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The 2008 CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament was an international show jumping competition that took place from September 3 to September 7, 2008 at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Nine teams of four riders competed in the $350,000 FEI Nations Cup event, the eighteenth event in the 2008 FEI Nations Cup series. There were two rounds to the event, with all teams placing and receiving financial prizes.
| Team | Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Time | Penalties | Time | Penalties | Time | ||||
| 1 |  United States | Lauren Hough | Quick Study | 4 | 82.31 | 8 | 83.70 | ||
| Todd Minikus | Pavarotti | 0 | 82.65 | 0 | 82.82 | ||||
| Richard Spooner | Cristallo | 0 | 84.24 | 0 | 81.86 | ||||
| Rich Fellers | Flexible | 4 | 81.66 | 0 | 81.29 | ||||
| 4 | 248.55 | 0 | 245.97 | 4 | 494.52 | ||||
| 2 |  Canada [1] | Jill Henselwood | Special Ed | 4 | 78.50 | 16 | 82.58 | ||
| Jonathan Asselin | Rayana Chiara | 8 | 81.07 | 4 | 83.81 | ||||
| Eric Lamaze | Hickstead | 0 | 84.20 | 0 | 83.73 | ||||
| Ian Millar | In Style | 0 | 83.82 | 0 | 81.68 | ||||
| 4 | 246.52 | 4 | 249.22 | 8 | 495.74 | ||||
| 3 |  Germany | Holger Wulschner | Clausen | 0 | 81.11 | 4 | 82.20 | ||
| Thomas Muehlbauer | Asti Spumante 7 | 0 | 83.10 | 4 | 83.60 | ||||
| Marcus Ehning | Plot Blue | 0 | 82.17 | 0 | 84.89 | ||||
| Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst | Lord Luis | — | 8 | 84.02 | |||||
| 0 | 246.38 | 8 | 250.69 | 8 | 497.07 | ||||
Thirty-nine riders competed in the $1,000,000 CN International.
| Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total penalties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Time (s) | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 |  Nick Skelton | Arko III | 0 | 89.361 | 1 | 81.443 | 1 |
| 2 |  Jos Lansink | Cavalor Cumano | 1 | 93.439 | 2 | 83.995 | 3 |
| 3 |  Richard Spooner | Cristallo | 4 | 85.543 | 0 | 75.676 | 4 |
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