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Jump Canada Announces Nations’ Cup Team for Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’

August 19, 2005

Jump Canada Announces Nations’ Cup Team for Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’. Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley

Ottawa, Ontario --- Jump Canada has announced the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament to be held September 7-11, 2005, in Calgary, AB.

Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, Ian Millar of Perth, ON, and Chris Pratt of Belfountain, ON, are the four riders chosen to represent Canada in the prestigious $300,000 BMO Financial Nations’ Cup on Saturday, September 10, 2005.

An eight-time Olympian, Millar will lead the team. He has had a strong 2005 season, including his recent win in the $100,000 World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix in Palgrave, ON, riding his Athens Olympic mount, Promise Me. For the Nations’ Cup, Millar will have the choice between Promise Me, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by The Baker’s Dozen, and In Style, Lothlorien Farms’ 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding.

Henselwood has been consistently at the top of the Canadian show jumping ranks this year and represented Canada at the 2005 World Cup Final riding Special Ed. The 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Juniper Farms will be Henselwood’s mount for the Nations’ Cup.

A three-time Canadian Show Jumping Champion, Lamaze claimed victory in the $75,000 Zada LLC Masters Cup in Wellington, FL, aboard Tempete V/H Lindehof before representing Canada at the 2005 World Cup Final. For the Nations’ Cup, Lamaze will choose between Tempete V/H Lindehof, a nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by Ashland Stables Inc., and Hickstead, a nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion owned by Torrey Pines Stable and Ashland Stables Inc.

Pratt will make his Nations’ Cup debut in style at Spruce Meadows. He has enjoyed a successful season, winning Canada’s most recent World Cup Qualifier in Collingwood, ON, aboard Rivendell, a 10-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Lothlorien Farms.

A Nations’ Cup is the only competition in show jumping where riders, competing in teams of four for their country, vie for top honours against other nations. Canada will challenge teams from Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States for victory over the two-round competition where the top three scores from each team are counted towards the final result.

The $300,000 BMO Financial Group Nations’ Cup will enjoy same-day television coverage, airing on CBC at 7:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, September 10.

Jump Canada is a committee of Equine Canada responsible for all hunter, hunter equitation and jumper activities in Canada from the grass roots to the international level. Jump Canada is governed by a board of directors, the majority of whom are elected by the stakeholders in the sport. For more information regarding Jump Canada programs and activities, visit www.jumpcanada.ca.

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