The final day of the Spruce Meadows “North American” Tournament began with the 1.50 metre Sun Life Financial Reach for the Sun.  The Guilherme Jorge (BRA) designed course featured 16 jumping efforts over 530 metres of course and a time allowed of 80 seconds.

There were 30 entries in the competition all looking for a win to close out their Spruce Meadows Summer Series.  Only four were good enough to move onto the jump-off round.  It would be a foot race to the finish line with speedy Beezie Madden (USA), Jaime Azcarraga (MEX), Kent Farrington (USA) and the always threatening Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA)

Azcarraga was the first to clear the first round course so he was the first to jump-off.  Riding Celsius a 10 year-old Holstein stallion the Mexican put together another clear round and set the time to beat at 33.36 seconds.   

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