Eric Lamaze almost back in the saddle

Eric Lamaze (right) gives a class description to the audience amongst Alban Poudret at CSI5*-W Geneva, Switzerland. © Revolution Sports

Canada’s Eric Lamaze made his starting fourth dimension contest appearance inward 3 months at the CSI5*-W Geneva International Horse Show, only inward the capacity of commentator, non competitor.

Lamaze, the 2008 Olympic Show Jumping Champion together with erstwhile pose out 1 inward the Rolex Rider Rankings, began a brusk hiatus from contest next the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows “Masters” tournament inward Calgary, Canada, inward September.  While Lamaze volition non render to contest until the 2013 Winter Equestrian Festival inward Wellington, Florida, he travelled to Geneva to back upwardly the competition, held Dec 6 to 9, together with its sponsor, Rolex.

Before both rounds of the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final, Lamaze provided the large audience amongst a class description, giving them an insider’s expect at the challenges together with questions posed past times Swiss class designer Rolf Ludi inward the Palexpo Arena.  Lamaze also conducted a class assessment for the media earlier the effect on behalf of Rolex.

On Sunday, Lamaze provided boob tube commentary of the Rolex World Cup Grand Prix, the 6th leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping series, for French broadcast outlet, Equidia.  It is a sideline Lamaze has come upwardly to enjoy, having commentated for other international exhibit jumping events, including calling the $1 1 1000 1000 CN International at Spruce Meadows on September nine for Canada’s CBC Sports.

The trip to Geneva also gave Lamaze an chance to picket Pilar Cordon of Espana compete amongst Coriana van Klapscheut, the Equus caballus who carried him to minute house inward the 2011 edition of the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final.  Cordon has ridden the 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned past times Artisan Farms inward the past times when Lamaze has had scheduling conflicts, together with took over the ride for the European indoor circuit when Lamaze announced his break.

“It was actually fun to hold upwardly there, together with I was happy to hold upwardly able to produce a lot for the show,” said Lamaze, noting that Geneva is 1 of his favourite shows on the European circuit.  “It was overnice to encounter all my friends from Rolex together with from the European circuit, together with beingness inward Geneva also gave me a peril to picket Coriana beingness ridden past times Pilar.  I was really pleased amongst how the Equus caballus is jumping.

“I’m dorsum riding in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than myself, together with looking forwards to the 2013 flavor where we’ll concentrate on making upwardly a novel string of immature horses.”

Lamaze volition hold upwardly riding 2 novel horses, Rosana du Park, a 2005 bay selle francais mare (Kannan x Quinine de Livoye) together with Big Smile, a 2006 grayness Westphalian mare (Cartano x Hors de la Loi II).  Both horses were bought past times the Ziegler family’s Artisan Farms together with arrived inward Wellington, Florida, inward mid-November.

Lamaze, who divides his fourth dimension betwixt Kingdom of Belgium together with Florida, volition render to contest at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival running Jan nine through March 31 inward Wellington, Florida.  Despite having non competed for the past times 3 months, Lamaze is nonetheless ranked amidst the overstep xxx inward the electrical flow Rolex Riders Rankings.

 

 

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