IS IS PLUNKETT.

TEST TEST AND THE SCENE VERY MUCH SET FOR A WEEKEND OF TOP CLASS, HIGH-CLASS AND AMAZING COMPETITION.

THE DRESSAGE STARTSES TODAY, FIRST DAY OF TWO DAYS OF DRESSAGE HERE IN THIS BHUFL ARENA WITH A BACK DROP OF WHAT IS THE YOUNG CLASSES AND TOMORROW MORE DRESSAGE STARTING AT 9:00 WITH THE THE REMAINDER OF THE 3 STAR AND ALSO THE 5 PAST 9 START FOR CROSS COUNTRY ON SATURDAY.

THE SHOW DISWRUMPING STARTING ON SUNDAY AT 10:30 FOR THE THREE STAR AND 2:00 FOR THE FIVE STAR IS AND I AM DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY MY OLD MATE, OLD PAL ALICE PLUNKEST IN THE BOX, NO STRANGER, YOU HAVE RID EP AT 5 STAR, COMMENTATED ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

YOUR HUSBAND DOES PRETTY GOOD AT THE JOB AS WELL.

GREATS TO BE HERE.

>> WHAT WHAT A TREAT TO BE HERE AND WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY VENUE T IS INCREDIBLE FOR OUR SPORT TO HAVE THE MARYLAND COUNTY INVESTING SO MUCH INTO EQUESTRIAN SPORT WITH IN EXTRAORDINARY VENUE.

LIKE YOU SAID, THREE YEARS IN AND A SMALL BUT MIGHTY FIELD FEATURING FIVE STAR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS, IT IS DIDDING TO BE HOT COMPETITION.

IT IS INTERNATIONAL AND STAY REALLY TOUGH TRACK AS WELL.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A DRESSAGE COMPETITION.

>> IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A DRESSAGE COMPETITION BUT BEFORE THE DRESSAGE, OF COURSE, THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS THE FIRST HORSE INSPECTION AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH A FEW OF THOSE RIDERS TO FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, IT IS A FANTASTIC VENUE.

I HAD HEARD AMAZING REPORTS BACK IN THE U.K., THEY SAID IT REALLY IS ONE TO DO.

I HAVE WATCHED THE LIVE STREAM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL COURSE.

HILLY, SUITED TO A THOROUGH BREAD.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO AMERICA, THOUGHT WE'LL GIVE IT AT HOME.

>> THINK THE FACILITIES ARE FANTASTIC.

WE LOVE THE GROUND.

WE LOVE-- AND THE ARENAS.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VENUE, NOT MANY EVENTS HAVE CROSS COUNTRY TERRAIN LIKE THIS AND BUILD A MAGNIFICENT STADIUM.

>> JUST BEEN REALLY SPECIAL FOR THE WHOLE AREA, PENNSYLVANIA AND OBVIOUSLY MARYLAND IT IS REALLY ON ITS WAY TO BEING ONE OF THE TOP CLASS EVENTS IN THE WORLD GREAT TO HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF OUR RIDERS FROM YESTERDAY'S FIRST HORSE INSPECTION.

ALWAYS ONE OF THE NERVING RACKING, I THINK MOST NERVE-RACKING PARTS.

BUT THE MADE 5 STAR SUPPORTED AND PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY, THE START LIST LOOKS LIKE THIS, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS THE APPROXIMATE STAR.

THE 5 STAR, AUSTIN O'CONNOR OUT OF THE BLOCKS, COLORADO BLUE, DUG PAYNE, KWAN TELL LEAP, MONICA SPENCER, ARTIST, PHILIP DUTON, AZURE, HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, AND PIGGY MARCH, THE LAST OF THE SEVEN, 13 RIDERS THIS MORNING, THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THOSE TOMORROW.

26 RIDERS IN TOTAL.

FOUR NATIONS REPRESENTED.

WE KNOW YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK, ALICE, MULTIPLE WINNERS AT 5 STAR LEVEL.

>> INCREDIBLE, WE'VE GOT 26 STARTERS HERE AND THEY HAVE WON 26 FIVE STARS BETWEEN THEM THAT IS SOME HAUL, 14 GOING TO WILLIAM SCOTT, 7 TO OLIVER, TWO TO BOYD, TWO TO PIGGY MARCH AND THEY WILL BE HUNGRY TO ADD TO THAT LIST BECAUSE ONCE YOU ADD THAT 5 STAR TO YOUR CV IT NEVER GOES AWAY AND DIVIDES I AS ONE OF THE GREAT.

>> WE HAVE BOYD MARTIN WHIPPER AND LAST YEAR TIM PRICE, UNABLE TO BRING FARGO BACK THIS YEAR TO DEFEND HIS TITLE T IS UP FOR GRABS T IS ANYONE'S GAME AND THIS MAN IN THE ARENA IS TRYING TO PUT SOME DEMONS TO BED BECAUSE IT WASN'T HIS TIME AT THE DEFENDER A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT ALL FELL APART AS IT DID FOR SO MANY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIT T IS IRELAND'S AUSTIN O'CONNOR WITH COLORADO BLUE.

ITS WITH A DISAPPOINTING RUN.

>> I KNOW BUT I LOVE THIS COMBINATION.

THE THING THAT WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT IS THAT-- PHENOMENAL TO GIVE THE STATS, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE LAST 15 YEARS OF U.S. 5 STAR WINNERS YOU HAVE TO BREAK THAT 30 BARRIER.

ONLY MARY KINGS, KINGS TEMPREST IS THE COMBINATION THAT HAS WON A 5 STAR HERE IN THE U.S., WITH 31 OR MORE.

AND AUSTIN T IS TOUGH.

IT WENT WRONG FROM THE START AT BURLEY AND HE LOOKED MUCH MORE POSITIVE HERE TODAY TRAINED BY TRACY ROBINSON WHO IS SO GREAT IN THE CONFIDENCE ACHIEVED.

THAT IS WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO INSTILL IN HIM.

>> SHE'S VERY GOOD IN INSTILLING CONFIDENCE IN A LOT OF RIDERS AND ACROSS-THE-BOARD.

SHE IS VERY, VERY GOOD IN THIS FIRST PHASE.

AUSTIN HAS GOT BETTER AND BETTER IN FACT FRIDAY, FRIDAY, WHAT MI GOING ON, IT IS NOW THURSDAY SO IT WEDNESDAY HAD A CHAT WITH BOTH OF THEM, IS HE REALLY POSITIVE, IN A REALLY GOOD FRAME OF MIND, HE OF COURSE ROAD THIS HORSE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IT IS A STUNNING HORSE.

THE DRESSAGE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THEIR FAVORITE FRIEND BUT IT HAS GOT MUCH BETTER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> THIS IS BETTER THAN BURLY, CAME IN AND THERE WAS SOMETHING WEIRD GOING ON T WAS LIKE HE HAD A FLY IN HIS EAR.

>> HE HAD THE EAR BONNETS ON AGAIN, I WASN'T SURE WHETHER COLORADO BLUE, 14 YEARS OLD, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE ROYAL KING LINES, BRITISH BREAD AS WELL SO A SHOUT OUT FOR SPORT HORSE OF GREAT BRITAN.

DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS THAT THAT UPSET THIS COMBINATION AT BURLY.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAPPENING HERE TODAY.

>> THEY WERE LET'S RALLY LAST MINUTE SUBS FOR THE TOKYO OLYMPICS BUT GRABBED THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH BOTH HANDS, THEY WERE THE FASTEST COMBINATION THERE AND ALSO THE BEST OF THE IRISH.

THEY HAD A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE AT THE WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES, BUD WAS PHENOMENAL WITH THAT THIRD PLACING AND IN REALLY TOUGH CONDITIONS SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT IAN START TO BUILD A COURSE THAT WILL NEED A PROPER CROSS COUNTRY HORSE.

AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT THEY WILL WANT TO SEE GET OUT OF THAT START BOX THE RIDERS WILL BE ALL WATCHING THIS GUY, THIS DRESSAGE TEST IS A LOT BETTER THAN WE HAVE SEEN.

HE WILL BE PLEASED WITH THIS SO FAR.

HE LOOKS REALLY SETTLED.

HE IS A GAL OPING MACHINE AND REALLY FOR AUST IP AND FOR THIS HORSE IT IS ABOUT DOING THE BEST JOB HE CAN DO IN THIS PHASE.

AND AT THE MOMENTS IT IS GOING REALLY, REALLY WELL, TRACY ROBINSON WILL BE RIDING EVERY STRIDE WITH HIM.

AND OF COURSE WATTIN-- WATSON SUCH A LEGEND HAVING RUN THE YOUTH PROGRAM OF BRITISH EQUISTRIAN SPORT, PRODUCING ALL THE GREATS CAME THROUGH HER ACADEMY THROUGH THE YOUTH PROGRAMS.

SHE PART OWNS THIS HORSE AND IS OUT HERE SUPPORTING AUSTIN.

AND THIS LOOKS GOOD SO TAR.

>> REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

I MEAN AS YOU SAID, THIRD AT BADMINTON, 8th THERE LAST YEAR.

HE HAS GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FORM.

