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Canadian Show Jumping Team Fifth in BMO Nations’ Cup


September 10, 2022 – Cal- gary, Alberta – The Cana- dian Show Jumping Team finished fifth in the $600,000 BMO Nations’ Cup on Saturday, Septem- ber 10, at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament in Calgary, AB. Canada entered this


year’s BMO Nations’ Cup as the defending champion, having won the team event in 2021. A total of eight countries were represented


in the opening round of competition. Sweden, the reigning Olympic


and


World Champions, and the Netherlands were tied at the top of the leaderboard with zero faults while Switzer- land was third with seven faults. Canada was tied with Mexico in fourth posi- tion at the end of round one with a total of eight faults while Belgium squeaked through to the second round with 16 faults. The United States failed to make the cut for the second round after incurring 19 faults while France was also out of the running after its first two riders were eliminated. Canada’s lead-off rider


Mario Deslauriers, 57, orig- inally from Venise-en-Que-


Mario Deslauriers, originally from Venise-en-Quebec, QC, riding Bardolina 2, owned by Deslauriers and Wishing Well Farm LLC. Photo by Starting Gate Communications


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HRH Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022


By Aidan W. Finn CD On Thursday, September 8th,


Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96. Queen Elizabeth II and her fam-


ily have been connected to The Rider/ English Rider/ Canadian Quarter Horse Journal and our family for what seems like a lifetime. The first time I saw Princess


Elizabeth was in 1951. I saw the pa- rade along Bloor Street in Toronto from our apartment above a conven- ience store. It seems our paths have crossed on numerous occasions since. The next time was in the United


Kingdom when I witnessed Queen Elizabeth ride side saddle down the Mall for her annual June Birthday pa- rade in 1960.


We were invited to witness


Princess Ann officially turn the sod for the future Equine Guelph. The now King Charles III shook


my hand and spoke to me at a parade at Canadian Warplane Heritage. Our RCAC Squadron were selected as ho- nour guard. Then the next Royal I met was


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Senior Horse Education Month See Page 27


Steel City Slide - Page 10


Photo by Tom von Kapherr INSIDE


TheHorsePortal.ca..............................................3 We Can Hustle ....................................................3 RCMP Musical Ride in Erin .............................4 Remembering......................................................4 Susan Dahl...........................................................6 August Equine.....................................................7 Learn to Speak Horse.....................................9 WHAO.............................................................9 Steel City Slide..............................................10 OTRA News ..................................................12 We Can Hustle Column ...............................13 Fitness for Riders..........................................14 OXC News.....................................................15 OCHA News..................................................15 ORCHA News...............................................15 ORHA News ..................................................16 Between The Ears.........................................17 Norfolk Fair ..................................................18 Donation to Burlington................................18 AQHA News ..................................................19 OQHA News..................................................20 AQHA Promo Code......................................21 EOQHA.........................................................21 Nith River Round Up ...................................22 QROOI News ................................................23 NAYC Wrap-Up ...........................................25 Bromont Eventing ........................................26 Confident Horsemanship.................................27 Senior Horse Education Month.......................27 CRHRA News ...............................................28 Horse Listening.............................................29 Lindsay Grice................................................30 Lynn Palm.....................................................31 Directories................................................33-35 Holly Jacks .....................................................36 Real Estate.....................................................36 Arctic Hinterland .........................................38 Barn Swallows ..............................................39


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