Bruce Mandeville

Birthplace: New Westminster, British Columbia
Birthdate: May 3, 1960
Hometown: Puslinch, Ontario and Hamilton, Mass.

Bruce Mandeville is a true all-round athlete. At age 13, Bruce first discovered eventing, training with Canadian Olympian Nick-Holmes-Smith. As a competitive skier, Bruce won two B.C. championship slalom ski titles as a teenager. He earned three french diplomas from Université Sorbonne in Paris and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and his law degree from the University of British Columbia.

After representing Canada at the 1994 World Equestrian Games in The Hague, Netherlands, with Hitman, Bruce’s international success has skyrocketed with Larissa. The pair finished 11th at the 1999 Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, qualifying them for the 1999 Pan American Games where they were Canada’s top-placed combination, finishing ninth overall. They then competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, where they placed twenty-second overall with one of only five clean rounds in stadium jumping. In recognition of achievement, the American Trakehner Association awarded Larissa a $10,000 prize for North American-bred Trakehners.

The following year, Larissa repeated her performance as the highest placed Canadian horse, this time at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, finishing 29th from a field of 80 horses with a clear cross-country performance. In 2003, after successfully completing the challenging CCI**** Badminton Three Day Event in England, Bruce and Larissa were members Silver Medal Team at the Pan American Eventing Championships.

HORSES

Larissa
1989 chestnut Canadian-bred Trakehner mare, 16.1hh by Target
Owner: Franz and Elke Hollenbach

Wonder
1993 chestnut Australian thoroughbred gelding, 16.3hh
Owner: Bruce Mandeville and Mansfield Manor LLC

Icy Grey
1992 grey New Zealand thoroughbred gelding, 16.1hh by Sir Triad
Owner: Bruce Mandeville and Mansfield Manor LLC