The stage has been set in Langley, BC, Canada, as five teams have assembled to contest the $400,000 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada. As the final leg of the Nations Cup’s North and Central America and Caribbean division, it’s the final opportunity for Canada, Mexico, and the United States to earn valuable qualifying points toward the Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain, in October. Defending champion Ireland and newcomer Israel complete the lineup in the feature event of the week’s CSIO5* competition.

Leading the division with 200 points, Team Mexico returns to Langley as the event favourites after achieving back-to-back victories in Wellington, FL, in February and on home soil in Coapexpan, Mexico, in May. Led by Chef d’Equipe Stanny van Paesschen, Mexico will put forth its third different team this year: Manuel Gonzalez Dufrane, Salvador Oñate, Francisco Pasquel, Nicolas Pizzaro, and Juan Jose Zendejas Salgado.

Team USA sits second in the division with 170 points after finishing third in the USA leg and second in Mexico. Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland has tapped Lucy Deslauriers, Eve Jobs, Jenni Martin McAllister, Richard Spooner and Andrew Welles to compete for the red, white and blue.

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