BIG WEEKEND FOR TIFFANY FOSTER IN WELLINGTON
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A FIRST FOR TIFFANY FOSTER IN NETJETS CSI4* GRAND PRIX
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Tiffany Foster and Northern Light triumphed in the $39,000 Zen Elite Equestrian Center CSI4* 1.50m. (Sportfot photo)
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Tiffany Foster and Battlecry winners of the $215,000 Netjets CSI4* Grand Prix (Sportfot photo)
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The 2024 Holiday Festival II CSI4* horse show, held at Wellington International from December 14- 17, concluded with a series of spectacular performances despite challenging weather conditions. The week began on Thursday with the $6,000 Bainbridge Companies Holiday Festival Opener. Aaron Vale (USA), aboard Iadermie R 4, clinched first place with a double clear round and a jump-off time of 29 seconds. Matt Williams (AUS) on Fayuri Awr, and Ashley Vogel (USA) on Bellissimo Z, secured second and third places, respectively, both bringing in double clears. Thursday’s events included the $50,000 CSI4* Grand Prix Qualifier sponsored by Omega Alpha. Kristen Vanderveen (USA) emerged victorious on Bull Run’s Hesed, followed closely by Nayel Nassar (EGY) on Jiminy Cricket and Margie Engle (USA) on Dicas.
Friday’s highlights were the $39,000 1.45m Speed Class, sponsored by Palm Beach Equine Clinic, and the $10,000 Bainbridge Companies 1.40 Stake. Tiffany Foster (CAN) aboard Brighton took the lead in the 1.45m Speed Class, with Simon McCarthy (IRL) and Aaron Vale (USA) following. Christina Kelly (IRL) won the 1.40m Stake on Fastday VDL, with Alannah Wagstaff (USA) and Tina Yates (USA) finishing second and third. Saturday’s conditions, marked by strong winds and rain, led to the rescheduling of the Grand Prix to ensure the safety of all horses, riders, staff and visitors. The $226,000 BrainJuice Holiday II CSI4* Grand Prix sponsored by BrainJava, built by Andy Christiansen, saw Aaron Vale (USA) taking the top spot on Carissimo 25 who is cared for by Vale’s long-term groom, Oscar Lugo. Schuyler Riley (USA) on Robin De Ponthual and Tiffany Foster (CAN) on Electrique completed the podium. The excitement continued into Sunday, which started with early morning showers before giving way to sunshine, creating ideal conditions for the $39,000 Zen Elite Equestrian Center CSI4* 1.50m. The competition was fierce with six pairs making it to the jump-off, but only the top three managed to post double clears. Tiffany Foster (CAN) delivered an outstanding performance on Northern Light, securing first place with a jump-off time of 35.44 seconds. Simon McCarthy (IRL), continuing his strong showing from the previous day, clinched second place aboard Gotcha with a time of 35.89 seconds. Thaisa Erwin (AUS) and Vanturo completed the top three with a commendable double clear and a jump-off time of 36.87 seconds. Click here to read more: horsesport.com/horse-news/big-weekend-for-tiffany-foster-in-wellington/ |
Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster climbed atop a ‘Saturday Night Lights’ podium at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) for the first time on January 28 during Week 3. Piloting Battlecry, Foster won the $215,000 NetJets CSI4* Grand Prix in front of a packed house at Wellington International. WEF hosts 12 weeks of FEI Competition at Wellington International and runs through March 31.
Over courses set by fellow Vancouver, BC, native Peter Grant, Foster bested a who’s who of show jumping from an original starting field of 46 and an eight-horse jump-off brimming with horse and rider talent. Battlecry, a 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding (Vigo d’Arsouilles STX x Latano) that Foster owns together with longtime sponsor Artisan Farms and Kent Farrington, put his massive stride to good use in Grant’s sweeping short course. They stopped the timers at 39.63 seconds as last to go. “I’m really happy to finally check this one off,” said Foster, who took over the ride on Battlecry while still competing in young horse classes as a seven-year-old. “It feels great because I have competed a lot here. My horse has a little bit of a right drift – just like every horse, he goes one way or the other – so, I thought the jump-off was actually going to suit him. “I knew I would be able to get the seven pretty easily up to the wall, and if you were able to take a run across the middle to that oxer and do the six into the double it required extreme athleticism on the horses part,” continued Foster, 39. “I have a lot of faith in my horse and I knew that that right drift would help me get there in that number. I also know that this horse seems to really love to run to the last jump. By the time I cleared that plank was clear, I knew I could take a rip at that last one and he was going to fly it.” The final podium hosted an all-female top three from three different nations with Brazil’s Luciana Lossio and her own 14-year old Lady Louise Jmen taking second, and Nina Mallevaey taking third for France aboard Cartier SR, and 12-year old Holsteiner gelding (Canturenter x San Patrignano Cassini) owned by The Rein Family. Lossio clocked in just off the pace at 40.07 seconds, while Mallevaey stopped the clock at an even closer 40.12 with less than a second separating the top five placings. Click here to read more; https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2024/01/29/a-first-for-battlecry-and-tiffany-foster-in-netjets-csi4-grand-prix/ |
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FOSTER AND ELECTRIQUE AMP UP FOR SCOTIABANK CUP WIN
“That was really exciting,” said Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster, after an electrifying jump off round in the CSI5* Scotiabank Cup 1.50m with the nine-year-old Zangersheide mare Electrique.“I haven’t ever really tapped into her full, full speed. And [Friday] I think I started to scratch the surface. I think this is a really, really fast mare.
