Ballard and the Rein family are excited about their prospects leading up to the Paris Olympics as the Games creep closer.

The Brazilian rider won the $385,000 Bainbridge Companies Grand Prix aboard Lady Louise Jmen; top Canadian was Kyle Timm, 5th.

Described as "freaky careful", the seven-year-old grey Oldenburg gelding was purchased in partnership with Mark Rein and Tara Dow-Rein.