“Our first question for you Phillip is: what is a horse?”
The barns at Red Hills are busy right now with routine icings, jogging for the vets, grazing, and hand walking. The competitors party starts at 7pm, and I’ll miss at least the first half writing this post. Here are a few quick notes to wrap up a great day at Red Hills:
–The Red Hills course is great for spectating because you can see every major complex from the central viewing locations. It’s a different story for video work and photography because the jumps outside of the main spectating area are tough to access. Thus, the video is scattered and generally not the best quality. Hopefully it will at least give you a feel for the Red Hills environment. I have organized it by jump rather than division:
–I spoke with course designer Hugh Lochore who told me that no frangible devices deployed today.
—Kyle is out and about back here in the barns. His arm is in a sling and he is scheduled for wrist surgery in a few days. There’s no way the doctors will keep him off of a horse for more than a month in my humble opinion.
–Candace Tribe and Catalina lead the CIC* by 6.6 points.
1. Candace Tribe and Catalina +0 47.0
2. Alexandra Green and Fernhill Cubalawn +0.8 53.6
3. Karen O’Connor and Cherubino +2.8 53.7
4. Selena O’Hanlon and Foxwood High +0 56.1
–Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice are leading an extremely tight CIC2* division. 6 horses are within a rail of the lead and Phillip is closely trailed by advanced leader Jessica Phoenix and Hannah Burnett:
1. Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice +0 50.7
2. Jessica Phoenix and Pavarotti +0 52.0
3. Hannah Burnett and Harbour Pilot +4.8 52.1
4. Nicole Parkin and Lexus +0 52.2
5. Becky Holder and Can’t Fire Me +5.2 52.3
6. Arden Wildasin and Totally Awesome Bosco +1.6 54.6
–Don’t forget to ‘spring’ your clocks forward tonight if you live in a part of the world that does such things.
–The jog starts at 8am, which is really 7am, but it’s going to be 8am. We’ll be giving out our EN best dressed groom award once again so get those jog groom outfits ready everyone.
–More video from Samantha’s blog:
Thanks for checking in with Eventing Nation throughout the day and go eventing.
