A record crowd of 89,632 came out to watch the last day of jumping at the 2011 Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament. It was the richest day of show jumping on the FEI calendar. The one million dollar CN International got underway with 35 horse/rider combinations competing for the top 12 spots to advance to the […]
Spruce Meadows Masters
Olympic Champions Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Hickstead won the $1 million CN International for the second time in their career on Sunday, September 11, at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament in Calgary, AB. An international field of 35 horses tackled the tough two round track set by Olympic mastermind Leopoldo Palacios of […]
Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, continued his impressive run of victories by winning the $80,000 Suncor Energy Winning Round and guiding his student, 16-year-old Caitlin Ziegler, to second place on Saturday, September 10, at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament in Calgary, AB. A total of 27 riders entered the International Ring to […]
Team France has won the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup today at the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament. In front of a record crowd of 79,489, over 10,000 more than last year, Team France jumped in championship form to win one of the richest Nations’ Cup events in the World. Only four jumping faults separated France and […]
A record Friday crowd of 59,765 was treated to top championship sport in the Mercedes-Benz Evening of the Horse, Friday at Spruce Meadows. In the $100,000 Encana Cup, Lauren Hough of the United States scored her first victory with her 9 year old mare Blue Angel in a 3 horse jump-off featuring Kamal Bahamdan (KSA) […]
Forty-one entries took on the ATCO Structures & Logistics Cup course designed by world respected Venezuelan course designer, Leopoldo Palacios. Of the 11 clears in the first round, 10 returned to jump-off the placings. Eric Lamaze (CAN), fresh off his success yesterday with Hickstead, rode the 9-year-old speed specialist, Coriana van Klapscheut, to the win. […]
It is clear that number one FEI Rolex World Ranking rider, Eric Lamaze (CAN), and his 15 year old stallion Hickstead like the International Ring at Spruce Meadows. They experienced great success during the Spruce Meadows Summer Tour and that success continued on the first day of the Spruce Meadows “Masters” Tournament. In the Finning […]
John Anderson, Jonathan Asselin, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar will represent the Canadian Show Jumping Team in the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup held Saturday, September 10, at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, AB. Anderson, 44, of Calgary, AB, will ride Terrific, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare owned by Foxdale Farm Inc. Asselin, […]