Buck Davidson and Ballynoecastle RM are tied for second
Eventing has carved out a wonderful venue here at Richland Park amidst the corn fields of southwest Michigan. The three dressage arenas are all next to each other, making for great spectating on a beautiful Thursday. The Pan American Games selection trials division, the advanced, and the intermediate horse trials are all still to come this afternoon, but first let’s take a quick look at the morning action:
–True Prospect Farm is the story of the morning with Phillip in the lead with Ben on a 42.7 and Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda closely following on a 43.3. Buck and Ballynoecastle put together the best test I have seen from them with consistency as their watchword and they are tied for second with Jennie and Ping.
CIC3* Dressage Results:
1. Phillip Dutton and Ben 42.7
2T. Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda 43.3
2T. Buck Davidson and Ballynoecastle 43.3
4. Becky Holder and Can’t Fire Me 45.0
5. Karen O’Connor and Veronica 46.7
6. Jan Byyny and Inmidair 47.6
7. Heather Gillette and Our Questionaire 50.5
Jan Byyny and Inmidair put in a lovely forward dressage test for 6th:
–The CIC2* went through a bit of a scoring recount, but after all the votes were counted Kadi Eykamp from Australia and Double Rivers Really Cool have the lead on 46.9 Ronald Zabala is second and Michael Pollard is 3rd on his beautiful grey horse Jude’s Law. Michael will be riding another beautiful grey, the mare Hanni, in the selection trials this afternoon. I’d look for them to finish near the top.
–There was some confusion between judges, riders, and the omnibus about which test was being ridden in the intermediate divisions. But after all that was sorted out Anisa Tracy and Tigger VIII took the lead in the intermediate A division and they had the only sub-30 round of the morning. The rest of the intermediate divisions are still ongoing.
We’ll have much more this afternoon from Richland. 14 horses are competing in the “PAG” division, which is just starting. Go eventing.
