The #1-ranked female rider wasted no time getting back in the winner's circle, taking the 1.50m qualifier at tbird riding Northern Light.
Northern Light
The British rider won the first ‘Saturday Night Lights’ grand prix of 2024 riding Enjeu de Grisien; Tiffany Foster and Northern Light place 6th.
The Canadian won 2 classes and was 3rd in the $226,000 grand prix at the Holiday Festival II, which saw challenging weather conditions.
“It still hasn’t quite hit me"; the win came in the CSI5* MLSJ Grand Prix at Thunderbird Show Park aboard Northern Light.
The victory came aboard Ariel Grange’s Legacy; Canadians Tiffany Foster and Ali Ramsay place 3rd and 4th in the feature event.
The Canadian bested the field in the nine-horse jumpoff, marking the mare’s first CSI4* win of her career.
Foster joins fellow Canadian Erynn Ballard who previously received the weekly honour for the high-score female rider based on results.
The victory marked a triumphant return for the German rider after a four-year absence from WEF; Tiffany Foster 5th with Northern Light.
The first international grand prix of the 2021 WEF circuit ended in a win for Madden, with two Canadians in the top ten.
Hometown favourite continues her winning ways, placing first and third in the Sunday feature as the Fort Festival wraps up at Tbird.