Canadian Olympian, Jill Henselwood, is no stranger to saving her best for last. And that’s why her win aboard Callisto in Sunday’s $75,000 Footing Authority Grand Prix at HITS Thermal should not come as a surprise to anyone.

The victory marks her first Grand Prix triumph of the 2007 HITS Desert Circuit and caps off three exciting weeks of show jumping at HITS’ state-of-the-art equestrian facility in Thermal, California. Henselwood had the ride for Equine Canada and collected $22,500 in prize money.

She was the second of three riders to challenge Anthony D’Ambrosio’s jump-off route. Richard Spooner was the first to go aboard Cristallo, as he went through the course unscathed. Spooner, who won Friday’s $30,000 Ariat Grand Prix, set the Great American Time to Beat at 38.89.

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