Lynn Symansky and Donner have taken the lead in the CIC3* at The Fork.
Lynn Symansky and Donner are the new leaders in the CIC3* at The Fork after Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice pulled two rails to drop down the leaderboard. Lynn and Donner led the CIC3* for much of the day yesterday on their dressage score of 46.4 before Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice overtook them on a 44.7 as the final ride of the day. A double clear show jumping round just puts Lynn and Donner in first ahead of Marilyn Little and RF Smoke on the Water. I’m thrilled for Lynn to be having such a fantastic weekend despite her hand injury. Fingers crossed her hand is much better in time for Rolex in just a few weeks. Samantha Clark caught up with Lynn yesterday to talk about her recovery; don’t miss that video interview here.
Marilyn Little and RF Smoke on the Water moved up to second place in the CIC3*.
Marilyn Little and RF Smoke on the Water also jumped double clear to move up one spot to second place. Marilyn and Smoke were most recently second in the Red Hills CIC3*, and she said in the press conference yesterday that she plans to go for time on cross country tomorrow. The top 25 percent of riders, according to Fork officials, will run in reverse order of standing tomorrow, so Marilyn and Smoke will be the second to last to go on course. Many riders heading to Rolex — as Marilyn is with Smoke — are using tomorrow’s cross-country run as a steady preparation for the CCI4* course later this month, so it will be interesting to see if Marilyn sticks were her plan and does indeed go for a double clear round tomorrow.
Shandiss McDonald and Rockfield Grant Juan are sitting in third place.
Shandiss McDonald and Rockfield Grant Juan jumped an absolutely spectacular double clear round to move up to third place on her 47.3 dressage score. This horse is massive and really stunning to watch. Shandiss gave him a beautiful ride around a course that caused problems for quite a few riders. The very first fence on course — a purple and natural oxer — had a number of rails come down, and the triple combination also caught out many riders, including Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice. Susan Beebee and Wolf, who were tied for fourth with Shandiss coming into show jumping, pulled one rail to drop down the leaderboard. Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda and Jessica Phoenix and Patras VR both jumped double clear rounds to sit in fourth and fifth respectively.
Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda jumped double clear to sit in fourth.
Live scores are still being updated, so I hope once again that I’ve done my math right and brought you the correct top five in the CIC3*. I’ll be bringing you full coverage of cross country tomorrow for the CIC3* and Advanced divisions, including live updates from the course to keep you up-to-date on all the action. I’ll be walking the cross-country course this afternoon with Jan Byyny and Kate Samuels, so stay tuned for a preview and their thoughts on the course. Also, dressage steward Dana Diemer asked us to give a shout out to the volunteers who persevered through Thursday’s absolutely dreadful weather. Many thanks to the scribes: Christine Alter, Dawn Ahner, Mary Quarles, Bev Shay and Cassidy Sitton; ring stewards: Van Firth, Deborah Chay, Erin Stormont Kimmer and Marilyn Fitzgerald; bit checkers: Elle Burton and Rebekah Fultz; score runners: Carolann and Don Waite and Kim Meeks; and the Boy Scouts of Troop 83.
Live scores added at 1:40 p.m.:
The top 15 in the CIC3* after show jumping
