Sunday Jogs Slightly Shuffle LRK3DE Standings; Leaders Pass

Tamie Smith and Mai Baum. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

It’s a crisp sunny morning for the final horse inspection of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by MARS Equestrian. We’ve seen some withdrawals across both the CCI5* and CCI4*-S divisions, several horses were sent to the hold box, and one from the marquee division was spun.

The CCI5* field thinned by one overnight as Meghan O’Donoghue withdrew Palm Crescent overnight and did not present him today, leaving 25 horses to come forward and present to the 5* ground jury of Christina Klingspor (SWE), Peter Shaw (AUS), and Angela Tucker (GBR).

Tom McEwan and JL Dublin. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

Our 5* field leaders, a stylish Tamie Smith and a fresh-looking Mai Baum, effortlessly passed this morning’s horse inspection. They’ll head into show jumping on their dressage score of 24.2; that gives them several seconds in hand, but no rails to spare over our second placed pair of Tom McEwan and JL Dublin. Tom and Dubs, along with all other European pairs, also flew through this morning’s jogs with no problems.

Two 5* horses were sent to the hold box: Erin Kanara’s Campground and Liz Halliday-Sharp’s Deniro Z. Campground was accepted upon representation, but Deniro Z sadly was not.

Karl Slezak and Hot Bobo. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

Looking to the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S, 37 horses were presented to the ground jury of Robert Stevenson (USA) and Helen Brettel (GBR). Three pairs withdrew overnight and did not present this morning: BGS Firecracker (Mia Farley), Jos Bravo (Dani Sussman), and Cecelia (Dani Moguel)

Three horses were sent to the hold box: Sara Kozumplik’s Rubens D’ysieux, Leah Lang-Gluscic’s AP Prime (who sits in 10th place after yesterday’s double clear cross country effort), and Anna Loschiavo’s Fernhill That Guy Jack. Sara withdrew Reubens from the hold box, while both AP Prime and Fernhill That Guy Jack were both joyfully accepted upon representation. Our leaders of this division, sitting on the only sub-20 score in the field, Hot Bobo and Karl Slezak, easily passed this morning’s jog.

Buckeye Nutrition presented a Best Turned Out award for each division at the conclusion of the jogs, awarding $1,000 to the groom of the winning horse. Amber Wavryk was the winning groom amongst the 4* horses, for her care of Hot Bobo. Erin Jarboe and Hailey Burdock were recognized for their care of Chin Tonic HS.

We’re in for an exciting conclusion to the #BestWeekendAllYear today! The 4* will kick off showjumping today 10:45 AM — one rail separates the top four in this division and two rails separate the top nine. Karl and Hot Bobo have one time penalty in hand over second-placed Solaguayre California and Tamie Smith. The 5* show jumping will begin at 2:20 PM. Keep it locked here on EN, folks.

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