Lillian Heard and Share Option took the lead in the Advanced with a double clear show jumping round.
Lillian Heard and Share Option took the lead in the Advanced division at The Fork this morning thanks to a double clear show jumping round. Sitting in fifth place overnight on a 32.5 after dressage, Lillian and Share Option jumped beautifully to put themselves in an excellent position for tomorrow’s cross country round. The other big news from this morning is that Will Coleman and Twizzel did not jump and are no longer appearing on the live scores, meaning they have likely withdrawn. Samantha Clark is trying to catch up with Will to find out what happened and, most importantly, what this means for Twizzel’s run at Rolex — the expected finale to his career. Update: We’ve just heard from Will that Twizzel is battling an infection, but Rolex is still the plan.
Leslie Chelstrom and Cecilia move up to tie for second place after a double clear round.
Leslie Chelstrom and Cecilia moved up to tie for second place after a double clear round, now sitting on their dressage score of 33.4. The two were sitting sixth last night after dressage. Phillip Dutton and Fernhill Eagle put in the first double clear show jumping round of the morning over a course that claimed quite a few rails. The vertical by the warm-up ring in Irish green and orange colors caught quite a few people out, and many rails also fell at the triple combination. Liz Reilly parted ways in a rather acrobatic fashion from It’s The Truth at the green and natural vertical right in front of the spectator’s tent. She very nearly landed on her feet and was OK; that was the only fall in the class.
Allie Knowles and Last Call are tied for second place.
Allie Knowles and Last Call, who led the division coming into show jumping, had one rail down to tie for second place with Leslie and Cecilia. Buck Davidson and The Apprentice, sitting second after dressage, had the Ireland vertical down and two time penalties. Jessica Phoenix and Pavarotti, who were third after dressage, also had one rail down. Allison Springer and Copycat Chloe picked up the only stop in the division at the second element of the triple combination, where it looked like Allison got her in just a bit too deep. For the most part, all the horses were jumping out of their skin. Madeline Blackman’s Gordonstown had a particularly impressive, almost cat-like trip through the triple combination.
Live scores have not been updated, so I’m hoping my math is right and I am bringing you the correct top three for the Advanced. I’m heading back out to cover the CIC3* show jumping, which runs through the early afternoon. Stay tuned for much more from The Fork.
Live scores added at 1:40 p.m.:
