Phase 1 of both the Canadian Show Jumping Championship and the Mad Barn Indoor Eventing Challenge were opening night features.

Incessant rain resulted in a modified cross-country course which saw Caroline Harris and D. Day rocket up the standings.

Promising young equine stars competed at Le Lion d’Angers, France; Canada's Rebecca Howard piloted one in the 6YO division.

Only eight of 21 riders made it around the 5* cross-country course, while Sharon White and Jaguars Duende clinch top spot in the CCI3*-L.

A device to measure and control noseband tightness has been approved after 600 tests at FEI jumping, dressage, eventing, endurance and driving events.

The Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials have been awarded the Championship for 2025, which will run September 18-21.

“We like mud!” said the Irish eventers as they won the final leg of the series well ahead of the United States and Germany.

Here is a snapshot of the chart-toppers for the month, and how the Canadians stack up following the Paris Olympics.

World-class competitors (including a number of Canadians) will vie for a piece of the $325,000 in prize money on offer.

The former Swiss National Jumping Event Organising Committee president assumes the role following the retirement of Catrin Norinder.