91原创鈥檚 Tiffany Foster had two unlucky rounds on Saturday, March 2, as the Canadian show jumping team finished second in the $150,000 Nations Cup in Wellington, Florida.
Riding Northern Light, a 13-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare owned by Foster and Artisan Farms, the Pan Am silver medalist and two-time Olympian had two rounds with eight faults each that became the team鈥檚 drop scores of the night, not counted.
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In an interview live-streamed by the Wellington International venue, Foster described the course as 鈥渜uite technical, quite difficult.鈥�
鈥淚 thought it was actually a great course for a Nation鈥檚 Cup,鈥� Foster said.
鈥淚t kind of nicely eases you into it and then the end of the course has quite a bit of bulk to it.鈥�
Asked about the dropped poles, Foster explained 鈥渕y horse has a little bit of a right drift, so I was worried when I was coming out of the triple that I鈥檇 get on the inside track and be a little too close to the front pole.鈥�
鈥淎nd my horse listened a little too well, and we ended up off to the left,鈥漵he laughed.
鈥淚 kind of put that on me.鈥�
Canadian Chef d鈥橢quipe Ian Millar called it 鈥渁 particularly hard fought Nations Cup.鈥�
鈥淚 am so proud of our four riders, they never gave up, right to the end and they worked very well together as a team,鈥� Millar said. 鈥淭hey made all of Canada proud.鈥�
It was a CSIO4* (Concours de Saut International Officiel 4) event under the rules of the FEI (F茅d茅ration 脡questre Internationale) with the second highest payouts and a requirement that horses must be seven years old.
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Next for Team Canada was Erynn Ballard of Tottenham, ON, aboard Libido Van鈥橳 Hofken who posted just four faults in round one followed by a picture perfect clear second round - the only one under the lights.
Veteran of the team, Olympian and also recent silver medalist from the 2023 Santiago Pan American Games, Beth Underhill, of Mulmur, ON, delivered another strong first round aboard her mount Nikka VD Bisschop. They dropped just one element ended the round on 4 faults. The second round under the lights proved slightly unlucky for the pair, ending with 8 faults.
Anchoring the team was Olympian and fellow Pan Am silver medalist Amy Millar of Perth, ON, aboard Truman. The pair delivered an expertly ridden clear first round and followed it up with a mere four-fault performance in the second to finish the team on a total overall score of 20 faults.
Ireland, with a very strong first round held to a total of 10 faults to secure the win, Canada was second with 20 faults, and the USA rounded out the podium in third place with 24. Great Britain was fourth with 25 faults and Brazil in fifth with 29.
