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THE 2023 BIOGEN FEI WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

When Graham Winn spoke to course builder, Bernado and asked "How many clears are you hoping to get?" he responded that he was going to build a Championship track, and a championship track is undoubtedly what he built! Following a retirement at number 1, Protein Feeds Campbell and Lisa Williams jumped a picture-perfect clear round, showing…

BIOGEN’S WORLD CUP 1.40M CHAMPIONSHIP

The Biogen 1.40m championships saw another testing, world-class track. Bernardo managed yet again to place jumps and lines in far different locations from what we would typically see. There was only one direct 5-stride line and also a two-stride combination of oxers, which is an unfamiliar obstacle here. All other distances gave the combinations a…

CALLAHO WARMBLOOD STUD’S 1.35M CHAMPIONSHIP

The final day of the Biogen World Cup Qualifier began with the Callaho Warmblood Stud 1.35m Championships. As one would expect, the Championship Day courses were up a level from what had come before. The technical track jumped well, with 17 of the 60 starters going through to the jump-off, and vying for one of the…

THE 1.40M TWO-PHASE AT THE BIOGEN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

Despite possibly the coldest Maple World Cup qualifier day in history, as the show has been moved earlier on our calendar, the wind was quite refreshing, and the same can be said of Bernardo Costa Cabral’s courses. The general consensus among our top riders was that it has been such a breath of fresh air to…

UNITED AVIATION GROUP RIDERS GRAND PRIX

George Coutlis and CT’s Callaho Lord Chris were the first combination to make their way around Friday’s 1.50m Grand Prix track. The pair made light work of what was expected to be a tough and technical track, ending with 4f. As we soon learnt, the track showed no mercy, with the jumps coming in quick…

CANON 1.30M TWO-PHASE AT BIOGEN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

Another big class of 79 starters kicked off day 3 of the Biogen Maple Ridge World Cup Qualifier. The course was exciting, with the 1.30m two-phase beginning with a few unexpected thrills and spills courtesy of the water tray to the double. Gregory Scott came in at number 10 on his first ride Habibi S and jumped…

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THE CANON 1.30 SPEED CLASS AT THE BIOGEN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

The Biogen Maple Ridge World Cup Qualifier open classes kicked off this morning with the Canon 1.30m Speed Class. Our international course builder Bernardo Costa Cabral set what appeared to be a technical track for the 89 competitors, with 4 to 5 walking two steps long and some interesting dog-leg lines. However, for all the…