Spruce Meadows National, Wednesday: Lamaze Hits Stride

Source: SM News Release

Lamaze Hits Stride

(Calgary, AB:) Of the forty-five starters in the Enbridge Cup, on opening night of the Spruce Meadows “National”, thirteen moved forward to the Jump off. Eric Lamaze (CAN) showed again why he is ranked number one in the current Rolex World Rankings. After the win, Lamaze commented that his mare, a 9 year-old Belgian Warmblood, Coriana van Klapscheut is “fast becoming my 1.50m specialist. This was her 5^th international win but her first on North American soil."

While she has competed in the 1.60m with success, she seems to have found her niche in the 1.50m at Spruce Meadows. Coriana van Klapscheut and Lamaze were almost a second faster than speedster Richard Spooner (USA) and his Holstein mare Lady Like. Samantha Buirs, a young rider from Langley, BC placed third on her Dutch Warmblood mare, Total Touch.

Enbridge Cup - Top 10
1	Eric Lamze	CAN	Coriana Van Klapschuet
2	Richard Spooner	USA	Lady Like
3	Samantha Buirs	CAN	Total Touch
4	Ian Millar	CAN	Star Power
5	Jenna Thompson	CAN	Zeke
6	Michael Whitaker	GBR	Simon II
7	Eric Lamaze	CAN	Sidoline Van De Centaur
8	Leslie Howard	USA	Utah
9	Richard Spooner	USA	Billy Bianca 1
10	Angela Covert	CAN	Utan

In the opening event of the Spruce Meadows Canadian Championship, the ATB Financial Cup, American Kent Farrington edged out Eric Lamaze and British great Michael Whitaker to earn his first major win at Spruce Meadows. "Knowing that the world’s best, Eric Lamaze, was still to come in the jump off I decided to for it," said Farrington after the win. The decision paid off aboard his 10 year-old Dutch gelding, Uceko.

ATB Financial Cup -Top 10
1	Kent Farrington	USA	Uceko
2	Michael Whitaker	GBR	Viking
3	Mark Armstrong	GBR	Thesaura
4	Eric Lamaze	CAN	Hickstead
5	John Pearce	CAN	Chianto
6	Eric Lamaze	CAN	Atlete Van T Heike
7	Karl Cook	USA	ABS Conquistador
8	Leslie Howard	USA	Lennox Lewis 2
9	Kirsten Coe	USA	Tristan
10	Mario Deslauriers	USA	Urico