Michael Jung and his Rolex winner fischerRocana FST take an early lead at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. Photo by Samantha Clark.
As was widely expected, Michael Jung and FischerRocana FST, his winner at Rolex Kentucky earlier this year, came into the main arena at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials right before the first morning break and took a commanding lead. The mare was relaxed, and of course the test was deadly accurate and beautifully presented for a score of 34.2; it’s hard to imagine anyone beating that today.
Chris Burton and Haruzac move into 2nd place currently with a nice test. Photo by Nico Morgan.
Chris Burton currently lies in 2nd place after a smart test on Haruzac, and he still has his Adelaide four-star winner TS Jamaimo to go tomorrow.
Pippa Funnell makes the most of every movement to score 43 on Redesigned, good enough for third place currently. Photo by Samantha Clark.
It’s an education to watch Pippa Funnell ride a test, and today was no exception on Redesigned, her WEG 2010 ride and such a lovely horse; we also look forward to seeing her ride Second Supreme tomorrow and of course Sandman 7 at Blair next week in the European Championships.
We are hoping for great things from Badminton winners Paulank Brockagh and Sam Griffiths, up after the break shortly, and of course crossing our fingers and holding our breath for Lynn Symansky and Donner, our sole U.S. pair to go today, who’ll be the first combination in the arena after the lunch break at 2pm GB time 9am U.S. Eastern.
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