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contents DEPARTMENTS

FEATURES

7 TidBits Frozen Bits 18 Industry News 2018 Winter

Equestrian Festival Poised To Be Largest Circuit Yet

22 FEI News In Memoriam: FEI Pays

Tribute To Legendary Jumping Athlete William “Bill” Steinkraus

14 Rethinking a Successful Equine Nutrition Program for Every Horse By Shelley Nyuli 24 Saddle Fit & Osteoporosis

By Jochen Schleese

32 Riding, Fitness & Nutrition

By Cherish Thomas

38 Discipline Reports World Number

One Kent Farrington Closes With Rolex Grand Prix Win

IN THIS ISSUE 8 Equestrian Canada News 10 Headline News 27 Equestrian Properties 29 Sales Catalogue 35 Horse Trials BC News 44 Business Classifieds 46 BCHJA News 47 Advertisers’ Index 47 Noticeboard

ON THE COVER: Happy Valentine’s Day to all of Gaitpost’s Horse Lovers out there!

“You don’t have an atmosphere like this anywhere else. There was one woman screaming so loud I was wondering what’s happening here, do we need to call an ambulance or something?!” — Edward Gal, at the Olympia in London, UK. See page 43.

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n the west coast, February tends to have people leaning toward spring more than winter, waiting for the trees to start budding and blankets to start coming off, but the weather gods have delivered a wallop across Canada in early January that has made everyone stand up and take notice. While here at the Gaitpost office, we got off fairly lightly, not very far east of us (two miles?) was buried in ice, and some areas lost power for days. While stunningly beautiful, the damage done was also breathtaking. Further east, Canadians are dealing with outrageously low temperatures (especially for us out here in Lotus land), more ice, and more snow than is the norm. We hope everyone has made it through well, with their horses all in good health.

WARMER BITS Many riders have (sensibly) headed south to warmer climes, on both coasts. The Florida circuit is in full swing, with Wellington bursting at

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the seams, and many Canadians have headed to California to support the Adequan West Coast Dressage Festival which got under way in Temecula January 3rd – 6th, and continues at the Del Mar Fairgrounds with three CDI’s taking place through February 17th. Congratulations to the organizers and sponsors for setting up this mammoth event! It is a huge undertaking, and much needed on the west coast, and we hope everyone supports the Festival in any way they can. Give some feedback to the Sponsors, and let them know that as riders we are very grateful for the opportunities they are helping provide on this side of the continent. Sponsors include Adequan, Four Winds Farm, Mary’s Tack and Feed, Leverage Legal Group, and Reiten Right Equestrian Footing. Do it!

HOT BITS (HOPEFULLY!) The BC Summer Games are coming up in

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NEWSLETTER | FEBRUARY 2018 www.equestrian.ca NOMINATIONS OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR EQUESTRIAN CANADA NATIONAL AWARDS Nominations have officially opened for the Equestrian Canada (EC) National Awards, and will remain open until Feb. 7, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. ET. It’s time to celebrate the impressive achievements of individuals, equines and organizations who have contributed to the growth and success of the equestrian community over the past year.

EC Sport Licence Holders, Registered Participants and Affiliates are encouraged to submit nominations through the new EC Awards Portal at https://licence.equestrian.ca/ ecawards.

SUBMIT A NOMINATION TODAY! The following awards are open for nominations: • Lifetime Achievement Award

• Equestrian of the Year – The Dr. George Jacobson Trophy • Junior Equestrian of the Year – The Gillian Wilson Trophy • Horse of the Year – The Hickstead Trophy

• Canadian Breeder of the Year

• Equestrian Canada Media Award – The Susan Jane Anstey Trophy • Boehringer Ingelheim Equine Canada Health & Welfare Award Full award criteria, information and nomination forms can be found at www. equestrian.ca/about/awards.

If you know a person, horse or organization that deserves the honour and recognition of an EC National Award, be sure to submit your nomination by the deadline of Feb. 7, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

2018 EC AWARDS RECEPTION The EC National Award recipients will be honoured at the EC Awards Reception, taking place on April 7, 2018 at the 2018 EC Annual Convention in Ottawa, ON. Watch for registration to open in January and join us for what is sure to be a memorable and entertaining night as we celebrate the achievements of the EC National Award recipients.

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Tidbits continued from page 7 July, on the 18th–22nd, in the Cowichan Valley. Organizers are starting to see a bit of a trend that is fun — coaches who have previously competed in the Summer Games are starting to bring their own students and in some cases their own children forward as potential participants, and previous participants also coming forward to volunteer as officials or coaches. Organizers are trying to encourage coaches to keep the Summer Games awareness alive year-round on an ongoing basis so it isn’t a last minute preparation or a missed eligibility because they upgraded too soon (or too late), or missed because of the age restrictions and every two year cycle. To be aware of the Games cycle and eligibility requirements, go to Horse Council BC’s website, and incorporate the Games into your yearly training schedule. There are so many benefits — High School credits, funding grants, and BC Games has Scholarships as well!

HOTTEST BITS Congratulations to Noni Hartvikson of Langley, BC for her outstanding start to the Wellington, FL season! Those of us left up in Canada in the ice have to admit to some little satisfaction at the photos from Florida of the “cyclone bomb” that surprised the south, but it was business as usual for Noni and Ultimo, despite some chilly temperatures. Noni scored 73.622% in the Freestyle at the CPEDI3* for second place with thanks to Karen Robinson for the brilliant Freestyle. On the previous day, Noni and Ultimo scored 71.136%, for second place also.

Canadian Para athletes are training in Florida with Betsy Steiner and team leader, Clive Milkins, and will peak for the WEG in Tryon later in the year.

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HEADLINENEWS Bit by Bit CANADIAN OLYMPIAN TIFFANY FOSTER LAUNCHES LITTLE CREEK EQUESTRIAN Two-time Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster has launched her own training and sales business, Little Creek Equestrian, with bases in Wellington, Florida, and Vrasene, Belgium.

Maintaining her long-standing relationship with Andy and Carlene Ziegler’s Artisan Farms, Foster will continue to compete its large string of international show jumping horses. In addition, she will accept a select number of clientele for training as well as offer quality sport horses for sale through her own venture, Little Creek Equestrian.

“For every aspect of my career, Carlene and Andy have been behind me one hundred percent of the way, and it’s incredible that they are supporting me in the next phase,” said Foster, noting that one barn on the Wellington property will exclusively house the Artisan Farms competition horses while the second barn will be used for Little Creek clients and sales horses. “It is so exciting to be able to have my own business alongside

my sporting career with Artisan, and that we’re able to offer such a fantastic environment for training thanks to their support.”

“I really enjoy teaching,” said Foster, who hails from North Vancouver, BC, and grew up riding and working at Thunderbird Show Stables. “I find it rewarding to see the riders develop, and I also enjoy pairing riders with the right horse and guiding their partnership as it progresses.

“It’s nice for me to have a couple of people to bring along in the sport and, hopefully, being based with us will allow them to achieve their goals the same way I was able to with Artisan behind me,” continued Foster. “Andy and Carlene are so supportive of me and Eric (Lamaze) and we all work closely together. Having a few clients will expand our family and give us even more people to cheer for in the show ring!”

Foster’s competition season includes being based in Wellington for the winter and Belgium throughout the rest of the year. She also contests the Spruce Meadows ‘Summer Series’ in Calgary, AB, each year, and is accepting clients at Little Creek Equestrian that are interested in following the same circuit.

