The first day of competition at the 2011 Nutrena/USEA American Eventing Championships, presented by Bit of Britain, started early on Thursday with competitors Advanced through Training performing their dressage tests. At the end of the day, Allison Springer and Arthur led the $20,000 Merial Advanced Championship division, while Kadi Eykamp and Double Rivers Really Cool topped the Intermediate division. We also caught up with Junior Preliminary leader Marissa Hughes with Odie, as well as John Nunn of Bit of Britain, who is competing in the Training Amateur division.