36/ OCTOBER 2022 THE RIDER


Holly Jacks - FEI World Championships Team Member and Advocate for Canadian Equestrian Sport


Erin, Ontario - The Cana- dian Eventing Team is gear- ing up to send a full squad of talented athletes to the 2022 FEI World Champi- onships, September 14 – 25, 2022 in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. Holly Jacks and Candy King will be joining the team of Hawley Awad and JollyBo, Colleen Loach and Vermont, Karl Slezak and Fernhill Wishes, as well as Michael Winter and El Mundo. Jacks and her veteran


partner, More Inspiration, have previously enjoyed success competing on 2 Na- tion Cup teams. They were long-listed for the 2015 Pan American Games and short- listed for the 2016 Olympic Games.


In 2020, Jacks


qualified both More Inspira- tion and Candy King for the 2020 Olympics but had to retire “Morris” at the 2021 Land Rover Kentucky 3 Day event due to a detected heart murmur. Fast forward to 2022


and Candy King, a 2010 gelding by Granfenstoltz out of Eye Candy, is finding himself in the spotlight. Produced by Jacks since he was imported as a 6 year old, Candy King has stepped up with several im- pressive results including a win at the 2021 Bromont In- ternational CCI 2*. High- lights of 2022 include


Candy King. Copyright Kristin Strehlow Photography.


finishing 8th in the Ad- vanced at Rocking Horse, 9th in the Red Hills Interna- tional CCI4-S, 15th in the CCI4-S at the LRK3DE, and 8th in the Tryon Interna- tional Spring CCI4-L. Being selected for the


Canadian Eventing Team for the 2022 FEI World Championships is an honor for Jacks and years of hard work in the making. “I’m humbled to rep-


resent my country with such an exceptional group of teammates,” she said. “I


look forward to traveling with our team to Italy and interacting with top riders from throughout the world. This is a crucial moment in our qualification toward a bid for the 2024 summer Olympics in France!” But more importantly,


Jacks is declaring this her moment to advocate for Canadian Horse Sport. For riders based in Canada, the road to the Olympics pres- ents several more challenges than their USA based coun- terparts.


It’s well known that


Canadian riders relocate to warmer climates within the United States for the winter months, or travel abroad to access better training and competitions. In fact, both Karl Slezak and Mike Win- ter have been based in the UK in their lead up to the World


Championships.


Horse sport in Canada does not get the same level of at- tention as it does in the United States. Because the sport isn’t as well known, funding challenges exist.


Jacks feels fortunate


to have a solid group of owners in the Candy King Eventing Limited Partner- ship, who also act in an ad- visory capacity. They have encouraged her to take this moment in the spotlight to advocate for Canadian equestrian sport. “Canada is known for


ice hockey, so we need to work hard to raise aware- ness of equestrian sport in order to find owners and raise funds to develop an Olympic team. I’ve had to sell a lot of other horses in order to develop one to the World


Championship


level.” she said, “Ownership in Canada is different, it’s a boutique experience be- cause we usually don’t oper- ate with the same volume of horses in our program. Our owners get more personal attention at our facilities and up close at the FEI level events - that is why my owners have encouraged me to seize this moment to draw attention to the benefits of supporting Team Canada.” Canada’s new High


Performance Advisory Group, has worked tire- lessly over the past 3 months to attract big donors to support the team. Co- chaired by Emily Gilbert and Greg Paul, this grass- roots crew of volunteers has raised


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was in a challenging place 12 months ago and this amazing group of volunteers has done an incredible job pulling together a program for us,” said Jacks. “I can’t thank the HPAG and our donors enough. We aspire to make this a world-class pro- gram and coming up with the funds to send a full team to the World Championships is a fabulous start. This group of volunteers has an amazing vision for our team and country.” On August 23rd,


Jacks will begin her journey to Great Meadow Interna- tional, for her last competi- tion with Candy King leading up to the World Championship. The horses fly from JFK to Liege, Bel- gium on September 2nd. The team will be based 20 minutes from Pratoni, Italy for 10 days of training be- fore the World Champi- onships commence on September 12, 2022. The Canadian Eventing team will be supported by Team Leader James Hood, Team Manager Fleur Tipton, and Chef D’Équipe Rebbeca Howard.


About Holly Jacks Event- ing and the Candy King


Eventing Limited Partner- ship:


Holly Jacks Eventing


is based in Erin, Ontario and Ocala, Florida. Jacks has worked with many top inter- national riders, including USA-based rider Buck Davidson, competing and training horses before start- ing her Holly Jacks Event- ing in 2006. Candy King is currently owned in partner- ship with The Candy King Eventing Limited Partner- ship.


For more information


on Holly Jacks Eventing, please visit her website at http://hollyjacksequestrian.c om


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