Canada's Vanessa Mannix grabs 4th place with her own 11-year-old Kingston in this inaugural event in California.
Daniel Bluman
The Israeli rider and Gemma W were 2nd in last year's World Cup class here; top Canadian was Vanessa Mannix riding Carmela Z, who placed 4th.
Canada's Mario Deslauriers places 5th riding Bardolina 2; Nayel Nassar wins the $78,000 Hampton Classic 2* Grand Prix.
Over 10,000 boisterous spectators watched the show jumpers have their turn in the Rolex Stadium over Guilherme Jorge's challenging track.
Canada's Tiffany Foster places 5th in the $146,000 Challenge Cup riding Hamilton as the last week of the season gets underway.
The US rider scored the win aboard Kalinka Van’t Zorgvliet, a mare he calls "hot, a bit wacky, a little small, and has an inverted-type jump."
The Israeli rider edged McLain Ward and Contagious for the victory; Canadian Mario Deslauriers rode Uris de la Roque to 4th place.
Questions over the status of a corporate owner mean that Israel’s first-ever Olympic jumping team must manage without its anchor rider.
Daniel Bluman of Israel raced to a first-place finish aboard Colestina H in the $72,000 Joe DiMaggio Children's Health Specialty Center 1.50m Qualifier.
In a cliff-hanger of a competition, Team Israel snatched the single spot on offer at the Olympic Jumping Qualifier at Maxima Park in Moscow (RUS).