The Irishman rode 'Sleepy Joe' to the top of the leaderboard at Thunderbird Show Park’s Western Family tournament.

US rider Kendall Bourgeois's seven-year-old 'Tommy' may seem to have a laid-back attitude, but he is all business in the ring.

Canada finishes second as five nations contested Peter Holmes' track, which saw a lot of rails and a few surprising eliminations.

Conor Swail kicked off 4* competition with his 5th victory in eight days; the $75,000 FEI CSIO4* Nations Cup takes place on Sunday.

Ireland's Conor Swail ruled the CSI4* division at the Canadian Premier, while Canada's Amy Millar had three close runner-up results.

The Irish rider logged his third international win of Canadian Premier week in the CSI4* Challenge, edging Canada's Nicole Walker and Excellent B.

An unfortunate rail by hometown favourite Kassidy Keith with Havana hands the victory to the Australian and For Dilando PS.

The Crooks Young Horse 1.30m at the Spring Festival at Thunderbird Show Park saw the well-bred, newly-imported mare shine.

The BC rider rode Havana, with whom she has won this event three previous times — and explains why she never gives the sunglasses to her mom.

The Canadian won all three classes with two horses, while Tracey Epp and Heartvit ZH took the Derby series opener for the second year in a row.