The Canadian Show Jumping Team finished fifth in the BMO Nations’ Cup on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament in Calgary, AB. In its 49th year, the event drew a huge and enthusiastic crowd to the iconic International Ring to watch seven nations contest the cup on a scorching end-of-summer day.

As with many Nations Cup competitions, the winner was not decided until the very last competitor. When the competition concluded with just the third double clear of the day, it was defending champions Ireland in second place behind winning team Germany and the 2024 Olympic Champions Great Britain in third.

Longtime Spruce Meadows designer Leopoldo Palacios’ course proved challenging with the Paris 2024 Champs-Élysées double combination in the shade (4ab) and the open water jump (8) playing pivotal roles in the first round and the Dutch bicycle (9) and the final fence the Canada planks (12) catching many combinations.

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