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you're listening to an article from horse sport.com. canada ties for 2nd in bmo nations’ cup. ottawa, on – the canadian show jumping team, comprised of jonathan asselin of calgary, ab, jill henselwood of oxford mills, on, eric lamaze of schomberg, on, and ian millar of perth, on, tied for second in the $350,000 bmo nations’ cup held september 6 at the csio spruce meadows ‘masters’ tournament in calgary, ab. the richest team show jumping event in the world, the 2008 edition of the nations’ cup saw nine teams competing – canada, germany, great britain, italy, ireland, the netherlands, norway, switzerland, and the united states. at the end of the first round, counting the best three of four scores from each team, germany was in the early lead with a perfect score of zero faults while switzerland, the united states and canada were in a three-way tie for second position with four faults. the netherlands was in fifth position with eight faults and great britain had 12 faults for sixth spot. as only the top six teams move forward to the second round, ireland, italy and norway failed to advance. advertisement scroll to continue with content canada’s first round score included clear rounds from olympic individual gold medalist lamaze and his silver medal teammate, millar. henselwood, who was also a member of canada’s silver medal team, had four faults. asselin’s eight-fault round provided the drop score. in the second round henselwood and the 14-year-old oldenburg gelding special ed, owned by juniper farms, provided the drop score with 12 faults. asselin and attache stables’ nine-year-old hannoverian mare, rayana chiara, had only a foot in the water for four faults. when lamaze riding hickstead, a 12-year-old dutch warmblood stallion owned by ashland stables and torrey pines, and millar riding in style, a 13-year-old holsteiner gelding owned by susan grange, both jumped their second clear rounds of the day, they helped canada secure its second place finish. with a two-round total of eight faults, canada tied for second with germany and the netherlands. “it is a great responsibility riding in front of our home crowd,” noted millar, who rode as the canadian team anchor. “we wanted it so bad for the team and for the country.”. bmo nations’ cup top 6 of 9 teams – 1- usa – 4 faults chef d’equipe george morris lauren hough – quick study todd minikus – pavarotti richard spooner – cristallo rich fellers – flexible 2- ned – 8 faults chef d’equipe rob ehrens piet raymakers – van schijndel’s curtis leon thijssen – olaf harrie smolders – walnut de muze gerco schroder – eurocommerce milano 2- can – 8 faults chef d’equipe terrance millar jill henselwood – special ed jonathan asselin – rayana chiara eric lamazen – hickstead ian millar – in style 2- ger – 8 faults chef d’equipe ulrich meyer zu bexten holger wulschner – claussen thomas muehlbauer – asti spumante 7 markus ehning – plot bue alois polmann-schweckhorst – lord luis 5- gbr – 12 faults chef d’equipe michael mac william funnell – mondriaan tim gredley – omelli ben maher – robin hood w robert smith – vangelis s 6- swi – 20 faults chef d’equipe dr. stephane montavon pius schwizer – unique x ch jane richard – jalla de gaverie daniel etter – peu a peu theo muff – con spirito r.
Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Show Jumping Team, comprised of Jonathan Asselin of Calgary, AB, Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Ian Millar of Perth, ON, tied for second in the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup held September 6 at the CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, AB.