Caitlin Silliman and Remington XXV came home double clear.
Caitlin Silliman and Remington XXV put in a very smooth double clear trip this morning in the CCI2* at Jersey Fresh to hold their lead on their dressage score of 41, giving them two rails in hand going into the show jumping tomorrow. Will Faudree and Riesling De Buissy also went double clear, which moved them up from third place to second going into the show jumping, as Lauren Kieffer and Czechmate, who were sitting in second place overnight coming into cross country, picked up 12 time penalties to drop down to seventh place. Buck Davidson and Wiley Post, Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights, and Sally Cousins and Ideal Contini all came home with double clear trips, which moves them up to third, fourth, and fifth, respectively.
Will Faudree and Reisling De Buissy moved up to second place.
While the first five pairs on course all came home double clear — leaving us wondering if time wasn’t going to play a factor today — the time penalties eventually started racking up, with Lauren and Czechmate most notably dropping down from second to seventh due to time. But the nine pairs who came home clear and inside the time were rewarded handsomely, with Allie Blyskal and super pony Sparrow’s Nio most notably moving up from 14th to eighth thanks to a double clear trip. Babette Lenna and Little Oliver came home clear with 2.8 time, which moved them up from 12 to ninth, while Jane Sleeper and Go Gizmo came home double clear, moving them up from 17th to 10th. The optimum time on course was 9:37, and Ireland’s Timothy Bourke and Luckaun Quality brought home the fastest time of the day, crossing the timers on 9:20.
Buck Davidson and Wiley Post moved up to third place.
The course rode very well for the CCI2* group, with only two riders having stops on course. Lauren Kieffer and Lucky Devil picked up the first stop of the morning when the horse ran out at 6B, the big corner coming out of the first trip through the water complex. Will Faudree and DHI Colour Candy had a stop at the out element of the second trip through the water complex. Liz Millikin and Masterpiece 54 had a very close call at the big corner, when the horse hit the jump very hard but slithered over. Sara Gumbiner and Polaris had a sticky moment entering the water when the horse balked and she had to circle, but she had not yet presented him to 6A, so it was not counted as a refusal. In all, 19 of 21 pairs came home without a jump penalty. We’re on a break now, with the CCI3* starting at 11:30 a.m. with Jessica Phoenix and Exponential first out on course. Stay tuned for much more from Jersey Fresh!
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