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IRELAND’S SEAMUS HUGHES-KENNEDY WINS THE FEI JUMPING TROPHY FINAL IN MECHELEN Ireland’s Seamus Hughes-Kennedy wrote his name into the history-books of equestrian sport today when winning the inaugural FEI Pony Jumping Trophy Final at Mechelen in Belgium. Riding the 12-year-old mare, Cuffesgrange Cavalidam, the 15-year-old schoolboy had to hold his nerve when in the lead and last to go of the top 10 who qualified for the deciding round.

“I tried to think of it as just another day in the ring but I couldn’t help but be nervous — this is unbelievable!” said the young man whose partnership with his pony however has already been marked by his seventhplace finish individually at this summer’s FEI European Pony Championships in Hungary. Runner-up was another of the strong Irish contingent, Abbie Sweetnam with Dynamite Spartacus, while Belgium’s Aaron Tijskens steered Superbre de Laloena into third.

The series is devised along the same lines as the FEI World Cup and this first Final more than lived up to expectations. The Irish took early command when team gold and European individual silver medallist, Kate DerHeadline News continued on page 12

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Headline News continued from page 11 win (Cul Ban Mistress), topped Wednesday’s opener ahead of Hughes-Kennedy in second and Sweetnam in third. A win for Thibeau Spits and Cleostrade on Thursday however put this young Belgian on level pegging with Derwin, both going into the finale on a zero scoreline after results were converted into points.

From a start-list of 15, a tough and technical firstround track brought the cream to the very top today and with the only clear of the course it was Hughes-Kennedy who went out in front carrying just the four points he collected over the first two competitions. And when Spits disappeared from the reckoning with three fences on the floor and Derwin lost her grip with two mistakes then it was Sweetnam who was stalking her compatriot, just one point in arrears, while Tijskens was only another two points further adrift going into the second round.

It was gripping, and with no room for error after a clear from fourth-placed Derwin, the three ahead of her all coped with the incredible pressure to hold their places. You could hear a pin drop as, last to go, Hughes-Kennedy set off with his mare who is something of a phenomenon. Cuffesgrange Cavalidam, whose sire

Luidam was competed by Irish international rider Billy Twomey, was found by Seamus’ mother Clare running around a field as an unbroken 10-year-old. “She was still green enough this time last year when we did our first 1.30m competition in Millstreet and we haven’t really done a lot, the Spring Tour at home, the European Championships trials and then the Championships — she’s wonderful, she’s always trying to help me, she’s the pony of a lifetime!” said Hughes-Kennedy today.

Talking about the concept of the FEI Pony Jumping Trophy series which has been staged alongside Longines FEI World Cup Jumping qualifiers in Oslo (NOR), Herning (DEN), Verona (ITA), Lyon (FRA) and Stuttgart (GER) this season, the new champion said, “it’s been brilliant. We learn so much from being around top riders and watching what they do. They talk to us and help us — it’s a great experience!”

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RETHINKING A SUCCESSFUL EQUINE NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR EVERY HORSE What if you were told to STOP feeding your horse the bagged feed mixes?

What if you were told “simplifying” the meal is easy and may be better for your horse’s GI tract and mind?

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ake a moment or two to imagine what simplifying means to you and your horse. What would that meal in a feed bucket look like? I ask these questions because most active horse riders/owners are supplementing and choosing feed mixes for the symptoms their horse is showing instead of reducing or removing what could be causing behavioural or physical issues.

What if you were told most symptoms your horse is showing can dissipate or disappear in as little as a couple of weeks if you use equine husbandry and common sense to simplify the equine diet?

To simplify the diet, you need to break it down to understanding the very basic “needs” for the equine body and mind: What is the base of every horse’s diet?

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BASIC NEED #1 Hay and or live grass “is” the most important, agreed. Your horse, any horse, wild, domestic, stalled or pastured, naturally grazes with head low for 20 hours a day with the small stomach emptying every 45 minutes. When a horse does not have access to forage/roughage for more than two hours, the stomach acids build up, causing unbearable pain, burning the stomach lin-

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ing and eventually working up the esophagus creating ulcerous damage. No matter what your feeding schedule is, grazing is the most needed important function for the mental and physical health of the domestic horse, especially if you want to keep your horse’s stomach happy and ulcer free! This is the reason hay bags have increased in popularity for stalled, dry lot or any limited grass grazing, not solely for the horse with a metabolic issue.

BASIC NEED #2 Water. To ensure horses drink their minimum of 5–8 gallons (24–36 liters) of water every day and no matter what the weather, your first mandatory supplement is iodized salt (sodium chloride). It is preferred by the knowing horseman to feed a daily 1 ounce (24 grams/3 tablespoons) of loose iodized white table salt to encourage the recommended water intake during the wind and rain and especially snowy days. You may note that sodium chloride is the majority ingredient in every electrolyte formula because it is that important.

If you choose the salt block, rock or loose mineral supplement, it may not be sufficient unless you can absolutely guarantee that each horse is ingesting a minimum of 1.58 lbs (720 g) every month. Water/salt intake is the best defence against almost every type of colic and the veterinarian bill that goes along with the painful distress and possible death of your horse. If you do not feed other supplements, or even if you do, iodized salt should be the first on your equine shopping list and the key to digestive success.

BASIC NEED #3 Calcium and phosphorus. Two of most overlooked and misunderstood nutrients to a successful equine diet are calcium and phosphorus.

The only way to determine if your horse is getting the proper ratio of two parts calcium to one part phosphorus is to ask for the crop analysis from the hay supplier. Even if you frequently purchase from the same supplier/grower, this analysis is needed as these values can change from year to year and harvest to harvest. If the analysis is not www.gaitpost.com

available, take the initiative to find a laboratory to guide you through the simple steps to pull hay and send it in for a relatively low cost microbial analysis (under $40.00). Your veterinarian should also be able to provide a local lab name or contact number.

Why are calcium and phosphorus so important? While people with performance horses, breeding, lactating or growing horses (within the first two years) look for the benefits of a higher protein ratio (14-18%), it is more important that the roughage choice or combination of grass hay types and/or an alfalfa mix provide the preferred ratio (2:1) of calcium:phosphorus. Calcium is highly absorbable through the upper section of the small intestine. It plays major roles in nerve transmission, the body’s ability for blood clotting and temperature regulation, as well as regulating healthy muscle functions, including preventing tying-up. Phosphorous is needed for a wide variety of cellular functions and energy metabolism. Though calcium shows no adverse effects if given in higher levels, it is high levels of phosphorous that should be assessed and avoided as too much phosphorous in the diet limits the absorption of calcium giving risk to thyroid issues, weight loss and possible skeletal problems.

What physical differences will you see when the Ca:P ratio and water intake is correct? No matter the age of the horse, within a month or two you will start to see physical changes as well as behavioural changes, including improved willingness and more controlled mare cycling attitudes. Take before and after full body profile pictures. That “dropped hay belly” and “dropped top line” will come up, showing a fuller muscled and more put-together profile. You will also see reduced length and coarseness of the winter coat for the preferred shorter, fuller, softer and warmer coat. Young horses will grow more evenly rather than bum high, see-saw growth and have less loose manure.

