The third event in the western region of the 2010 Jump Canada Young Horse Series took place during the Heart of the Continent Horse Show held August 4 to 8 in Winnipeg, MB. The venue, the Red River Exhibition Show Grounds, is familiar to Canadian show jumping fans, as it played host to the show jumping competition for the1999 Pan American Games where Canada earned the team bronze medal and Ian Millar, riding Ivar, claimed individual gold.

The show jumping legacy continues at Red River with the annual Heart of the Continent Horse Show, which hosted the Jump Canada Young Horse Series for the first time. The winner of the Six-Year-Old Division was Eric Martin aboard Kumano, a dark brown Oldenburg stallion owned by Jan Ash-Gross of Oakbank, MB. Bred in Germany, Kumano is by Kannan and out of a LandJunge mare.

“I was very pleased with the way the colt jumped; he was double clear,” said Martin of the stallion that he has been riding for just under a year. “In fact, he did not have a rail all week. He is the sweetest horse; you would never know he is a stallion, he has such a great temperament!”

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