Good morning and welcome to the second day of dressage at the 2018 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event! Michael Jung holds his familiar leading spot after day one, but there are quite a few heavy hitters coming today that are eager to surpass him.
We get underway with the first ride at 9:30 a.m. with Buck Davidson and Carlevo. Keep it locked here for the Internet’s best tweets, posts, gifs and unauthorized color commentary.
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11:41 a.m. We’re headed into the lunch break. At 1:00 p.m. we’ll be back with even more action on our afternoon thread.
The final session of the morning got slightly tougher, with the overall average +2.58% higher than expected. Overall for the morning, the scores were +2.46% above expected, following +1.61% for the morning sessions yesterday and +1.68% yesterday afternoon. #dressagedaytwo #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
11:40 a.m.
11:29 a.m.
38.3 for Will Coleman and Tight Lines to tie for 20th place. That brings us to the lunch break! #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
11:26 a.m.
11:20 a.m. Nail biter! a 27.9 puts him just out of the lead, but he is hot on Michael Jung’s tail.
11:16 a.m. Absolute master class. They’re trending 2% better than Michael Jung so far.
11:13 a.m. ITS GO TIME. Can Burto take the lead?
Burto coming soon. Will he lead? #LRK3DE pic.twitter.com/lcOmyrBIrG
— EquiRatings (@EquiRatings) April 27, 2018
11:12 a.m.
OKAY I WAS GOOD LETS GO RUN CROSS COUNTRY DAD – Steady Eddie probably #LRK3DE
— Emily Logan (@STSporthorses) April 27, 2018
11:10 a.m.
Burto just given @samanthalclark heart palpitations by not appearing in the warm-up @KyThreeDayEvent until just before going into the arena #MrCool
— An Eventful Life (@eventfulifebook) April 27, 2018
11:05 a.m. Steady Eddie is living true to his name, very consistent test so far!
11:03 a.m.
Burto coming soon. Will he lead? #LRK3DE pic.twitter.com/lcOmyrBIrG
— EquiRatings (@EquiRatings) April 27, 2018
11:00 a.m.
10:59 a.m. Luckaun Quality really shines in the canter work. It’s obvious this horse can cover the ground-what a lovely, huge stride!
10:57 a.m.
Luckaun Quality and Timothy Bourke are 1 of 5 pairs to be in the 5+ 4* starts club this weekend. He;ll be looking to push his 4* PB of 37.0 closer to his 3* PB of 35.3. #dressagedaytwo #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
10:56 a.m.
Kelly Prather and Truly Wiley score 42.3 for 25th place #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
10:54 a.m.
Former U.S. Eventing Team selector, Marcia Kulak, is in the booth with @JohnKyleSpeaks! Tune in for fantastic insight from the @KyThreeDayEvent! #LRK3DE pic.twitter.com/dqsZcVPPWQ
— USEF Network (@USEFNetwork) April 27, 2018
10:52 a.m. Truly Wiley and Kelly Prather are making their second four-star appearance today. This is an exciting Thoroughbred who was bred by Bruce Davidson.
10:51 a.m.
#LRK3DE Can we talk about how great @LillianHeard‘s hands are? All these riders are amazing. #iwish #goals #dressage #dressagedaytwo pic.twitter.com/w6Uh8URMMm
— Danielle Marie Neumann (@danimarie_ink) April 27, 2018
10:47 a.m. Huge smiles from Lillian! She earns a 37.5.
10:41 a.m. Lillian is back with her second ride.
LCC Barnaby is competing at his third consecutive Kentucky, with the experienced Lillian Heard in the irons. Their 4* PB of 35.8 comes close to matching their 3* PB of 35.5. @LillianHeard #dressagedaytwo #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
10:36 a.m.
The first morning session on Friday was overall scored +2.35 points above expected. For reference, the four sessions yesterday were +1.38, +1.93, +1.32, +2.22. The judges are maintaining a relatively consistent toughness thus far. #dressagedaytwo #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
The largest disagreement was 3.62% on MHS King Joules, who received 70.86% from Sue Baxter and 64.24%/67.93% from the other two judges. @Oliver_Townend #dressagedaytwo #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
10:34 a.m.