“She covers the ground with so much speed and her stride length—you could see that first line, she walked down there and then she just carried. I could pick up that lick and I went the whole way and just stayed there.” Thirty-three starters came forward in the first round of the 1.50m class designed by Santiago Varela (ESP). Nine jumped clear to advance to the short track, but it was Foster, fourth to return, who set the time to beat. With Irish speed specialists Darragh Kenny, Conor Swail and Paul O’Shea still to come, the Canadian amped up the pace to the first and rode the current with Electrique to the last to stop the clock at 39.15 seconds. “I really wanted to just ride my round today and not really think again. I’m still in the little bit of building stages with this particular mare. I had a plan for what I wanted to do and I was going to kind of lay that down and let the chips fall where they may,” said Foster. When I came around the turn [to the first jump], I saw my distance quite far away and I knew that the nine [strides on the first line] was pretty forward, so I wanted to make sure I gave her a good shot at that first fence to make that nine work. “I felt like when I picked up that lick, she was right with me from before we went through the start timers. And she knew that it was going to be fast.” Click here to read more: horsenetwork.com/2023/07/foster-and-electrique-amp-up-for-scotiabank-cup-win/ |
Photo: Spruce Meadows Media/Mike Sturk
TIFFANY FOSTER AND BATTLECRY BEST IN THE CSI5* 1.55 JAYMAN BUILT CUP AT THE SPRUCE MEADOWS 'NORTH AMERICAN' 2023
The Jayman BUILT Cup (1.55m) was the final qualifier for Saturday’s $1,000,000 ATCO Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Spruce Meadows ‘North American’, presented by Rolex. The demanding track designed by FEI Course Designer Santiago Varela (ESP), covered 570m and 13 obstacles (16 jumping efforts) including a triple and double combination.
Eleven athletes passed all the first round tests and qualified for the jump off. Both Daniel Coyle (IRL) and Nayel Nassar (EGY) qualified two mounts, but Nassar elected to only jump off with one. Coyle was first into the jump off, and aboard his first mount, Ivory TCS (Falaise de Muze) posted a remarkably fast, clear round in a time of 41.23s. Competitors watching the round thought it was unbeatable but Tiffany Foster (CAN) riding the 9-year old Battlecry (Vigo d'Arsouilles) stuck to the plan and soared over the final fence in the jump off with a time of 40.67s. “I brought him (Battlecry) here as an eight year old last year, and it was so lovely. In the summer series, we were allowed to get up into this main (International) ring and I could feel that he liked it then. And he just loves this International ring at Spruce Meadows - and it’s a good ring to like.” - Tiffany Foster (CAN) on her winning horse Battlecry. Click here to read more: www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-and-Battlecry-best-in-the-CSI5-155m-Jayman-BUILT-Cup-at-Spruce-Meadows-North-American-2023.html |
CANADA NABS $150,000 CSIO4* NATIONS CUP AT WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL
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Dreams Come True for Tiffany Foster in the $414,300 Major League Show Jumping Grand Prix of Vancouver CSI 5*
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Photos: © Sportfot
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Photo: © Mackenzie Clark
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Wellington, Florida – The Canadian Show Jumping Team won the $150,000 FEI Nations’ Cup, presented by IDA Development, held on Saturday, March 4, during the CSIO4* Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. The win came as 10-time Canadian Olympian Ian Millar of Perth, ON, made his debut as the new Canadian Team chef d’equipe.
A total of 11 countries competed in the annual team event. Following the opening round of competition held in the afternoon, the top eight teams moved forward to compete under the lights in a second round of competition. The Canadian team comprised of Erynn Ballard, Mario Deslauriers, Tiffany Foster, and Beth Underhill were on a score of eight faults as the first round came to an end, as were Brazil and Ireland. Belgium sat at the top of the leaderboard with four faults. Click here to read more: https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/Nations-Cup-events/Canada-nabs-CSIO4-Nations-Cup-presented-by-IDA-Development-at-Wellington-International.html# |
Langley, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada -- It’s hard not to lead with a bit of a cliché following Tiffany Foster’s (CAN) win in Saturday’s Major League Show Jumping Grand Prix CSI 5* at Thunderbird Show Park.
“Hometown Hero” seems the obvious choice, Foster having grown up here and going on to represent Canada at the Olympics. (She’s currently is the highest placed Canadian rider on the FEI Longines World Rankings.) But you could also lead with “nestled in the foothills of British Columbia, with Mount Baker peeking through the trees surrounding the grand prix ring, under a clear blue sky…” Or you could start with it’s her first CSI 5* Grand Prix title. It’s all true. Click here to read more: jumpernews.com/2023/05/28/dreams-come-true-for-tiffany-foster-in-the-414300-major-league-show-jumping-grand-prix-of-vancouver-csi-5/ |
CANADA’S TIFFANY FOSTER 12TH AT 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Photos: © Arnd Bronkhorst
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Then and Now with Tiffany Foster
This well-mounted athlete will be flying the maple leaf for Canada at the upcoming World Championships in Herning, Denmark. |
Herning, DEN, August 14, 2022 – Tiffany Foster of Langley, BC, placed 12th in the Individual Final on Sunday, August 14, at the ECCO FEI 2022 World Championships in Herning, Denmark.
