King’s Temptress
The rain gave way just in time for the jog this morning. All the horses that jogged were accepted but sadly Michael Pollard did not present Wonderful Will. Sandhills Tiger was held but accepted on reinspection. The 29 remaining horses move on to start show jumping at 1:00pm ET.
Samantha has reported that Kristi Nunnink was discharged from the hospital last night after dislocating her elbow. That’s a painful experience but nonetheless I think we can feel like yesterday was a big success from a riding and course design perspective.
I feel really bad for Michael and Wonderful Will. They had bad luck at three-days last year and had a well deserved great round yesterday. Sadly, they pulled both front shoes early on the course. Will has the nicest owners and this is just yet another example of how tough of a sport eventing can be.
The weather is improving steadily and hopefully that trend continues into the show jumping, which starts at 1:00pm. Go eventing.
