Spruce Meadows’ resident professional Chris Surbey (CAN) was also able to bring home a win for the team in the RBC Capital Markets Cup
The ATCO Challenge took place under the beautiful Alberta Sunshine and was a competition that certainly lived up to its name. Tamie Phillips was 3rd.
The ATB Financial Cup competition had a robust entry of top horse rider combinations ready to tackle the 1.55m course, Keean White was 3rd.
The United States was not shut out today after a victory in the opening competition of the ‘National’ Tournament. The RoadTrek Cup 1.50m competition was stocked with 71 athletes coming through the clock tower to challenge the Guilherme Jorge designed, speed competition. With 25 competitors jumping clear rounds on day one of the ‘National’ Tournament, […]
It was a great first day of the Spruce Meadows ‘National’ tournament presented by ROLEX that saw not only wonderful weather but fantastic sport as well. With an impressive entry in the Bantrel Cup 1.55m, 42 horse rider combinations were tested on the famed Spruce Meadows International Ring by 2016 Olympic Games Course Designer Guilherme […]
Calgary, AB, Canada – July 12, 2014 – Spruce Meadows held its $83,000 Investors Group Cup 1.50m competition on Saturday afternoon with another win for USA’s McLain Ward at the ‘Pan American’ Tournament CSI 5*. Ward took the top two places, winning aboard Zander and finishing second with HH Carlos Z. The rider has had […]
The highlight event of the Spruce Meadows ‘National’ Tournament, presented by Rolex, featured some of the best show jumping athletes in the world in the exciting $400,000 RBC Grand Prix, presented by Rolex. Leading that field was Jaime Azcarraga of Mexico on Anton, who was victorious over Jonathan McCrea (USA) with Special Lux and Enrique […]
Winning twice during the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ is not easily accomplished, but top American rider Kent Farrington showed speed was the key in the $125,000 Suncor Winning Round 1.50m. He and Blue Angel, an 11-year-old AES mare by Luidam x Ascendent owned by Robin Parsky, returned second to last in the second round. The top […]
The highlight event of the season wrapped up the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ with some of the best show jumping competition in the world. Pieter Devos of Belgium rode Candy to victory in the $1 Million CN International, part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, over Olympic gold medalist Steve Guerdat (SUI) on Nasa […]
Saturday at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ is always full of national pride, and this year was no different. Eight top teams from around the world went head to head, and the winning nation for the second year in a row was Germany with teammates Hans Dieter Dreher/Colore, Christian Ahlmann/Asca Z, Daniel Deusser/Evita van de Veldballe, […]