Foster, 38, was the only Canadian to qualify for the two-round Individual Final. After three days of jumping, the top 25 riders from the original starting field of 103 qualified for the first round with the top 12 moving forward to a second round to determine the individual medals. Course designer Louis Konickx of the Netherlands once again set true championship courses in the Stutteri Ask Stadium and produced 14 clear rounds in the opening round. One of those belonged to Foster and Figor, an 11-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Querly-Elvis x Indoctro) that she owns in partnership with long time supporters Andy and Carlene Ziegler of Artisan Farms LLC. Carrying forward 8.95 penalties from the first three days of competition, Foster added nothing to her score and moved up from 15th to ninth place in the standings, easily qualifying for the second round. “I felt really good from the first jump, he really stayed up in the air,” said Foster following the opening round. “I thought he jumped so well. It’s a testament to my groom, Caroline Holmberg, and my vet, Eduardo Felix, to have him feeling so good after such a grueling test that we put them through this week. I was so happy with how he came out today.” Click here to read more: app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-view-online?ct=wznOJFLszq4-0DOVxbJay2eIjDM5V_Oqnglx1cXik1wQzz8uDKqBmTO7rVovOA90tJBFR3r2ypWBGnW8kK1JP8Ve7wyJynbi-CIYvrdQSOY~ |
By: Starting Gate Communications | July 4, 2022
No one’s name appears more often on the 2022 National Team Program list than Tiffany Foster’s. Meeting the qualifying criteria with no fewer than four mounts, the accomplishment speaks volumes to the strength and depth of Foster’s current string of international mounts. Even better, a diversity in owners is represented, ensuring a strong foundation from which the 37-year-old can continue to build. That diversity also means ensuring that her training business, Little Creek Equestrian, and its students have access to the top horse shows around the world. With bases already established in Wellington, FL, and Vrasene, Belgium, Foster’s client and friend, Wendy Valdes, is currently developing a new outpost for the Little Creek team back where it all began in Langley, BC. We caught up with Foster during the Spruce Meadows ‘National’ tournament – where she was officially named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the upcoming World Championships in Herning, Denmark – to learn more about this talented and driven athlete’s background. Click here to read more: horsesport.com/magazine/profiles/then-now-with-tiffany-foster/amp/?fbclid=IwAR0KIWfOBiiu-z3b9N7rpsHSWgq94Tnriy7n9rRRNMjkgoQPg0DyQQD8RT44 |
Canadian women are on top of the world in show jumping right now.
Specifically, Tiffany Foster, who is now the leading lady rider on the Longines World Ranking List after June calculations. Foster is the second Canadian rider to hold the title in recent months, following on the heels of Erynn Ballard, who was a leading lady debutant in November of 2021. Foster currently holds the 33rd spot, followed by Malin Baryard-Johnsson (SWE) in 34th place, and Ballard remains close behind in 36th. Click here to read more: horsenetwork.com/2022/06/the-horse-heroines-of-canada/?fbclid=IwAR1KdvTIChsuBQeL7d3PAb17flaut0SdaMtFEE5J4YeiCKsFta7xB_MKegU |
Tiffany Foster & Figor are Fast & Furious Flying to First in $215,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Washington CSI4*-W
Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA – October 30, 2021 – Competition came to an exciting finish on Saturday at the Washington International Horse Show, presented by MARS Equestrian™ as Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Figor, owned by Artisan Farms and Tiffany Foster, won the $215,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Washington CSI4*-W for the President’s Cup, presented by Mars Equestrian™.
Out of 33 first-round entries and four in the jump-off, it was the last combination to go, Foster and Figor, who would stand in the winner’s circle. Click here to read more: jumpernews.com/2021/10/31/tiffany-foster-figor-are-fast-furious-flying-to-first-in-215000-longines-fei-jumping-world-cup-washington-csi4-w/ |
CBC Sports · Posted: Sep 05, 2021 6:57 PM ET | Last Updated: September 5
Photo credit: Kim Gaudry Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Brighton Soar to
their Second Victory of the September Series in the ATCO Classic Grand Prix Canada sprung to a 1-2 finish in the 1.50-metre show jumping event at the Spruce Meadows ATCO Classic Grand Prix on Sunday in southwest Calgary.
After two rounds of the competition, North Vancouver's Tiffany Foster and partner Brighton took top honours while local favourite Kara Chad riding Firefly W came second. Foster and her 15-year-old gelding swept the eight-rider jump off, posting zero faults in 38.45 seconds. The victory was Foster's third at Spruce Meadows. Chad and her 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood also had zero faults with a finishing time of 39.10. Beezie Madden of the U.S. (41.26) and partner Garant came third. Click here to read more: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/sprucemeadows/spruce-meadows-tiffany-foster-wins-atco-classic-grand-prix-1.6165832 |
Photo credit: Kim Laudry
North Vancouver's Tiffany Foster captures Suncor Winning Round at Spruce Meadows
Twenty five combinations contested Saturday’s 1m50 Suncor Winning Round in a wet International Ring following overnight and early morning rain. However, spectators’ spirits were not in the slightest bit dampened, as they were treated to some world-class performances from not only Canada’s finest equestrian athletes, but also a number of leading riders from eight other nations, who descended on Calgary for the 2021 edition of the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’.Round 1’s proceedings were dominated by the home nation, with four Canadian riders amongst the 10 who eventually progressed to Round 2, including Tiffany Foster and her 15-year-old gelding, Brighton, Amy Millar and her 11-year-old gelding, Christiano, and the experienced duo of Eric Lamaze and Jim Ifko, who were partnered by 11-year-old gelding, Kino and the 12-year-old La Silla-bred mare, Celine Ls La Silla, respectively. The Irish trio of Jordan Coyle (Centriko Volo), Daniel Coyle (Ivory TCS) and Conor Swail also made the top-10 cut, and were joined in the Winning Round by the talented 23-year-old Belgian, Zoe Conter (Dawa De Greenbay Z), the in-form Egyptian, Nayel Nassar (Igor Van De Wittemoere), and British rider, Matthew Sampson (Geneve R).