ONE OF THE RIDERS THEY WILL BE WATCHING OUT FOR, FAST RIDER, AND THIS PHASE SO FAR HE IS GOING PRETTY GOOD.

>> A LITTLE BIT HIGH ON THAT FIRST CHANGE AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT LATE IN THAT SECOND CHANGE BUT NICE AND CONSIST ENTS.

LACKING A LITTLE BIT OF BEND IN SOME OF THE HALF PAST BUT THE KEY I THINK IS REALLY THAT SOLID HEAD POSITION, FANTASTIC OUTLINE AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS SPEED, THIS HORSE IS TRUMP CARD.

HE IS THE FASTEST HORSE IN THE FIELD.

SO IF HE CAN JUST GET AS NEAR TO THAT 30 AS HE POSSIBLY CAN, HE WILL KNOW HE IS IN THE HUNT, IF HE WITH SPEAK IT, ALL THE BETTER.

NO SCORES COMING UP YET SO WE JUST CAN'T SEE HOW THE JUDGES ARE RANKING THIS BUT SO FAR TO ME THIS LOOKS A REALLY POSITIVE, POSITIVE PERFORMANCE BY AUSTIN.

TWO LOVELY CHANGES AS HE COMES TOWARDS THE END OF THIS TEST.

AND LET'S SEE WHERE WE GET TO AS HE COMES DOWN THE CENTER LINE.

THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE.

>> REALLY GOOD.

JUST SQUARES HIMSELF UP.

HE IS SUPPOSED TO HALT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE FOUR STAR, IN THE FIVE STAR TEST AT THE END OF THE-- HOW FRUSTRATING IS THAT, RIGHT TO THE EDGE, BUT HAS TO HOPE, THAT WAS THE FOUR STAR HOLD POSITION WHICH IS RIGHT UP THERE AT L. HE HAS TO DO THE TROT AND HIS TROT DOWN THE CENTER LINE AND HALT AT G. SO REALLY FRUSTRATING FOR AUSTIN.

HE WILL GET TWO PENALTIES TAKEN OFF FROM EACH OF THE JUDGES.

JUST AS WE WERE THINKING IT WAS GOING SWIMMINGLY APP AS SMOOTH AS HE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> THESE RIDERS, THEY RIDE SO MANY DRESSAGE.

YOU GET INTO YOUR HEAD AND YOU THINK OH, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL, GOING REALLY WELL.

AND THEN BANG, HOLD.

>> IT IS JUST SO FRUSTRATING WHEN HE HAS DONE PROBABLY A PB AT THE LEVEL AND JUST THE LAST HOLD IN THE WRONG PLACE, YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT UP.

OH MY GOODNESS.

POOR OLD AUSTIN, HE HAD BRAIN FREEZE.

BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE, YOU KNOW, HE NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE OPTION WAS BECAUSE HE WAS VERY CONFIDENT IN THAT HOLD AT THE END.

BUT ANYWAY THAT IS A FRUSTRATION, BUT I THINK YOU TAKE A LOT OF POSITIVES FOR THAT AND WE WILL GET YOU THE SCORE AS SOON AS YOU HAVE IT.

>> WE CERTAINLY WILL.

AS WE WERE SAYING I COUPLE OF THOSE CHANGES WERE LATE BEHIND, ONE OF THOSE LAST CHANGES, THE LATTER CHANGES WAS ALSO LATE BEHIND BUT ON THE WHOLE, COLORADO BLUE, 14 YEARS OLD HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB BREAD BY THE MELLON STUD OUT IN IRELAND, AUSTIN WILL BE KICKING HIMSELF FOR THAT MISTAKE.

SO LATER ON AT THE END OF HIS-- HE IS PROBABLY WATCHING THE THREE STAR EARLIER ON ALL MORNING AND THOUGHT YEAH, NAILED THAT, BRILLIANT, WELL DONE AND.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

>> WE WILL JUST HAVE A LOOK AT THAT ORDER OF GO AGAIN STRKS HERE FOR THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENT BID BROWN ADVISORY, AUSTIN O'CONNOR WE JUST SAW FOR IRELAND, COLORADO BLUE, DOUG PAYNE NEXT UP, QUANTUM LEAP, MONICA SPENCER, WITH ARTIST, PHILIP DUTTON, A GLEUR, BRUISE DAVIDSON, SOROCAIMA, HANNAH SUE, PIGGY MARCH, AND THE LAST TO GF THE 13 BE ABOUT BOBBY MEYER HALF AND LUMUMBA, AT 3:51 LOCAL TIME.

NO SCORE IN JUST AT THE MOMENT FOR FIRST TO GO, AUSTIN O'CONNOR, HAVE JUST SEEN IT POP UP ON ITS BIG SCREEN AT 35.0 BUT GETTING THAT CONFIRMED FOR YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AUSTIN THERE, WITH HIS TEAM AND INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING GROOM.

THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THIS SPORT.

>> WHAT A GREAT JOB SHE HAS DONE TURNING COLORADO BUT OUT SO BEAUTIFULLY.

31.1 IS THE ADJUSTED SCORE AT THE MOMENT.

WE WILL GET YOU THE CONFIRMED SCORE AS SOON AS WE ASK.

33.1 ADJUSTED.

CONFIRM ONCE DOUG PAYNE FINISHES AS HE COMES INTO THE ARENA WITH QUANTUM LEAP, 12 YEARS OLD, BY QUITE CAPITOL IT 12 YEARS OLD, AS WE SAID, OWNED BY ELIZABETH CALLAHAN, DOUG AND JESSICA PAYNE.

AND WHAT GREAT THIS HORSE HAS BEEN,th 6th FIVE STAR HERE TODAY, TOP TEN, FOURTH OUT OF THE FIVE, 9th IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HERE AND U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS LAST YEAR.

SO A GREAT COMBINATION TO COME IN, AND ANOTHER ONE THAT RIDERS WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY.

THE FIRST TWO RIDERS OUT ON THE COURSE WILL BE REAL STRONG PATH FINDERS FOR THE REST OF THE RIDERS TO GET A FEEL AND THAT SOMETIMES LULLS OTHERS INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY, LET'S HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IAN HAD A TOUGH TRACK, A ONE AROUND YESTERDAY AND ONE AROUND TODAY.

IT IS A SERIOUSLY BIG COURSE AND IT IS GOING TO BE BE ONE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE, I THINK, ACHIEVABLE AS LAST YEAR.

I THINK 14 INSIDE THE TIME LAST YEAR AND IAN SAYS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, THAT IS FOR SURE.

HE HAS WHEELED THE TIGHT LINES, THE CORNERS, BEFORE THEY EVEN STRUNG.

>> SO DOUG GOT A-- START FROM THE CENTER LINE, BOOKING A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS IN THIS TROT WORK.

PROBABLY LIKE TO SEE HIM ATTACK IT A BHIT MORE.

JUST A BIT CROOKED ON THE MOVE AFTER A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS.

NICE, MEDIUM-- DOUG HAS HAD THIS HORSE FROM A A YEAR-- YEAR LING AND HE STRUGGLED TO BREAK THE 30 BARRIER THAT IS SO IMPORTANT IN A FIELD OF THIS TYPE OF QUALITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE IS HE JUST A BIT CAUTIOUS WITH HIM.

HE DOESN'T QUITE TO REALLY MOVE THE HORSE FORWARD.

THAT SAID, THEY HAVE GIVEN HIM A 25% CHANCE OF MAKING THE PODIUM.

HE IS THE HIGHEST RATED HORSE IN THE FIELD, WHICH I WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO SEE BECAUSE THAT IS HIS CONSISTENCY AT THE TOP LEVEL, TOP TEN IN 14 OF HIS 22, FOUR AND FIVE STAR STARTS.

AN INCREDIBLY EXPERIENCED COMBINATION HERE.

BUT WE'VE SEEN, TO WIN THIS EXESH, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE IN THE TOP FIVE AFTER DRESSAGE.

AND HE'S GOT A REAL FLASHY EXTENSION, BUT YOU JUST FEEL, YOU WANT TO SEE THEM JUST TAKE THE WHOLE TEST ON A LITTLE BIT MORE.

COVER THE GROUND, MOVE A BIT FORWARD.

THE JUDGES WANT TO SEE THEM REALLY ATTACK THIS TEST.

WHEN YOU WATCH THE LIKES OF PIGGY AND THOSE GUYS, WHEN THEY REALLY GET THOSE TOP MARKS, THOSE NINES, TENS, EVEN EIGHTS.

THEY'RE REALLY TAKING A RISK WITH THE HORSES.

THEY'RE REALLY MOVING THEM FORWARD, SWEEPING INTO THE MOVEMENTS.

BUT HE JUST LOOKS A LITTLE BIT TIM I HAD HERE TODAY.

>> SO THE WALK, AGAIN WANT TO SEE THEM COVER THE GROUNDS, TAKING IT A BIT FORWARD.

NOT THAT SECURE IN THE CONTACT AS HE IS MOVING A LITTLE BIT INSECURE ON THE BIT.

>> YEAH, I THINK BECAUSE IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT AT TIMES QUANTUM LEAP LOOKING A BIT FRAJ AISLE IN THE ARENA.

