If Aldergrove鈥檚 Kassidy Keith experienced a sense of d茅j脿 vu Sunday, April 30, at 91原创鈥檚 Thunderbird Show Park, it wouldn鈥檛 surprise many 鈥� certainly not those in attendance for the $10,000 tbird Grand Prix 1.40m at the Spring Festival.

For the second consecutive week, Keith and her longtime mount Havana led the victory lap in the feature class of the week鈥檚 competition. Besting a five-horse jump-off, the pair cruised around Chris Jones鈥� shortened track in 42.17 seconds for a comfortable victory.

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Sarah Lottis and Rhapsody finished second (43.62 seconds), with Jaehee Jeon and Kadans van de Mispelaere third (45.73).

鈥淸Havana is] so game. When she鈥檚 on it, she really doesn鈥檛 want to let you down,鈥� Keith said.

There was a turning point in Sunday鈥檚 jump-off. Keith was happy with how her horse jumped the first fence, but a sharp angle to the following oxer led to a lot of airtime. Upon landing, Keith knew she had to apply some extra leg.

From there, the pair turned the heat up, navigating the winding track swiftly and accurately. In fact, they almost turned too fast.

鈥淲e almost slipped inside after the oxer [the penultimate fence], because I caught it on such a hard angle!鈥� Keith exclaimed.

But Keith didn鈥檛 need to take that much risk to secure another win. She and her mount took the longer route and expediently navigated the final vertical, crossing the timers more than a second fastest. Having now jumped their first 1.60m Grand Prix in the fall, the pair鈥檚 confidence at 1.40m is evident.

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鈥淚 think the biggest change in [Havana] is that she鈥檚 so much better in the turns,鈥� Keith said. 鈥淪he used to jump so high in the air, and I was basically hanging on. Now, she鈥檚 so smooth, especially at this height. She jumps hard, for sure, [but] when she kicks out [on course], I know it鈥檚 going to be a good day!鈥�

Thunderbird Show Park鈥檚 50th Anniversary season resumes鈥攁nd kicks off its calendar of international competition鈥攁t the Canadian Premier CSI5*/CSI2*.

The first of two back-to-back five-star weeks of elite show jumping, the event will also feature the opening leg of the 2023 Major League Show Jumping season, May 24鈥�28, 2023.