Ifko and longtime partner 'Monty' were the best of 12 in the jumpoff; fellow Canuck Susan Horn and Chacca Keeps II place 4th.
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Darragh Kenny, the top-ranked Irishman in the world at #9, produced his winning round on a horse he had only been riding for two weeks.
Sunday's feature class at WEF 8 saw another big win for the German rider; Mario Deslauriers' former mount Amsterdam is 3rd with new rider.
The US rider took the $50,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m National Grand Prix; top Canadian was Tiffany Foster and Windsor Grey, 4th.
Amy Millar delivers a double clear with Truman for the Canadian Team as the United States claims victory, followed by Ireland and Brazil.
The Canadian scores 73.319% in the Special; Jill Irving and Arthur place 4th and Diane Creech is 7th riding Chrevi’s Christo.
A total of 84 combinations contested the opening round, looking to punch their ticket into Sunday’s $137,000 NetJets Grand Prix CSI3*.
WEF 3 kicked off with a field of 121 in Wednesday's split feature class; top Canadian is Erynn Ballard, who placed 6th in Sec A with Ronja.
The first international grand prix of the 2021 WEF circuit ended in a win for Madden, with two Canadians in the top ten.
The final day of the ESP Holiday III Show at PBIEC featured a win by Canada's Ballard with Ilan Ferder's 8-year-old Norwegian Warmblood mare.
