Jordan Macpherson, 29, enjoyed a win in front of her hometown crowd after a tight race for top honours in the 2018 National 1.40m Junior/Amateur Jumping Championship, presented by Dominion Regalia, on Nov. 4, 2018 at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON.

“The Royal is always such a great event, and it’s always great to win, but it’s even better when you win at The Royal,” said Macpherson, who took the title aboard Fiestamunde, an eight-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare owned by Sved Stables. Together they accumulated 11 points across the three classes of the division.
Susan Horn, 34, of Bolton, ON finished just one point behind to earn the Reserve Champion title on 10 points aboard Egano van het Slogenhof (Electro x Nagano), a 14-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by Kingsfield Farm.
Macpherson first took to the Coca-Cola Coliseum on Nov. 3 for the $2,500 Junior/Amateur 1.40m Welcome Stake, which featured a strong field of 19 horse-rider combinations. Course Designer, Alan Wade (FEI Level 4) of Ireland expertly eased the competitors into The Royal atmosphere with a straight-forward track that saw 13 advance into the jump-off.

The second rider to contest the jump-off, Macpherson put in a quick time of 33.91 seconds, but had a rail at the first element of a double combination for four faults and eighth place. Only three riders went clear in the jump-off, and ultimately Chanelle Sjolander, 21, of Oakville, ON won on a time of 30.91 seconds with Cuenta Atras (Clearway x Lesotho), her nine-year-old Holsteiner gelding. Horn ended the first day of competition in fourth place after a lightning quick jump-off where she took daring turns and sliced angles to the jumps with Egano van het Slogenhof. Despite achieving the fastest time of 26.96 seconds, Horn lowered the second fence on course to add four faults to her score.

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