Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster piloted her newest partner Jambo to a win in the $10,000 Winning Round 1.35m at Thunderbird Show Park’s Harvest Festival on Saturday in a time of 42.32 seconds..
Just six tenths of a second separated the top three finishers. Guillaume Henaut (BEL) and Liverpool took second in 42.92, while Megan Garcia (USA) and Constable finished third in 42.96.
The win is all the more impressive considering the pair’s short time together.
“I just got him this summer,” Foster said. “He’s owned by Kent Farrington, he sent him to me as a young horse to start developing. He is only 7 years old, so we’ve been just working together. He needs to get a little more trained, but he’s doing really well.”
The winning round format sees the top 10 return for the second round on clean slate, in reverse order of their first round results. Foster and Jambo incurred 8 faults in round one, but applied their learnings to improve over the short course. Using Jambo’s natural ability and ground-covering stride to their advantage, they were quick and clear to capture the win.
“He has a really big stride, so I was able to kind of use that from [fence] one to two,” Foster explained. “And he’s pretty good at picking up the first distance, so he was really good to the last jump too, even though he didn’t really see it. He followed my lead very well there.”
Beyond his athletic gifts, Foster is quick to praise Jambo’s temperament—a quality she believes may be his greatest asset.
“He is the kindest, sweetest, most fun and gentle horse,” she said. “I think his character is one of his best attributes.”
Show jumping continues Sunday at the Harvest Festival with the final international competition of the tbird season slated for next week’s BCHJA Fall Finale. Tickets are available at tbird.ca/tickets.
$10,000 Winning Round 1.35m Top 10
| Rank | Horse | Rider | Nation | Owner | Faults | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAMBO | TIFFANY FOSTER | CAN | KENT FARRINGTON LLC | 8 / 0 | 42.32 |
| 2 | LIVERPOOL | GUILLAUME HENAUT | BEL | GRAHAM WILLIAMSON | 4 / 0 | 42.92 |
| 3 | CONSTABLE | MEGAN GARCIA | USA | MEGAN GARCIA | 2 / 0 | 42.96 |
| 4 | BONNAROO Z | ASHLEY PAPALIA | CAN | ARTISAN FARMS , LLC | 3 / 0 | 46.41 |
| 5 | MARTINI Z | JAMES MCDONALD | CAN | DIANA MCDONALD | 11 / 0 | 46.54 |
| 6 | BUCKLE UP | AYLA MARTINOFF | CAN | SAMANTHA BUIRS-DARVILL | 8 / 0 | 47.41 |
| 7 | GREGORY TAG Z | RYLAN DAVIS | USA | THE G GROUP | 4 / 4 | 43.55 |
| 8 | CONSALL C | CHRISTOPHER FELLERS | USA | KERRI GROSSLIGHT | 4 / 4 | 43.81 |
| 9 | TRUE DIAMANT | SAMANTHA BUIRS-DARVILL | CAN | BRYONY REID | 5 / 4 | 47.89 |
| 10 | MULAN BF | JUSTIN PRATHER | CAN | BRADON EQUESTRIAN LTD | 8 / 8 | 46.57 |
Photo credit: Kady Dane Photography
