Toronto, Ontario—David Arcand of Mount Royal, QC, secured victory in the Jump Canada Talent Squad Final by winning the $10,000 Alfred Rogers National Talent Squad Series Championship, Phase II, on Saturday, November 8, at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show.
Held over two days, the Talent Squad Final competition opened on November 7 with the $8,000 Alfred Rogers National Talent Squad Series Championship, Phase I, where Arcand and his horse, Santos Utopia, a nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, finished in ninth place.
Arcand returned to the Ricoh Coliseum the following day to handily win Phase II with the fastest double clear in a jump-off time of 41.10 seconds. Arcand was tied with Margie Gayford of Sharon, ON, when the points for the two phases were added together but, as Phase II carried more weight, Arcand was named the National Talent Squad Final Champion.