I THINK THAT IS THE REASON DOUG HAS NOT REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YET TO KICK THIS HORSE FORWARD INTO THE BRIDEEL.

YOU CAN SEE HERE GETTING IF YOUSE ON THE BIT, NOT REALLY TAKING IT FORWARD AND AWAY FROM HIM.

SLIGHTLY SUCKING BEHIND THE VERTICAL AT TIMES AS WELL.

HOR SO THRR THAN THE BEGINNING OF OF THE KANTOR WORK.

THERE A GOOD DEM TRAITION OF THAT DYING NAL LINE OF EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT ABOUT THAT, JUST CROUCHING LOW THAN SITTING ON THOSE BEHIND LEGS, ENGAGING-- HIND LEG, REALLY O BED YENT, DOUG DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB, NOT LOSING ANY MARKS IN TERMS OF ACCURACY AND JUST REALLY TRYING TO CONTAIN AND WHERE HE CAN JUST STEAL THOSE MARKS.

THE THING ABOUT THIS HORSE, HE IS EYE CROSS COUNTRY MACHINE, NOT A FAULT IN HIS LAST TEN RUNS.

11 CROSS COUNTRIES AT THE LEVELS FOR DOUG.

BUT INTERESTINGLY, HE LOOKS LIKE A VERY SPEEDY HORSE, YET TO MAKE THE TIME.

BUT HE JUST IS SO CONSISTENT AT THE LEVEL.

>> WATCHING DOUG'S HANDS HERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW QUIET HE IS BEING, HOW LOW HE IS KEEPING HIS HAND.

AND THAT IS ALL TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT THIS HORSE IS FEELING UNDERNEATH HIM.

IN THE FIRST HALF YOU SAW ON THE THIRD STRIDE HE JUMPED OUT OF THE BRIDL, AND CAME OUT INTO THE OPEN FRAME, DOUG HAS BEEN REALLY CLEVER AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW CLEVER HE HAS BEEN BECAUSE HE IS BEING AN ABSOLUTE MAESTRO IN THE SADDLE, NOT ALLOWING THIS HORSE TO BOIL OVER AND BUBBLE UP.

I USE THE TERM, THE FINE LINE AND THE FEW LETTERS THAT CHANGE, THE FINE LINE BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND EXPLOSION.

AND THAT IS HIGHLY DEMONSTRATED HERE.

ST QUITE WINDY HERE IN THE MAIN ARENA.

WHETHER THE WINDS JUST GOT UP, QUANTUM LEAP'S TAIL OR NOT I DON'T KNOW.

BUT HE IS DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN THE TACK.

>> HE REALLY IS.

HE SITS SO BEAUTIFULLY, DOUG, OF COURSE YOU WOULD EXPECT HIM TOO, HIS MUM BEING SUCH AN EXPERIENCED JUDGE, AND JUDY HAS ALWAYS LOOKED SO COMFORTABLE AND NATURAL IN THE DRESSAGE.

>> JUST BOUNCING AROUND THAT HIND LEG AROUND THE CORNER.

DOUG JUST TAKING HIS TIME.

>> THAT WILL BE EXPENSIVE WITH THE CHANGING BEHIND COMING INTO THAT CENTER LINE.

BUT WHAT A BRILLIANT RIDE BY DOUG.

PRETTY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> IT WAS DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND WHAT THAT TEST, AT 6 OR 7 MINUTES WOULD HAVE FELT LIKE 14 OR 15.

>> OR HALF AN HOUR BECAUSE IT WAS, A LOT OF WORKMEN TALLY FOR DOUG, FROM THE GET-GO.

FROM THE MINUTE HE CAME INTO THIS ARENA TO THE MINUTE HE HALTED.

AND HE DID DO A GOOD HALT AT THE END.

BUT THIS HORSE I WILL GUARANTEE YOU COULD HAVE EXPLODED AT ANY GOD-GIVEN POINT AND DOUG ROAD THIS HORSE TO AN ABSOLUTE MASTER CLASS IN THAT ARENA.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANYBODY RIDING A HORSE, WATCH HIM BECAUSE HE GOT THROUGH THAT BY HOOK OR BY CROOK.

AND THERE WAS NO WAY HE WAS ALLOWING.

>> IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE START, WHEN HE MOVED OFF FROM THAT FIRST TROT HE JUST SUCKED UP UNDERNEATH AND MADE IT DIFFICULT BUT THEN VERY EXPRESSIVE IN THE MEDIUMS AND EXTENSIONS, A REALLY LOVELY PERFORMANCE.

WE'RE WAITING FOR DOUG'S COLLECTIVES AND WE WILL GIVE YOU HIS MARK.

AUSTIN CONFIRMED AT 33.1, OUR PATH FINDER, AS INTO THE ARENA COMES MONICA SPENCER AND ARTIST FROM NEW ZEALAND.

WHAT A BREAKTHROUGH LAST YEAR, THIS EXTRAORDINARY RIDER HAD.

IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, NEW ZEALAND BASED RIDERS TO BREAK THROUGH.

>> HERE IS DOUG'S SCORE, 161, 168, 171 FROM OUR JUDGES.

GIVING HIM 35.9, GOES IN TO SECOND PLACE.

DOUG PAYNE AND QUANTUM LEAP INTO SECOND.

WELL, THE SCORE FOR AUSTIN O'CONNOR AND COLORADO BLUE, THAT WAS JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, HE WAS THE FIRST IN TO THE WHITE BOARDS OF THE DRESSAGE.

33.1.

SETS THE STANDARD IN THE EARLY STAGES.

AND THERE IS THAT SCORE.

IN FACT 33.7.

168, 174, 175.

33.7 IN TO FIRST PLACE.

>> BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER HERE, BECAUSE IN THE ARENA COMES MONICA SPENCER WHO POSTED THAT PB OF 25.6 ON HER DEBUT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM AT THE WORLD EQUISTRIAN GAMES HELPING NEW ZEALAND TO SECURE THE BRONZE MEDAL AND THAT ALL IMPORTANT PARIS OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION.

AND IT WAS HER FIRST FOR REA INTO NORTHERN HEMISPHERE COMPETITION AND SHE WOWED EVERYBODY.

THIS IS AN EX-RACEHORSE, ONE OF FIVE THOROUGH BREDS WE HAVE IN THE FIELD HERE TODAY.

MAX AND EDWARD EUBANKER.

SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE COMBINATION.

>> AND SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB.

I WAS OUT IN AUSTRALIA, I WAS THERE FOR THE 5 STAR WHEN SHE LEAD THE DRESSAGE AND GOT ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIRST AND SADLY PARTED COMPANY, RIGHT EARLY ON.

AND THAT PUT PAGE AT THE END OF THE THE 5 STAR THERE.

THIS IS A VERY EXAPABLE COMBINATION, THEY DO A NICE DRESSAGE.

INTERESTINGLY, ADELAIDE ITS OWN GRASS, HERE WE ARE ON A SURFACE.

HE LOVES BOTH.

AND SOMETIMES YOU GET A HORSE THAT PREFERS ONE OR THE OTHER BUT HE IS A REAL MOVE.

FOR AN EX-RACEHORSE HE HAS REAL PRESENCE, REAL GROUND COVER, REAL AIR TIME.

>> HE HAS REAL CADENCE FOR A THOROUGHBRED STRKS OFTEN WHERE THEY FALL DOWN WITH THAT CADENCE, HE WAS BREAD BY WINDSOR PARK STUD ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOST SUCCESSFUL RACING STUDS IN NEW ZEALAND.

BUT HE REALLY HAS STEPPED INTO THIS SPORT INCREDIBLY WELL HAVING WON THE CC14 STAR, THE BIGGEST EVENT IN NEW ZEALAND STVMENT TOUGH FOR THESE NEW ZEALAND BASED RIDERS TO BREAK INTO THE TEAM BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A STRONG TEAM OF NEW ZEALAND RIDERS IN THE U.K., WITH, HISTORICALLY THEY ARE A BRED BASED IN THE U.K SHE HAS OPTED TO COME THIS YEAR UP TO THE STATES AND MOVED HERE IN AUGUST WITH, VERY MUCH SET ON MARYLAND, THIS IS A HUGE WEEKEND FOR HER BECAUSE HAVING HAD THAT MISTAKE IN ADELAIDE, THIS WEEKEND IS REALLY WHERE SHE WANTS TO SHOW THE SELECTORS, YEAH, WHAT I DELIVERED IN THE WORLDS, I CAN DELIVER FOR YOU IN PARIS.

AND I THINK THAT IS THE REAL MISSION FOR THIS WEEKEND.

>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT MONICA, YOU HAVE GOT THE SAM GRIFFITHS AND-- BUT SHE SAY REAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE SPORT AND IT WAS A VERY UNCHARACTERISTIC MISTAKE THAT THEY MADE IN ADELAIDE.

THEY CAME OFF THE BACK OF SOME VERY GOOD FORM THERE.

BUT A LOT TO PROVE AND SHE WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE RIDERS KNOWING THAT SHE HAS GOT TO DO WITH.

BUT SHE WON'T PUT HERSELF UNDER ANY UNDUE PRESSURE.

