Endurance Day at the Virginia P3D
Saturday dawned bright and breezy as five riders had the chance to experience Endurance Day at the SmartPak Equine/USEA Preliminary Three-Day at the Virginia Horse Trials in Lexington, Virginia. The first rider on Phase A at 7:30 AM is also the new overnight leader. Hope Nicyper-Meryman and Optical Illusion (pictured above) finished all four phases within the time and moved up three places to take over the lead on a score of 39.8. Joanne Gelarden and Shackleton sit in second-place on a 44.2. They added seven time penalties on Phase A to their dressage score of 37.2. Erin Kimmer and Coltrane are in third on their dressage score, fourth place goes to Babette Lenna and Little Oliver who added 173 time penalties on Phase C, and the final starter Sara Siegel and Subtle Contrast decided to withdraw before Phase D. The four remaining riders will jog at 8:00 AM tomorrow before completing their weekend with show jumping at noon.
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