés Basallote
Rebecca McGoldrick of Toronto, ON, and Fanta M, owned by the athlete and Debbie McGoldrick. Photo by Moisés Basallote
super that, with a less experi- enced team, we were able to get back into the second round. We’ve had the opportunity this fall to give some exposure to our up-and-coming riders to hone their craft and create more depth in our Nations’ Cup roster, which
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about much with this horse, his record speaks for itself,” said Scott. “When we broke, it was good, I was happy with it. When I asked him to run, he took off and it was all over from there.” The Distance series #2 win was the 21st vic-
tory from 27 career starts for Had to Be Ivory, who was the 2019 Ajax Downs Horse of the Year. “He’s never won at 440-yards so there was
some doubt,” said Bryn Robertson. “Something al- ways went wrong the first couple of times he tried
we need. Everyone will learn from the experience, which will only make us more competitive in the future. All the riders were very supportive of one another and bringing input to the table. That’s what Canada is all about, and that’s what good team riding
is all about.” For
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the distance. But today, they weren’t going to beat him.”
Robertson said the gelding’s final start of
2022 would be in the $50,000-added Alex Picov Memorial Championship, also at 440-yards, on Oc- tober 10. Had to Be Ivory’s earnings stand at over $337,000. *Racing continues at Ajax Downs on
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