Wesley Newlands of Toronto, ON, concluded a successful week of competition at the Longines Global Champions Tour in Madrid, Spain, by placing second in the €25,000 Caser Seguros Trophy on Sunday, May 22.

Held on the final day of the international show jumping competition, the €25,000 Caser Seguros Trophy acted as the grand finale of the CSI2* division, attracting 42 entries. With her name at the top of the start list, Newlands was the first rider to tackle the track set by Guilherme Jorge of Brazil, who will also handle course designing duties at the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics. Riding Wieminka B, Newlands proved that it was possible to jump the course fault-free, posting a perfect score of zero. Nine other entries would also jump clear, setting the stage for an exciting jump-off.

Maintaining the order from the first round, Newlands was once again the first rider on course for the jump-off. Knowing she was setting the pace for those who followed, Newlands tightened up the turns and sliced the signature Cesar Seguros fence before crossing the timers in 37.09 seconds. In the end, just one rider proved faster than Newlands; Emma Heise of the United States posted a time of 35.83 seconds riding Viper Vrombautshoeve Z.

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