Karen and Mandiba
The top three places stayed the same after CIC** cross-country: Karen and Mandiba have a rail in hand over Will Coleman and Zipp tomorrow, and Karen’s also third on RF Amber Eyes, who looked super through the drop combination where I saw her. Werner Geven sprung up the leaderboard from tenth to fourth on Vilas County with the only double clear of the division, and from twelfth to seventh on Golden Malt, adding just 1.2 time penalties to their score.
Will and Zipp
Werner and Vilas County
Connor Husain and Piece of Hope moved up from seventh to fifth
The water caused a few problems—Katherine Martineau was eliminated after three refusals at the log in, Emily van Gemeren picked up two stops before being eliminated for a third refusal later on course, Jan and Why Not had a single stop, and Werner fell with Vandiver, though both were OK.
Lucy Disston and Mark Weissbecker both had trouble late on course at fence 19. Lucy and a run-out, and Mark fell but was back on his feet quickly.
The sun got stronger this afternoon, and the time definitely seemed hardest to make in the CIC**, but altogether it was a tough yet fair day of eventing: The jump judges were kept on their toes directing crowds of spectators, recording a handful of falls and slightly more disobediences, but mostly cheering on terrific riding over challenging courses. My favorite ride of the day had to be Jessica Phoenix and Erodium—Jessica made no secret of how proud she was of the gelding, shouting “good boy!” so loud you could hear her across the course.
The jogs will tentatively take place at 8:30 tomorrow, with CIC** show jumping starting at 10:30, CCI** at 11:30, CCI*** at 1:30 and CIC*** at 2:45.
CIC** Leaders:
1. Karen O’Connor/Mandiba – 47.40
2. William Coleman III/Zipp – 54.10
3. Karen O’Connor/RF Amber Eyes – 56.70
4. Werner Geven/Vilas County – 58.50
5. Connor Husain/Piece of Hope – 59.80
6. Liz Millikin/Masterpiece 54 – 62.00
7. Werner Geven/Golden Malt – 62.70
8. Jessica Phoenix/ Erodium – 66.00
9. Jan Byyny/Why Not – 85.90
10. Lucy Disston/Captain Jack – 98.00
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