11 November '24
Tiffany Foster and Electrique van het Cauterhof Z score silver in the Toronto World Cup
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On European soil, there was a Longines FEI Jumping World Cup on the programme yesterday at the Fieracavalli show in Verona, Italy, but the North American League has also been jumping for World Cup points again in recent days. The setting this time was the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada, where the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup on Saturday evening saw Canadian rider Tiffany Foster and her chestnut mare Electrique van het Cauterhof Z in the lead.
A total of 20 combinations appeared at the start of this third World Cup stage of the season on Saturday evening, and of these, five managed to clear the challenging basic round designed by US track builder Oscar Soberon and his team. One of those five, then, was Tiffany Foster and her 10-year-old chestnut mare Electrique, a daughter of Emerald van 't Ruytershof and Voltaire who was born Electrique van het Cauterhof Z at breeder Spiessens & Co BVBA. Foster and Electrique van het Cauterhof Z had the advantage in that five-strong jump-off of being the very last combination to reappear in the ring and also looked to be well on their way to writing this World Cup round on their record. Indeed, with a fantastic finishing time of 32.81 seconds, they were almost two full seconds faster than the competition, but a jumping fault on the last obstacle prevented them from victory and meant they had to be satisfied with silver.
Tiffany Foster: "Sometimes I ride too slow, so this time I tried to go as fast as possible. The only part of the jump-off I could see was the turn Alex (Matz - the eventual winner) made to the last obstacle. I tried to match that one, but I just didn't manage to do it well enough so I got a fault."
On Thursday afternoon a 1.50m class was on the programme in Toronto for the CSI5* competition and in it the integral podium was taken by Zangersheide horses. Thus victory went to British rider Jessica Mendoza and her 12-year-old gelding I-Cap Cl Z, a son of I'M Special de Muze and Air Jordan Z bred in Belgium by Alexander Liefsoens. In a jump-off for which only three combinations managed to qualify, Mendoza and I-Cap Cl Z came back into the ring as the first combination and with a clear round in 34.06 seconds they managed to outclass the competition.
But the other podium places in this 1.50m class also coloured blue and yellow with Israeli rider Daniel Bluman and the 10-year-old gelding Hummer Z, a son of Harley VDL and Hemmingway from the breeding farm of P.H.A.E. Bocken in the Netherlands, in2nd place. Bluman and Hummer Z, also good for 8th place in the 1.45m class the day before, also kept it neatly clear in the jump-off, but their time of 34.48 seconds was just not sharp enough to knock Mendoza and I-Cap Cl Z off the throne.
3rd place on the podium was then taken by Canadian rider Sean Jobin and the 12-year-old grey gelding Coquelicot vh Heuvelland Z, a son of Catoki and Cassini II bred by Frans Nollet. In that jump-off, they too were again unblemished, but needed 35.13 seconds to complete their decisive round. The following days Jobin and Coquelicot vh Heuvelland Z confirmed their good form with another 3rd place in the 1.50m class on Friday and an 8th place in the 1.40m speed & handiness class on Saturday.
Besides the CSI5* competition, Toronto also saw two-star level jumping and during the CSI2* Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon, American rider Kristen Vanderveen managed to jump to a top ranking with the 9-year-old grey stallion Bull Run's Celestial, a son of Cicero Z and Numero Uno who was born as Cilestro Z at breeder Ruisbroek Farms in the Netherlands. In a jump-off for which five combinations also managed to qualify, Vanderveen and Bull Run's Celestial secured2nd place, where they came 26 hundredths of a second short of victory with a clear round in 34.88 seconds.