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Defending Olympic champion Eric Lamaze chooses horse for London Games

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Eric Lamaze, from Schomberg, Ont., puts on a teammate\'s helmet at a news conference naming the Canadian Olympic equestrian team in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, July 5, 2012. The athletes and their horses will represent Canada at the London 2012 Olympics later this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Jeff McIntosh

CALGARY – Defending champion Eric Lamaze has chosen his mount for the Olympic Games.

Lamaze says he’ll ride a nine-year-old Belgian mare named Derly Chin de Muze in London this summer.

Lamaze won individual gold and team silver for Canada aboard Hickstead at the 2008 Olympic Games.

But Hickstead died tragically during competition last November.

Lamaze had to quickly find a new horse. He says Derly performed well in competition at Spruce Meadows over the last few weeks.

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