We have one major games done now, and for the next one I think she’ll be really ready.”Ī long-time resident of New York with his wife and daughter, Deslauriers spent eight years competing for the stars and stripes before rejoining the Canadian Show Jumping Team in 2017. She held her composure today and she just loped around in there. “I’m feeling very good about that round,” said Deslauriers, a two-time Canadian Olympian with roots in Bromont, QC who still holds the record as the youngest rider to win the FEI World Cup Final at 19 years old. He added one time fault for going slightly over the time allowed of 82 seconds for a total of five faults. Like many other riders throughout the day, Deslauriers only lowered the infamous Longines plank. However, in the Team Final, Deslauriers was able to wrap up WEG 2018 on a high note. At just nine years old, Bardolina 2 is among the youngest horses in the jumping competition, and her greenness was evident in the first two rounds. One of the trickiest components of the course proved to be a skinny Longines plank vertical placed directly after the triple combination, and set at a distance that asked riders to choose between five short or four long strides.ĭeslauriers, 53, was Canada’s top performer of the day aboard his up-and-coming partner, Bardolina 2 (Clarimo x Landos), a Holsteiner mare owned by Wishing Well Farm LLC. The Team Final was no exception, with 14 jumps brought up to 17 efforts through double and triple combinations. The word of the week for the jumping tracks set by FEI 4* Course Designer, Alan Wade of Ireland was ‘technical’ with athletes praising the courses for being worthy of a world championship. Germany took the bronze position on the podium with a score of 22.09. In a nail-biting finale that saw both teams stay on an equality of faults, the United States won gold for their home crowd after the combined time of their four jump-off rounds proved faster than Sweden. 20 to earn a spot in the Team Final, Canadian Show Jumping Team members, Erynn Ballard of Tottenham, ON, Kara Chad of Millarville, AB, Mario Deslauriers of New York, NY and Eric Lamaze of Wellington, FL earned a team total of 65.89 penalties across three tough rounds of competition against a starting field of 25 teams.įollowing the third round, the United States and Sweden were tied for the lead on 20.59 penalties, resulting in a jump-off. 21, 2018.Īfter a hard-fought qualification on Sept. The Canadian Show Jumping Team closed out the Team Final in 10th place at the FEI World Equestrian Games ™ Tryon 2018 (WEG) in Mill Spring, NC on Sept.
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