IT ALL SITS VERY WELL ON THOSE VERY, VERY WELL-ROUNDED SHOULDERS.

>> SHE MAKES IT LOOK VERY EASY, DOESN'T SHE.

IT WAS INTERESTING LISTENING TO BOYD MARTIN, HE PICKED HER OUT AS THE DARK HORSE, AS HIS FAVORITE TO WIN THIS WEEKEND.

AND THAT'S HIGH PRAISE INDEED.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT LOVELY BOLD TRANSITION INTO THE MEDIUM CANTOR AND THE COLLECTION TO GO IN BEFORE ITS CHANGE AT A.

>> THE CHANGE COMES ON THE SHORT SIDE.

YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS CANTOR, IT IS EASY TO LOSE THE QUALITY OF THE CANTOR, AROUND THAT CORNER AS THE HORSES GO A LITTLE FULL TIME.

SHE KEEPS THAT QUALITY.

AND THIS IS WHAT REALLY IMPRESSED US AND CERTAINLY IMPRESSED ME IN ADELAIDE BACK IN APRIL.

OF COURSE WE HAVE MOVED THE 5 STAR FROM THE NOVEMBER FIXTURE TO THE APRIL FIXTURE, TO FIT IN WITH ALL OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT THE ADELAIDE HORSE PARK HAVE.

BUT THIS HORSE WAS SO COOL, WAS SO AMAZING FOR HER TO RIDE.

SHE CAN PRESS THOSE BUTTONS.

SHE CAN REALLY PUSH HIM IN THE EXTENSIONS.

AND THEN HAVE THAT ABILITY TO COLLECT, SIT AND AS WE SEE HERE, SIMPLE CHANGE, HE WAS TWO STEPS AHEAD OF HER IN THAT FLYING CHANGE THAT WAS A REAL PITY AND I WOULD SAY COMMENTATORS ARE A DAMN CURSE, BECAUSE I WAS JUST BLOWING HER TRUMPET.

>> WE ARE GETTING A DECENT TYES, THIS SAY BEAUTIFUL OUTLINE, LOVELY AND SECURE IN THAT CONTACT.

PAINTS SUCH A LOVELY PICTURE.

THIS IS A TRICKY MOVE, I THINK.

RELATIVELY NEW MOVEMENT TO COME IN AT THE FIVE STAR IS THIS CANTOR ON THE STRETCH.

JUST PROVING THAT THE HORSE IS HERE.

AND AGAIN PERHAPS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THEM STRETCH A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT IS HE SO NATURALLY UP HILL, THIS HORSE.

THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN HIM LIVE AND A REAL GOOD ADVERT FOR THE EX-RACEHORSE.

>> HE IS SUPER, I THINK IT SAY CLEVER MOVE STRKS DIFFICULT AS YOU SAY WITH THE CIRCLE.

ALLOWING THEM TO STRETCH AND PICK THEM BACK UP WITH TWO FLYING CHANGES ON THE SHORT DIAGONALS.

I THINK THAT IT IS A GREAT WAY OF SHOWING THAT YOUR HORSES CAN GO AS THEY DO ON THE CROSS FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER AND BACK.

AND USING ALL OF THOSE, SIT UP, GO FORWARD, SIT UP, AND IT IS A REALLY GOOD TRAIFNING.

>> I JUST THINK IT'S AMAZING WITH THESE RIDER, APP DREW SPENCER AND THE HORSE WITH MONICA, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY PICKING YOUR HORSE AND YOURSELF UP AND COMING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, WHAT A HOLD, WHAT A FINISH, BEAUTIFUL TEST THERE BY MONICA.

ADELAIDE WAS HER FIRST-- DIDN'T COMPLETE THERE, SHE WILL BE HOPING FOR BIG THING THIS WEEKEND AND I THINK SHE HAS GIVEN THE FOOT BAD FOR A REALLY EXCITING PERFORMANCE.

>> I DON'T WANT TO ANNOY AUSTIN EVEN MORE.

BUT ITS 33.1 THAT IT WAS WENT TO 33.7 BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE HALT AT THE WRONG PLACE WHEN HE CAME DOWN THE CENTER LINE BUT ALSO HALTED WRONG PLACE THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD TO I AND HE HALTED AT G. WHEN HE CAME DOWN, I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HALT, NO, IT ISN'T G, WHICH IS IT, A OR B, 5 STAR STRKS A, SO IT IS AT I, WHICH IS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING SO IT IS CONFIRMED AT 33.7, HIS SCORE.

HE STILL LEADS BUT WE WILL SEE SOME VERY HIGH SCORES, I'M SURE, IN THIS 5 STAR NEXT TO COME INTO THE ARENA IS PHILIP DUTTON RIDING A GLEUR, 11 YEAR OLD-- AZURE, CAV LEER ROSELIER AND CAVALIER ROYAL, IS A SPEED DEM OP ON THIS HORSE, THERE IS THAT SCR FOR MOP CA 28.4, 185, 189.5, AND 184.

GOES INTO THE LEAD AS YOU WOULD EXPECT OR AS WE WOULD HOPE.

AND MONICA SPENDS ESCH-- SPENCER, 28.4, AND GOES INTO THE LEAD.

ANYWAY YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS HORSE, A GOOD FRIEND OF YOURS AS WELL.

>> IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR HER TO SELL THIS MARE BECAUSE SHE HELD HER IN THE HIGHEST REGARD.

SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE JUMPING MACHINE.

SHE IS A LITTLE POPPER.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN FUN SEEING PHILLIP BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS AT THE 4 STAR.

INTERESTINGLY, HE'S BEEN WORKING A LOT ON THAT AND IT IS DEFINITELY WORKING THERE IS NO DOUBT SHE HAS THE ABILITY.

SHE JUST IS LIKE LET ME AT EM.

>> BUT A PHENOMENAL JOB RIGHT UP TO THE 4 STAR LEVEL.

BUT SHE COMES HERE AT THE BACK OF A WIN, SHE WAS TOP TEN THE OKTOBERFEST.

ANOTHER ONE STRUGGLING TO BREAK THAT BARRIER, IF YOU RI A STUD PERSON YOU HAVE TO BREAK THE 30 BARRIER TO WIN THIS COMPETITION, YOU ARE ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE LAST 15 YEARS HAS WON A 5 STAR IN AMERICA WITH A 30 PLUS SCORE AND THAT WAS MARY KING A LONG TIME AGO.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THIS FIRST PHASE, WE KNOW THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A DRESSAGE COMBINATION BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WE HAVE 265 STARS BETWEEN THEM, THEY HAVE ALL THREE PHASES, YES, YOU CAN BE A CLIMBER BUT CAN YOU ACTUALLY WIN IT IF YOU DON'T GET THAT SUB 30, I THINK IT IS TRICKY.

>> HE IS ONE OF THEM, HE HAS WON ONE 5 STAR IN HIS CAREER.

HE HAS WON TEAM GOLD, HE HAS BEEN AT EVERY OLYMPICS, 7 TIME OLYMPIAN.

>> 7, THAT IS INSANE, ISN'T IT THAT JUST CELEBRATED HIS 60th BIRTHDAY.

HE'S JUST INCED BIBLE.

>> ERODE HIS FIRST OLYMPICS AND WINNING THAT TEAM GOLD BACK IN 1996.

HE'S RIDDEN AT EVERY SINGLE HE LIMB PICKS.

ERODE HIS LAST OLYMPICS IN TOKYO IN 2021.

IT IS AN AMAZING CAREER THAT SPANNED NOT JUST ONE OR TWO BUT THREE, FOUR DECADES.

>> THIS IS MUCH, MUCH BETTER FROM THIS MARE, I'M REALLY LIKING HER ATTITUDE COMING IN TODAY.

LOVELY IN THAT HALF PASS.

SHE IS A REAL TIFF-- SHE HAS QUITE A BIG HEAD SO SOMETIMES THAT MAKES THE OUTLINE A LITTLE TRICKY TO YORK WITH, BUT SHE IS HAS NOT HAD A CROSS COUNTRY FAULT WITH PHILLIP IN EIGHT INTERNATIONALS THAT THEY HAVE COMPETED TOGETHER IN.

SHE IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE IN THE FIELD.

AND SHE'S QUICK TOO.

SHE IS A THIRD FASTEST HERE.

BUT THIS SAY MUCH, MUCH BETTER PERFORMANCE IN THIS FIRST PHASE.

>> SHE LOOKS SUPER.

SHE LOOKS REALLY RELAXED.

>> DOESN'T SHE.

>> I HAVE SEEN HER LOOK A LITTLE BIT TENSE AND HAVE I SEEN HIM LOOK A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ON TOP OF HER.

NOT BEING ABLE TO PUSH FOR THOSE BIGGER MARKS.

BUT TODAY I HAVE TO SAY HE DOES LOOK LIKE HE IS.

AND SHE-- JUST AS WE SAY THAT.

>> SHE IS LOOKING AT US.

>> SHE IS LOOKING AT THE CAMERAS.

>> YOU KNOW, SHE DOES LOOK LIKE SHE'S TAKING IT ON BOARD.

