Hope Cove and Claire Parker were the last pair on the 2012 Young Riders cross-country
Visionaire is on scene at her hometown Kentucky Horse Park and she will have much more from Young Riders shortly. The one-star has just wrapped up to complete the cross-country day in Lexington. Area V’s Victoria New and Fleeceworks Mystere du Val moved up one place into the lead with a double-clear ride and dressage leaders Savanna Hilles and Enchanted suffered a stop. Fleeceworks Mystere du Val was competed at the upper levels for a number of years by Leslie Law before transitioning to his young rider career. Kylie Figueira and Danzig are 1.1 points back with a double-clear and 49.6.
One-Star Scores:
1. Victoria New and Fleeceworks Mystere du Val +0 48.5
2. Kylie Figueira and Danzig +0 49.6
3. Haley Armstrong-Laframboise and Roksolana +0 51.2
4. Taylor Wood and On Eagle’s Wings +0 51.7
5. Alden Leavitt and Castlefarm Snooze Cruise +0 51.7
The Ontario team added just 1.6 penalties to break their dressage lead tie with Area V, which moved into second by adding 2.7 penalties. Area III is within four rails of the lead. May our US and Canadian teams have so much success in London!
The top five riders are separated by less than a rail going into the show jumping. There were two rider falls, one elimination, and a handful of stops around a one-star course that rode double-clear for just under half of the competitors.
Jacqueline Laroche and The Gingerbread Man from area IX make the menacing one-star steps look easy, video courtesy of Michelle Parker:
Go Young Riders.
