I don’t have anything good to say about the weather today. It rained with hardly any pause and the wind was biting. The prelim and training ran cross-country and by the end of each division the takeoff and landing was thoroughly torn up for each fence. Despite the conditions the quality of riding was high, as you can see in the above training XC video.
Kelli Temple and Calero moved up with a withdraw of the first placed rider to win the open training A division. Jennifer Simmons and Fernhill HHS Boston won the open training B after moving up from 7th to 1st in the show jumping, with Emily Beshear and Moose in second and Courtney Cooper and Nevaeh in third. Linda Dahlgren won the training rider division with AFW Ami Fidele. There were just 6 issues on course in the training level although quite a few riders decided to withdraw after their show jumping and before the cross-country. There are already over 10 advanced horses who have withdrawn from tomorrow’s XC.
In the prelim, Nicholas Hansen and Grand Cru jumped double-clear to maintain their dressage lead and they won by 10 points. Aryn Coon won the open preliminary B after moving up from 6th after the show jumping. Arianna Almeida and Drummer’s Call won the open prelim A division. Go eventing.
