The stage is set for a great day of show jumping here at Fair Hill after this morning’s final horse inspection. Horses were throwing shoes left and right in the mud yesterday and that showed more in the CCI2* than the CCI3*.
In the CCI2*, the horses Fernhill Cove and Toga were both held and withdrew from the holding area, Lexus was held and not accepted on representation, Holla Vetir and Young Man were held and accepted on representation. Flagmount’s Sterling Prince, Tobiaz, and Loki were not presented at the jog. 40 horses will move on to the two-star show jumping, which starts at 10am ET.
The CCI3* jog went much more smoothly. Jimminy Cricket was not presented, but the other 34 horses left in the division passed without a blink from the ground jury.
Phillip Dutton jogged Jan Byyny’s Inmidair, the CCI3* leader
Doug Payne and Jessica Hampf trading High Society (small) for Running Order (big)
The top of both leader boards are very tight so stay tuned throughout the day for an exciting conclusion to Fair Hill. I’m not sure yet if we will have a live blog of the CCI3*, but we’ll keep you posted and of course have recaps of both divisions right after they finish. Go eventing.
