The Israeli rider edged McLain Ward and Contagious for the victory; Canadian Mario Deslauriers rode Uris de la Roque to 4th place.
McLain Ward
Show jumping action at the Hampton Classic in Bridgehampton, NY continued as Ward increased his lead in the $30,000 Longines Rider Challenge.
The pair of show jumping legends will be honoured during the Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony at the Devon Horse Show in May.
The US rider took the $50,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m National Grand Prix; top Canadian was Tiffany Foster and Windsor Grey, 4th.
Week seven at WEF kicked off with a Wednesday win for McLain Ward aboard a horse he says is never ridden between shows, just turned out.
Mario Deslauriers is top Canadian, riding Uris De La Roque to 6th place in the Saturday afternoon class on the Derby Field at WEF.
Ballard wraps up a very successful opening week at WEF; Canada's Austin Krawitt 8th in the feature class with the stallion Zazu.
Canada's top performance comes from Erynn Ballard and Ronja, who were 10th in the class of 68 international entries at PBIEC.
The ESP Holiday & Horses CSI4* at PBIEC sees a familiar face at the top of the leaderboard in a class of 73 in Friday's feature.
US rider McLain Ward piloted the gelding to the win in a massive field of 100 entries, while Canadians earned a couple of top-10 spots in feature classes.
