Another One by a Young Gun: Mckayla Langmeier Lights Up to Win the PH&N Cup CSI 5*

By Jumper News USA on June 30, 2024

Spruce Meadows, Calgary, Alberta, Canada — June 29, 2024 — A youngster won the biggest daily competition for the second afternoon in a row, as Mckayla Langmeier (USA) took the PH&N Cup CSI 5*.

The 24-year-old’s triumph followed Friday’s win in the Canadian Utilities Cup by 21-year-old Mexican rider Francisco Pasquel Vega (MEX), with both surpassing a seasoned field of veterans.

Langmeier, from Connecticut, gave credit for today’s PH&N Cup victory to another relative newcomer, nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood Pepita Vd Rollebeek, who is competing in her first-ever CSI5* events this month at Spruce Meadows.

“I’m hoping she’s going to be my 1.60m horse,” said Langmeier, who also won the 1.45m ATCO Cup earlier this month aboard 11-year-old mare Chadina. “Pepita is a younger horse I’ve been bringing along so it’s really rewarding to have her win such a big class.

“Chadina is much more experienced. She’s a little bit older, and has done more of everything.

“Pepita is much greener, but she is coming along. I always think, with a younger horse, you have to grow with them. The horse they were a month ago may not be the same horse they are now.

“Each day we are learning more about each other.”

Today they emerged from a starting competition of 47 to beat seven other riders in the jump-off on the North American Ring course mapped out by Vancouver Island course designer Peter Holmes (CAN).

Next week, Pepita will take a break while Langmeier returns to the rings with Chadina during the final tournament of the Summer Series, the ‘North American,’ which runs from Wednesday, July 3 to Sunday, July 7.

But first the biggest event of the ‘Pan American’, presented by Rolex, kicks off on Sunday at 1pm with the Pan American Cup, presented by Rolex, 1.60m competition.

Final Results – $18,657 PH&N Cup CSI 5* – 1.45m

1) Mckayla Langmeier (USA) & Pepita vd Rollebeek– 0 / 0 – 36.65

2) Kyle King (USA) & SIG Chiari – 0 / 0 – 37.55

3) Luis Larrazabal (VEN) & Belle de Muze – 0 / 0 – 37.70

FULL RESULTS

Source: Press Release from Spruce Meadows Media