Desert Circuit 3 in Thermal, CA, saw the Belgian rider nab the $200,000 feature, while the Canadian piloted the stallion Chatadel PS to his first 1.45m win.

The German took the 5* Qualifier at MLSJ Monterrey with Otello de Guldenboom while the Canadian was close riding De Flor 111 Z Santa Rosa.

Team members McLain Ward, Erynn Ballard and Kaitlin Campbell topped the podium during leg 4 of the MLSJ season.

None of the Canadians made the cut, but there is a slim chance that Mario Deslauriers (31st) could draw in if someone drops out.

The Frenchman won on home ground for the first time just days ahead of the start of the Paris Olympics; "it gives you great energy."

The Canadian Olympic team member took the $62,500 Fresh From Florida Grand Prix at WEC and now heads to Aachen and Chantilly.

Amy Millar, Mario Deslauriers and Erynn Ballard will represent the maple leaf in Paris; Tiffany Foster named as travelling alternate.

The Canadian won the $125,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix with Coconet and the $40,000 YETI Grand Prix riding Mullentine Shalom.

The Spruce Meadows tournament saw Canadian riders (and Olympic hopefuls) Erynn Ballard and Tiffany Foster win the big classes.

In a jump-off against herself with Libido Van’t Hofken and Gakhir in The Mustangs, the Olympic hopeful was speediest with the former.