Wednesday: Jordan Coyle (IRL) Wins TELUS Cup
The action kicked off early Wednesday morning on the International Ring with the TELUS Cup 1.50m, where a large field of 74 horse/rider combinations stepped through the Clock Tower for the first time in this tournament. The one-round competition against the clock over a track designed by FEI course designer Leopoldo Palacious (VEN) had to be completed in 68 seconds.
Jordan Coyle (IRL) and For Gold won the TELUS Cup. (Spruce Meadows Media/Dave Chidley)
Ireland’s Jordan Coyle continued where he left off after his successful summer tour at Spruce Meadows. Aboard For Gold, he flew around the course, posting the fastest clear round in a time of 57.16 seconds. He narrowly edged Dutch rider Sanne Thijssen with Cupcake Z (57.47) and Canada’s Kara Chad riding Stone Ridge Farm’s Corinna Z (58.66).
Coyle’s 2025 winnings at Spruce Meadows to date had totalled over $480,000 CAD; he added a tidy $16,786 to the pot Wednesday with this victory.
TELUS Cup 1.50m
1. Jordan Coyle (IRL) & For Gold
2. Sanne Thiessen (NED) & Cubcake Z
3. Kara Chad (CAN) & Corinna Z
4. Kristaps Neretnieks (LAT) & Valour
5. Sophie Hinners (GER) & Call me Jabri
Full results HERE.
Richard Vogel (GER) Takes Cardel Homes Cup
Sixty international competitors vied for the $20,625 (USD) winner’s share of the purse in the Cardel Homes Cup 1.55m on Wednesday afternoon. Just 14 horses jumped clear and advanced to the jump-off, including world #4-ranked rider Richard Vogel (GER) with Phenyo van het Keysersbos and world #8-ranked rider Steve Guerdat (SUI) riding Albfuehren’s Iashin Sitte. In the showdown, both riders posted fast clear rides, but Vogel came out on top in a time of 38.93 seconds ahead of Guerdat’s 39.29. Iron Dames Singclair, piloted by German rider Sophie Hinners, grabbed third place with 39.58 seconds.
Richard Vogel (GER) and Phenyo Van Het Keysersbos won the Cardel Homes Cup. (Spruce Meadows Media/Bart Onyszko)
“Once you actually get to the show, it’s so many things also outside the arena that makes it so special. The place [Spruce Meadows] itself has a very special environment and kind of a chemistry that is here that you really feel once you put a step into the place,” commented Vogel on returning to Spruce Meadows and how special it is.
“And it’s always very nice to come back. I think the horses really like it, too, and have memories here that they keep and very quickly recognize, ‘oh, we’re back in Spruce.’”
Cardel Homes Cup 1.55m
1. Richard Vogel (GER) & Phenyo van het Keysersbos
2. Steve Guerdat (SUI) & Albfuehren’s Iashin Sitte
3. Sophie Hinners (GER) & Iron Dames Singclair
4. Ben Maher (GBR) & Iron Dames Singclair
5. Lillie Keenan (USA) & Kick On
Full results HERE.
Thursday: Nina Mallevaey and My Clementine win the ATCO Cup
Spruce Meadows’ “Throwback Thursday” started with the ATCO Cup on the International Ring. Athletes were challenged over the original track from the 1976 ‘Masters’ Grand Prix — with a few
Fresh off her win of the Rolex Grand Prix in Brussels, French rider Nina Mallevaey jumped to victory in the ATCO Cup 1.50m. The big material that made up the track (much of it original material from the course in 1976) was no problem for her 10-year-old chestnut Irish Sport Horse, My Clementine, who is owned by the Rein family.
Mallevaey galloped through the finish line of the winning round clear in a time of 46.16 seconds that could not be caught, pinning Eugenio Garza Perez of Mexico riding Victer Finn DH Z and American Laura Kraut with Tres Bien Z into second and third place, respectively.
ATCO Cup
1. Nina Mallevaey (FRA) & My Clementine
2. Eugenio Garza Perez (MEX) & Victer Finn DH Z
3. Laura Kraut (USA) & Tres Bien Z
4. Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) & Qnokke de Muze
5. Daniel Deusser (GER) & Pepita Van’t Meulenof BR
Full results HERE.
Richard Vogel (GER) and Cloudio won the CANA Cup – Vogel’s third consecutive win in this class. (Spruce Meadows Media/Mike Sturk)
Hat Trick Victory for Richard Vogel
It was another busy afternoon on the International Ring, with 60 competitors entered in the CANA Cup 1.60m. CANA has supported Spruce Meadows since the beginning in 1975, and their chairman and CEO, John Simpson, was formerly a member of the Canadian Show Jumping Team.
FEI course designer Leopoldo Palacios laid out a challenging track, but Germany’s Richard Vogel, who won the Cardel Homes Cup the day before, seems to have found his stride at Spruce Meadows. Aboard the grey stallion Cloudio, the pair jumped clear in the jump-off in a time of 45.54 seconds to secure the win.
“We really perform our best with a lot of atmosphere and with people cheering for us,” said Vogel. “It’s starting to fill up [the Spruce Meadows grandstands] now, and when the weekend arrives Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I think when we have full stands that atmosphere is something we very much look forward to. It just gives us, extra motivation and, the horses feel that, too. So it’s always nice to to ride in front of such a crowd, like here in Spruce Meadows.”
This was Vogel’s third consecutive win of the CANA Cup at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’.
CANA Cup 1.60m
1. Richard Vogel (GER) & Cloudio
2. Jorne Sprehe (GER) & Toys
3. Thibault Philippaerts (BEL) & Lyandro
4. Max Kuhner (AUT) & Count On Me 19
5. Markus Saurugg (AUT) & Obora’s Crunchy Nut
Full results HERE.
More information on the ‘Masters’ HERE.
Livestream/broadcast info HERE.
~ with files from Spruce Meadows Media
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