Millbrook Sunday Report

The show jumping phase at Millbrook Horse Trials proved to be very influential to the final results. Advanced didn’t start until 2:15, but this morning they started running the show jumping from training level on up. You could tell that the organizers put a lot of effort into bringing spectators out to enjoy the event, and it worked. A lot of people came out to watch the horses jump. Kerry Millikin lead a course walk for patrons and sponsors while the riders were walking the Advanced course, and Kerry also provided some commentary while the horses were going too. 

The show jumping course was big, and it really had the feel of a big three-day event. The time was wheeled pretty tightly as well, and it was clear what riders were feeling the pressure of making it by hustling in places where they probably should have waited, and consequently the rails did fall. Nate Chambers and Rolling Stone, the overnight leaders of Advanced A, had five rails down and unfortunately dropped down the order quite a bit. Kristen Bond and Are You Ready stepped up and jumped a beautiful double clear round to win the division. Will Faudree and his mare Andromaque also jumped a super round and ended in second. Holly and Last Monarch had one rail down but he looked to be jumping really well. My Boy Bobby was withdrawn after dressage but the organizers let Buck do a combined test and he of course jumped clear. Boyd jumped clean with Neville but he did have a couple time penalties. 
In Advanced B, Buck won on Ballynoecastle and was second on May I Tell Ya, and jumped clean with both. Kate Willis also jumped a lovely clear with Polar Storm and came third. Buck had three down on the Titanium horse and dropped from second to seventh. 
Pawlow and Remington were the only two short-listed pairs that ran in the Intermediate. Pawlow had one fence down and moved to fourth, and Remington had two down. Overall, I think it was a really good weekend for the sport, everyone stayed safe and all of the horses that I saw looked really well coming off the cross country and then the show jumping today.
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