Mother Nature brought clear skies and sunshine to opening day of the 2019 Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ CSIO5* Tournament. The TELUS Cup was the first FEI competition of the day and 67 horse/rider combinations took to the International Ring hoping to make it into the winner’s circle.

The TELUS Cup is a qualifying competition for both the Suncor Winning Round (Saturday) and the CP ‘International’, presented by Rolex (Sunday). Nineteen riders piloted their mounts through round one fault free to qualify for the jump-off – one step closer to qualifying for the weekend events.

Canadian rider Eric Lamaze, aboard Chacco Kid, held the lead in the jump off with a quick clear ride in a time of 37.22s but was knocked out of top spot by Brazilian Eduardo Menezes. It came down to the final rider of the competition, Daniel Coyle (IRL), who saw great success during the 2019 Spruce Meadows Summer Series, bested them all with a clear ride and time of 36.24s over the 325m track.

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