USEA podcast host Nicole Brown caught up with the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team from the FEI Eventing Nations Cup Poland CCIO-4*-NC-S, comprised of Jenny Caras, Andrew McConnon, Caroline Pamukcu, Cassie Sanger and USEF Eventing Emerging and Development Coach, Leslie Law, after securing both individual and team silver medals. The team gave Nicole the scoop on their experience at the LOTTO Strzegom Horse Trials and their gameplan for the future as they enjoyed a bit of team bonding in Germany while attending the SAP-Cup at the Aachen CCIO4*-S. Listen in to this week's episode and click here for a full recap of this spectacular result for Team USA!
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When Will Coleman, the overnight leader in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S division at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, walked Derek di Grazia’s cross-country track, he knew time was going to play a major factor in how the results would shake out upon the completion of the second phase.
“I really love riding the horses,” said Michael Jung. “I do it every day— riding the horses, training the horses, going to many, many competitions. I am really into the sport and with horses. I know it can go wrong all the time. So I try to go out, do my best, take care of the horse; if it went wrong, OK. It can happen, now you just be prepared for the next day.”
The time was tough to make in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S this morning at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, and cross-country course designer Derek di Grazia made it just as tough in the CCI5*-L as well with just one rider making the optimum time of 11 minutes and 20 seconds—and somehow managing to do it twice on both of his entries!
In Derek di Grazia’s CCI4*-S cross-country course this morning at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, there were two obvious challenges: the time and the Mighty Moguls question early on in the course at fence 4.