The opening weekend of the Royal Horse Show was an exciting one, with wins for Phillip Dutton and Quasi Cool and Taylor Brooks riding Spectre.

The action got underway with the Henry Equestrian Canadian Show Jumping Championship and Mad Barn Indoor Eventing Challenge.

The popular opening weekend feature runs alongside the Canadian Show Jumping Championships at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto.

Colleen Loach is top Canadian in 4th place with 'Goldie'; Boyd Martin scores a hat-trick in the CCI2*-L, CCI3*-L and CCI4*-S divisions.

It’s the Boyd and Phil Show in Bromont following a spectacular day of sport, with the pair leading four divisions at the Quebec venue.

Canadian Olympian Loach and ‘Goldie’ sit solidly in first place with 27.6 pp; the dressage phase continues on Friday at the Quebec venue.

The pair kept their cool over Derek diGrazia's course; top Canadian was Holly Jacks-Smither and Candy King, who placed 12th.

Phillip Dutton has announced that the Selle Francais mare California d'Horset (Soliman X Palm Beach d’Horset, by Trophee du Rozel), has joined his team.

The final phase of the FEI CIC 3* at The Fork proved no match for Phillip Dutton and Z, as the pair finished the WEG test event in top form.

Phillip Dutton (USA) and Z made easy work of the cross-country phase to overtake the lead heading into show jumping at The Fork at TIEC in the FEI CIC 3*.