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Equine Nutrition continued from page 15 What do you feed to make up for the needed nutrients if you choose to feed a grass mix hay with low Ca:P and no bagged feed mixes? (Note: all harvested grass hay is very low in calcium and phosphorus while alfalfa (legume) is traditionally high). This is your new simplified feeding program that has worked wonders on thousands of horses making the switch off every variety of bagged feeds (extruded, cob, sweet-feed, high fat/ fibre, senior ration, foal growth, etc.) while making your horse happier and saving your money: Grass hay (any type), if not in a feeding hay bag then 1-2 (8-12 lb) flakes every 4-5 hours. (yes, questions are rising about low NSC/sugar (under 12% NSC tested or soak hay for 1-2 hours).

Recommended feeding is once or twice daily ration for adding other nutritional or joint supplement powders: 1) 500 grams (approx. 2 cups) of triple cleaned whole oats and 500 grams (approx. 2 cups) alfalfa pellets. This amount of oats is not enough to cause health issues or hyperness and provides more benefits than soy beans and soy hulls. For IR, metabolic horses and ponies: Feed ½ cup oats with beet pulp and 1 cup alfalfa pellets.

Dampen the oats or pellets with water (no need to soak the oats, just spray so salt and supplements will stick) then add: 2) 0.5 oz (1.5 tbsp) white iodized salt 3) Fat content if needed for cool energy, body condition and coat: ½ cup golden stable milled flax (flax is 38-40% fat and the highest in omega 3 EFA plus great natural fiber).

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and more if it sealed in an airtight container, unlike ground flax’s short 24 hour freshness life span before rancidity starts. Golden flax contains the highest percentage of omega 3 essential fatty acids while the darker brown contains the least.

If horse is in heavy training or a hard keeper, you can safely increase to 1.5 cups of milled flax twice daily for great results in body condition, mind, joints and cool energy. Yes, you can feed any other high omega 3 and 6 fat product (2:1) if you prefer but it is not advantageous to use only fat sources from 100% canola or vegetable oil as they are high in omega 6 with little to no omega 3 support.

4) Vitamin/mineral concentrate powder for grass and or timothy hay mix:. If you are feeding a majority of local grass hay or timothy mix, look for a supplement that boosts the daily calcium intake to over 6,000–7,000 mg and Phosphorus to 3,000–4,500 ratio to 2:1.

5) Vitamin/mineral concentrate powder for alfalfa hay or lush pasture diet. If you are feeding a majority of an alfalfa hay (40% or higher) look for a supplement that has a daily calcium intake of less than 1,500 mg and phosphorus to a max of 1,000 mg.

6) For those of you who really want to know, use the following ingredients and amounts as a guide when checking labels: With either of the above points #4 or #5, the other nutrient ingredients should include the following on the label for the daily dosage and not per kilogram (unless you can easily do the math): The essential amino acids L-lysine 2,000 mg/day and DL-methionine 1,000–2,000 mg/ day to help with top line muscle and the development of a strong, thick, hoof wall and sole. The macro minerals should be complete with choline (100–200 mg/day), magnesium (any bonded form as magnesium is the key to increased absorption of all nutrients, used for calming and reducing any neck cresting and fatty deposits) (1,000 mg–5,000 mg/day), manganese proteinate/chelate (100–200 mg/day), zinc proteinate/ chelate (100–200 mg/day), copper proteinate/

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chelate (30–60 mg/day), iron proteinate/chelate (15–40mg/day), cobalt proteinate/chelate (50– 200 mcg per day), iodine/iodate (1–5 mg/day), selenium (1–2 mg/day).

Vitamins: All fat-soluble vitamins: vitamin A (25,000–75,000 IU/day), D3 (6,000–8,000 IU/ day) and vitamin E as an antioxidant, either in a natural form or synthetic, providing a different absorption rate of 25% (1,000 IU–15,000 IU/ day).

Another antioxidant is vitamin C (ascorbic acid or the buffered form calcium ascorbate at 2,000–12,000 mg/day). Other important vitamins are vitamin K1 (40–60 mg/day), the full vitamin B complex: B1/thiamin (60–5,000 mg/ day), B2/riboflavin 25–80 mg/day, B3/niacinamide (70–180 mg/day), B5/calcium pantothenate (80–200 mg/day), B6/pyridoxine (40–200 mg/day), B12/cyanocobalamin (200–400 mcg/ day). Biotin is important for hoof growth but does little for the thickness of the hoof (2–10 mg/day). Folic acid can be a plus ingredient for mares (5–12 mg/day).

This plan is amazingly balanced, very easy if you find the correctly formulated nutritional concentrate and very cost effective especially if you are competing and purchasing other supplements (i.e. joint or muscle enhancing and digestive). The changes you will see in your horse’s behaviour will be fairly revealing in 5–7 days. The body changes will come within the first month.

This is why, almost twenty years ago, we developed the PUREFORM Equine Health Line of nutritional concentrates that are formulated to easily balance the nutritional deficiencies in the most important (#1) part of the horse’s diet: the forage, whether hay or pasture grass, and provide you with the complete and balanced nutrients your horses body needs, all-in-one formula container. However, you as a horse lover, owner, rider and trainer, have to know and understand the basic needs in order to protect and have a vibrant, willing animal.

After discussing it at length with Shelley Nyuli, author of the accompanying article on rethinking your nutrition program, I decided to give her recommended diet and supplements a try. There were several reasons for my making the decision to change my mare’s feed schedule, and not because I was unhappy with how she looked — she is gorgeous, if I do say so myself! (Allow me one proud mom moment, please!)

The first appeal of the new feed schedule was its simplicity, back to basics. Whole oats, alfalfa pellets, and ground flax comprise the majority of what Dantesse would be consuming. Another appeal was that the basic ingredients could be bought anywhere, so if travelling for any length of time, finding the same feed to give my horse while away from home wouldn’t be difficult.

Whole oats and alfalfa pellets are fairly ubiquitous and we wouldn’t run the risk and stress of feed changes while travelling.

The third appeal was the behavioural changes that were possible. Dantesse is always perfect under saddle, (again, mom moment) but, in her stall, she was becoming increasingly opinionated. If chilling in her stall was a side benefit of changing the feed, it was well worth it.

The final deciding factor was Shelley’s help. With top stables changing their feed schedules to one similar to that suggested in her article, she convinced me it was worth a try. So, with her help, I went ahead and changed our feed schedule — not an easy decision for me as I had no complaints about what I was feeding. In a couple of months, I will report back on how Dantesse and I fared with the change in diet!

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he Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) and Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC (ESP) have begun preparations for what is expected to be one of the most expansive Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) seasons yet, welcoming top equestrian athletes from around the globe to the venue from Wednesday, January 10, through Sunday, April 1. The 2018 WEF will feature 12 consecutive weeks of elite equestrian competition, hosting eleven FEI weeks and four CSI 5* competitions.

The Winter Equestrian Festival has been the pinnacle of equine competition in South Florida for more than four decades, welcoming enthusiasts and athletes annually to contest one of the most competitive shows in the world. This year’s circuit will offer more than $9 million in prize money throughout the duration of the season

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and will feature many of the world’s top internationally ranked riders including reigning World #1 Kent Farrington (USA), #2 Mclain Ward (USA), and #8 Eric Lamaze (CAN), who all call Wellington, FL, home during the winter months.

