The first week of the Classique Internationale Blainville ended with the 1.40m Québec Grand-Prix Jumping. Thanks to the support of the Government of Québec, the event came with a $40,000 prize. 37 rider-horse teams stepped up to the starting line, including Québec natives François Lamontagne, Laurence Addison, Stéphanie Morier, Mélissa Marcotte, Nicolas-Xavier Bélanger and Nicolas Bayzelon. Big names from the Canadian Equestrian Team were also in attendance. An 8-rider jump-off was necessary to call François Lamontagne the winner, followed by Yann Candele and Roberto Teran in third place.
The course designed by Sven Loewe was very technical, particularly at the onset of the double combination which was followed by an oxer, and in a triple combination that demanded tremendous reactivity and respect from the horses. The run was comprised of 13 obstacles and 15 jumping efforts on a distance of 550 meters. The time allowed for completion was 89 seconds.
First competitor to the course, Hugh Graham cleared a faultless run aboard Distant Star 3rd. A member of the Canadian Equestrian Team, Eliott Stone matched that performance, thus declaring a jump-off. Young Natalie Bova from Ontario overcame all challenges, while Laurence Addison, still honing her trade at this level, garnered two rail faults. Kelley Robinson, Lanie Thomas and Stéphanie Morier each took a penalty point for outrunning the clock. After a refusal at the very first obstacle, Nicolas Bayzelon managed a fine run. Nicolas-Xavier Bélanger and Mélissa Marcotte would have attained perfection, if not for an unfortunate fallen rail. Yann Candele signed off on a flawless performance with two of his horses, while François Lamontagne, who had previously taken four penalty points with his top horse, was impeccable on Unik Circa.