It was opening night at the Agrium Western Event Centre in Calgary for Royal West featuring the prestigious $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Calgary presented by pandaHAUS Equestrian on Oct. 29.
At the top of the bill on opening night was the $35,000 1.45m Camelot Stables Cup (presented by Golden West Radio). A full field of 39 on Werner Deeg’s challenging course provided a stirring challenge for the prize money.
Taking top prize with a clean ride at 52.72. seconds was JK Horsetrucks Chantilly ridden and trained by the big winner at the 2015 Royal West, Samuel Parot of Chile. All three of Parot’s horses in the competition posted similar times but he was able to find a little extra speed. “Between jump three and four I was able to pick up a little time,” he said. “Otherwise there was not much to choose between them.”