The four CSI 5* Grand Prix classes, the highest designation of international show jumping in the sport, will take place on February 10 (WEF 5), February 24 (WEF 7), March 10 (WEF 9), and March 31 (WEF 12), in the International Ring at PBIEC. These competitions feature the top horse and rider combinations in the world, and include four FEI World Ranking classes during each week. The final CSI 5* competition of the circuit (WEF 12) will welcome the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5*, the most prestigious international class of the 2018 season. This year the $500,000 Rolex

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Grand Prix CSI 5* will once again take place on the final Saturday of the season.

NOEL ASMAR DONATES TO ONE GIRL CAN Award winning lifestyle brand Noel Asmar is proud to announce a recent fund-raising effort in support of One Girl Can, a charity that strives to empower girls through education and to break the cycle of poverty and gender imbalance in sub-Saharan Africa.

As a brand driven to inspire equestrians and non-equestrians alike through the power of apparel, the passion and drive exhibited by One Girl Can founder Lotte Davis was in line with the mission and values of the Noel Asmar Group of Companies.

One Girl Can works directly with schools and communities in Uganda and Kenya, forming collaborative relationships and lasting friendships.

Understanding that education has the power to end intergenerational cycles of inequality and improve the lives of girls and the societies in which they live, One Girl Can is making a difference through building, educating, and mentoring. All funds raised from the Pre-Access tickets for the Noel Asmar Holiday Sale were donated to the charity and the brand looks forward to future initiatives. The organizers proudly announced that the funds collected from Noel Asmar are being donated specifically towards repairing and building two new classrooms in the Ganze Girls Secondary School in Kenya. For more information on One Girl Can, or to make a donation, please contact info@onegirlcan.com.

CP RETURNS AS TITLE SPONSOR OF 2018 PALM BEACH MASTERS The Palm Beach Masters, the thrilling equestrian event that showcases the sport’s leading jumping horses and riders, is delighted to welcome back Canadian Pacific (CP) as the title sponsor of its third annual event. The 2018 CP Palm Beach Masters CSI3*-W Presented by Sovaro will take place February 1-4 at magnificent Deeridge Farms in Wellington, Florida.

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Industry News continued from page 19 “CP has been proud to support the Palm Beach Masters since its inaugural tournament in 2016. This year, our sentiment has increased even further, as we honor the legacy of E. Hunter Harrison, and his passion for supporting the development of equestrian athletes across North America,” said Keith Creel, CP President and CEO. “We are thrilled to be a part of this prestigious event and celebrate the talent of both horses and riders.”

The 2018 CP Palm Beach Masters Presented by Sovaro offers nearly $400,000 in prize money and features the $220,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Wellington, one of the final two East Coast qualifiers in the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping North American League. Many of show jumping’s top names will be competing in this featured event, seeking valuable points to qualify for the Longines FEI World Cup Final in Paris, France in April.

In addition to its title sponsorship, CP is also the sponsor of the Masters’ opening international class, the $35,000 CP Welcome Stake on February 1.

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NBC SPORTS GROUP TO TELEVIZE FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES IN SEPTEMBER 2018 NBC Sports Group has reached an agreement for exclusive multiplatform United States media rights to the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018 on September 11–23. The agreement includes an unprecedented amount of national equestrian sport coverage. The FEI World Equestrian Games return to the United States for the second time in eight years and will be held at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, NC. The FEI World Equestrian Games, one of the biggest events on the global sporting calendar, is held every four years in the middle of the Olympic cycle, combining eight World Championships at one event. The eight equestrian disciplines — Jumping, Dressage, Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting and Reining — will all be contested.

An anticipated 1,000 athletes, 1,500 horses, and 500,000 spectators from more than 70 countries are expected to attend. Tickets to the event have already been sold to people from all 50 U.S. states and 31 countries. The Games is projected to be the highest-attended sporting event in the United States in 2018.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will present more than 50 hours of coverage, while NBC and NBCSN will combine for nearly 15 hours of live coverage from Tryon International Equestrian Center. All coverage will be streamed live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product

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for mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs. Coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will also be streamed on OlympicChannel. com and the Olympic Channel app.

“Our vision is to broaden the reach of equestrian sport to an audience of horse enthusiasts around the country, and we appreciate NBC Sports Group’s partnership as we deliver the most televised equestrian sports coverage in history,” said Mark Bellissimo, Founder and CEO of Tryon International Equestrian Center. “The 2014 Games in France attracted a cumulative global broadcast audience of 350 million, so this partnership with NBC will be an important factor in boosting numbers for Tryon 2018.”

The inaugural FEI World Equestrian Games were hosted in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990, and were most recently held in Normandy, France in 2014. The 2014 Games in Normandy attracted more than 500,000 on-site spectators.

In addition to its state-of-the-art competition facilities, the 1,600-acre Tryon International Equestrian Center is an equestrian lifestyle destination complete with lodging, shops, restaurants, and amenities.

CSHA STALLION SERVICE AUCTION FEBRUARY 1–11, 2018 The 2018 Canadian Sport Horse Association Online Stallion Service Auction marks the 20th Anniversary of the CSHA’s fund raising event. The Auction will open February 1st and close February 11th. As always, this affords mare owners access to world class sport horse bloodlines and we appreciate the incredible support that our stallion owners provide us through their continued generosity. With each successful bid, the mare owner receives a free 2019 foal registration for the resulting offspring.

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In 2018, the Alberta Chapter is offering unique items in the Auction as a fundraiser with proceeds going to benefit CSHA/AB members at various events. Among the items are an equine therapy session; 3 -one week stabling ($175 ea.) for competitions at the Calnash Centre in Ponoka; GaitPost advertising package; carriage ride in Banff, beautiful jewelry, artwork and equine merchandise and more. You don’t have to be a member to bid on these additional items so feel free to direct friends and family to www.c-s-h-a. org.

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William “Bill” Steinkraus, the five-time Olympian and USA’s first jumping individual gold medalist, passed away on November 29th at the age of 92, surrounded by his family.

IN MEMORIAM: FEI PAYS TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY JUMPING ATHLETE WILLIAM “BILL” STEINKRAUS

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illiam “Bill” Steinkraus, the five-time Olympian and USA’s first jumping individual gold medalist passed away on November 29th at the age of 92 surrounded by his family.

At his 1952 Olympic Games debut in Helsinki, Steinkraus helped Team USA to win team Jumping bronze, and went on to secure team Jumping silver at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

It was at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City that Steinkraus made history as the first American to win an individual gold medal in Jumping on the ex-race horse Snowbound.

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nich where he helped Team USA to win silver yet again.

After retiring from competing in 1972, he stayed heavily involved in equestrian sport as a judge, TV commentator, clinician, coach and author, and for 17 years was the Chef d’Equipe of the U.S. Jumping Team. He was also a founding member of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation (USET) and served as president and chairman of the organization for two decades, and as Chairman Emeritus for the past 25 years.

“Bill Steinkraus was more than an incredibly talented horseman; his impeccable style and skill in the saddle made him an idol and icon of his

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time. He gave so much to the sport and to the FEI over the years by serving on the FEI Bureau and the FEI World Cup Jumping Committee. His advice could always be relied upon. He was a true gentleman who enriched the lives of all those who were fortunate to have known him. We have lost a dear friend and are deeply saddened by his passing. Our heartfelt condolences to his family, to the USEF and to the entire equestrian community,” said John Roche, FEI Director, Jumping.

