Twenty-six horses passed the morning trot up and all of them completed the competition. On a crystal clear day with a gentle cool breeze blowing it was a close competition going into show jumping phase on Sunday afternoon. Whitney Weston riding Tender Ack (Owned by Alexandra Walton Weston) Moved up from 7th to 3rd on a double clean round in show jumping. After one rail and a few time penalties yesterday’s top rider Karyn Rainey riding She’s All Silk moved down to second place. Finishing on a final score of 33.3 in first place was Alexa Wolf riding Kalypso’s Page (Owned by Catherine Siegel). Alexa Wolf also received the Abbie Moos Memorial Award for Best Conditioned horse. Page O’Brien riding Locomotion received the PoleStar Farm Sportsmanship Award. For the Best Turnout Award the ground jury selected Maxance McManamy riding Project Runway.
Great Britain’s Yasmin Ingham and Banzai du Loir found themselves in a familiar position today at the top of the leaderboard after dressage at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, scoring a 26.0. A year ago, Ingham and “Banzai” led the field heading into cross-country after Friday’s dressage, but they drew an earlier start this year, and Ingham’s got a few more challengers to come tomorrow.
In comparison to many of his other upper-level event horses, Commando 3, or “Connor” as he is known in the barn, is still a newer ride for Boyd Martin, but that hasn’t held the pair back.
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Let the fun and games begin! This morning kicks off the official start of competition at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event (K3DE). The hefty four-star field is the first to set foot in the Rolex Stadium starting at 8:00 a.m. Last year we saw 49 four-star pairs in this division, but this year there are 63 pairs in the field.