Kentucky Dressage Friday Morning Open Thread, Presented by SmartPak

By on Apr 27, 2018 9:11 am -

Good morning and welcome to the second day of dressage at the 2018 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event! Michael Jung holds his familiar leading spot after day one, but there are quite a few heavy hitters coming today that are eager to surpass him.

We get underway with the first ride at 9:30 a.m. with Buck Davidson and Carlevo. Keep it locked here for the Internet’s best tweets, posts, gifs and unauthorized color commentary.

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11:41 a.m. We’re headed into the lunch break. At 1:00 p.m. we’ll be back with even more action on our afternoon thread.

11:40 a.m.

11:29 a.m.

11:26 a.m.

11:20 a.m. Nail biter! a 27.9 puts him just out of the lead, but he is hot on Michael Jung’s tail.

11:16 a.m. Absolute master class. They’re trending 2% better than Michael Jung so far.

11:13 a.m. ITS GO TIME. Can Burto take the lead?

11:12 a.m.

11:10 a.m.

11:05 a.m. Steady Eddie is living true to his name, very consistent test so far!

11:03 a.m. 

11:00 a.m. 

10:59 a.m. Luckaun Quality really shines in the canter work. It’s obvious this horse can cover the ground-what a lovely, huge stride!

10:57 a.m.

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10:54 a.m.

10:52 a.m. Truly Wiley and Kelly Prather are making their second four-star appearance today. This is an exciting Thoroughbred who was bred by Bruce Davidson.

10:51 a.m.

10:47 a.m. Huge smiles from Lillian! She earns a 37.5.

10:41 a.m. Lillian is back with her second ride.

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10:33 a.m.

10:27 a.m. We’re on a coffee break now. When the action starts back we’ll be looking for a score of 31.1 or better. That will put the pressure on Michael Jung because he currently has a pole ahead of the competition.

10:24 a.m.

10:20 a.m. Little bobble out of the first halt for Lisa Marie and Honor Me, but picking right back up.

10:20 a.m.

10:18 a.m. 33.2 puts Mackenna in 7th as the highest placed rider under the age of 25.

10:15 a.m. Landioso definitely has learned this test! He’s anticipating Mackenna’s every move, but they’re looking very polished.

10:12 a.m. Arg! Mackenna Shea goes for it and gets a little canter in her extended trot. Only that one bobble mars and otherwise lovely test so far.

10:09 a.m. 

10:07 a.m. Allie Knowles is squeaking out every point she can with Sound Prospect, another great TB!

10:03 a.m. Can an American win this year? Karen O’Connor says yes. “No more sending prize money abroad #OverIt”

9:59 a.m. Well done Lauren! Doesn’t quite catch Ze Terminator, but a 31.2 puts her in a tie for second with Boyd. Michael Jung still has one pole ahead of the field.

9:56 a.m. Vermiculus and Lauren Kieffer in the ring now. Fun fact-Vermiculus is latin for maggot, which was the barn name of Lauren’s first four-star partner and “Bug’s” full brother Snooze Alarm!

9:55 a.m. Just misses a sub-40 mark! 40.9 for Ronald Zabala-Goetschel

9:53 a.m.

9:48 a.m. Ronald Zabala-Goetschel and Wundermaske are in the ring for Ecuador. They’re off with a very quiet and consistent start.

9:46 a.m.

9:44 a.m. Michael Jung did leave the door open yesterday, but not sure if Oliver has walked through it.

9:40 a.m. Very beautiful test. If we’re being nit-picky it lacks a little bit of accuracy. Looks like it’s trending about 3% lower than Michi.

9:38 a.m. Oliver Townend and MHS King Joules circle the ring. These two could really challenge our leaders!

9:37 a.m. 32.2 for Buck!

9:32 a.m. Buck is riding a beautifully rhythmical test. Looking forward to seeing the score for this one!

9:30 a.m. Karen O’Connor joins the live stream this morning. She commented that this test challenges horse’s foundation because these sequences of movements are so much closer together than in past years.

9:29 a.m. Here we go!

9:15 a.m. For all you OTTB lovers: