One day after Langley’s Tiffany Foster finished a strong second in the $62,500 LeMieux Winning Round, the top-ranked rider placed first in the $97,000 The Estates at TerraNova.
Foster and Brighton, a 18-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Langley’s Artisan Farms, led the TerraNova event from beginning to end, posting a wining time of 41.20 seconds on Saturday, March 23 at the Florida event.
“I’m very proud of him, we have been together for 11 years so it’s a well-formed partnership,” Foster told the Langley Advance Times.
“He’s 18 years old now so I try to space out his competitions and pick places where I think he has a good shot of winning. He’s an extremely intelligent and competitive horse and I feel so grateful to have him to ride from his wonderful owners (Artisan Farms and the Ziegler Family). He is a horse of a lifetime!”
“Thanks Brighty,” an online post from Artisan Farms said.
“We can’t thank Brighton enough for all he has given us, he’s the best, and we just love him so much . Thank you to everyone involved in his success.”
It was Foster’s first appearance at TerraNova, located in Myakka City, near Sarasota.
The win followed a Friday, March 22nd appearance by Foster and nine-year-old Kadans, a warmblood Dutch gelding also owned by Artisan, at another top Florida event, the $62,500 class at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala.
Foster was the only rider to jump clear in both the opening round and the winning round to take second with a time of 45.78 seconds.
Ireland’s Cian O’Connor and Fermoy were first.
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Foster is currently ranked number 19 on the Longines FEI World Rankings – the highest ranked Canadian rider and the highest ranked female rider in the world.
Next on her schedule, is the April 17-21 ESP Spring Series CSI3* at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL.
In May, she will be competing in Langley at Thunderbird Show Park, May 22-26 in the Major League Showjumping CSI5* competition, and the May 29-June 2 BC Open CSI4*.
CSI, Concours de Saut International, is a ranking system for show jumping set by the international governing body of equestrian sport, the FEI (Fédération Équestre Internationale) that, among other requirements, sets minimum prize amounts and ages of horses.
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Foster has ridden for the Canadian equestrian team at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games, the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the 2022 Herning FEI World Championships where she finished 12th individually.
In June of 2019, Foster clinched the first-ever victory for a Canadian team at the tbird Nations Cup by knocking down just one rail in the second round riding Figor.