{"id":10002,"date":"2017-06-16T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/?p=10002"},"modified":"2017-06-17T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T18:09:51","slug":"saving-best-for-last-francois-lamontange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/saving-best-for-last-francois-lamontange\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Best For Last: Francois Lamontange Heads Last into the Jump-off Knowing Full Well the Stakes to Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday evening, Angelstone Tournaments held the first Headwater\u2019s Open Welcome class of the year, with a total of 39 entries looking to capture that $35, 000 prize. With only five entries coming back for the jump-off out of a large opening track, the riders returning for the second round knew they we\u2019re certainly safe in the ribbons, but not safe to win. Carly Campbell-Cooper rode a beautiful early track in the class, heading into the ring second behind Kevin Crosby and mount, Stanley Stone who opened the class with eight faults. Right out of the gate, riders second and third in the order, Carly Campbell-Cooper and Susan Horn aboard their gray steeds of steel Fiero Van Orti <\/i>and LillyFee <\/i>reigned the faultless champions until the 21st<\/sup> horse, Zindiloma and Sean Jobin entered the Main Stadium. The female showdown of just two became three after Jobin sped through the track with his bay mare Thursday evening. Not long after Sean promised an exciting jump-off, Kim Farlinger and her dependable mount Charming Force B <\/i>entered 30th<\/sup> in the line-up to join her fellow competitors in a difficult second round. And if Farlinger\u2019s great first round ride didn\u2019t secure the small opening for members headed to the jump-off, Quebec-native Francois Lamontagne who rode second last in the order knew there was one more spot left for him to fill.<\/p>\n

Come to the jump-off, the gals came out swinging. LillyFee <\/i>and Susan Horn earned a spotless title to their FEI day, leaving the Main Stadium absolutely faultless last night. Slower in time, but still finishing in great standing, Zindiloma <\/i>and Sean Jobin finished their second round with another clear go, but just not fast enough to beat Horn\u2019s early efficiency over her second track. It wasn\u2019t until the man of the hour, Francois Lamontagne, entered as the last ride of Thursday evening, where he was looking to prove Susan Horn\u2019s early time of 41.54 could be beaten. And sure enough, Lamontagne\u2019s mare Chanel Du Calvaire <\/i>listened and cleared each fence in a timely 41.537 to beat Horn\u2019s effort of 41.542\u2026That is .01 of a second apart! It was an exciting finish to an early rainy start at Angelstone, but rest assured, the competition remained stiff and exciting even until that last horse. We are so excited about the results of last night\u2019s event and hope more close call\u2019s like we just witnessed continue to shock our devoted crowd!<\/p>\n

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Francois Lamontange & Chanel Du Calvaire [Photo Credit @ Mackenzie Clark for Ben Radvanyi Photography]<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thursday evening, Angelstone Tournaments held the first Headwater\u2019s Open Welcome class of the year, with a total of 39 entries looking to capture that $35, 000 prize. With only five entries coming back for the jump-off out of a large opening track, the riders returning for the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelstone.ca\/tournaments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}