Hong Kong, China – Forty years after it last won a team medal, gold at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, the Canadian Show Jumping Team once again stood on the podium. Mac Cone of King City, ON, Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Ian Millar of Perth, ON, completed the Team Final with a total score of 20 faults, as did the United States, to force a jump-off for the Gold Medal.
In the jump-off, all three American riders posted clear rounds while Canada had to count a four fault score from Henselwood, giving the United States the Team Gold and Canada the Team Silver. Norway earned the Team Bronze with a score of 27 faults.
Canada came into the second round of the Team Final on Monday tied for fourth place with 16 faults. Unfortunately, Cone’s horse, Ole, was not fit to compete, meaning that Canada had to count all three scores from Henselwood, Lamaze and Millar. Henselwood, 45, and Special Ed, a 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Juniper Farms, opened strong for Canada by delivering a clear round.