>> SHE IS MUCH MORE RIDEABLE, ISN'T SHE.

THIS IS D-- THE LATERAL WORK THERE AND THE TROT WORK SCH, MUCH BETTER, REALLY SOFT THROUGH THERE, AND LETTING PHILLIP GET THAT LEG ON.

YOU SEE HERE IN THE WALK.

>> HE HAS HIS LEG OFF.

>> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE WITH CARL FOR FOUR YEARS AND CHARLOTTE WILL ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE GOT A HORSE THAT IS HOT, THE LEGS HAVE GOT TO BE ON.

AND YOU CAN'T SIT THERE BEING NERVOUS ABOUT PUTTING YOUR LEG ON.

THIS COMES YEARS AND YEARS, IT IS A WAY.

THIS COMES WITH YEARS AND YEARS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF TRAINING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PHILLIP HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY CLEVER THERE BECAUSE HE HAS KEPT HIS LEG AWAY.

WAS IT THE BEST WALK IN THE WORLD?

NO.

WAS IT THE WORST WALK IN THE WORLD, NO.

HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

>> I AGREE.

SHE DIDN'T BREAK.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM JUST HOW MUCH FUN SHE MUST BE ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE SHE IS LITERALLY AS I SAID EARLIER, LET ME AT EM.

>> LET'S SEE HOW THESE CHANGES.

>> GOOD GIRL.

>> NOT TOO BAD.

>> GOOD GIRL, HAVE I SEEN THIS MARE BE REALLY TENSE.

>> DON'T YOU LOVE THOUGH WHEN YOU WATCH, SHE HAS GOT A SMILE ON HER FACE.

SHE IS SUCH A POSITIVE FORCE.

SHE IS SUCH A KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SHE ENJOYS HER WORK.

SHE WANTS TO GET ON WITH IT.

SHE REALLY ENJOYS THAT.

>> THAT IS A VERY CLEVER MOVEMENT.

>> IF SHE RANG ME TO SAY DO YOU WANT TO GO OUT FOR A DRINK, I WOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE GOT THE ENERGY.

>> I'M WITH YOU.

I'M WITH YOU.

>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY I VPT GOT THE ENERGY, YOU KNOW?

>> OKAY.

SO HERE WE GO.

WITH THE CANTOR.

BACK INTO THAT HALF PASS.

NOT QUITE THE BEND SHE HAD IN THE FIRST ONE BUT STILL, IT IS POSITIVE STRKS GOOD, SHE CAN GET VERY TIGHT IN THIS CANTOR.

AT THE MOMENT SHE IS BEING A GOOD GIRL, WHAT WILL SHE DO ACROSS HERE.

GET THAT STRETCH.

YEAH, NOT BAD.

PERHAPS YOU WANTED TO SEE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.

>> I WANT TO SEE A LOT MORE AT THIS LEVEL FOR THE BIG MARKS.

YOU HAVE REALLY GOT TO GO ALL OUT HERE.

NO POINT IN LEAVING ANYTHING.

>> SLIGHTLY-- IF HE DROPPED THE REIGNS TODAY HE MIGHT JUMP.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HE COULD WELL BE, YOU KNOW,-- WITH THE FAMILIES, THERE WE GO.

GOOD GIRL, OKAY.

BUT THAT'S JUST SHOWING WHAT SHE CAN DO.

AND I THINK THAT IS SHOWING HOW GOOD THE REST OF THIS TEST HAS BEEN.

A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS MARE IN HER FIVE STAR DEBUT.

AND JUST TROT, GOOD GIRL.

PHILLIP, THE VETERAN MAESTRO, HE WILL BE OVER THAT, GREAT HOLD.

>> WELL DONE.

>> SHE REMINDED ME A LITTLE BIT OF THE YOUNG HORSE CHAMPION A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

SHE HAD THAT SAME SORT OF EXPRESSION ON HER FACE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHETHER I WOULD WANT TO RIDE HER CROSS COUNTRY, SHE HAS THAT.

>> BUT PHILLIP DUTON, A 36, 5 STAR HERE IN THE U.S.

IN THE LAST 15 YEARS, PHILLIP HAS JUMPED CLEAR OF 29, 5 STARS HERE.

NINE MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.

HE IS MR.

CONSISTENT.

AND IN THIS MARE HE HAS A REALLY WILLING PARTNER.

I THINK HE WOULD BE PLEASED WITH THAT.

>> I THINK HE WOULD BE THRILLED.

I WOULD BE DELIGHTED.

THE MARE DID NOT THROW THE TOYS OUT OF THE PRAM.

HE IS NOT A TOY THROWER PROGRAM OUT-- PRAM OUT HORSE, I THINK SHE WOULD SCARE ME GOING CROSS COUNTRY, I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT JUST LIKES TO GO IS HE DATELY, TAKE MY TIME.

SHE REALLY IS, SHE TRUCK UP SUCH A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH PHILLIP.

HOW MANY MORE 5 STARS HAS HE GOT.

BUT TO HAVE A HORSE LIKE THIS TO GO TO WAR WITH, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, 34.9 FOR AZURE, PUTS HER INTO THIRD PLACE.

>> THE SCORES 166, 162.5, 179.5, QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE FROM OUR TWO JUDGES AT M AND E AS YOU CAN SEE OP OUR SCREEN, 35.9, AS ALICE SAID, INTO THIRD PLACE THAT IS SOME DIFFERENCE.

>> THAT IS DISCREPANCY.

>> THAT IS A.

>> ONE IN SECOND, ONE THIS THIRD AND ONE IN FOURTH.

>> 17 PERCENT, I THINK THAT IS A 15% BREAK SO THAT MAY WELL GET LOOKED AT, THAT SCORE MAY WELL CHANGED.

17 PERCENT IS QUITE A BIG PERCENTAGE.

WELL, WE MOVE ON AND THE NEXT TO GO FROM ONE STAR OF THE AMERICAN EVENTING SCENE TO THE NEXT T WILL BE BUCK DAVIDSON MAKING HIS WAY FROM THE WARMUP ARENAS WITH SOROCAIMA.

>> ANOTHER GREAT ADVERT FOR THE E-RACEHORSER.

A LOT OF RACEHORSES THAT RIDERS GET OFF THE TRACK I FEEL IT IS A VERY BIG TRADITION IN AMERICA.

IN ENGLAND PROBABLY PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE THOROUGHBRED MORE, BUT IN THE STATES STILL GETTING A HOLD OF THESE LOVELY THOROUGHBREDS AND THIS HORSE RACED, WON OVER 80,000 ON THE TRACK.

DIDN'T RETIRE UNTIL 2015.

CAME TO BUCKING, 2020, AND HAS REALLY STEPPED UP.

BUT IT'S NOT EASY TO TRANSFER WITH THE MUSCLE MEMORY AND I THINK WHEN WHEN YOU BRACE AS MUCH AS THIS HORSE GOES.

GROOMED BY KATHLEEN MURRAY AND OTHER GROOM, CAN'T EVEN SEE THAT THE HORSE HAS PLATTED.

>> FOUR 5 STAR START, THEY WERE 14th HERE IN THE 5 STAR LAST YEAR, DEBUTED AT KENTUCKY.

LAST SEASON.

AND 14th HERE.

THIS COULD BE ANOTHER GOOD TEST.

BUCK SAWLS A GOOD MAN IN THE DRESSAGE.

>> SO 12 YEARS OLD, KENTUCKY BRED THOROUGHBRED AS WE HAVE SAID.

NICE START, GOOD HALT, STILL ANOTHER ONE THAT IS YET TO BREAK THAT 30 BARRIER.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IS HE IMPROVING IN THE DRESSAGE BUT THIS IS HIS NATURAL PHASE, GAL LOPPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS-- GALLOPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS WHAT HE REALLY LOVES TO DO.

>> SO BUCK WHO SPENDS LIKE SO MANY RIDERS HERE THE WINTERS IN FLORIDA, AND THEN MOVING BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE SUSMER,-- SUMMER AND WHAT A DYNASTY THE DAVIDSONS ARE IN TERMS OF LEGENDS OF HORSE SPORT HERE IN THE U.S. >> NOT THE EASIEST TO RIDE BUT THIS IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT, AGAIN ANOTHER HORSE WHO REALLY IS STARTING TO, PHILLIP DUTON GOT AN R BY THE MARK S THAT REVIEW.

>> YEAH, THAT IS A REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE PLUS 15 PERCENT.

15 PERCENT IS THE BREAK AND THEN IF IT IS ANYTHING ABOVE THAT THEN IT WILL GO DOWN TO THE PANEL, THERE IS AN EVENTING PANEL HERE, OF JUDGES AND THEY WILL HAVE A LOOK AT IT.

AND IT WILL GET LOOKED AT BY THEM AS WELL.

BUT THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.

I WATCHED THIS HORSE YESTERDAY, IN THE ARENA, FAMILIARIZATION.

AND ACTUALLY A LOT OF HORSES YOU CAN SEE, AND I'M ALWAYS A BIT ON THE FENCE WITH THE ARENA FAMILIARIZATION, IS IT A GOOD OR BAD THING N SOME WAYS IT IS GOOD.

