The entry list has been released for the Bromont three-day in Canada (June 10-13), which is the last major North American three-day before the autumn. There are 24 CCI3* entries, and 71 accepted entries for the CCI1*, CCI2*, and CCI3* combined.
(1) 18 of the Bromont CCI3* entrants ride for the US, and 5 for Canada, meaning that in a strange twist of fate, Rolex had more North American entries than Jersey and Bromont combined.
(2) The US has some big names entered in the CCI3*, including Kim Severson on Tipperary Liadhnan, Heidi White and Northern Spy, and John Williams with Sweepea Dean.
(3) Buck is riding his father’s Cruise Lion while Bruce is on the mend from back surgery. Cruise Lion is one of my favorite event horses anywhere–he has great and well rounded talent and of course a tremendously solid training foundation.
(4) The US doesn’t have any big WEG contending pairs at Bromont but Canada does. Jessica Phoenix continues her return to eventing from maternity leave and rides Exponential and Exploring (both excellent horses) in the CCI3*. Another rider who has had a good comeback so far is Rebecca Howard, who is set to run Riddle Master. Diana Burnett and Jessica Ruppel round out the 3* Canadian contingent.
(5) We know the WEG track is going to be very large, and it will be interesting to see how the Canadian selectors compare Bromont performances to Rolex, where multiple Canadian riders had great performances. My guess is that one Canadian pair from Bromont goes to Kentucky. Canada will release it’s WEG training list after Bromont.
(6) My pick to win Bromont CCI3* is Jessica and Exponential after their strong win at Chattahoochee over several other Bromont pairs. I also expect a strong performance from Will Coleman and Nevada Bay, and I’m unabashedly rooting for Kim to have a great weekend.
(7) Looking at other countries being represented at Bromont–a shout out to Mardon Mathieu (2 horses in the OT) of France for representing the land of wine, cheese, surrendering, and art I don’t understand. Escipion Mendivil is eventing for Mexico on Azteca in the CCI3*.
Go eventing, eh?
