Calgary, Canada – July 03, 2019 – Kent Farrington (USA) and Austria 2 won the $36,100 Friends of the Meadows Cup CSI 5* yesterday during the ‘North American’ at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Canada.

The first of the two FEI 1.45m competitions began at 8:00am on the International Ring with seventy-five horses ready to go. The one round competition had riders and horses covering 485m of track and 11 obstacles in a time of 73 seconds. The riders with a clear round and the fastest time would take a trip to the winner’s circle. The top twenty-five competitors of this competition qualify for a competition later this week.

Number eight ranked rider in world, Kent Farrington (USA) and the 11-year-old Holsteiner mare (Casall x Corrado I) aboard was able to put a fourth win under his belt for the 2019 Spruce Meadows Summer Series, jumping to victory with a clear ride and time of 56.67 seconds.

The round was lightning fast, almost two seconds quicker than second place finisher Rodrigo Lambre (BRA) riding Chapilot (Chacco-Blue x Pilot), registering no penalties in 58.18 seconds.

Mario Deslauriers (CAN) and Bandia (Clinsman 2 x Quintero) rounded out the top three backed by a clean scorecard, crossing the timers in 60.49 seconds.

For full results, please click here.

Source: Press release from Spruce Meadows Media

Photo: © Spruce Meadows Media / Jack Cusano