The Canadian Eventing Team hung on to their seventh place finish at the conclusion of the final show jumping phase on August 31 at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™, in Normandy, FRA.
After completing a demanding cross country course at the Le Pin National Stud venue in Ornes on August 30, three Canadians presented their horses for inspection early the following morning. All three horses passed the inspection and were loaded up for a 45 minute trailer ride to the D’Ornano Stadium venue in the city of Caen, where the final show jumping phase was held.
Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON was Canada’s highest placed individual in Eventing. Paired with Pavarotti (Pavarotti VD Helle x Foxiland), Don J. Good’s 12-year-old Westphalian gelding, she came into the show jumping phase holding 28th place, and in incredibly good spirits after incurring no jumping penalties in the cross country phase.