Click here to read more: https://equnews.com/sport-news/tiffany-foster-wins-the-suncor-winning-round-i-just-rode-my-round |
Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Brighton sporting the champion colours of the RBC Capital Markets Cup.
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Tiffany Foster and Brighton win the 1.45m 2* grand prix at the London LGCT Credit: LGCT
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Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Brighton Take First Place in the RBC Capital Markets Cup
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London GCT: Canadian Olympian overthrows British dominance to head 2* Grand Prix
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The RBC Capital Markets Cup is always a thrilling competition for riders to partake in, and this year’s edition was no exception. Thirty-six horse/rider combinations took to the International Ring this afternoon to take on the competition that has seen the likes of McLain Ward (USA) and Darragh Kenny (IRL) win in previous years.
This year’s course, designed by Anthony D’Ambrosio (USA), consisted of 12 obstacles (15 jumping efforts), and a time allowed of 80 seconds. After the first round, 6 riders, including Tiffany Foster (CAN), Ben Asselin (CAN), and Jordan Coyle (IRL) moved on to the jump-off. For the second day in a row, it was a Canadian rider who emerged victorious from the ring; Tiffany Foster aboard the ever-reliable gelding, the 15-year-old Brighton. The pair were second-to-last to go in the jump-off, and faced the difficult task of beating Katherine Strauss’ (USA) clear round with a time of 41.69 seconds. Foster managed to beat Strauss with a time of 40.54 seconds, leaving final rider Ben Asselin as the only one who had a chance of defeating her score. Asselin’s clean round at 44.84 seconds was enough to earn him a fifth-place finish, leaving Foster at the top. “A showjumper needs to have heart to jump at Spruce Meadows,” Foster said in the press conference following her win. “I think that over time, depending on what your life goals are… you end up aiming for, looking for horses that you know are going to jump well at Spruce Meadows, and I hope that these three weeks will prove that I have chosen wisely.” Click here to continue reading: https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-and-Brighton-take-first-place-in-the-RBC-Capital-Markets-Cup-at-Spruce-Meadows-National.html |
The Brits had dominated every 2* class at the London Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) until the final showdown, when Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster blitzed to victory on her experienced 5* partner Brighton.Tiffany’s win in the Piaff 1.45m 2* grand prix capped the end of a European tour that began in June and has seen her and four pupils take in dates including Knokke, Chantilly and Valkenswaard.“The format is a little different [on the LGCT] now and if I was jumping the 5* I’d have to be part of the league or in the top 20 and I am not. I opted for the 2* as I brought along some of my students — three girls from Canada and Isabele Coxe from the US,” said Tiffany, who last jumped the London LGCT in 2017, when she contested the 5* line-up.“We have been on a European tour and we know showing in England is so fun,” she added. “So I figured I’d bring Brighty along for the ride and I also brought a new eight-year-old, brought for Isabele Coxe’s family, who I also jumped some classes with.”Fifteen combinations had made the jump off of this 1.45m grand prix, with Adam Botham, winner of the previous class with Ebanking, taking an early lead from first draw with Harvey.Dutch rider Skye Morssinkhof then set what looked like an unbeatable target when she pulled off an improbable turn round the wing of a blue vertical to fly more than 2sec into the lead.But jumping in the last third of the class, Tiffany was able to make the most of 15-year-old Brighton’s experience and incredible ability to keep pace through the turns to find another 1.17sec.“I decided not to watch as I know him really well, he’s super, super fast,” Tiffany said. “I knew my plan and my horse and just decided to go with it.“He spends no time in the air and is just really competitive. He was well within his scope — we’re slightly over-qualified! — but I also knew it wasn’t going to be for free.”Tiffany now has a show in Canada, followed by another date in Europe before returning home to contest the whole Spruce Meadows tour.Following Skye’s runner-up spot were three Brits — Flo Norris and Nequila, Olli Fletcher and Hello William and Adam with Harvey, while Sian Edwards collected fifth with Elessar.
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Tiffany Foster and Vienna Conclude Week II of Traverse City Spring Horse Show with Win in $72,900 Four G Surfaces Grand Prix CSI2*
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Tiffany Foster & Vienna Victorious in Mercure Hotels Prize CSI 5* at the Masters of Chantilly
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Traverse City, Mich. – June 20, 2021 – The conclusion to Week II of the Traverse City Spring Horse Show, presented by Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel, kicked off Sunday afternoon in the Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel International Ring. A total of 35 international horse-and-athlete combinations vied for top honors in the $72,900 Four G Surfaces Grand Prix CSI2* in the hopes of closing out the week with a win. After a valiant fight to the finish, it was Canada’s Tiffany Foster and Artisan Farms LLC’s Vienna who claimed their rightful spot at the top of the leaderboard as the only pair to produce a double-clear effort.