FOR SOME HORSES IT WORKS IN THEIR FAVOR.

SOME TO THEIR DETRIMENT.

BUT YOU GO INTO ANARENA FAMILIARIZATION, BUT THEN YOU COME BACK IN UNDER THE ARCHWAY UP THE BANK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S EMPTY.

ON YOUR COMPETITION DAY.

NOW SOME HORSES WILL COME UP TODAY AND JUST SAID WHERE ARE-- WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS.

IT IS REALLY LONELY UP HERE.

BUT THIS HORSE YESTERDAY LOOKED REALLY GOOD ON HIS OWN.

HE LOOKED VERY INDEPENDENTNESS WHICH IS LOVELY.

AND BUCK WAS REALLY CLEVER IN WORKING HIM, WHERE HE WORKED.

AND HE WORKED HIM IN A CORNER.

HE MOVED HIM AWAY.

HE WORKED ANOTHER CORNER, HE MOVED HIM AWAY.

HE WASN'T ALWAYS IN THE GROUP.

>> THAT IS HIS EXPERIENCE, ISN'T IT.

>> YEAH, YEAH, AND I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, HE LOOKS VERY COMFORTABLE.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WALK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS IS A LOVELY WALK, HE LOOKS VERY SOLID.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE YOU ARE HOLDING IT, OH, SO I THINK HE WILL BE PLEASED WITH THIS, IS HE SWEATING UP A LITTLE BIT.

BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE HE IS HOLDING IT TOGETHER.

I THINK BUCK WAS HOPING WE PERHAPS GIVE A LITTLE MORE IN THOSE EXTENSIONS, DRAWING BACK ON HIM A BIT.

QUU SEE IN THAT CANTOR STRIDE, LITERALLY THOSE THOROUGHBREDS WHEN THEY JUST COVER THE GROUND WHAT FUN THIS WILL BE TO RIDE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> WE GO, WE LOOK AT THE LIED LIKES OF SOROCAIMA AND OF AZURE AS WELL AND THOSE HORSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GREAT ADVERTS FOR THE WORLD OF RACING AND COMING INTO THE WORLD OF-- WE GO BACK TO JEMA STEVENS WITH ARCTIC SOUL.

HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE AS WELL WITH THE MOST ENORMOUS, 41 OF THE BEST CROSS COUNTRY HORSES IN THE WORLD, AT THE TIME.

HE WAS JUST BRILLIANT.

BUT AGAIN HERE IN THIS EXTENDED CANTOR, REALLY SHOWING HIS CLASS AND ABILITY.

>> HE CERTAINLY IS.

WE TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE BUT THIS IS BUCK'S 41ST 5 STAR START.

JUST IN AMERICA ALONE AND WE HAVE SEEN HIM, YOU CANNOT-- IT'S EXTRAORDINARY, YOU THINK THIS IS A YOUNG MAN'S GAME BUT WHEN YOU START PUTTING THAT EXPERIENCE INTO ANARENA LIKE THIS WITH A HORSE LIKE THIS, I THINK HE WILL BE PLEASED.

THIS HORSE IS IMPROVING.

IT SORT OF SOUNDS CRAZY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 12 YEAR OLDS ARE PROVING, BUT IT TAKES SO LONG TO PRODUCE THE HORSES TO THIS LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ARE YOU ONLY REALLY EVEN, IF ARE YOU DOING WELL, ARE YOU COMPETING AT 5 STAR ON A 9 YEAR OLD SO THE IMPROVEMENT KEEPS COMING AND COMING THROUGH 10, 11, 12, 13 AS THEY START TO BANK UP THOSE RUNS AT THE LEVEL.

WE ONLY REALLY START COMPETING THEM AT A YEARS OLD WITHIN THE AFFILIATED EVENTING.

SO A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK.

SEVEN YEARS OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THE HORSE TO THIS LEVEL.

BUT THIS IS MUCH, MUCH BETTER FROM BUCK, AND SOROCAIMA.

>> YEAH T IS A MUCH MORE POLISHED PERFORMANCE.

MUCH MORE SOLID AS WELL, THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.

>> WHAT A GREAT-- WON'T BREAK 30, THOUGH, I DON'T THINK IT WILL.

>> WE ONLY HAVE ONE SCORE THAT HAS BROKEN 30, MONICA SPENCER AND ARTIST, 28.4.

AND THERE AGAIN, EXPERIENCE SHOWING.

NOT LETTING THIS HORSE WALK OFF IN THE HALT IT AND IT IS A GREAT WAY OF EXPLAINING THEN ALL ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW T IS YEARS AND YEARS.

AND EIGHT YEARS OLD, NINE YEARS OLD, WE HOPE THEY WOULD BE AT FIVE STAR GOD WILLING AND WITH A GOOD DIRECTION OF WIND BEHIND US.

BUT WE NEVER QUITE KNOW.

AND YOU KNOW, A RISING TIDE AND SHIPS AND ALL THAT, YOU THINK WELL HOPEFULLY LUCK IS ON MY SIDE BUT IT CAN TAKE 12, 13, 14 UNTIL THEY SUDDENLY GET-- AND HE DROPS, GOT THIS, AND TAKING ALL THE ATMOSPHERE.

WE FORGET AS LIEDERS SOMETIMES AS WELL, JUST HOW LITTLE THESE HORSES HAVE SEEN.

YES, 40 OR 5 STARS FOR BUCK DAVIS AND HOW MEAP TIMES IS A HORSE SEEN AN ATMOSPHERE LIKE THIS, IT DOWN TO BUCK SAYING I'VE GOT THIS.

YOU ARE WRONG, YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> TWO YEARS OF COVID HAS HAD A BIG IMPACT.

CERTAINLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR HORSE, WHO RUNS TOMORROW, SHE IS JUST AN 11 YEAR OLD, WITH TWO YEARS OF COVID, SHE HAS HAD TO HAVE A LOT CRAMMED IN WHEN WAS POSSIBLE.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF INJURY WITH TIME OFF AMANDA HAS HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELYICALLY PATIENT, AN INCREDIBLE HORSEMAN HERSELF.

SHE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE HORSES.

FOR THESE HORSES A BIT LIKE MY CHILDREN.

THE IMPACT OF COVID ON THEM IN TERMS OF NOT GETTING EXPOSURE.

>> BRUCE DAVESON SR, GREAT TO SEE HIM THERE.

>> HELLO, GOD, WE'RE NOT WORTHY.

>> WE REMEMBER HIM FROM THE LIKES OF AGENCY ILL LION ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

AND STORMING AROUND THE BIG, BIG 5 STARS, THE BADMINTONS, THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THIS WORLD.

GREAT TO SEE HIM LOOK SOG WELL.

>> 169, 170.5, 173.5 GIVES HIM 34.2, JUDGES MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER, 34.2, GOES INTO THIRD PLACE FOR NOW.

>> WELL, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IF YOU WANT TO TUNE IN AND LISTEN ALONG IF YOU ARE HERE, THEN YOU CAN PURCHASE THE MARYLAND HEADSETS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT MANY OUTLETS AROUND THE STANDS.

THE VENDOR VILLAGE IS OPEN, THE CURTAINS AND DOORS WERE OPENED VERY EARLY THIS MORNING.

IN IS LOTS TO DO THERE ARE KIDS ACTIVITY AREAS, THERE ARE DOG SHOWS GOING ON, PONY RACING ON SATURDAY.

SO WHY NOT MAKE IT ONE-OF-YOUR THINGS TO DO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND JOIN US HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR POWERED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

NEXT INTO THE ARENA, IT IS HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, HANNAH SUE BER NET AS SHE WAS.

THE SIRE OLDED BY KRISTA SCHMID GROOMED FOR CAPITOL H-I-M, COMES TO MARYLAND FOR A SECOND 5 STAR START AND INTERESTINGLY THIS HORSEBACK IN 2022 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH KUSHINGS, A DISEASE?

THE HORSES THAT IS USUALLY CAREER ENDING.

BUT WITH VETERINARY SUPPORT THEY INVESTIGATED ALONG WITH HANNAH SUE, AND THE THOUGHTS THAT HANNAH SUE HAD, THE WAY THE HORSE WAS GOING, NOT QUITE RIGHT.

SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT CONVINCED THAT THIS HORSE WAS ON LEVEL IN HIS WORK.

THAT THEY TREATED.

AND WITH PROPER DIAGNOSIS, THEY HORSE BECAME THEN A SIM SIM A SYMPTOMATIC-- ASYMPTOMATIC, SOS THAT THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

SO HE IS AND HAS BEEN SUCH A DIFFERENT HORSE T IS ALMOST LIKE, THEY'VE JUST GONE TO HIM AND TOUCHED HIM AND SAID GO AWAY PAIN.

AND IT IS AMAZING TO SEE HIM NOW.

HE LOOKS TO HAPPY, THEY HAVE HERALDIC IN THE-- ONE-- THOROUGHBRED IN THE PEDIGREE, YOU DEFINITELY TAKE NOTE.

AND A REALLY ATTRACTIVE COMBINATION HERE, YET TO FIND THAT 5 STAR COMPLETION, BEING VERY CONSISTENT AT THE 4 STAR LEVEL BUT THIS 5 STAR TAG THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THIS BADGE OF HONOR, THEY HAVE YET TO ACHIEVE.

