Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen performed to expectations, producing a lovely test to take the lead in their three star division here at Bromont. Clark seems to handle the pressure of being hot favourite with tremendous grace and good humour, and his calm but steely determination paid off this afternoon.
Lying in second place right behind him is Leslie Law on Rehy Lux, who’s never looked better, and will probably continue to improve, exciting for all his connections.
I watched him warm up with his wife Lesley and was really impressed by her teaching style, so encouraging, she kept it to the point and positive, stressing how good the outline looked, how Leslie should just work to maintain it, she was very gentle with him but got her point across when he needed to have a little more activity. I caught up with Lesley briefly afterwards.
Sharon White moved into fifth place with surely the most extravagant final halt!
and Becky Holder slotted into eighth place with her lovely grey, Can’t Fire Me.
I caught up with her and Aubrey back in the barn, where I found out more about this lovely horse, after he’d had plenty of carrots of course – priorities!
Buck Davidson rode two thoroughbreds today: Absolute Liberty into tenth place
and Titanium into fourteenth place,
Neither of them looked particularly easy rides, but he rode with a mixture of tact and strength to get the best out of each of them.
Phillip Dutton, David O’Connor and Mark Phillips were all conducting course walks as I left Bromont this afternoon in search of faster internet service! It’s a beautiful evening here in Quebec, the going couldn’t be better, and although the courses are certainly tough, they are fair and unanimously the riders seem very pleased with them. I hope they feel the same way tomorrow night, and wish every competitor safe rides across country.
What EN John did after the Calcutta auction last night! Go Canada and Go Eventing!
