Defending champions from Brazil took the lead in both the Team and Individual standings in the opening Speed competition at the Pan Am Games.

Team Mexico will be first up as nine teams vie for medals and Olympic berths; Beth Underhill and Nikka Vd Bisschop will be the pathfinders for Canada.

Riding Brego R'n B in their first World Cup victory, the pair edged Germany's Rene Dittmer and Corsica X over Bernardo Costa Cabral's course.

The 2023 Longines Global Champions Tour battle was between Smolders, Maikel van der Vleuten and Henrik von Eckermann in Riyadh, KSA.

The Irish rider makes it two in a row in Helsinki, winning again just a week after coming out on top at the opening leg in Oslo.

The Canadian and the 10-year-old KWPN gelding bested a massive field of 83 starters at Tryon Fall 5 in Mill Spring, NC.

Canada is 12th on the list, which was based on the regular Longines Rankings following the Nations Cup Final 2023.

The three-event jumping series moved to the capital city of Morocco, featuring both a World Cup qualifier and a Nations Cup.

The Irishman, riding Consulent de Prelet Z, beat a star-studded lineup to kick off the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup series in Norway.

A look at how the battle goes at the top of the leaderboards, and where the Canadians stand as they head to Chile for the Pan Am Games.