Thursday Video from Cambox: Kentucky Between the Ears of Vandiver

2021 marks Vandiver’s fifth crack at the Kentucky Three-Day Event. The now 17-year-old Trakehner’s first go-round was in 2015 with former rider Werner Geven; he finished 22nd in 2016 with Doug Payne,  at the second horse inspection in 2017, and rebounded for a top five finish in 2019 and the title of Reserve CCI5*-L National Champion. Now, hot off a CCI4*-S win at The Fork at TIEC, they are striking out on the bluegrass once again.

Doug and “Quinn” went in the first group of 5* dressage this afternoon, scoring a 34.5. We asked him after his test to talk about what this event means to their partnership.

“Kentucky is sort of a Super Bowl of the sport, especially in this country,” he said. “To have something of this caliber and quality is amazing having the opportunity to ride a horse here this many times is really rare so you’ve got to be thankful for that.”

We always enjoy experiencing cross country vicariously through Doug’s Cambox — “Cambox has been excellent,” he said — and affirmed that he’ll be taking it around Kentucky once again on Saturday. Until then, let’s relive their successful five-star debut together in 2016, wherein they jumped around clear with 16 time penalties …

… and 2019. For their last run here, Doug went a step further in overlaying USEF Network footage alongside his Cambox footage so that we can both ride the course from his point of view and watch them from the ground at the same time. That year, they stormed around Derek di Grazia’s cross country course adding just one time penalty to their dressage score. Their partnership is evident as they expertly slice-and-dice their way through the course and, yes, they did jump some of the flower decorations along the way!

Best of luck to Doug and “Quinn” this weekend!

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