Day first joined the Canadian Equestrian Team in 1964, and in 1966 tied the record high jump of 7 feet 1 inch at the National Horse Show in New York. Day took gold in individual jumping at the 1967 Pan American Games.[2] Day was named Canada's Horseman of the Year three years running in 1966 through 1968.[2] In 1968, he was a member of Canada's gold-medal equestrian team at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1] At 22 years of age, Day was the youngest member of the show jumping team.[3] In the 1972 Olympics in Munich he finished 4th individually, and a team 6th. In the 1976 Summer Olympics he competed in both the show jumping and three-day eventing competitions, coming in 15th individually and 5th team in the show jumping, and not finishing the three-day eventing competition, although the Canadian team came in 6th.[1]
other, people, named, james, james, disambiguation, james, born, july, 1946, thornhill, ontario, canadian, olympic, equestrian, show, jumping, champion, thoroughbred, horse, trainer, medal, record, equestrian, representing, canada, olympic, games, 1968, mexico. For other people named James Day see James Day disambiguation James E Day born July 7 1946 in Thornhill Ontario was a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion 1 and Thoroughbred horse trainer Jim Day Medal record Equestrian Representing Canada Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team jumping Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Individual jumping 1967 Winnipeg Team jumping Day first joined the Canadian Equestrian Team in 1964 and in 1966 tied the record high jump of 7 feet 1 inch at the National Horse Show in New York Day took gold in individual jumping at the 1967 Pan American Games 2 Day was named Canada s Horseman of the Year three years running in 1966 through 1968 2 In 1968 he was a member of Canada s gold medal equestrian team at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City 1 At 22 years of age Day was the youngest member of the show jumping team 3 In the 1972 Olympics in Munich he finished 4th individually and a team 6th In the 1976 Summer Olympics he competed in both the show jumping and three day eventing competitions coming in 15th individually and 5th team in the show jumping and not finishing the three day eventing competition although the Canadian team came in 6th 1 In 1971 Day took a job training race horses for Ernie Samuel who had recently founded Sam Son Farm Day assisted in building the operation into a top Thoroughbred racing and breeding facility over the next 25 years His training successes include two American Eclipse Awards five Canadian Horse of the Year honors two Queen s Plate awards the Breeders Cup Distaff and the Canadian Triple Crown in 1991 Day was voted Canada s top trainer on four occasions 2 In 1995 Day left the employ of Sam Son Farm and continued training for others In 1997 he became only the third trainer to ever win Arlington Park s Mid America Triple His horse Honor Glide won the three races made up of the Arlington Classic Stakes in late June the American Derby in July and the Secretariat Stakes in August Jim Day was inducted into Canada s Sports Hall of Fame in 1968 the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2006 2 4 References edit a b c Jim Day Archived 2012 10 24 at the Wayback Machine Sports Reference LLC retrieved January 27 2010 a b c d Honored Members James Day permanent dead link Canadian Sports Hall of Fame retrieved January 27 2010 Canada Equestrianism at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games Archived 2009 09 10 at the Wayback Machine Sports Reference LLC retrieved January 27 2010 James E Jim Day Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame 2006 01 01 Retrieved 2021 11 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Day amp oldid 1196431452, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