STATEMENT ON REALLOCATION OF TEAM MEDALS FROM FEI EURO EVENTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 Team medals for the FEI European Eventing Championships in Strzegom (POL) have been reallocated following a positive controlled medication case in Germany’s silver medal winning team.

As a result, Sweden will be promoted to team silver, and the bronze medal will be reallocated to the Italians, who finished fourth at the Championships. Great Britain, which took team gold, is unaffected by the redistribution of the medals.

German team member Julia Krajewski’s horse Samourai du Thot tested positive to Firocoxib, a *controlled medication (not a banned substance) under the FEI’s Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations (EADCMRs).

The athlete was given the option of accepting an Administrative Sanction (Fast Track) or requesting a hearing before the FEI Tribunal.

Following confirmatory analysis on the B sample, which also proved positive for Firocoxib, the athlete last week chose to accept the Administrative Sanction, which means automatic disqualification, a fine of 1,500 CHF and costs of 2,000 CHF to include testing of the B sample, but no suspension.

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like the medal presentations to be made. *The FEI’s Prohibited Substances List is divided into two sections — Controlled Medication and Banned Substances. Controlled Medication substances are those that are regularly used to treat horses, but which must have been cleared from the horse’s system by the time of competition. Banned (doping) substances should never be found in the body of the horse.

IN MEMORIAM: JESÚS GÓMEZ PORTUGAL, OLYMPIAN & MEXICAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT Jesús Gómez Portugal, Olympic jumping athlete and former President of the Mexican Equestrian Federation passed away on November 26th at the age of 77.

At the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, he helped Team Mexico to bronze alongside Gerardo Tazzer Valencia, Alberto Valdez Lacarra and Joaquín Pérez de las Heras (RIP). He owned three of the four horses competing on this team.

Mexico sent a delegation of athletes from eight sports to Moscow, and the country’s biggest medal haul was from Equestrian with a total of three bronze medals secured across team Eventing, individual Jumping as well as Team Jumping.

Jesús Gómez Portugal, who still holds to this day the National High Jump record in Mexico, also served as the President of the Mexican Equestrian Federation from 1988 to 1992.

He is survived by his three daughters Mónica, Cecilia and Leticia, and his brother Roberto Gómez Portugal.

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Saddle Fit + Osteoporosis Why is this Important to Consider?

By Jochen Schleese, CMS, CSFT, CSE with thanks to Dr. James Warson, MD

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The above x-ray is of a pelvis that shows early changes of a decrease in bone density (osteopenia) of the femoral head in the affected hip as indicated by the white arrows. Image credit: Transient Osteoporosis. J Am Aca Orthop Surg 2008: 16:480-489 by Korompilias AV, Karantanas AH, Lykissas MG, Beris AE. SOURCE: INTERNET

he demographics of the majority of our market are such that osteoporosis (or osteopenia — the onset of osteoporosis) is simply an all too common issue that cannot be ignored in its ramifications regarding riding. Because the 40+ year old female is the epicenter of our sport, it is a disease that we find in many of our clientele, and questions about it are numerous.

Osteoporosis is simply a softening of bone, due to the leaching out of calcium. Recent studies have shown that dairy products actually lead to a worsening of this condition (which obviously seems counter-intuitive, but the reasoning is that because dairy is high in protein as well, it increases the acidity of the blood — which causes the body to pull calcium in order to neutralize the acid.) Once menopause takes place and estrogen levels drop, there is resorption of marrow bone and proteins. This softens the bone and makes it subject to collapse when external forces are applied. Bones such as the hips and the vertebrae of the spine are usually most affected. External forces may be applied to these bones two ways in riding; either abruptly, as when a rider is thrown, or chronically when minute forces combine slowly over time to steadily weaken bone.

Both should be treated by recognition of the disease’s presence, suitable lifestyle modifications, appropriate use of medications and exercise, and correct choices in saddle, pad, horse, and style of riding.

There are often no specific symptoms until there is collapse of bone. Fracture of the vertebrae will produce pain and possibly loss of neurological function such as movement or bladder control. Until then, the only clue may be slow development of a humpback posture with the head carried somewhat forward. While this has classically been seen in older women, it must be remembered that 20% of osteoporosis occurs in men. We probably have all heard of an elderly relative who has fallen and — for no real apparent reason — broken their hip or pelvis. (My own 84 year old mother just recently had the mishap of breaking her pelvis, having fallen in the sand trap on a golf course!)

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X-rays showing normal versus marked osteopenia of the femoral head. (a) Right hip joint is ‘unremarkable’ essentially normal in comparison to (b) Left hip joint which shows marked osteopenia of both the femoral head and neck and of the acetabulum (hip socket). Credit Dr. A.V. Korompilias as above.

35–50% of women over 50 will have at least one vertebral fracture, but only one third of these will be recognized! Nowhere is correct saddle fit more important than for an osteoporotic rider.

Correct saddle fit reduces the horse’s movements to avoid pain or discomfort resulting in less movement for the rider to counteract through their muscle movements which attach to and compress porotic bone when they contract.

Jumping and eventing are out as choices for osteoporotic riders, for obvious reasons. The risk of sudden impact injury is simply too great, and the consequences too severe.

While we can’t alter our genetic profile, we can effect lifestyle changes that will reduce the likelihood of osteoporosis. Use of heavy amounts of alcohol, high protein diets, muscular inactivity, use of steroid medications, certain inhibitors of stomach acid production, and inadequate vitamin D intake all contribute to inadequate bone strength.

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Saddle Fit & Osteoporosis continued from page 25 saddle fit more important than when it is under an osteoporotic rider. Correct saddle fit reduces the horse’s movements that they make to avoid pain or discomfort. This means less movement that the rider must counteract through their own muscle movements — muscles which attach to and compress porotic bone when they contract. Osteoporotic riders should only use saddle pads that utilize open cell technology in their construction. (A more detailed account may be found on the ThinLine web site under open versus closed cell saddle pad technology.)

The choice of a horse is also crucial to maintain comfort and health. Certain breeds such as Tennessee Walkers and Paso Finos have a gait that is basically horizontal rather than vertical.

This creates movement perpendicular to the rider’s spine rather than an animated horse like a Morgan or Saddlebred. The latters’ force of gait is vertical, and can therefore impact the rider’s spine. There is a lot of variation within breeds, so match the harmonics of your riding style with those of the horse. Bottom line — if the horse has a truly comfortable sitting trot, you’re on to something.

We don’t want to discourage anyone from doing anything they love — but perhaps with small variations in the choices made (perhaps trail riding and enjoying the scenery vs. strenuously competing in a jumping show) will ensure many more years of enjoyment in this sport we are all involved with. ©2018 Saddlefit 4 Life® All Rights Reserved

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If you would like to participate in this or future clinics, please contact Eleanor at 604-866-5601 or eleanor@gaitpost.com Ride times will be available at High Point, Hazelmere, and Foxcroft, and some others may be accommodated if within a reasonable distance. A deposit will be required to hold a spot – first come, first served! Contact Eleanor for more information!

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Riding, Fitness & Nutrition: Your Triple Combination into the New Year

By Cherish Thomas, Owner and Manager Effects Equestrian Riding Apparel and Fitness Effects

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hen it comes to our riding, no matter what level you are at, our health and fitness is paramount in this lifestyle. Our sport is unique in so many ways and the one thing that I find fascinating is there’s no age limit. In many cases, with major sports, you’ve hung up your boots by your mid-30s or earlier. With riding, you can be at any level at any age (as Ian Millar proves!) This is possible but only if we take care of our bodies along the way.

