Mike Etherington-Smith makes his glorious return to U.S. course design with this year’s Plantation Field International Horse Trials CIC3* course. He takes over for Tremaine Cooper, who is still designing the courses at all the other
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We’ve just wrapped up the first half of the monster CIC2* division here at Plantation Field Horse Trials, and Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous lead the way on a score of 42.4. Recently imported from
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Both Boyd Martin and Buck Davidson have confirmed that they plan to run all three phases with Trading Aces and Ballynoe Castle RM in the Plantation Field CIC3* this weekend, staging a World Equestrian Games reprise
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Hello from Plantation Field! We’ve just wrapped up the Advanced division here on the first day of the Best. Event. Ever., and as Maggie predicted in her By the Numbers preview, Lauren Kieffer and Veronica
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It’s that time of the year, EN! The Best. Event. Ever. — AKA Plantation Field Horse Trials — kicks off today in Unionville, Pa., and it’s our favorite event of the entire year. Why, you ask? Here
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With 53 horses entered in the CIC3* at Plantation Field, I certainly had my work cut out for me in deciding a top five. So I didn’t; I picked a top ten instead, along with a
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While the West Coast has a fairly quiet weekend, the East Coast is running one of the largest upper-level competitions in North America at Plantation Field, with 55 horses alone in the CIC3* and 17 horses in the Advanced.
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Watching cross-country in realtime, everything happens so fast that it’s hard to comprehend the countless turning cogs that ultimately produce a successful — or unsuccessful — jump. The more experienced and educated your eye, the
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We celebrated Andrew Nicholson’s Burghley win last week with a commemorative #NicholsonOnTwitter post, and we’ve decided to do the same for Francis Whittington since he, too, has his own hashtag. Which brings me to my
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Elinor MacPhail hit Maggie’s score prediction on the head in the CIC3* at Poplar Place this weekend, finishing first on a score of 64.5. Ellie didn’t push too hard for time on cross country, incurring
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Francis Whittington and Easy Target came into the show jumping ring today in second position after stalking the leader throughout the weekend. The pair scored a 37.2 in the dressage and incurred 1.6 time on
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PRO has reported that it was a relatively uneventful trot-up this morning, which is always a relief for the competitors. Andrew Hoy’s Cheeky Calimbo, Kate Rocher’s Dassett Jack, Katherine Coleman’s Courage Under Fire, and Emily
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YouTube user harveywetdog was in attendance for yesterday’s cross country at Blenheim, and he’s posted video of each fence on course. It looks like it was a beautiful day for some cross country action yesterday,
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Eric Winter’s CCI3* course claimed plenty of victims today, and it was William Fox-Pitt and Freddie Mac who emerged unscathed to take the lead after laying down a professional double clear round. This is the
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With the withdrawal of Mensa from the CIC3* at Poplar Place this weekend, the door was left open for Elinor MacPhail to take command, which is what she’s done after two phases. Elinor and RF
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Emily King led the dressage after day one, and still finds herself in excellent position going into tomorrow’s cross country; she and Brookleigh are in second on a score of 35.4. Emily briefly chatted with
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Andrew Hoy swept in to take the lead from Emily King aboard Cheeky Calimbo this morning, and the rest of today’s rides had a tough time catching up. A score of 34.0 will put them
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Emily King was the last to go for the day in the dressage phase of the CCI3* at Blenheim, and she stole the show aboard Brookleigh in their CCI3* debut together, scoring a 35.4 to take the lead.
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Phillip Dutton was able to slide into second place with Fernhill Cubalawn behind morning leaders William Fox-Pitt and Seacookie TSF, and after the morning session completed he was lying in equal sixth with Andrew Hoy
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The first horse inspection for the CCI3* has completed at Blenheim Palace, and all four U.S. horses were passed. At the end of the day, all horses were accepted, which means 79 horses will proceed
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This weekend is a little quieter than most on the event front, although Blenheim is running over in England. The only venue running an Advanced or CIC3* over on this continent is Poplar Place Farm,
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Laine Ashker continued her winning ways with a victory in the Advanced division at Five Points this weekend. Laine is working her way toward Texas, where she will compete for a repeat win in the
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WEG is winding down with the final day of competition, and the show jumping and driving finales definitely closed the games out with a bang. The day belonged to the Dutch, who took home the
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