These and many other of the nation's top horse and rider combinations will vie for top honours at the 2 p.m. Grand Prix. For a preview of Sunday's action, spectators may want to take in the Nokia Open Welcome Friday July 28 at 3 p.m. Hosted by the veteran team of Jim Van Horne and Nancy Wetmore, Horne will also have a major role in TSN's coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games. Competitors in the July 30 event will face an international calibre course designed by David Ballard, course designer for the 1999 Pan American Games and Michel Vaillancourt, a member of the show jumping selection committee and the only Canadian show jumping rider to win an individual Olympic medal, a silver at the 1976 Games in Montreal. It is fitting that the final Olympic trial is being held at the Caledon Equestrian Park, which has recently been named the preferred equestrian site for the 2008 Toronto Olympic bid.
Admission is free.