The first group of event riders benefitting from funds from the U25 scholarship program have been announced.

The 2018 world champion led the competition from start to finish and had four rails in hand going into the final phase.

The American rider and her remarkable gelding ended a 15-year drought by becoming the first US combination to win at Kentucky since 2008.

The pair made Canada proud with a sizzling victory in the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event; the last time a Canadian won there was in 1992.

The USA’s Tamie Smith and Mai Baum are poised to win the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event 5* going into Sunday's show jumping phase.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Smith dominate the CCI4*-S, with three Canadians sitting top-10 going into Saturday's cross-country phase.

Time schedules, maps, course designer details, facility layouts, warmup areas, horse transport, test events and other topics were discussed.

Tom McEwen provisionally tops the CCI5*-L with JL Dublin; Liz Halliday-Sharp sets the pace in the CCI4*-S, with Colleen Loach sitting in 3rd.

The maple leaf captured two notable second-place finishes in high performance international equestrian competitions this past weekend.

Eventers, show jumpers and dressage athletes all have impressive results in competitions in the US, the UK and Spain.