Lauren Kieffer and Veronica. Photo by Jenni Autry.
Lauren Kieffer is absolutely dominating the Advanced divisions at The Fork after show jumping, delivering clear rounds to both hold her overnight lead with Team Rebecca’s Veronica in one class and move into the lead with Court and Kylie Ramsay’s Czechmate in the other.
She delivered four total clear rounds in all this morning with all four of her Advanced rides, and it’s safe to say Lauren has found her sweet spot in this phase. Her clear with Veronica is her fourth consecutive show jumping clear aboard the mare this season — not a bad hot streak to be on heading into Rolex.
Five horses and riders in all delivered double clear rounds over Chris Barnard’s show jumping track in the Advanced Test A division, and time definitely proved to be a factor, with leaders Lauren and Veronica recording 1 time fault for a score of 23.
Lillian Heard and Share Option. Photo by Jenni Autry.
Will Faudree and Jennifer Mosing’s Andromaque delivered one of those double clear rounds to move up from fourth to second place in this division on a score of 24.5. Lillian Heard and her own Share Option jumped a lovely clear round with 1 time penalty to move from fifth to third on 26.6.
Phillip Dutton and Evie Dutton’s Mighty Nice, who is known for his exuberance in this phase, pulled one rail early on the course to slip from second to fourth place on 27.1, followed by Courtney Cooper and Who’s A Star, who pulled one rail to drop from third to fifth on 27.8 in their final prep event before their first CCI4* at Rolex.
Phillip Dutton and Fernhill Cubalawn (6th) also jumped double clear in this division, with “Cuba” amusing the crowd with his sassy hind leg kicks in mid-air over the fences. Will Coleman and Obos O’Reilly jumped double clear too, along with EN’s own Kate Samuels and Nyls du Terroir and Abby Hamblin and Silver Flash.
Maya Black and Doesn’t Play Fair. Photo by Jenni Autry.
Riders definitely had to keep moving to make the time, which was adjusted to allow more breathing room after the first few riders went this morning. Rails fell throughout the course, with the triple combination jumping away from the in-gate and toward the VIP tent catching out a number of riders, as many of them jumped in from a long spot.
In the Advanced Test B division, Boyd Martin and the Pancho Villa’s Syndicate’s Pancho Villa are sitting just behind leaders Lauren Kiffer and Czechmate on a score of 28.7 after jumping one of the nine double clear rounds in this larger class of the two.
Ellie MacPhail and Sally Crane’s RF Eloquence, who led this division after dressage, dropped one rail to slip to third place on the leaderboard on a score of 31.3. Continuing her total domination of the Advanced divisions, Lauren also jumped clear with Meadowbrook’s Scarlett and Landmark’s Monte Carlo to move up to fourth and fifth places, respectively, on score of 33.2 and 35.9.
Jimmie Schramm and Bellamy. Photo by Jenni Autry.
We are on a slight delay now before CIC3* show jumping starts at 12:15 p.m. The CIC* riders jumped early this morning, with Molly Tulley and Last Call moving up to first place with a double clear round. Beau Guimond and Filibuster ST moved up to second with a clear round and 1 time penalty, followed by Marilyn Little and RF Overdressed in third.
Be sure to follow along with live updates from the CIC3* show jumping on EN’s Twitter, check out behind-the-scenes photos on our Instagram, catch up on videos from dressage on Thehorsepesterer’s YouTube channel, and stay tuned for much more from The Fork.
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