Canadian showjumper Zucarlos dies at 32

Zucarlos too Jay Hayes

Canadian Olympic exhibit jumping Equus caballus Zucarlos has died at the historic catamenia of 32.

Zucarlos, who was Jay Hayes’ mountain for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, died on June 10.

Equine Canada President Michael Gallagher said the arrangement recognised the valuable contributions to the sport that Zucarlos had made over the years.

“He was really 1 of the nearly memorable horses to ever stand upward for Canada, too many see him a truthful icon of our sport.

“Like a truthful champion, Zucarlos retired from contest alongside grace to bask a fabulous retirement alongside the Hayes family. Our heartfelt condolences are extended to the Hayes family.”

A large syndicate position together past times Don Wood, Dr Ken Peterson (who after became CET Chairman), too his married adult woman Dr Gillian Peterson bought Zucarlos equally a 4 yr former inwards 1985. He became a plough over international exhibit jumper too breeding stallion at the Hayes’ North Ridge farm, directly located inwards Orangeville, Ontario.

Only iii riders ever competed alongside the spirited stallion; Jay Hayes for his entire career, Olympic Gold Medalist Eric Lamaze (who worked for too trained alongside Jay when Zucarlos was younger), too Lauren Hayes, who rode him briefly equally her starting fourth dimension junior jumper earlier he enjoyed a total retirement.

A really modern, athletic, balanced, too careful horse, Zucarlos was total of scope, too ever a crowd favourite alongside his trademark bucking.

“There are also many stories to tell, but 1 is at the Barcelona Olympics where in that location was a long approach to the starting fourth dimension ground of the lastly private qualifier. He started his bucking too did thence all the agency to the starting fourth dimension fence! The Castilian crowd loved it too started chanting ‘Olé’ inwards beat to his bucking! He kept his focus; but he loved it,” reminisced Jay.

Although a pocket-size horse, Zucarlos competed fiercely against the best, including the legendary Big Ben. Even alongside the bucking too his stature, he was an accomplished Equus caballus who competed inwards too won many grand prix classes. He was a potent fellow member of fifteen nations loving cup teams, competed at the 1989 Tampa World Cup Finals, the 1990 Stockholm World Championships, too helped Jay travel the top-placed Canadian at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Zucarlos also finished inside the plough over iii inwards 10 basis loving cup qualifiers betwixt 1988 too 1991, too was mo inwards the 1992 Canadian Championships.

As a breeding stallion, Zucarlos produced roughly champions, but never fully threw himself too didn’t cross good alongside the pop Thoroughbreds of the time. In 2012, he sired a promising colt, Zarco, out of Revival (sired past times Darco) whose dam is Jay’s electrical flow grand prix mount, Riva (who inwards plough is out of Jay’s 2000 Sydney Olympic mount, Diva). “It’s prissy to travel on it all inwards the household unit of measurement – nosotros can’t hold back to come across what comes of Zarco,” said Shawn Hayes, Jay’s married adult woman of 33 years.

Zucarlos enjoyed his retirement at North Ridge, where he spent his days exterior alongside his dearest friend Emmanuelle, too kept a sentinel over the comings too goings of day-to-day life.

“In his retirement he was even thence inwards charge. If he wanted inwards or out, that happened correct away. He welcomed anyone who came close alongside his famous nicker. He loved existence retired too nosotros were all happy he was able to bask the repose of his days alongside us inwards Orangeville. He volition live missed, but the memories too the stories are even thence slap-up ones to share. We await frontwards to honouring him at our event, the Orangeville International CSI2*, inwards August,” Jay said.

“I’ve never earlier too then or since been on a horse’s dorsum where I only knew everything was going to live fine inwards the ring. He was a rival on his ain too a truthful partner who did slap-up things for our sport, our country, too me,” Jay said.

“It’s comforting to know he volition even thence live on the farm overlooking the preparation ring.”

 

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