After cross-country, Australia has five riders in the top six on the Saumur CCI*** leaderboard. Christopher Burton sits first and second on Holstein Park Leilani (49.8) and Haruzac (52.8). Fellow countryman Bill Levitt sits 4th and 5th with his two, followed by Paul Tapner on Kilronan in 6th. France managed to split the Aussie domination with Donatien Schauly MDL on Pivoine des Touches claiming third place, and Fabrice Lucas in 7th. New Zealanders Mark Todd and Caroline Powell are notably in the top 10, rounded out with Sam Watson.
The rainy weather can probably be blamed for much of the trouble on course, making the footing very deep and the time impossible to make. Fences 15 and 25 caused most of the trouble; 15 a/b appeared to be angled brushes, while 25abc was a water combination with a 3-stride turn to a skinny that caught out several (including overnight leader Laura Collett and Rayef). USA’s Tiana Coudray suffered a runout at 15b, but finished well most of the way and sits in 16th place.
Place Rider Horse Dressage XC faults Score
| 1. | Christopher BURTON |  |
Holstein Park Leilani | 45,00 | 4. | 4,80 | 49,80 | ||||||||
| 2. | Christopher BURTON | |
Haruzac | 47,20 | 10. | 5,60 | 52,80 | ||||||||
| 3. | Donatien SCHAULY MDL |  |
Pivoine des Touches | 48,80 | 15. | 5,20 | 54,00 | ||||||||
| 4. | Bill LEVETT | |
One Two Many NJ | 46,00 | 8. | 8,00 | 54,00 | ||||||||
| 5. | Bill LEVETT | |
Hippolyte | 49,20 | 16. | 9,60 | 58,80 | ||||||||
| 6. | Paul TAPNER | |
Kilronan | 48,40 | 14. | 12,80 | 61,20 | ||||||||
| 7. | Fabrice LUCAS | |
Nero du Jardin | 45,60 | 6. | 17,60 | 63,20 | ||||||||
| 8. | Mark TODD |  |
Grass Valley | 52,60 | 24. | 12,00 | 64,60 | ||||||||
| 9. | Caroline POWELL | |
Boston Two Tip | 53,20 | 25. | 14,80 | 68,00 | ||||||||
| 10. | Sam WATSON |  |
Horseware Bushman | 58,00 | 37. | 10,80 | 68,80 | ||||||||
| 11. | Paul TAPNER | |
Wickstead Didgeridoo | 55,40 | 28. | 13,60 | 69,00 | ||||||||
| 12. | Giovanni UGOLOTTI |  |
Stormhill Kossack | 47,40 | 12. | 21,60 | 69,00 | ||||||||
| 13. | Andrew NICHOLSON | |
Quimbo | 46,20 | 9. | 23,60 | 69,80 | ||||||||
| 14. | Fabrice LUCAS | |
Keep du Mesnil | 50,40 | 19. | 20,40 | 70,80 | ||||||||
| 15. | Andrew NICHOLSON | |
Viscount George | 51,40 | 21. | 21,60 | 73,00 | ||||||||
| 16. | Tiana COUDRAY |  |
Ringwood Magister | 41,40 | 2. | 33,60 | 75,00 | ||||||||
| 17. | Caroline POWELL | |
Onwards and Upwards | 61,00 | 43. | 18,80 | 79,80 | ||||||||
| 18. | Laurence HUNT |  |
On Q for Gold | 55,60 | 31. | 29,20 | 84,80 | ||||||||
| 19. | Niklas JONSSON |  |
First Lady | 57,80 | 36. | 27,20 | 85,00 | ||||||||
| 20. | Lindsay PEARCE |  |
Saniki | 71,40 | 51. | 14,40 | 85,80 |
