The Canadian Show Jumping Team consisting of Ben Asselin (Calgary, AB) riding Attaché Stables’ Makavoy, a 10-year-old Selle Francaise mare, Angela Covert (St. Lazare, QC) riding Eastwood Group’s Utan, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Kelly Koss-Brix (Calgary, AB) and Linda Southern-Heathcott’s Chalocorada, an 11-year-old Holstein mare and Chris Sorensen (Caledon, ON) riding Britland Hughes and Christian Sorensen’s Bobby, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, finished 5th on their combined team score in Canada’s début at the CSIO4*-W Best Jump 2013 held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Finishing in first place was Brazil, with Venezuela collecting second place honors and USA and Argentina tying for third place.

In round one, lead off rider, Asselin and Makavoy took a single rail earning four faults over Guilherme Jorge’s 1.50m course that saw 12 obstacles with 15 jumping efforts. Their second round proved to be the fastest track of the day but their second rail saw the pair finish with a total of eight faults.

Sorensen and Bobby finished on 17 faults total for both rounds, 12 faults in round one and improving to 5 faults in round two. While Covert and her horse Utan; the last Canadian athletes into the ring, finished on 13 faults after piloting one of only two clear performances in round one. Koss-Brix had a rough go in her first appearance on the Canadian Show Jumping team closing out her tour with 13 and 16 faults respectively.

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