Defending champions from Brazil took the lead in both the Team and Individual standings in the opening Speed competition at the Pan Am Games.
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There were some surprises as the USA is relegated to fifth, with Brazil and Colombia leading the field going into the Team Final tomorrow.
Team Mexico will be first up as nine teams vie for medals and Olympic berths; Beth Underhill and Nikka Vd Bisschop will be the pathfinders for Canada.
A strong Canadian team pushed the US back into 2nd place and scored just their third Pan Am Games eventing gold medal in 72 years.
The popular opening weekend feature runs alongside the Canadian Show Jumping Championships at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto.
European champion Rosalind Canter celebrated her second 5* win this year at the French fixture which saw cross-country day shake up the standings.
The Canadians advanced from third to first to win their first team gold since 1991; Lindsay Traisnel grabs the bronze medal.
Riding Brego R'n B in their first World Cup victory, the pair edged Germany's Rene Dittmer and Corsica X over Bernardo Costa Cabral's course.
The 2023 Longines Global Champions Tour battle was between Smolders, Maikel van der Vleuten and Henrik von Eckermann in Riyadh, KSA.
Americans continue to dominate the team standings in the Pan Am Eventing going into Sunday's medal-deciding Jumping phase.