Holmes' jump-off track was characterized by twists and turns, with stride playing a key factor. Cook dared the field to catch her when she opened the class up by galloping to the final fence in seven strides. Morton nearly caught her until his mount fit in an additional stride at the last moment. Laurie then answered the call with aplomb, impressing aboard her 12-year-old grey stallion, who met every fence skillfully and boldly out of stride, and improving upon the rides on her previous two mounts.

'[Casebrooke Lomond] is pretty fast, but he does waste a little bit of time in the air," she explained. "I really wanted to take the stride out from the third vertical to the fourth, because that’s where I thought I was a little bit slower on my horse before [McCaw MVNZ], and he was just awesome."

Laurie and Casebrooke Lomond are a well traveled pair. Laurie has ridden the 12-year-old stallion for the entirety of his life; the two began their partnership in New Zealand, where Casebrooke Lomond was purchased as a 3-year-old by Sheena Ross, who still owns part of the horse with Laurie. The stallion did a bit of breeding in Australia, and his first foals have just hit the ground in the southern hemisphere.

"He’s an awesome horse," Laurie said. "He feels like he’s got all the scope. He’s jumped big classes in Australia. This is his first bigger outing here since he’s come over from Australia. He just 100 percent knows his job and wants to do it. You just have to get him looking at the fence, and he goes."

Laurie spent four years in Australia before settling in Alberta, Calgary in January with her husband Jackson. The Harvest Welcome marks her debut at the international level in her new resident country.

"My husband and I always traveled here a little bit. We love Alberta and Calgary, and we have been here on-and-off over the years," she explained. "For the show jumping part, and he’s into the rodeo side, it just works out perfect for us to be here."