Langley, BC – Thunderbird Show Park will host two FEI World Cup show jumping classes this season – the $55,000 CS12*-W BC Open World Cup Grand Prix on June 5th and the $55,000 CS12*-W Thunderbird Legacy World Cup Grand Prix on August 28th. Both classes provide the opportunity for competitors to take home a share of the purse while also earning points in the FEI North American League (full calendar below).

International course designer, Peter Holmes, will be on-hand for the first World Cup class in June. Holmes makes his home in on Vancouver Island, allowing him to make several stops at Thunderbird Show Park over the course of the season. Before setting Sunday’s points class, Holmes will challenge riders in the other high stakes class of the tournament, the $30,000 CS12* Thunderbird Show Park Spring Classic.

The August tournament will welcome course designer, Olaf Petersen Jr. After successfully riding in International Grand Prix events, Petersen made the move to design in 1990. Granted the International Course Designer qualification by the FEI in 2002, he was an assistant designer at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, as well as the 2000 CHIO in Aachen, Germany and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. He has also designed at such top shows as Devon, Del Mar, and Valkenswaard. Prior to setting the World Cup Grand Prix at Thunderbird on August 28th, he’ll design the $30,000 CS12* Thunderbird Summer Classic on August 26th.

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