HITS Hudson Valley Championship Week began with a win for the US rider; Canadian Mario Deslauriers riding Genial de B'neville placed 5th.
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The Calgary venue's biggest tournament of the year is underway, featuring powerful international fields with Olympians and relative newcomers.
The rider from Luxembourg sailed to the win at Circus Maximus; Canadian Kyle Timm placed 11th with Casino Calvin.
Competition will take place across the three Olympic disciplines with prize money totalling over $1 million in the finals.
The pinnacle event of the tournament is the CPKC International Grand Prix, presented by Rolex, featuring a $2,500,000 USD purse.
The Italian rider scored the lion's share of the 308,000+ euro purse; Canadian Kyle Timm was 11th with Casino Calvin.
The Canadian closed out ESP Summer III at Wellington International with a win in the $10,000 1.40m following a second-place finish on Friday.
The Saturday feature at the Del Mar Summer Classic I in California saw US riders place one-two; Canadian Jenn Serek finished in 11th spot.
A roundup of show jumping action at the Major League Show Jumping Ottawa at Wesley Clover Parks this past weekend.
The Canadian piloted Bon Royal in the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby and Geronimo in the $24,500 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix.
