United States Eventing Association

Day 1 at the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill was full of excitement as a U.S. horse and rider pair took the overnight lead in the five-star, the CCI3*-L got underway with a USEA Emerging Athletes U21 (EA21) rider topping the field, and the first of the two USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) East Coast Championships crowned its champion. With the remainder of dressage for both the three- and five-star today, we could see some shakeups in the leaderboard.

In the YEH East Coast 5-Year-Old Championship, there are a few familiar faces in the top-10 after the lineup of 41 horses completed their dressage and conformation portions of their test yesterday. Today they must contest the jumping and galloping phases to seal their fate. The competition kicks off at 8:30 a.m. in the Timber Field. You can learn more about the Championships here. If you are not local, don't forget! You can watch ClipMyHorse's livestream here.

In the main arena, CCI3*-L dressage kicks off at 9:00 a.m. with Courtney Cooper riding BEST Group's 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Briarhill Excel Star Take 2 (King's Comet x Briarhill Cruise) leading the field of 27 who still need to execute their dressage tests.

Then its back to the five-star fun at 2:00 p.m. We will see Great Britain's Bubby Upton make her Maryland 5 Star debut aboard the 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding Cola (Catoko x Vanessa XII), who is owned by Rachel Upton. Twelve competitors are left to compete in the first phase before they move on to tackling Ian Stark's impressive cross-country course.

Here is what you need to know to follow along today:

• You can preview both the three- and five-star cross-country courses via the CrossCountry App here.

• You can livestream the event for free in small player mode on both the Maryland 5 Star website and CMH.TV. Please note: The full screen viewing or app download requires a Clip My Horse subscription to watch the livestream through their site.

  Clip My Horse Livestream Schedule:

  • • Friday, Oct. 18: Dressage – 9 a.m – 4:05 p.m.
      
    • Saturday, Oct. 19: Cross-Country – 9 a.m. – 4:05 p.m.
      
    • Sunday, Oct. 20: Show Jumping – 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., wrapping up with the winner’s trophy presentation
• Follow along with the live scores for both the CCI5*-L and CCI3*-L here.
• Don’t forget to stop by the USEA booth #16 right as you enter the event!
• Get to know the USEA YEH graduates competing in the five-star here.
• Want more facts? Read through the USEA’s Maryland 5 Star Fast Facts and the Dutta Corp. USEA YEH Championships presented by Dubarry Fast Facts.

Helpful Links

• Maryland 5 Star Website
• USEA Prize List
• Live Scoring
• Order of Go
• Schedule of Events
• Livestream
• USEA’s Coverage

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