Nick Granat (USA) offered a 13-fence first round course to whittle down the field of athletes who would qualify for the jump-off tie-breaker. Just seven pairs managed clear efforts, with many finding difficulty at the various triple-fence combinations on course, as well as two athletes incurring one time fault to leave them out of contention for the top prize. Jump-off competitors included Katie Laurie (AUS), Emily Ward (GBR), Jonathan Corrigan (IRL), Vani Khosla (USA), Ali Ramsay (CAN), Foster and Gustavo Prato (ARG). Click here to continue reading: https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2021/06/20/tiffany-foster-and-vienna-conclude-week-ii-of-traverse-city-spring-horse-show-with-win-in-72900-four-g-surfaces-grand-prix-csi2/ |
Chantilly, France – July 09, 2021 – Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Vienna were victorious in the Mercure Hotels Prize CSI 5* on Friday during the Masters of Chantilly CSI 5*. Not only did the Canadian anthem play for the second time of the day, but also not one but two riders from the Great White North were on the podium of the last competition of the day. Tiffany Foster (CAN), riding Vienna (Valentino x Lordanos), won the speed class with a time of 66.17 seconds, while her compatriot Mario Deslauriers(CAN) took third place with his Holsteiner Cloud 39 (Clarimo x Quintero).
A total triumph for the North American continent since it was the American Paris Sellon (USA) with her mare Anna JO (Acodetto 2 x For Pleasure), who finishes second of this Prix Mercure Hotels. Click here to continue reading: https://jumpernews.com/2021/07/10/tiffany-foster-vienna-victorious-in-mercure-hotels-pjumpernews.com/2021/07/10/tiffany-foster-vienna-victorious-in-mercure-hotels-prize-csi-5-at-the-masters-of-chantilly/rize-csi-5-at-the-masters-of-chantilly/ |
Canada's Tiffany Foster (center) accepts the Leading Lady Rider Award from Martha Jolicoeur (right) and Dr. Stephen Norton during week 4 of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Photo by Sportfot
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Tiffany Foster and Northern Light placed fifth in the $214,000 CSI 4* Marshall &Sterling/Great American Grand Prix on Sunday, February 7. Photo by Jump Media
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Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Brighton. (© ESI Photography)
Tiffany Foster and Brighton are Brilliant in $75,000 Farmvet Grand Prix By: Emily Kerr | Desert International Horse Park | November 2, 2020 The Canadian wins the Sunday feature at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California, during the National Sunshine Series 1 tourny. Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Brighton shine in Sunday’s $75,000 Farmvet Grand Prix with an unbeatable time of 37.351 seconds in the jump-off. In second was Angel Karolyi (VEN) and Jenny Booth’s S & L Sage with a time of 39.806 seconds. Rich Fellers (USA) finished off the podium with his own Lux Lady with a close time of 40.508 seconds. The course, designed by fellow Canadian, Joe Rycroft, tested sixty-nine riders in the Grand Prix Stadium Sunday afternoon. “I thought the course today was absolutely fantastic. Joey did a great job. There were a lot of horses in the class and it was very technical, and the perfect time allowed,” noted Foster. Foster and the 2006 bay gelding, owned by Artisan Farms, LLC, are no strangers to the winner circle. “My horse is an absolute superstar. We have been together for quite a long time. He is so fast so when I can manage to do the whole course without pulling one time it is usually pretty hard to beat him,” shared Foster. The pair will continue to compete at Desert International Horse Park next week in the National Sunshine Series competition before packing their bags again. “My plan is to do next week here and then I head to Wellington and he will jump a couple [FEI 4* competitions] before the end of the year and pass the winter at the Winter Equestrian Festival,” Foster revealed. Click to watch Tiffany's interview: horsesport.com/horse-news/tiffany-foster-brighton-brilliant-farmvet-grand-prix/?fbclid=IwAR1K1ubeaikLs-5lkfepnjmxRJ30mNfVONjy5MuuWW7xdPYhBUgb0RZ8800 Tiffany Foster (CAN) & Northern Light win the $40,000 ATCO Cup 1.45m at the Fort Classic. Photo by Totem Photographics/tbird
Tiffany Foster Sweeps the $40,000 ATCO Cup and the 2020 Fort Classic Langley, BC — Aug. 16, 2020 Twenty-four horse and rider combinations took to the Fort Grand Prix field in the $40,000 ATCO Cup at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC on Sunday. But only one stood on the podium. Canadian Olympian and local favourite Tiffany Foster swept the week and the Grand Prix at the 2020 Fort Classic, winning Friday's $5,000 Maui Jim Welcome and the top three spots in Sunday's $40,000 ATCO Cup. The Fort Classic is an Equestrian Canada Gold rated show, featuring $75,000 in prize money. Highlights of the week include Friday’s $5,000 U25 1.40m and $5,000 Maui Jim Welcome 1.45m along with Sunday’s feature event, the $40,000 ATCO Cup. "The highlight of the day, for me, was seeing Tiffany's horses," said Irish Olympian and CBC Sports colour commentator Eddie Macken, "they all jumped beautifully." Click to continue reading: https://mailchi.mp/tbird/2019-longines-fei-jumping-world-cup-vancouver-1159698?e=14c18c1c43 Tiffany Foster rides to victory in CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Classic Tiffany Foster and Brighton. Photo © Sportfot. Press release from Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. written by Lindsay Brock, Juliana Chapman, and Sabrina Brashares It was a busy and successful day in the saddle for Canadian Tiffany Foster who rode one of her two mounts to the winner’s circle and placed sixth with her second horse in the $73,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Classic CSI5*. “I went pretty early on my first horse Brighton (ContendroII x QuickStar), and it helped that he is naturally super-fast, and I don’t usually worry about the time allowed,” Foster shared. Time did become a factor with many horse and rider combinations having time faults. “He’s a real veteran. I’ve had him since he was seven and he is now 14, and we know each other really well.” Foster added, “I was also thrilled with my second horse, Galino (Arthos R x Tjalina), in his first 1.50m.” From a field of 53, only seven advanced to the jump-off as they commanded a tricky first round course set by D’Ambrosio and Christiansen. Click to continue reading: www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-rides-to-victory-in-CaptiveOne-Advisors-1-50m-Classic.html Tiffany Foster and Brighton best in the CSI4* Grand Prix at the X-Bionic®Sphere SUNDAY, 04 AUGUST 2019 CSI4* X-BIONIC®SPHERE 2019Tiffany Foster and Brighton. Photo © X-Bionic®Sphere. Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Brighton (Contendro x Quick Star) won Sunday's CSI4* 1.60m Grand Prix presented by ENERGOCHEMICA at the X-Bionic®Sphere, Slovakia. Eight horse-and-rider combinations cleared the first round to qualify for the second round against the clock, where only three managed to deliver another clear. Foster outclassed the rest of the riders when she crossed the finish line in 38,22 second – 2,5 seconds faster than runner-up Matteo Leonardi (ITA) with Zypern III (Casall x Coriano). Third place went to Filippo Marco Bologni (ITA) with Sedik Milano Quilazio (Quidam de Revel x Calato), while Andres Azcarraga (MEX) was the fastest of the four-faulters to take the fourth place riding Contendros (Contendro I x Drosselklang II). Laurent Goffinet (FRA) with Atome des Etisses (Mylord Carthago*HN x Quidam de Revel) ended fifth. Click to continue reading: www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-and-Brighton-best-in-the-CSI4-Grand-Prix-at-the-X-Bionic-Sphere.html Tiffany Foster and Brighton are fastest in the $70,000 Hollow Creek Farm 1.50m Classic at WEF
Press release from Equestrian Sport Productions // Picture © Sportfot Due to expected inclement weather, the format of the Hollow Creek Farm 1.50m Classic was changed to a speed round on Sunday morning. Of the 41 entries in the class, eight were clear. The fastest of those was Tiffany Foster, who dominated the class in a time of 63.36 seconds for the win, almost five seconds faster than the rest of the field. Second place went to Adrienne Sternlicht (USA) and Pembroke, owned by Starlight Farms LLC, who recorded a time of 68.24 seconds. Enrique Gonzalez (MEX) and Chacna finished third in 68.35 seconds. “He’s a super competitive horse,” said Foster of the 12-year-old KWPN gelding by Contendro II x Quick Star. “He’s really fast on his own. He covers the ground very fast and spends very minimal time in the air. So if I can get a good track, I know I can get within a winning time with him." “All of those long lines were heading toward the left, and he has a really big stride to the left and a big left drift,” she said of the course. “If I let him head left, and I let him go fast, I can usually cover the distance pretty well. Sometimes you have those days where everything just sort of shows up really well, and you end up not having to pull on the reins. If you have one of those rounds with Brighton, you usually win.” Click to continue reading: www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-and-Brighton-are-fastest-in-the-70-000-Hollow-Creek-Farm-150m-Classic-at-WEF.html Tiffany Foster fastest on opening day of Brussels Stephex Masters
Source: Press release Stephex Brussels Masters // Photo (c) Scoopdyga The 2017-edition of the Brussels Stephex Masters kicked off on Wednesday, with Canada’s Tiffany Foster taking the top honours in the feature class – the Top Series 1.45m presented by TVH, also counting for the world ranking. Nine out of the forty riders jumped clear over Uliano Vezzani’s first round track to proceed to the jump-off, where Foster came in as the third last rider with the lovely 11-year-old gelding Brighton (Contendro II x Quick Star). Against the clock, the Canadian rider blew all competition aside with a lightning fast round over the shortened course counting seven fences. “I know Brighton really well, I have had him for a while now and he is an extremely competitive horse. He is incredible, the faster you go the faster his legs move – you really don’t have to worry about him knocking the jumps down,” Foster laughed. “So, I knew on the open stretches I could go as quick as I wanted to. I trust him, and like I said I know him really well – he knows exactly what he is supposed to do when he goes in the ring and is a real winner. He is an awesome horse,” Foster said after. Click to continue reading: www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-fastest-on-opening-day-of-Brussels-Stephex-Masters.html Canadians claim clear victory at Longines FEI Nations Cup leg in Ocala Photo: FEI/Shannon Brinkmann Source: World of Showjumping Team Canada won the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of the United States of America today with more than a touch of class. The six-nation contest was a roller-coaster ride for most of their opponents, but double-clears from both ten-time Olympian Ian Millar (71) and Rio 2016 Olympic individual bronze medallist Eric Lamaze (49) ensured that all they had to add were single errors from team-mates Francois Lamontagne (34) and Tiffany Foster (33) for the winning total of eight faults. Brazil finished second on 16, while Ireland and USA shared third place with 24 faults in a competition filled with unpredictability. "It sure switched around, it looked one way in the first round but then it changed like crazy in the second when the Germans got into trouble and the Brazilians came steaming out!" Ian Millar said. Germany and Canada shared the lead with just four faults apiece at the halfway stage, but when Christian Heineking and NKH Caruso (Cash and Carry x Starlight) were eliminated at the open water the 12-fault results from Andre Thieme on Conthendrix (Contendro I x Cor de la Bryere) and Markus Beerbaum on Cool Hand Luke (Contendro I x Argentinus) had to be added to the four collected by Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, dropping Germany right out of contention. Meanwhile a second-round clear from Felipe Amaral on Premiere Carthoes BZ (Carthago Z x Voltaire) consolidated Brazil’s eight-fault scoreline and they posed a real threat in the closing stages. Click here to continue reading: https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/Nations-Cup-events/Canadians-claim-clear-victory-at-Longines-FEI-Nations-Cup-leg-in-Ocala.html |
Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Brighton winning the $40,000 Volvo Canada Cup 1.45m at the Fort Festival.
