The excitement builds at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Basel, SUI, with the hometown hero delighting the partisan crowd.

The rider cruised to his first-ever Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix Victory to the delight of home-country fans in Mexico City.

The Olympic Champion had 15 top-ten finishes this season, but a Challenge Cup victory had eluded him; Canada's Erynn Ballard 8th with Dior.

Danish MEP Niels Fuglsang doesn't believe the FEI is up to the task of enforcing adequate reforms; he also calls for a ban on double bridles.

The International Jumping Riders Club addresses eliminations, noseband testing and U25 opportunities in FEI Rules consultation.

It was the biggest win of his career for the 20-year-old American who piloted Pixel-K van't Kattenheye to the victory at WEF.

The final day of the Longines League of Nations at WEC-Ocala saw three Canadians place top-8 in the $85,000 CSI2* event.

Fellow American Spencer Smith claimed the overall series title; Mario Deslauriers was top Canadian, 9th with Quatro van de Meerputhoeve.

Belgium and Ireland finished third and fourth at the World Equestrian Center event, with only 7 first-round clears of the 40 starters.

The Olympic champion rode the mare Just Be Gentle to win Thursday's feature event at World Equestrian Center – Ocala.