I often ask top riders about their fitness and nutrition when it comes to riding and competition. When asked “What kind of fitness do you focus on to cross train for your sport?” Canadian rider Keean White says, “I focus on rowing and core training. Rowing helps with my groin muscles and can give you a full body workout.

Because balance is so important in our sport, I find core training is the most beneficial.”

I got the chance to meet Jennifer Mattell, a young up-and-coming FEI Grand Prix rider for Canada. Jennifer says “Like many equestrian athletes, I try to hit the gym daily. I work on my cardiovascular as well as developing and maintaining strength in all of the muscle groups. I’m naturally a small person, so I try to give my arms and core some extra attention to help me with big or heavy horses”.

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tion and varying movements) and static stretch cool down (lengthening out the muscle again by holding a stretch for 1 min or longer). This knowledge helps prevent injury, increase quality of workout, flexibility and helps work through any injuries or ailments.

The second step is being consistent in cross training for your sport. To keep the body balanced, pain free and in peak performance, for any level, we must do regular maintenance. I asked Keean and Jennifer “On a weekly basis, how much time do you dedicate to your health and fitness?” Keean replied, “I workout just about every day — sometimes we miss a day with travel schedules. I usually train about 45 minutes to one hour a day in the gym.” Jennifer says health and fitness are always on her mind.

“I consider myself a full time athlete. During a busy show week, I’m at the show grounds for 12–14 hours a day and so I skip cross training.

On a week off, I’m probably riding for three to five hours per day and then I head to the gym for another two hours.”

There are two types of fitness for riding. The first type is to gain all over strength in your core, tendons, ligaments and joints in order to improve your riding and be better for the horse. The second type of fitness is for the rider that spends many hours in the saddle. These riders need to work out their antagonist (opposite) muscles when used for riding to help keep their bodies from getting over developed in some areas and Riding, Fitness & Nutrition continued on page 34

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Riding, Fitness & Nutrition continued from page 32 very weak in others. Working out these muscles helps keep our bodies balanced, less prone to injury and helps with correct biomechanics. With the help of fitness, physiotherapy, stretching, and nutrition we can continue to ride and do what we love.

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HORSE TRIALS BC REPORT Have you been online yet today? If your answer is no....you are in a small category in today’s world. Love it or hate it, social media and getting information online is the way of the world today.

The members of HTBC are working extra hard this year to make it easy for you to get the information you need to make your eventing season successful. We created larger committees to improve both our website and Facebook pages.

One of the biggest factors for this urgent improvement is the 2018 Omnibus. As many of you have already heard, EC had gone paperless. The thought of not having the “trusty book” in our hands throughout the season is terrifying to all of us. However, realistically none of us don’t go 10 feet without our phones these days. The best part about the online omnibus...is that it’s ready...yes READY! The reason for the change has many factors, the time required for publishing and cost being the largest.

Links to the omnibus are available on all our sites. We have the 2018 membership forms, clinic series forms, camp dates set for both young and adult riders and schedule of events and much, much more! So set our pages to “priority”, get your printer ready for work and stay informed! — Tanya Drake www.horsetrialsbc.com Facebook pages: Horse Trials BC; Horse Trials BC Young Riders; BC Adult Riders Program; Eventing British Columbia

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WORLD NUMBER ONE KENT FARRINGTON CLOSES WITH ROLEX GRAND PRIX WIN

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he Rolex Grand Prix at the CHI Geneva, regarded as the most esteemed indoor Grand Prix on the global equestrian circuit was won by Rolex Testimonee and World Number One Kent Farrington aboard Gazelle. Sweden’s Henrik Von Eckermann was second aboard Mary Lou 194 and Gregory Wathelet from Belgium riding Coree placed third.

Some 10,000 equestrian fans walked into the iconic Palexpo venue, brimming with excitement and tension as they waited for the famed curtains to open, marking the start of the most anticipated class of the four-day show, the Rolex Grand Prix.

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fied to enter the iconic indoor arena at the CHI Geneva and in doing so, tackle an imposing first round course (and subsequent jump-off) designed by renowned international show jumping course designers, Gérard Lachat and Louis Konickx.

Clear rounds were hard to come by and the current Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping live contender, Philipp Weishaupt, was unable to continue his journey in attempting to lift the most coveted trophy in the sport, as he collected nine faults in round one.

From the first 25 riders who braved the course, including Rolex Testimonees Jeroen Dubbeldam, Eric Lamaze, Bertram Allen and

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Steve Guerdat, none could master a clear round.

It became evident that it would take an exacting and precise round to finish with a score of zero.

Last year’s winner of the Rolex Grand Prix at CHI Geneva, Pedro Veniss from Brazil, produced the first seemingly clear round, until the clock stopped just over the allocated time and he collected one unlucky time fault.

A clean score was finally achieved by The Netherlands’ Harrie Smolders, shortly followed

by Henrik Von Eckermann and Gregory Wathelet. The crowd hushed to near silence as USA’s Kent Farrington entered into the arena, shortly displaying why he is the very best rider in the sport right now, producing a foot perfect round over the 13 obstacles. Cian O’Connor from Ireland completed the list of five riders progressing through to the second-round jump-off of the final Major of the year.

A revised course was presented to these elite athletes, reducing the course to eight obstacles.

Harrie Smolders was first to go, setting the bar high with a clear round in just 46.89 seconds.

This was fractionally beaten by Von Eckermann, who sped through the finishing gate with a time of 45.59. Wathelet was unable to challenge this, leaving it to Farrington and O’Connor. In true Farrington style, he sped through the course on the tightest of turns as the Geneva crowd sat on the edges of their seats, erupting in a cacophony of noise as the clock was stopped on 44.96 seconds, taking the World Number One into the lead. Cian O’Connor was last to go but despite giving everything, his brave grey horse Fibonacci, just clipped one pole at the fourth fence handing the victory to Rolex Testimonee, Kent Farrington.

After eight months as World Number One, Farrington concluded an emphatic year as the World Number One and now embarks on his very own Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping journey.

Commenting after his victory Farrington said, “I’m still in shock and I can’t believe that it’s over and that we walk away with a win. I thought my horse was great today and with this win being

The Netherlands’ Harrie Smolders and Zinius pictured with FEI President Ingmar de Vos after winning the ninth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2017/2018 Western European League at Mechelen (BEL).

part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, I will definitely be heading to The Dutch Masters in 2018.

“The riders are so strong here and you have the best horses in the world. With a large arena it can be difficult to set an indoor style course and in today’s sport, with as well as everyone rides, they have to make the time short. I knew it was going to be tough when I saw the course and I am so pleased with the result.”

LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING: SMOLDERS IS THE MASTER AT MECHELEN Dutchman Harrie Smolders (37) out-paced all-comers to win the ninth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2017/2018 Western European League at Mechelen in Belgium. Riding the 13-year-old gelding Zinius, he set an unbeatable target with a fearless run when fourth to go in a seven-horse jump-off. Runner-up spot went to Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann (36) who has now soared to the top of the league table while Italy’s Luca de Lorenzo (30) lined up third.

