United States Eventing Association

The Maryland 5 Star Daily: Dressage Day 1

Welcome to the first full day of the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill. Between the Dutta Corp. USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) East Coast Championships for 4- and 5-year-olds, the CCI3*-L, and the CCI5*-L, there is a lot going on in today's schedule.

The YEH 4- and 5-year-old Championships get underway today with both age divisions completing their conformation and dressage portions of their tests and the 4-year-olds also completing their weekend with their jumping and galloping sessions as well. There are 30 entries in this year's 4-year-old class. You can learn more about the Championships here.

Dressage and conformation get underway at 8:00 a.m., and the first horse to tackle the jumping sections will start at 10:00 a.m. ClipMyHorse is live streaming all phases of the competition and you can find the live stream for the dressage here and the jumping here.

In the main arena, CCI3*-L dressage kicks off at 9:00 a.m. with Boyd Martin and Christine, Thomas, and Tommie Turner's Holsteiner gelding Mo Chroi (Dinken x Pila) leading the field of 54. Only 27 of the pairs will present today, with the remaining pairs executing their dressage test on Friday.

The five-star gets going at 2:00 p.m. with Canada's Jessica Phoenix and five-star first-timer Fluorescent Adolescent (Gaudi x Amelia II), the 16-year-old Canadian Sport Horse mare owned by Makayla Rydzik, kicking off the competition. We will see 11 of the 23 pairs compete tomorrow, and the last horse and rider will ride at 3:35 p.m.

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

• You can preview the five-star cross-country course via the CrossCountry App here.

• You can watch the 2024 event beginning with the CCI3*-L and CCI5*-L horse inspections on Wednesday, at 1 p.m. EST with three-star and 2 p.m. with five-star via the ClipMyHorse.TV Player. Viewing is 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:

  • • Wednesday, Oct. 16: horse inspections for CCI3*-L and CCI5* at 1 p.m.
      
    • Thursday, Oct. 17: Dressage – 9 a.m. – 4:05 p.m.
      
    • 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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