Fine Lady 5

Fine Lady 5
Breed Hanoverian
Discipline Show jumping
Sex Mare
Color Bay
Owner Artisan Farms & Torrey Pines Stable
Trainer Eric Lamaze
Major wins
Individual bronze medal in show jumping, 2016 Olympic Games

Fine Lady 5 is a Hanoverian horse ridden in show jumping by Canadian Eric Lamaze. Riding Fine Lady 5, Lamaze won an individual bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Life and career

Fine Lady 5 is a bay Hanoverian mare, owned by Artisan Farms and Torrey Pines Stable. She is ridden in show jumping competitions by Eric Lamaze of Canada.[1]

In June 2016, Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 placed second in the Spruce Meadows Grand Prix in Alberta, Canada.[2] They were a part of the Canadian equestrian team in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] While the Canadian team finished in fourth place,[3] Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 had a clear round in the finals of the individual jumping competition.[2] They and 5 other horses and riders advanced to a jump-off for the medals. Fine Lady 5 knocked down the seventh jump on the course, but had a final time of 42.09 seconds. She and Lamaze took the individual bronze medal.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eric Lamaze Selects Fine Lady 5 as Olympic Mount". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Canada's Eric Lamaze And His Fine Lady Prove Neigh-Sayers Wrong With Bronze Win". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 post nearly mistake-free run to win Olympic bronze in equestrian". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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