Clark Montgomery led the USA to a banner weekend at the Blenheim Palace CCI3* International Horse Trials. Finishing on his dressage score at the top of a huge and stellar leaderboard on his mother in
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All systems are go for a beautiful day of cross country at Plantation Field International Horse Trials. The first CIC3* combination, Jessica Phoenix and Patras VR, set out on course at 12:20 p.m. EST. There
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While Lauren Kieffer waits to show jump Veronica in the Blenheim Palace CCI3* this afternoon, currently lying in 7th place in that division, she’s already finished the CIC3* on Landmarks Monte Carlo in 16th place on
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The final horse inspection at Blenheim was moved up to 7:30 am Sunday morning which I was unaware of until I arrived this morning, luckily fairly early, but not quite early enough to catch Liz
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The fires in California are pretty insane right now. Two major fires in my area are only about 50 and 67% contained as of the last update from Cal Fire. The communities that are being
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As you already know, Plantation Field International is the Best Event Ever. It seems that Plantation is a great place for young riders to grow as well. Today after cross country we caught up with
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Mai Baum jumped out of his skin today for Tamie Smith in the late afternoon sun at Plantation Field International Horse Trials to deliver a clear show jumping round inside the time and hold his
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It was a great day for the USA at Blenheim Palace today — we finish the second phase in the lead thanks to dressage leader Clark Montgomery’s blazing clear across country 10 seconds inside the time
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The one-star riders tackled the cross country course this morning while the two-star riders were putting it down in show jumping. The course, designed by Nina Fout, spanned 2,632 meters making great use of the
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Doug Payne and Lysander were early to jump in the order of go on a very foggy morning at Plantation Field International Horse Trials, and maybe we could blame the fog for the fact that he
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It’s here! The much anticipated preview video of Mike Etherington-Smith’s CIC3* cross country course is now available for viewing. Filmed by drone pilots Alec Thayer and Jamie Rees and with commentary from Doug Payne, click
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For those of us on the West Coast, following the action back East means getting up super early. Following the action in Europe means deciding between pulling an all-nighter or getting up exceptionally early. This
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Today was the second day of competition here at Plantation Field International, with the CIC*-B taking over ring two at 10:30 this morning. Division B is home to 37 horse and rider combinations. The field spanned
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Tamie Smith and Mai Baum sailed into the CIC3* lead this afternoon at Plantation Field International Horse Trials, scoring 38.2 in the second to last group to go and ultimately remaining the only combination in the
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There’s no way that I need a new horse, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t constantly stalking OTTB listings, right? I’m loving these three beauties, and they’re definitely on my wishlist! Some of the nicest
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Eric Winter has been designing the cross-country at Blenheim Palace Horse Trials since 2007 but he keeps riders on their toes with a good switch-up each year. This year’s CCI3* course is longer, he explains,
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As we come to the end of a marathon two days of dressage — 101 horses — America has a lot to be proud of in this phase at this competition. All seven horses and
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We all expected great things from Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen and today they didn’t disappoint, turning in their customary beautiful test — forward, up, balanced, pretty much everything you want?….there it is! If you
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At the mid-morning break in the second day at Blenheim Palace Pippa Funnell has moved into second place in the CCI3* division on Jane Toliver’s Billy The Biz, a horse bred by Pippa and her
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Yesterday I celebrated the fall weather by taking Nyls cross country schooling, which is always a great combination of super fun times and hilariously stupid times, as he spooks sideways violently as he passes every
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The CIC 1* Division A wrapped up this afternoon at Plantation Field International Horse Trials with only a few things changing in the field toward the end of the day. Elizabeth Bortuzzo put in an
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The first 12 horses did their dressage this afternoon in the star-studded CIC3* division at Plantation Field International Horse Trials, with Selena O’Hanlon and Foxwood High leading the way in the early going on 41.3.
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The first 10 horses in the Advanced division did their dressage late yesterday afternoon here at Plantation Field International Horse Trials, and the remaining six went early this morning, with Buck Davidson and Wiley Post
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