Two winners from the Major League Show Jumping Grand Prix will return to Thunderbird Show Park to compete in the Odlum Brown BC Open international competition this week.
Runner-up Grant Seger will return with his top mount Frieda, and third-place Nayel Nassar will step up Edgard de Prefontaine from the two-star level to compete alongside last week鈥檚 five-star ranking class mounts, Donvier and Ivory TCS.
Conor Swail is also among the starters, following his wins abroad in the Uryadi鈥 Village Qualifier 1.50m and with the Trelawny Trailblazers in the MLSJ Team Competition.
His mount Vinny, along with Count Me In 鈥 Swail鈥檚 partner from the 2022 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final 鈥 are set to partake in the BC Open.
鈥淭his is kind of my home. I鈥檝e been coming here five, six, seven years,鈥 Swail said. 鈥淓veryone鈥檚 really friendly, and anything I need, it鈥檒l always be done here. Thunderbird is a great place to come to.鈥
Also competing in the BC Open are several rising stars, including Canadian athletes Georgia Knight, Ashley Arnoldt, and Justine Cha.
Knight, the 2023 MarBill Hill U25 Series Champion, swept the U25 division at tbird鈥檚 April Spring Opener and finished third in the U25 Grand Prix last week with her mount Ero del Pierre.
Her goal this year is to compete in her first senior FEI Classes.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 expect to win [the U25 series]. It really, really boosted my confidence,鈥 she shared. 鈥淚 [realized], I can actually do well in these classes.鈥
The international competition starts today at tbird, wrapping up with the CS14* Odlum Brown Grand Prix at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 2.
Tickets are available online at .
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