Totem Photographics/tbird Tiffany Foster and Brighton Dominate $40,000 Volvo Canada Cup Langley, BC - August 24, 2020 For the second straight week, Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster put on a show at Thunderbird Show Park, dominating the $40,000 VOLVO CANADA Cup 1.45m at the Fort Festival with Artisan Farms’ Brighton. The Fort Festival is an Equestrian Canada Gold rated show, featuring $75,000 in prize money. Highlights of the week included Friday’s $5,000 U25 1.40m and $5,000 Kubota Welcome 1.45m, along with Sunday’s $40,000 VOLVO CANADA Cup. Foster and “Brighty” were more than two seconds faster over local course designer Joey Rycroft’s (CAN) shortened track, crossing the finish timers in 41.99 seconds. It was a standard that simply could not be caught; despite jumping first in the order, none of the following eight jump-off competitors could catch the pair. In fact, Foster could not even catch herself, ultimately securing third honours aboard her third jump-off ride, the up-and-coming Northern Light. Separating Foster’s entries on the podium was Kyle King (USA), who, after winning Friday’s $5,000 Kubota Welcome 1.45m aboard Dustin 254, finished second with Enzo. “Whenever Brighty goes first, it’s usually dangerous for other people, because I don’t have any kind of plan other than to just go really fast!” Foster exclaimed. The formula has served Foster and Brighton well on numerous occasions, and the pair were easily the most accomplished in the competition’s 25-strong field—something to be said, considering the lineup also featured a myriad of Nations Cup and five-star veterans. But Brighton’s resume speaks for itself: among his many accolades, the 14-year-old KWPN gelding won two five-star competitions in the span of a month earlier this year in Wellington, FL (USA). “I was talking to his owner, Andy Zeigler (of Artisan Farms), on the phone, and I said, ‘You know, the thing with Brighty is, if you go in and you don’t feel like you [messed up] and you didn’t pull somewhere and you just went as fast as you can go, it’s really hard to catch that horse,'” Foster said. “He’s so fast across the ground, and he’s so fast in the air, that it’s really, really hard to beat him unless I make a mistake.” Click here to continue reading: horsesport.com/horse-news/tiffany-foster-and-brighton-dominate-40000-volvo-canada-cup/ Photo © Totem Photographics. FOSTER: “IF YOU TELL BRIGHTON THAT IT’S A DAY YOU WANT HIM TO WIN, THEN HE USUALLY DOES” Article by Carley Sparks for Horse Network It’s a universally accepted truth that show horses are a rather poor financial investment—one all but guaranteed to cost more money than they will ever possibly earn. There are, of course, notable exceptions. Horses whose career winnings hit the kind of exceptional heights that earn them nicknames like “ATM machine” and “Paycheck.” Brighton, Tiffany Foster’s international mount of seven years, is among that rare breed. The 14 year old KWPN gelding is not only a consistent earner at the 1.45m and 1.50m level, but often takes the lion’s share of the purse. He’s the kind of horse that makes you want to buy a lottery ticket. Or think you can wear high rise jeans and look good. He makes you believe in improbable outcomes. Because Brighton wins all over the world—and he’s been doing it for years. The bay gelding’s international win record starts in 2016 with back to back CSIO4* 1.45m and 1.50m victories in Wellington, FL in March. He went on to log a CSI2* 1.45m win in Antwerpen, Belgium the next month, followed by another pair of consecutive CSI5* 1.50m wins in Calgary, AB in July. That’s not including the four times Brighton nearly won, finishing in the runner up position instead. Click to continue reading: horsenetwork.com/2020/08/foster-if-you-tell-brighton-that-its-a-day-you-want-him-to-win-then-he-usually-does/ Tiffany Foster scores a win in CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Classic at WEF
Tiffany Foster and Northern Light. Photo © Sportfot. Press release from Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. by Lindsay Brock and Sabrina Brashares Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster guided new mount Northern Light to a win in the $37,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Classic to close out week three of the 2020 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Sunday, January 26. WEF continues through March 29, with 12 consecutive weeks of world-class competition and $13 million dollars on offer. The fourth week of competition at WEF will run January 29 through February, is sponsored by Marshall & Sterling Insurance/Great American Insurance Group, and recognized as a CSI4* by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). From a starting field of 66, 10 horses advanced to course designer Kelvin Bywater’s (GBR) jump-off track. Returning second, Foster put the foot speed of Northern Light, a nine-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare (Plot Blue x Contender) to good use and stopped the clock clear in 42.47 seconds over runner-up Catherine Tyree (USA) and BEC Lorenzo (Livello x Guidam), owned by Mary Tyree. Click to continue reading: https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-scores-a-win-in-CaptiveOne-Advisors-1-50m-Classic-at-WEF.html Canadians prove untouchable on home ground at Langley
