Thunderbird Show Park鈥檚 three-week FEI (F茅d茅ration Equestre Internationale) circuit drew to a close Sunday Aug. 28 in 91原创 with riders vying for top placings in several events, the big three being the $15,000 Marbill Hill U25 Grand Prix, the $20,000 tbird Grand Prix and the $50,000 FEI CSI2 (two-star Concours de Saut International) Paladin Grand Prix events.

Aldergrove鈥檚 Kassidy Keith, winner of the $5,000 version of the Marbill Hill U25 1.40m event on Saturday, finished in the money on Sunday, fourth in the Marbill Hill Grand Prix, on Fenelon WF.

Fellow Canadians Olivia Stphenson, Aren Ozker and Stell Chernoff took the top three spots.

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Stephenson, 16, rode Deister Z to the win, besting a four-horse jump-off.

She acquired her mount as a birthday present the week before, and Deister Z himself was imported less than two months ago.

鈥淭his class was probably one of the biggest tracks I鈥檝e ever jumped,鈥� Stephenson said.

鈥淟ast week, we jumped in [the U25 division], but we didn鈥檛 do the Grand Prix, because we didn鈥檛 want to show too many days in a row. This was a bigger, harder track today. I was pretty nervous going into the first round, [but] in the jump-off I was a lot more confident.鈥�

Peter Holmes鈥� course proved challenging, and just two riders had produced clear rounds more than two-thirds through the start list. But when Keith and Ozker delivered back-to-back clears at the end of the first round, it doubled the jump-off field to four.

Clear rounds remained a rare commodity over the short course, however. Stephenson was the first to jump double-clear, and ultimately no one would catch her.

In the tbird Grand Prix 1.30m, Kyle King and Jamestown were first, Pitt Meadows rider Braden James and GK Caamp were second, and 91原创鈥檚 Laura Jane Tidball and Juno were third.

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In the Paladin Risk Solutions Grand Prix, 19-year-old Brooke Morin from the U.S.A. and NKH Carrido won their first international Grand Prix.

To win, she had to beat her coach, 91原创-based veteran rider Kyle King.

鈥淚 was going to be happy either way. Kyle was going to win if I didn鈥檛! I actually said that to him going into the ring,鈥� Morin related.

King was leading the class aboard SIG Chiari. Knowing his track had worked well, his advice to his student was to try to ride a similar track.

She did, for the most part. But a decision to leave out a stride with 鈥淐ory鈥� midway through Peter Holmes鈥� short track would set her apart and to the top of the leaderboard. Morin recorded a milestone victory.

King settled for second, with Jeffrey Fields and Sherlina Ale third.