Conditional on Playa field with var_prefix

Question

Is there any reason this conditional wouldn't work?

{standard_page_events var_prefix="cat"}
    {cat:event_category_description}
    {exp:playa:coparents var_prefix="event" channel="events" child_id="{cat:entry_id}"}
        {if {event:count} == 1}<div class="banded"></div><hr>{/if}
    {/exp:playa:coparents}
{/standard_page_events}

Answer 1

Brandon's solution worked great! Thanks!

{event:if count == 1}

Answer 2

Ian's suggestion worked great for me. Here was my working code

{if '{thirdorder:static_map_3rd_order}'} 
    <img src="{thirdorder:static_map_3rd_order}" alt="{thirdorder:title}" style="padding:10px;" width="100%"/>
{/if} 

Answer 3

You may need to wrap it in quotes. Try this:

{if '{event:count}' == '1'}<div class="banded"></div><hr>{/if}