HE'S A HORSE THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK NECESSARILY A NATURAL GALLUPER BUT HE HAS THAT HOLLSTEINER WITH HIM AND THE LOVELY CADENCE WE ARE SEEING WITH THE TROT WORK.

GOOD HOLD, NOT AN EASY ONE TO GET RIGHT BUT A LOVELY HALT, ESTABLISHED THAT BEFORE THEY MOVE ON IN THE WALK.

WITH A LOT OF THE TESTS SOMETIMES THEY MOVE OFF IN CANTOR, THE HORSE WHAT TO BE REALLY LISTENING TO THE RIDER, TODAY THE MOVE OF THAT BRING BACK IS JUST INTO THE WALK.

AGAIN ANOTHER TEAM WHO IS STRUGGLING TO BREAK THAT 30 BARRIER, AND I KEEP BACKING ON ABOUT IT.

BUT IT IS REALLY CRUCIAL T IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOP TEN PLACING AND WINNING THESE EVENTS.

AND OF COURSE ALL THESE RIDERS AMBITIOUS TO GET THAT WIN.

>> BIT CAUTIOUS IN THE WALK.

>> I WAS JUST WATCHING HIM AND WATCHING HER.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIS EARS.

I AM AN AVID EAR WATCHER.

I LOVE WATCHING THEIR EARS.

HE HAS BEEN LETTING HER IN AND OUT WHICH IS QUITE INTERESTING.

IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING NOW TO SEE WHAT SHE DOES IN THE KANTDOR.

IF IT WERE ME I WOULD NOW SAY RIGHT, COME ON, WE'LL BE A BIT BRAIFER BUT YOU CAN ALREADY TELL IN THE FIRST FEW STEPS OF CANTOR THAT THERE IS TENSION BEHIND THE SADDLE.

HE IS NOT REALLY LETTING GO WITH THAT LEFT HIND.

SHE HAS HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY ON THE LONG DYING NAL TO SAY COME ON, BE BRAIFER, GET RID OF A FEW OF THOSE TIGHTER MOMENTS.

>> IT IS WHEN YOU STEP UP TO THIS LEVEL AND YOU SEE THE GUYS REALLY NAILING THE '20S, EVEN THE TEENS.

HOW BRAVE AND BOLD AS MENTIONED EARLIER.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND EXPLOSION.

YOU JUST HAVE TO ATTACK IT, HAVEN'T YOU.

THIS HORSE HAS HUGE POTENTIAL IN THIS PHASE.

>> MASSIVE.

YOU CAN SEE HIS, HE'S GOT ALL THE ATTRIBUTES, EVERYTHING IS GOING FOR HIM BUT THERE IS SOMETHING BETWEEN ITS BRAIN AND THE TAIL THAT IS CAUSING THAT LITTLE BIT OF TENSION.

MONICA SPENCER WHO LEADS ON 28.4 WOULD BE VERIER IN ROUSE-- NERVOUS WITH THIS HORSE ON A GOOD DAY BECAUSE CAP TOLL H-I-M HAS ALL THE OF QUALITIES TO DO A SUPER SUB30 TEST.

>> I AGREE, TOTALLY.

>> HE CAME TO EVENTS QUITE LATE.

HE DIDN'T START HIS INTERNATIONAL CAREER UNTIL 20 1-9D.

AND AGAIN WE TALK ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR IN THE STRETCH.

AS SOON AS SHE SOFTENED HER HAND HE TOOK THE REIGN FORWARD, MAKES SURE HE KEEPS HIS NOSE POKING OUT, THAT IS AS GOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN PROBABLY IN THE STRETCH MOVEMENT, REALLY, HOPEFULLY THE JUDGES WILL REWARD HER FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

>> GOOD, NOW THAT CHANGE.

>> I DON'T THINK.

>> I DON'T THINK YOU SAID HE DIDN'T START UNTIL 2019.

I DON'T THINK THIS HORSE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A LOT MORE WORK BEFORE THEN.

HE IS A BIG HORSE IN HIS FRAME AND I THINK IF HE HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK BEFORE THEN WOULD HE HAVE METS EVEN MORE TROUBLE LATER ON IN LIFE BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO LET THESE HORSES MATURE.

>> YEAH, BUT AT 16 NOW, HE'S LOVELY, GOOD GIRL.

NICE HALT AT THE END.

SOME REALLY SMASHING BITS.

I HOPE THE JUDGE REALLY THROW THE MARKS AT THOSE BITS.

THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE INDIVIDUAL MARKS FOR THE MOVEMENT BUT I HOPE THE JUDGES REWARD FOR THE GOOD BITS BECAUSE THE GOOD BITS WERE REALLY, REALLY GOOD, THE CHANGES WERE FABULOUS, THE STRETCH WAS GREAT.

JUST FEEL LIKE IF SHE COULD JUST BE A LITTLE BRAIFER IN SOME OF THAT TROT WORK THIS IS VERY SMART MARK ON CAPITOL H-I-M. >> I BELIEVE IT IS A VERY SMART MARK INDEED.

WILL THAT GO INTO THE TOP.

>> I THINK.

SO I WAS GOING TO GO --.

>> 30.

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE 30, 32, 33.

>> ARE YOU-- I AM RUBBISH AT PREDICTING SCORES.

I'M ALWAYS FAR TOO OPTIMISTIC.

>> I JUST THINK THE CANTOR WAS A BIT TIGHT FOR ME.

>> YES.

>> SOME OF THAT TROT WORK WASN'T AS GOOD AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

THE MISTAKES WERE QUITE OBVIOUS.

WE SAW PERFECT EXAME PEM-- EXAME-- EXAMPLES IN THE 3 STARS EARLIER.

SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL MOVING HORSE BUT THE MISTAKES HE MADE WERE CLEAR AND THEN WE HAD I HORSE THAT WE SAW EARLIER ON AND YOU KNOW, VERY WORKMAN LIKE, GETS THE SCORE BECAUSE THEY DO THE JOB AND THEY DO EVERYTHING ON THE BUTTON AND VERY ACCURATE.

>> HERE SHE COMES, PIGGY MARCH HAS LITERALLY.

>> 32.4.

>> WELL DONE, I TOLD YOU YOU ARE GOOD AT THIS.

>> 171.5, 181, 175, 32.4 FOR HANNAH SUE HOLDBERG, FORMER HANNAH SUE BER NET AND CAPITOL H-I-M GOES INTO SECOND PLACE.

SO VERY WELL DONE TO HER.

HERE ON OUR SCREENS IS PIGGY MARCH, FORMER TWO TIME WINNER AT THE LEVEL, SHE HAS BEEN OVER TO THE STATES BEFORE.

THIS IS FIRST TIME 5 STAR FOR BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, TEN YEAR OLD BY CAVALIER CARNIVAL, RYANS CRUISE, ATLANTIC CRUISE ON THE DAM SIRE, OWNED BY ALLISON SWINBURN, KHLOE AND JOHN PERRY, THE ONLY STALLION IN THE FIELD, TEN YEARS OLD.

>> HOLD YOUR BREATHE.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT IS AMAZING.

WHEN PIG COMES IN YOU IMMEDIATELY, SHE SORT OF, SHE BANGS INTO THE ARENA.

SHE, THERE IS NO CREEPING ABOUT WITH THIS ONE.

SHE IS SUCH A SHOWMAN.

SHE IS SUCH A, HAS A BEAUTIFUL WAY OF PRESENTING HER HORSES.

AND I THINK THAT SHOWMANSHIP RING CRAFT WITH THE TOP GUYS IS REALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE MERE MORTALS THEED TO WATCH AND LEARN FROM.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.

THAT IS THE MARGINAL GAME, THAT IS WHAT MAKES HER A TWO TIME 5 STAR WINNER, A MULTIPLE MEDALIST.

AND ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL RIDERS AT THE MOMENT.

>> THIS HORSE IS A VERY CAPABLE HORSE.

I THINK AND HIS 4 STAR STARTS, HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE 20S.

HE IS A VERY SMART DRESSAGE.

I SPOKE TO PIGGY YESTERDAY OUT ON THE CROSS COUNTRY.

AND SHE SAID TO ME, IF ONLY CAN I GET IT ON THE BIT.

I SAID PIGGY, COME ON.

>> YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE HER RIDING A DOUBLE BRIDLE.

>> IS HE A VERY BIG HORSE AND A HORSE NOT THAT EXPERIENCED.

I THINK SHE HAD TO NURSE HIM A LITTLE BIT, STARTED HIS CAREER WITH HARRY MEADE.

I THINK SHE WOULD BE VERY CLEVER AT DOING ALMOST AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TO GIVE HIM THE EXPERIENCE TO GET HIM UP THE LEVELS.

BUT JUST TO LOOK AFTER HIM.

BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, GIVING THIS HORSE TIME TO MATURE YOU COULD SEE WITH THE FRAISM OF HIM AND HOW BIG HE IS, HOW DIFFICULT HE IS.