Press release by Louise Parkes for FEI There was plenty to celebrate when the hosts posted an emphatic victory in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley (CAN) today, where Ireland finished second and USA slotted into third ahead of Mexico in fourth and Israel in fifth place. However despite his side’s overwhelming success, Canadian Chef d’Equipe Mark Laskin said, "It was a bit bittersweet. It’s great to win here, especially on our home field, but there were two parts to this equation. The first part we took care of, but the second part we just missed" He was of course referring to the fact that Canada has finished third, and last, in the 2019 North/Central America & Caribbean League from which only two of the three competing nations can qualify for the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final in Barcelona (ESP) in September. Those two places go to Mexico, winners of the previous two legs of the series, and to USA who have pipped the Canadians for the second spot by a narrow margin of just 10 points. Click to continue reading: www.worldofshowjumping.com/Nations-Cup-events/Canadians-prove-untouchable-on-home-ground-at-Langley.html Photo © tbird/Cealy Tetley. Hometown win for Tiffany Foster in CSIO5* $36,500 Artisan Farms Nations Welcome Tiffany Foster (CAN) was a popular winner of the CSIO5* $36,500 Artisan Farms Nations Welcome on the first day of international competition at the 2019 Odlum Brown BC Open. Press release from Thunderbird Show Park Tiffany Foster (CAN) recorded a hometown win for Canada Thursday evening in the CSIO5* $36,500 Artisan Farms Nations Welcome at Thundebird Show Park, topping the first international jump-off competition of the 2019 Odlum Brown BC Open, featuring the CSIO5* $400,000 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada. Foster, who has represented Canada in team competition on numerous occasions, grew up showing at Thunderbird and posted a popular victory. Topping a 12-horse jump-off, she posted an unbeatable time with Artisan Farms’ Brighton, crossing the timers of Peter Holmes’ (CAN) shortened course in 32.74 seconds. Arturo Parada Vallejo (MEX), looking to win his third international class of the day, finished second aboard Tarzan d’Ivraie with a 33.59-second time, while Nicole Walker (CAN) finished third with Excellent B (34.59 seconds). Click to continue reading: www.worldofshowjumping.com/Nations-Cup-events/Hometown-win-for-Tiffany-Foster-in-CSIO5-36-500-Artisan-Farms-Nations-Welcome.html Tiffany Foster holds the Imperial winning round title for second year in a row
Source: Press release and photo (c) Spruce Meadows Canadian National Team Member Tiffany Foster defended her championship title in the Imperial Winning Round 1.50m competition at the Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ Tournament. Riding the same mount that won her the Imperial title in 2016, the 11 year-old gelding by Contendro II, Brighton, once again captured victory in the Winning Round competition. Still on high from last night’s win in the Pepsi Challenge, Foster kept the momentum going for an all or nothing ride around the shortened track. Foster commented, “I know this horse so well and after walking the course, I knew the first round would be pretty tricky for him. Normally, in this type of competition, the plan is to go fast to seal your order in the winning round – but I knew my horse well enough that I just need to go clear and get him into the jump off.” She continued, “I knew the jump off really suited him so after taking it easy in the first round it was obvious I would go in the near the start of the order – which ended up being my main advantage because I had a great plan. If I had the opportunity to see anyone else go I know I would have tried to modify the plan; which, in the end, would have been my downfall.” Tiffany crossed the finish line with a time of which put her and the gorgeous bay gelding ahead of the pack to seal the win by nearly a second. Click to continue reading: https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-holds-the-Imperial-winning-round-title-for-second-year-in-a-row.html Tiffany Foster and Brighton best again to win Top Series Grand Prix presented by Audi
Source: Press release from Brussels Stephex Masters // Picture © Scoopdyga After a fantastic week at the Brussels Stephex Masters, Tiffany Foster could drive home in a brand new Audi Q2 following her win in the Top Series Grand Prix presented by Audi. The Canadian rider has been on top form with the 11-year-old gelding Brighton (Contendro II x Quick Star) throughout the entire week, also taking the victory in Wednesday’s Top Series class counting for the world ranking. Today, there were even more ranking points to collect for Foster in this 1.50m Grand Prix worth 55 231,65 Euro and of course the possibility to take home a new Audi Q2 for the winner. Coming in as last to go in a ten-horse jump-off, Foster blew the competition aside after a strategic round to take the top honours with her time of 37.67 seconds. “I think it was a real advantage today to be able to go last, because there were not so many clear rounds,” Foster said. “I know my horse has a quick jump, he is a fast horse and I knew I did not necessarily would have to take all the risk with the time today. I thought the most important thing was to go clear, so I was able put in one extra stride to the second-last just to make sure – I figured I had gone fast enough at the beginning to take a calculated risk there to the last and slow down a little,” Foster commented on her jump-off. Click here to continue reading: www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Tiffany-Foster-and-Brighton-best-again-to-win-Top-Series-Grand-Prix-presented-by-Audi.html |