Personal best scores continued for Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu and All In, while Pia Fortmuller and Freida won the Lövsta Future Challenge.
The Canadian scores 73.319% in the Special; Jill Irving and Arthur place 4th and Diane Creech is 7th riding Chrevi’s Christo.
Two Canadians were top-10: Mario Deslauriers and Bardolina (7th) and Eric Lamaze with Dieu Merci Van T & L (10th).
The pair win the $37,000 Restylane 1.45m CSI2* ‒ a hot start, as it is their first show after a lengthy break due to the pandemic.
Fraser-Beaulieu and the big gelding earned their highest Grand Prix CDI-W score ever and now set their sights on the FEI World Cup Finals.
Second place in the FEI Grand Prix CDI 3* for Special went to Canada’s Lindsay Kellock piloting Sebastien, who earned 72.326%.
Top Canadians in the $73,000 class were Tiffany Foster, 5th with Figor, and Mario Deslaurier, 10th riding Bardolina 2.
The victory marked a triumphant return for the German rider after a four-year absence from WEF; Tiffany Foster 5th with Northern Light.
Three Canadians finished in the top 10 in the $37,000 class, led by Mario Deslauriers and Bardolina 2, who placed second.
WEF 4 started out with an incredible sweep by the American rider; top Canadian was Erynn Ballard and Nespresso Van’t Laekhof, 3rd in Sec. A.