Press release from Spruce Meadows, edited by World of Showjumping

Coming off a great first half of his Spruce Meadows tour, Darragh Kenny (IRL) rode to victory with Zero K (Kannan x Robin Z) in Friday's CSI5* 1.55m Canadian Utilities Cup at the Spruce Meadows ‘Pan American’, presented by Rolex, in Calgary (CAN). 

Kenny, ranked 18th in the world, bested a strong field of jump-off contenders, posting the fastest clear in a time of 40.72s, snatching the win from fellow Irishman Jordan Coyle on Jorisca (Dantos x Larino), who held the top spot with a time of 40.78s until Kenny was able to shave off fractions of their time. 

Kara Chad (CAN) and Igor GPH (Harley x Crawford 5) completed the podium in third, followed by Katie Laurier (NZL) and Django II (Lordano x Brilliant Invader) in fourth and Conor Swail (IRL) aboard Clonterm Obolensky (Cornet Obolensky x Lux Z) in fifth.