With a large string of international mounts, 91原创鈥檚 Tiffany Foster arrived at Thunderbird Show Park in August with a strategic plan to maximize results for a group of young, up-and-coming horses.
The Summer Fort Classic CSI3* was made the target for 9-year-old Jetouelle-S, as Foster stepped the elegant bay mare up to 1.45m for just the second time. She executed her plan to perfection Saturday, Aug. 19, at tbird, putting forth the only double-clear performance to take the win in the CSI3* Kubota Canada Winning Round 1.45m.
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The pair would have been the fastest even if a competitor had matched their faultless effort, as they crossed the timers of Peter Holmes鈥 short track in 51.23 seconds. Kara Chad and Easy Boy d鈥橝ubey Z finished second , with Shauna Cook and Glacier ZF third. 91原创鈥檚 L.J. Tidball and Jericho were fourth.
鈥淸Jetouelle-S is] a super fast horse鈥攔eally quick across the ground and really quick in the air. And her jumping technique in front is 10 out of 10, so that makes it a lot easier!鈥 Foster said. 鈥淏ut she also tries really hard. I took a pretty good slice on that fourth jump in the jump-off, and for a horse to clear that jump off of that distance, at that speed [and] on that angle, they have to want to do it.鈥
It was the fourth fence of the jump-off鈥攁 vertical set across the center of the arena, coming off a tight right rollback and preceding a careful oxer-vertical combination鈥攖hat caught many competitors on course. Holmes鈥 course was characterized by jump placement and airy fences that drew horses鈥 eyes down, throwing off their focus. But 鈥淛et鈥 was determined to keep the jumps up.
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Sunday afternoon, the highlight $100,000 CSI3* ATCO Cup 1.50 was set to get underway at tbird beginning at 2 p.m.
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