Selena O’Hanlon and A First Romance had one rail down
Will Faudree and his lovely Andromaque jumped clear and go into the cross country in 8th place
Phillip Dutton and Atlas jumped clear – Phillip also jumped clear on Fernhill Fugitive, and on Fernhill Eagle in the Advanced Division but unfortunately dropped from the lead to 19th after having two rails down on Mighty Nice
Becky Holder and Can’t Fire Me also plummeted down the leaderboard going into the cross country from 8th after dressage to 32nd with two rails down.
Buck Davidson and D.A Adirmo
Marilyn Little and RF Demeter jumped clean
Lovely Donner and Lynn Symansky jump clear to take the lead in this division going into the cross country
Kaitlin Spurlock and Expedience also jumped a very nice clear round
No problems for the Red Hills Advanced winner Lisa Barry and her NZ OTTB FIS Prince Charming
Sara Kozumplik and Flagmount’s Sterling Prince
Selena O’Hanlon and Foxwood High
Bruce Duchossois’ Mighty Nice – a disappointing two rails, but as someone commented on Phillip’s facebook page, ‘rather here than at Rolex!’
Hannah Sue Burnett and a very fit and keen looking Harbour Pilot
Caitlin Silliman rode beautifully to recover her and Catch A Star’s composure after two early rails and then regain their confidence and jump clean.
Daniel Clasing and Houston, who we talked to on Friday
Cody Sturgess and Imperial Melody
Phillip Dutton jumps clear on Fernhill Fugitive
Caitlin Calder and Jolliyat had one rail down
Everyone’s favourite – Peter Barry and Kilrodan Abbot jumped a very workmanlike clear – no biggie!
Another lovely Canadian couple – Nicole Parkin and her great mare Lexus also jumped clear and start cross country in 12th place
Mensa just had the first fence down but otherwise jumped a lovely round – I love this horse, can’t disguise my OTTB bias!
Buck Davidson on one of his multiple rides – No More Rocks
Will Faudree and Pawlow had one down
Megan O’Donoghue rode a flawless round on her OTTB Pirate to jump clear. Between her, Donner, Mensa, Exponential, Expedience, Lisa Barry’s horse and Emily Beshear’s stunning Here’s to You who recovered after slipping on a turn to also jump a beautiful clear round I couldn’t be prouder of the OTTB, and we still have the cross country to come, and I’m probably missing half of them. I’m looking forward to speaking to Allie Conrad this week who’s much more of an expert on the subject and we’ll be able to bring you a review of Southern Pines, and look ahead to OTTBs at Rolex. Go OTTBs!
Shandiss McDonald and the gorgeous Rockfield Grant Juan who has simply blossomed this year!
Colleen Rutledge and Shiraz
Katie Ruppel and Sir Donovan – one rail down.
Boyd Martin and Trading Aces jumped probably the best round I’ve seen them do to add to what was probably the best dressage test they’ve done – a good prep for Rolex so far this week.
Wonderful Exponential and Jessie Phoenix just pinging around the course for fun – what it must be like to have that kind of a partnership with that talented a horse; I’m so excited to watch them fly around Rolex, it is a treat to get to see combinations like this compete together.
Ronald Zabala-Goetschel and Wise Equestrian Master Rose
A lovely clear round from Jon Holling and DHI Zatopek B
Leslie Law and Zenith ISF also jumped a well-judged clear round. I’m looking forward to watching this horse, and indeed the whole division go cross country. The Advanced starts at 9am, and the CIC *** gets underway at 10:30am. Jenni is brilliant with quick updates and I’ll try and keep tweeting as much as possible. Thanks as always for being a part of Eventing Nation, wishing everybody safe and successful rides today, and we’ll try and keep you updated as quickly and accurately as we can. Go The Fork and Go Eventing!
