Ottawa, ON—The owners of the Canadian Show Jumping Team horses who along with their riders won the Team silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics have been recognized as the 2008 Jump Canada Owners of the Year.
Recipients of 2008 Jump Canada Owners of the Year
Owner Horse Rider
Juniper Farms Special Ed Jill Henselwood
Sara Houstoun and Larry Evoy Ole Mac Cone
Susan Grange and Lothlorien Farm In Style Ian Millar
Torrey Pines and Ashland Stables Hickstead Eric Lamaze
The Canadian Show Jumping Team claimed the Silver Medal on Monday, August 18, at the Olympic Games. Equestrian events were held at the Sha Tin equestrian venue in 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.
“We are delighted to be able to honour our team horse owners with this very special award,” remarked the Chair of Jump Canada, Elizabeth Bordeaux. “Without their vision and generosity, we could not have achieved the wonderful results that we saw at the 2008 Olympics.”
A Waterford crystal bowl and a Jump Canada Award were presented in a special ceremony prior to the start of the $100,000 CN World Cup Grand Prix at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON, on November 5, in recognition of the 2008 Olympic Show Jumping Team owners’ contribution to the success of Canadian show jumping team in 2008.
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