In partnership with Mark and Tara Rein, Lamaze has purchased Dieu Merci van T&L, an 11-year-old Belgian Sport Horse stallion (Toulon x Corrado I), as his Tokyo Olympic prospect. Lamaze had originally brokered the sale of the horse at the end of 2019 to Chris and Thea Stinettโ€™s Heathman Farm LLC of the United States as a top mount for their rider, Irelandโ€™s Cormac Hanley. When Heathman Farm and Hanley parted ways this spring, Stinett asked Lamaze to take the horse back to Europe to sell.

โ€œAfter the horse came to me in Europe, the more I rode it the more I got an incredible feel from it and wanted to find a way to keep it,โ€ explained Lamaze. โ€œOnce again, I thank Mark and Tara Rein for partnering with me to secure this horse for Canada. As fellow Canadians, it is super exciting for them to have a horse that could potentially represent Canada at next yearโ€™s Olympic Games.โ€

Dieu Merci van T&L was bred in Belgium by Luc Tilleman and has been lightly campaigned at the five-star level.

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