Team_Cavalor_Wins_Nations___Cup___web_1_.JPGBlainville, Québec – Team Cavalor won the inaugural Nations’ Cup held Sunday, July 12, at the Classique Internationale Blainville horse show in Blainville, QC.

The unique and fun $5,000 Nations’ Cup, open to amateur riders only, saw a total of nine teams competing over a 1.10m course. Held prior to the day’s featured event, the $40,000 Grand Prix Jumping Quebec, the Nations’ Cup attracted a lot of attention in the grand prix ring. Each team was comprised of three riders, who each jumped two rounds. After the team’s six rounds had been completed, the worst score was dropped from the total.

Team Cavalor was comprised of Kaila Robert, 16, of St. Bruno, QC, Karyne Lord, 28, of Mirabel, QC, and Gabrielle Pelchat, 15, of Lorraine, QC. Robert, as the team’s lead-off rider, posted two clear rounds riding Reality’s Heartbreaker, a 15-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by Ecuries la Montee. Pelchat jumped clear in the first round, and then incurred four faults in the second round aboard her own Sunny B. Lord posted scores of five and nine, providing the drop score. When the final scores were tabulated, Team Cavalor had earned the victory with a total score of nine faults.

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