Smolders was a man with a plan. “I never won before at Mechelen and I really wanted to do it, so I was totally focused. When I got into the jump-off I just wanted to win, I was never riding for second place so I took the risk by taking a stride out to the last. And this is very special because I came here with all my family — my kids, my wife and my parents — it was an unforgettable moment and I’m very thankful to the crowd.

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FEI/JON STROUD The French partnership of Julien Epaillard and his speedy mare Toupie de la Roque produced a brilliant last-to-go victory at the eighth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2017/2018 Western European League at London Olympia (GBR).

The atmosphere here is always really intense and it gives us even more of a push to show what we can do!” said the world no. 5 rider. This result with Zinius was particularly rewarding because this is a horse that is stepping up to the plate.

“He is still developing, but now that Emerald and Don (his other two top horses) are having a break he gets a chance to show in the biggest classes and he has picked it up very quickly. I’m a bit surprised that he makes it look so easy!”

Smolders added.

It was no walk in the park either, with Eddy Geysemans’ tough first-round track getting the better of many of the best in the sport. The timeallowed of 67 seconds saw three miss the cut into the jump-off when picking up just one annoying time penalty, but German ace, Ludger Beerbaum, already had four on the board with Chacon before getting four more for an awkward jump at the last and then hitting the deck when Chacon mistakenly took on part of the double at fence five in the wrong direction. The man who claimed Germany’s first-ever FEI World Cup title back in 1993 is under medical care with an open shoulder fracture, and the horse world is wishing him a very swift recovery.

Two more former World Cup champions, Beerbaum’s fellow-countrymen Christian Ahlmann with Taloubet Z and Daniel Deusser with Cornet d’Amour, led the way against the clock with Deusser setting the standard when clear in 40.51 seconds. But Sweden’s Henrik von Ecker40

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mann and Mary Lou were almost two seconds quicker when breaking the beam in 38.74 to put it up to the rest of them. Smolders wasn’t intimidated however, stopping the clock on 38.19, so when de Luca and Halifax van het Kluizebos were clear in 39.97 seconds and Frenchman Roger Yves Bost posed no challenge in 42.17 seconds it was game over.

As 2018 begins and with just four of the 13 Western European league qualifiers remaining, the next taking place in Leipzig (GER) on January 21st, Smolders has 25 points on the board and may re-think his new year agenda.

“I wasn’t planning to go to the Final in Paris but now we might have a meeting and set some new goals”, he said this evening. “I will do a few qualifiers anyway and I want to get Emerald out to a few shows, maybe get him ready by Gothenburg (in February) if I can. We will see, but this win is the perfect end to a great year for me!!” said the delighted winner.

FRENCH SPEEDSTER, JULIEN EPAILLARD, TAKES OLYMPIA LEG BY STORM He’s long been one of the fastest riders on the circuit, and the French speedster Julien Epaillard (40) showed the rest a very clean pair of heels as he galloped to victory in the eighth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2017/2018 Western European League at Olympia in London (GBR). At the tail end of an afternoon of tough sport there were only four qualified for the jump-off from a star-studded field of 36. Last to go, Epaillard was chasing the target-time set by 2016 winner, Great Britain’s Scott Brash (32) who broke the beam in 37.34 seconds. But that wouldn’t be quick enough to hold back the flying Frenchman.

“I saw Scott go — he started quickly but I thought he was a bit careful over the last two fences, so I had nothing to lose and I took a lot of risk at the last two jumps and it worked!” said Epaillard who stopped the clock in the winning time of 36.91 seconds. And he had extra reason to celebrate as he is the first French winner of the FEI World Cup at Olympia in 32 years.

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SHOW JUMPING RESULTS FINAL RESULTS OF THE 2017 ROLEX GRAND PRIX AT CHI GENEVA 1. Kent Farrington (USA) riding Gazelle; 2. Henrik Von Eckermann (SWE) riding Mary Lou 194; 3. Gregory Wathelet (BEL) riding Coree; 4. Harrie Smolders (NED) riding Don VHP Z; 5. Cian O’Connor (IRL) riding Fibonacci 17; 6. Laura Kraut (USA) riding Confu; 7. Pedro Veniss (BRA) riding Quabri de L’Isle; 8. Eric Lamaze (CAN) riding Fine Lady 5; 9. Peder Fredricson (SWE) riding H&M Christian K; 10. Mark Mcauley (IRL) riding Miebello. LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING 2017/2018 WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE AT MECHELEN IN BELGIUM RESULTS: 1, Zinius (Harrie Smolders) NED 0/0 38.19; 2, Mary Lou (Henrik von Eckermann) SWE 0/0 38.74; 3, Halifax van het Kluizebos (Lorenzo de Luca) ITA 0/0 39.97. LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING 2017/2018 WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE - STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 9 AT MECHELEN (BEL): 1. Henrik von Eckermann SWE - 57; 2. Kevin Staut FRA - 53; 3. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS - 50; 4. Daniel Deusser GER - 48; 5.

Steve Guerdat SUI - 43; 6. Roger Yves Bost FRA - 42; 7. Denis Lynch IRL - 37; 8. Alberto Zorzi ITA - 37; 9. Mark McAuley IRL - 37; 10. Simon Delestre FRA - 35.

LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING 2017/2018 WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE AT OLYMPIA IN LONDON (GBR). RESULTS: 1, Toupie de la Roque (Julien Epaillard) FRA 0/0 36.91; 2, Ursula Xll (Scott Brash) GBR 0/0 37.34; 3, Inca Boy van T Vianahof (Edwina Tops-Alexander) AUS 0/0 41.05; 4, H&M Christian K (Peder Fredricson) SWE 0/0 41.34.

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The first-round track set by Bob Ellis proved very testing indeed, with horses and riders barely having time to draw breath between fences and often running out of steam towards the end of the course. This summer’s newly-crowned individual European champion, Sweden’s Peder Fredricson, led the way against the clock with H&M Christian K, producing a cautious second clear in 41.34 seconds. And although Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander posted a quicker time of 41.05 seconds with her young horse Inca Boy van T Vianahof, the lady who topped the previous round at La Coruna (ESP) also left the door open for the remaining pair.

Brash’s 16-year-old mare Ursula has all the experience in the world, and as the London 2012 Olympic team gold medallist set off it seemed a back-to-back double of Olympia wins was well on the cards. But he under-estimated the threat from Epaillard. “I kinda thought he would be faster, but I was hoping he was going to have a jump down which he didn’t have!”, Brash said after his French rival stole the show with Toupie de la Roque.

“I have been riding her since March” said Epaillard of his bold and brave 10-year-old chestnut mare. “She comes from the Hecart family who are my neighbours and have been very good to me. I’m really pleased that we are doing our best together!”

Germany’s Dorothee Schneider and Sammy Davis Jr. strutted to victory in the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League at Salzburg, Austria.

DRESSAGE REPORT SCHNEIDER AND SAMMY SCOOP THE HONOURS IN SALZBURG It takes two to tango as every top-class Dressage rider knows, and Dorothee Schneider (48) and her lovely 11-year-old gelding Sammy Davis Jr. nailed it with the harmony they showed in their tango-themed test that won the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League at Salzburg in Austria.

“Sammy wants to present himself and he loves to dance, so he’s the perfect Freestyle horse!

He’s good-looking with a character to match, and today was our best score so far — it’s exciting because we are coming together as a pair more and more!” said the delighted German doubleOlympian.

