Beth and Monopoly enjoyed one of the longest partnerships in show jumping sport. Beth first began riding Monopoly when he was 10 years old, and the pair enjoyed their last major grand prix victory, the $100,000 Treatwells Grand Prix held at HITS Ocala, FL, in 1999 when Monopoly was 20.

Over the course of their career together, Beth and Monopoly traveled around the world, competing at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, and the 1994 World Equestrian Games in The Hague, The Netherlands, where they finished 14th individually. While the pair enjoyed major grand prix victories throughout North America, Spruce Meadows was Monopoly’s favourite place to compete. In 1994 and 1996, the pair claimed the Canadian Show Jumping Championship title and, in 1992, placed third in the $680,000 du Maurier Ltd. International (now the $1 million CN International) at the Calgary venue. In 1996, having finished second the previous three years in a row, Beth and Monopoly finally won the $100,000 Shell Cup Derby.

“I swear, by the end, I didn’t even have to steer,” laughed Beth of competing in the Shell Cup Derby, where the course remains the same each year. “He loved the crowd at Spruce Meadows and he loved that course! Even though he had competed around the world, Spruce Meadows truly was where he felt the most at home.

Bred by Mr. J.A. Cottle, Monopoly was born in New Zealand in 1979. A registered Hannoverian, Monopoly’s sire was Witzbold while his thoroughbred dam was Suzy by Abridge Member.

Monopoly died on November 16, 2011 at the age of 32 after a long and happy retirement at Beth Underhill’s Farm. Monopoly is buried alongside Altair beside Beth’s house at her farm in Schomberg, ON.

Monopoly earned more than $1 million in prize money throughout his illustrious show jumping career, and was inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame in 2008.