Jamaica Named 2008 Farnam®/Platform™ USEF Horse of the Year

January 16 2009 Cincinnati, OH – Every year the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) honors the best horses across all breeds and disciplines at the Farnam®/Platform™ USEF Horse of the Year Awards dinner at the USEF Annual Meeting. In 2008, there were some fantastic horses to honor. Five were singled out and recognized for their achievement as Horses of Honor. Jamaica took the night’s biggest accolade.

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(Photo courtesy of Warmbloods Today magazine.)

Born: 1991
Sire: Cambridge Cole S974 • Dam: Welkom
Grandsire: Noran
Breeder: A. J. Kwast, Holland

Sex: Gelding
Breed: KWPN, Dutch Warmblood
Color: Bay
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 1335 pounds
Previous owner: Valere Standaert, Belgium

Jamaica is a very athletic horse with lots of energy and fabulous gaits. He is in the top team and is currently in the wheel in dressage and in the left lead in marathon. His finicky personality and bold nature gives him the key to be a top horse in the sport. He has a lot of international experience. Jamaica likes, more than other horses, some distance to his human friends. He is often a little cranky when visited in his stall, but whenever he is taken out to do some work his ears are usually pointing forward. Jamaica sometimes likes to play games with the people around him, but he is very aware of who the big boss is and behaves very well whenever Chester is around...