In a start-list of 12 combinations from seven countries, Frenchman Ludovic Henry took the lead when posting 75.673 percent with After You when seventh to go, but Schneider and Sammy blew the class wide open when next to go, putting 83.415 on the board. “I could feel in the warm-up that he was in really good shape — he’s been doing an amazing job over the last month!”

Schneider said of the horse who helped her claim individual 11th spot at this summer’s FEI European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

It was never going to be easy to better that, and although the popular duo of Agnete Kirk Thinggaard and Jojo Az were in sparkling form they didn’t threaten when following with a score

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“Sammy is going to have a rest over Christmas and then maybe we will go to Neumunster (GER) because I want to get Paris too, but it’s not going to be easy!” she said.

Sweden’s Patrik Kittel and Delaunay clinched victory at tonight’s electrifying fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League at London Olympia (GBR).

of 76.405. Their Danish counterparts, Daniel Bachmann-Andersen and Blue Hors Zack came a lot closer however, the talented 27-year-old rider and the 13-year-old KWPN stallion oozing promise of even better to come as they strutted their way to a mark of 80.375.

That moved them into runner-up spot, but they would have to settle for third when the penultimate partnership of Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (31) and Unee BB stormed in to post 81.565. This pair have a wonderful record in the FEI World Cup Dressage series, and have twice finished third at the Finals, in Lyon (FRA) in 2014 and Las Vegas (USA) in 2015. At 16 years of age Unee is still flying, and von Bredow-Werndl is very much hoping to make the cut to the 2018 Final in Paris, France next April with him. Each national federation can only send a maximum of three riders however and with defending champion, Germany’s Isabell Werth, guaranteed a place once she completes the qualification criteria of two qualifying scores with her chosen horse, the competition between the Germans themselves is intense.

Schneider also has Paris in her sights with Sammy Davis Jr. who only stepped up to Grand Prix level in March of this year and who is clearly coming along in leaps and bounds. However, although she has moved to the top of the leaderboard after this win, she’s not taking qualification for granted. She knows von Bredow-Werndl and Fabienne Lutkemeier are snapping at her heels and that it’s far from done and dusted yet.

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SWEDEN’S KITTEL WINS LEG FIVE AT OLYMPIA, TAKES SECOND PLACE They say it’s never over until the fat lady sings, and at the FEI World Cup Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League qualifier at Olympia in London (GBR), when it seemed Sweden’s Patrick Kittel (41) already had it in the bag, along came the home side’s Emile Faurie (54) with a last-to-go ride that almost overtook the league leader.

Scoring 80.405, the British rider took even himself by surprise when slotting into runnerup spot just 0.155 percentage points behind the super Swede who is now well on his way to the Final in Paris (FRA) next April. Kittel has had a great run, and with 75 points on the board is sitting pretty. But after tonight’s electrifying victory gallop during which he “high-fived” loads of spectators on his tour of the iconic Grand Hall, he said, “I take my hat off to the showjumpers, I don’t know how they do it — I’ve done three shows in a row and now it’s give me a glass of champagne and get me to bed, because I’m totally exhausted!”

This win means even more to him because his only other visit to the London venue was a disaster. “The last time I was here was 13 years ago and I finished last. I went home in the lorry feeling really bad but my wife, Lyndal, said you have to go back, Olympia is an amazing show and you can’t leave it another 13 years!”

British riders were holding the top three places after Richard Davison opened the secondhalf of tonight’s action, but, fourth-last to go, it was Edward Gal’s (47) score of 79.340 that Kittel was chasing when second-last into the ring. The Dutchman’s big moving stallion, Glock’s Zonik who topped yesterday’s Grand Prix, produced some breathtaking extensions and mesmerising trot-work, but the nine-year-old lost balance at times, and mistakes including a break in the

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one-tempi changes left them looking vulnerable. In total contrast Kittel and Delauney, the 11-year-old gelding with which he claimed individual 11th spot at this summer’s Longines FEI European Championships on home ground in Gothenburg, produced a flawless performance.

Kittel insisted he didn’t expect to win, “but my horse is such a trier,” the Swedish star said.

Faurie however threw down a powerful challenge with a sensational test from the fabulously handsome stallion Delatio and has set British Dressage fans’ hearts fluttering with excitement all over again. The expression of near-disbelief on the face of the three-time Olympian and European team gold medallist when his score was announced said it all. “I’m in shock at the percentage score, not the performance, he was so great in the ring and I’m in love with this horse!” he said. “I was hoping to go one better than yesterday (when they finished fourth). I don’t know him that well yet because I’m only riding him a few months and I just wanted to do him justice”, he added.

“I had too many mistakes tonight, but I’m pleased with Zonic,” Gal said. Like all the other riders he heaped praise on the London fixture.

“You don’t have an atmosphere like this anywhere else,” he pointed out. “There was one woman screaming so loud I was wondering what’s happening here, do we need to call an ambulance or something?!”

Kittel meanwhile is already planning ahead.

“I’ll take my other horse, Deja, to Amsterdam because he’s the one I want to ride at the Final,” he explained. The Dutch city will host the next leg of the series when the action resumes at the end of January.

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DRESSAGE RESULTS FEI WORLD CUP DRESSAGE 2017/2018 WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE AT SALZBURG IN AUSTRIA RESULTS: Sammy Davis Jr. (Dorothee Schneider) GER 83.415; 2, Unee BB (Jessica von Bredow-Werndl) GER 81.565; 3, Blue Hors Zack (Daniel Bachmann-Andersen) DEN 80.375. FEI WORLD CUP DRESSAGE 2017/2018 WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE QUALIFIER AT OLYMPIA IN LONDON (GBR) RESULTS: 1, Delaunay OLD (Patrik Kittel) SWE 80.560; 2, Delatio (Emile Faurie) GBR 80.405; 3, Glock’s Zonik (Edward Gal) NED 79.340. STANDINGS IN THE FEI WORLD CUP DRESSAGE 2017/2018 WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE AFTER ROUND 5 AT LONDON OLYMPIA (GBR): 1. Patrik Kittel SWE - 74; 2. Dorothee Schneider GER - 55; 3. Jessica von Bredow-Werndl GER - 42; 3. Morgan Barbancon Mestre ESP - 42; 5. Belinda Weinbauer AUT - 38; 5. Fabienne Lutkemeier GER - 38; 7. Marcela Krinke Susmelj SUI - 37; 8. Hayley Watson-Greaves GBR - 31; 9.

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If you would like to work toward year-end awards in BCHJA Divisions or the BCHJA Special Awards you must be a member. Points will only accrue if the rider, owner, and trainer are current BCHJA members. Be sure to review the points rules.

BCHJA members have the opportunity to participate in: • • • • • •

The BCHJA Jumper Athlete Development Program Clinics Seminars Bursary programs Travel assistance programs More…¶

Individuals who want to support the organization and keep informed about BCHJA news, such as parents and other patrons, are welcome and encouraged to join as associate members.

FEES The membership fee is $45.00 ($35.00 if purchased by January 31st). You may pay online through PayPal or by cheque (membership effective pending cheque clearance). Mail cheques to: BC Hunter Jumper Association 25232 80th Avenue Langley, BC, V1M 3M9 Watch the website for news about the 2018 symposium which we will be hosting. This is a very entertaining and practical event for BCHJA members!

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