Why did @laurenkieffer choose Vermiculus? Frankie caught up with her after her superb dressage test to hear more about her Anglo-Arabian @KyThreeDay #LRK3DE pic.twitter.com/jf48598FUF
— USEF Network (@USEFNetwork) April 27, 2018
10:33 a.m.
We said we could see nine of the top 10 at @KyThreeDayEvent change today. We have seen four change in the first seven horses. Nobilis & Burto to come in the next group.
— EquiRatings (@EquiRatings) April 27, 2018
10:27 a.m. We’re on a coffee break now. When the action starts back we’ll be looking for a score of 31.1 or better. That will put the pressure on Michael Jung because he currently has a pole ahead of the competition.
10:24 a.m.
Lisa Marie Fergusson and Honor Me score 43.5 for 25th place for Canada We are now on the first morning break #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
10:20 a.m. Little bobble out of the first halt for Lisa Marie and Honor Me, but picking right back up.
10:20 a.m.
Big hugs for Vermiculus after @laurenkieffer slides into second place tied with @WindurraUSA on a score of 31.2 @KyThreeDayEvent #USAEventing #LRK3DE pic.twitter.com/YwpL6hTmZF
— USEF Network (@USEFNetwork) April 27, 2018
10:18 a.m. 33.2 puts Mackenna in 7th as the highest placed rider under the age of 25.
10:15 a.m. Landioso definitely has learned this test! He’s anticipating Mackenna’s every move, but they’re looking very polished.
10:12 a.m. Arg! Mackenna Shea goes for it and gets a little canter in her extended trot. Only that one bobble mars and otherwise lovely test so far.
10:09 a.m.
10:07 a.m. Allie Knowles is squeaking out every point she can with Sound Prospect, another great TB!
10:03 a.m. Can an American win this year? Karen O’Connor says yes. “No more sending prize money abroad #OverIt”
9:59 a.m. Well done Lauren! Doesn’t quite catch Ze Terminator, but a 31.2 puts her in a tie for second with Boyd. Michael Jung still has one pole ahead of the field.
9:56 a.m. Vermiculus and Lauren Kieffer in the ring now. Fun fact-Vermiculus is latin for maggot, which was the barn name of Lauren’s first four-star partner and “Bug’s” full brother Snooze Alarm!
9:55 a.m. Just misses a sub-40 mark! 40.9 for Ronald Zabala-Goetschel
Ronald Zabala-Goetschel is one of two riders in their fifties to compete this weekend, the other being Phillip Dutton. He and Wundermaske are making their first 4* start as a pair but have a PB of 33.0 at 3*. #dressagedaytwo #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
9:53 a.m.
9:48 a.m. Ronald Zabala-Goetschel and Wundermaske are in the ring for Ecuador. They’re off with a very quiet and consistent start.
9:46 a.m.
Oliver Townend and MHS King Joules score 31.3 to slot into 3rd place … scores getting more and more tightly bunched! @Oliver_Townend #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
9:44 a.m. Michael Jung did leave the door open yesterday, but not sure if Oliver has walked through it.
9:40 a.m. Very beautiful test. If we’re being nit-picky it lacks a little bit of accuracy. Looks like it’s trending about 3% lower than Michi.
9:38 a.m. Oliver Townend and MHS King Joules circle the ring. These two could really challenge our leaders!
9:37 a.m. 32.2 for Buck!
9:32 a.m. Buck is riding a beautifully rhythmical test. Looking forward to seeing the score for this one!
Carlevo, one of the eight horses making his first 4* start this weekend, has broken the 70% barrier in 75% of his 16 starts at 3*. With Buck Davidson in the irons, his 3* PB is 25.8. @BDJEventing #dressagedaytwo #LRK3DE
— Eventing Nation (@eventingnation) April 27, 2018
9:30 a.m. Karen O’Connor joins the live stream this morning. She commented that this test challenges horse’s foundation because these sequences of movements are so much closer together than in past years.
9:29 a.m. Here we go!
9:15 a.m. For all you OTTB lovers:
The #OTTB‘s doing dressage today at #LRK3DE:
10:02 AM – Sound Prospect
10:48 AM – Truly Wiley
11:04 AM – Steady Eddie
11:28 AM – Tight Lines
1:08 PM – Simply Priceless
1:16 PM – Paddy The Caddy
2:02 PM – Donner— Retired Racehorse Project (@RRP_TBMakeover) April 27, 2018