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Beezie Madden and Darry Lou won the Rolex Grand Prix of Spruce Meadows
The Rolex Grand Slam at the CSIO Spruce Meadows was won today by Beezie Madden.
10 years after the victory of their compatriot, Mclain Ward and sapphire - Beezie Madden & Darry Lou won this afternoon at the end of two big tours in the "CP International" Grand-Prix presented by Rolex with 1 PT of time!
Australian Rowan Willis will have created the surprise with blue movie, they ranked 2th with a total of 4 PTS.
Max Kuhner finished when to him 3th with Chardonnay 79-5 PTS
Two Belgians had also answered present for the second round, François Mathy Jr is the best ranked since he is 4th with uno de La Roque, 5 PTS.
The best 12 combinations returned for the second round in this 1.70m Grand Prix. With a total price money . of 3.000.000 CAD, it was eventually USA's Beezie Madden who jumped to victory aboard Darry Lou. Earlier this week the pair already won the 1.60m main class on Friday.
The top 3 riders were:
1. Beezie Madden - Darry Lou
2. Rowan Willis - Blue Movie
2. Max Kuhner - Chardonnay 79
In the second round it was Belgium's Francois Mathy Jr with Uno de la Roque (Numero Uno) the faster rider in the arena, the combination took one time penalty from the first round and added a total of five after one jumping fault on fence number one in the second round. Eventually placing fourth.
However, USA's Beezie Madden was the only one to keep the rails untouched in this heavy second round.
Ph. Spruce Meadows