A youngster won the biggest daily competition for the second afternoon in a row, as Mckayla Langmeier of the USA took the 1.45m PH&N Cup.
The 24-year-old’s triumph followed yesterday’s win in the Canadian Utilities Cup by 21-year-old Mexican rider Francisco Pasquel Vega, with both surpassing a seasoned field of veterans.
Langmeier, from Connecticut, gave credit for today’s PH&N Cup victory to another relative newcomer, nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood Pepita Vd Rollebeek (Tangelo vd Zuuthoeve x Toulon, breeder: Andy van, who is competing in her first-ever CSI5* events this month at Spruce Meadows.
“I’m hoping she’s going to be my 1.60m horse,” said Langmeier, who also won the 1.45m ATCO Cup earlier this month aboard 11-year-old mare Chadina. “Pepita is a younger horse I’ve been bringing along so it’s really rewarding to have her win such a big class.
“Chadina is much more experienced. She’s a little bit older, and has done more of everything.
“Pepita is much greener, but she is coming along. I always think, with a younger horse, you have to grow with them. The horse they were a month ago may not be the same horse they are now. “Each day we are learning more about each other.”
Today they emerged from a starting competition of 47 to beat seven other riders in the jump-off on the North American Ring course mapped out by Vancouver Island course designer Peter Holmes. On stage Kyle King and SIG Chiari (Cristallo II x Landadel) followed, whiled Luis Larrazabal and Belle de Muze (Ponsee V) claimed the third spot.
The 24-year-old’s triumph followed yesterday’s win in the Canadian Utilities Cup by 21-year-old Mexican rider Francisco Pasquel Vega, with both surpassing a seasoned field of veterans.
Langmeier, from Connecticut, gave credit for today’s PH&N Cup victory to another relative newcomer, nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood Pepita Vd Rollebeek (Tangelo vd Zuuthoeve x Toulon, breeder: Andy van, who is competing in her first-ever CSI5* events this month at Spruce Meadows.
“I’m hoping she’s going to be my 1.60m horse,” said Langmeier, who also won the 1.45m ATCO Cup earlier this month aboard 11-year-old mare Chadina. “Pepita is a younger horse I’ve been bringing along so it’s really rewarding to have her win such a big class.
“Chadina is much more experienced. She’s a little bit older, and has done more of everything.
“Pepita is much greener, but she is coming along. I always think, with a younger horse, you have to grow with them. The horse they were a month ago may not be the same horse they are now. “Each day we are learning more about each other.”
Today they emerged from a starting competition of 47 to beat seven other riders in the jump-off on the North American Ring course mapped out by Vancouver Island course designer Peter Holmes. On stage Kyle King and SIG Chiari (Cristallo II x Landadel) followed, whiled Luis Larrazabal and Belle de Muze (Ponsee V) claimed the third spot.