Lafayette Van Overis (Kashmir van Schuttershof / Tauber An het Kapelhof), which Bertram took over the mount in July 2019, was on top of his game during the 2019 season, with winning both the $36,000 1m45 Speed Class on Friday and the $72,000 1m50 Sunday Classic in Tryon, as well as finishing third in the Feature $135,000 International Jumper Class in CSI4*Lexington. The gelding kept on impressing in Wellington 2020 with more podium placings in the CSI4* & CSI5* classes.
In June 2020, Lafayette won the 4* 1m45 ranking class in Grimaud, France.