AND JUST DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY OFFER THAT BEND, BUT WE'VE TALKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON, ABOUT WANTING PEOPLE TO BE BRAVE AND WANTING PEOPLE TO BE BRAVER.

AND EVEN THOUGH PERHAPS HE'S NOT THE SOFTEST FRAME, SHE IS-- KEEPING AT IT WITH THAT POSITION, KEEPING THAT STRONG POSITION IN HAND TO MOVE THE HORSE FORWARD, COVER THE GROUND T IS QUITE A PHYSICAL RIDE, THIS HORSE, ISN'T IT.

>> HE IS.

HE IS A BIG HORSE.

IS HE QUITE LONG FROM NOSE, FROM SNOWT TO TAIL.

A HORSE STARTED OFF AS YOU SAID WITH HARRY MEADE, IN THE SADDLE THEN TOM AND PIGGY NOW, IN THE TACT AND SHE DOES A BRILLIANT JOB.

HE HAS NEVER BEEN THE EASIEST IN THE DRESSAGE.

AND PIGGY IS ONE OF THOSE I THINK THAT YOU Z-- WE WATCH A LOT OF DRESSAGE.

WE WATCH A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF TIMES WE HOLD OUR BREATHE AND ARE THINKING OH, BUT YOU DON'T WITH PIG.

SHE IS A FABULOUS ADVOCATE FOR NOT ONLY RIDING THESE HORSES THAT ARE FIT AND READY AND RARE RARING-- SHE HAD A COOL BRAIN F YOU HAVE EVER WATCHED OR NEVER WATCHED PIGGY DO BECAUSE IT IS BEHIND THE SCENES AND SHE IS OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT HER TRAINING AND WHAT GOES IN ALONG WITH HUSBAND TOM WHO DOES A LOT OF THE FILMING AND EDITING, THE THANKLESS TASK THAT THAT IS.

BUT THE WALK WAS FANTASTIC.

LET'S SEE HOW THIS.

>> SHE TOOK THE RIDE OP THE SEASON, CAME OUT WITH A BANG, SHE IS A WINNING MACHINE, PIG, AND THEN FOLLOWING UP WITH BRAMEM, HE WOULD HAVE SIMILAR TERRAIN AT MARYLAND, HAVING BEEN SO STRONG THERE, YOU WOULD REALLY GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE COMING HERE TO MARYLAND.

THE UNDULATING COURSES.

AND YOU LOOK, YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY HE WOULD BE THAT NIMBLE NECESSARILY BUT WILLIAM WAS TALKING ABOUT HIM YESTERDAY IN GLOWING TERMS SAYING WHAT A LOVELY HORSE HE IS.

>> SUPER FLYING CHANGES, ABSOLUTELY ON THE BUTTON.

THE HIND LEG COMING UP AND THROUGH, NOT JUST PUTTING THAT NEW HIND FOOT DOWN, ACTUALLY COMING UP AND THREW WITH THE CHANGE FROM BEHIND.

>> AND HE'S FAST THIS HORSE.

HE HAS BEEN INSIDE ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS LONG FORMATT RUN, TOM, HARRY, PIGGY MARCH, THEY'RE ALL FAST RIDERS BUT THIS HORSE CAN STEP UP TO THAT, AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS HIS FIRST 5 STAR, WE ALWAYS FEEL THAT IS HE A 4 STAR S THE GREAT STEPPING STONE TO THE 5STAR.

SLIGHTLY PERHAPS SOFTER 4 STARS IN THE CALENDER BUT IF YOU WANT TO STEP IT UP TO 5 STAR YOU REALLY FIND OUT AT CERTAINLY PIG FOUND OUT THIS YEAR, FINISHING SECOND TO HER GREAT MEANTOR.

AND SHE'S DONE ANOTHER LOVELY JOB HERE, BEAUTIFUL TRANSITION TO TROT DOWN THE CENTER LINE, REALLY POSITIVE AND PUNCHY.

AND INTO THIS FINAL HOLE.

>> GOOD JOB.

>> WELL DONE, PIGGY MARCH.

BROOKFIELD, LOOK AT THAT FACE, LOOK AT HIS EXPRESSION.

THERE IS HUSBAND TOM VIDEOING AS WELL.

WELL WE TALK ABOUT PREDICTIONS, I AM GOING TO BE BRAVE THIS TIME AND GO 23, 24.

>> ARE YOU SO GOOD AT THIS.

JUST SEEING LITERALLY NAIL IT WITH HANNAH SUE, I'M-- MAKING ME A BIT NERVOUS.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK.

>> THE PRESENTATION, THE LACK OF MISTAKES, THE OUTLINE, THE POSITIVITY, I THINK ARE YOU RIGHT, YEAH 24.2.

>> I SHOULD BE OUT THERE JUDGING.

>> YOU SHOULD.

>> THAT IS QUITE A BIG DISCREPANCY.

>> 206, BLIMEY.

188, 206, 197.

>> THAT IS MORE-- THAT IS AN R. >> I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN, 89, 99, 08T IS ANOTHER-- 18 MARKS.

SO THAT WILL BE ANOTHER REVIEW.

>> BUT IT DESERVED THE MARK.

I THINK SHE ABSOLUTELY SET THE MARK DOWN.

WILL ANYONE BEAT IT?

I THINK THERE IS SCOPE IN THERE TO BEAT IT.

I THINK SHE HAD TO BE QUITE APPROXIMATELY AT TIMES BUT SHE IS SUCH A PRO, SHE IS SO STRONG IN TERMS OF JUST THAT PRESENTATION.

>> SO LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE SCORES, 188, 206 AND 197.5.

WILL GO TO THE BROWN ADVISORY STANDS AFTER THE FIRST HALF OF THIS 5 STAR DRESSAGE.

AND WHAT AN AFTERNOON WE HAVE HAD SO FAR.

IT IS GREAT BRITAN'S PIGGY MARCH AND BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE IN FRONT, 24.2.

MONICA SPENCER FOR NEW ZEALAND, ARTIST, 28.4 IN SECOND AND HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG CAPITOL H-I-M FOR THE UNITED STATES IN THIRD, 32.4.

WELL, DOUG PAYNE DOWN THERE IN A PAINFUL POSITION, DID YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE IN SECOND, 35.9.

BUT IT IS STILL AUTO PLAY, EMILY HAMEL WE'LL SEE AFTER THE BREAK.

BUT LET'S NOT FORGET, THAT LADY THERE LEADS THE WAY, PIGGY MARCH FOR GREAT BRITAN, WE WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE BREAK AT 10 PAST 3:00.

MARS EQUISTRIAN.

BUCKEYE NUTRITION.

WELL, WHAT AN AFTERNOON OF DRESSAGE, ALICE PLUNK ETH WITH ME EARLIER, WILLIAM RIDING TOMORROW WITH.

BUT LET'S GET BACK AND HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DRESSAGE FROM THIS AFTERNOON MONICA SPEPS WE ARE ARTIST 28.4, A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE SHE LED THE DRESSAGE IN ADELAIDE IN AIM, SHE SITS IN SECOND PLACE HERE AT THE MOMENT THIS LADY ON YOUR SCREEN IS LEADING, PIGGY MARCH, FIRST TIME 5 STAR FOR BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, A 10 YEAR OLD BY CAVALIER CARNIVAL, BUT WE CAUGHT UP WITH FRANKIE EARLIER ON AND BOYD MARTIN.

>> MONICA SPENCER, GOOD START TO YOUR WEEK IN MARYLAND.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME PREPPING FOR THIS BIG EVENT.

WHY FIRST YOU CHOSE TO COME HERE.

>> MARYLAND, WELL, WE'VE WATCHED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE LIVE STREAM AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL VENUE, BEAUTIFUL COURSE.

I THOUGHT WELL SUITED TO MY THOROUGHBRED HORSE.

SO YEAH, WE COME OVER AND GIVE IT A CRACK.

>> YOU GUYS DELIVER THE BEST TEST WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT TEST.

>> A COUPLE OF LITTLE BLIPS HERE AND THERE.

HE IS CAPABLE OF A REALLY GOOD SCORE, THAT HORSE.

BUT CANNOT COMPLAIN WITH A 28.

>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CROSS COUNTRY BECAUSE THERE IS DEFINITELY A LOT TO DO OUT THERE.

WORD ON THE STREET IT WILL NOT BE A DRESSAGE SHOW HERE.

>> WELL, YES, WELL, THE COURSE IS BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED AND THERE IS A LOT TO DO OUT THERE.

SO IT WILL BE ALL PLAYFUL.

>> WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, GREAT TO HEAR FROM MONICA SPENCER WHO WAS LYING IN THE LEAD, NOW LIES SECOND.

I SAID WE WERE GOING TO BOYD MARTIN, WE WERE GOING TO MONICA SPENCER BUT THERE IS A TREAT IN STORE.

LET'S GO NOW AND CATCH UP AND SEE WHAT BOYD MARTIN WAS UP TO A FEW DAYS AGO.

>> .

>> FOR ME THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS, I LIVE ABOUT HALF AN HOUR DOWN THE ROAD SO ONE OF THOSE 5 STARS WHERE I CAN SLEEP IN MY BED, WAKE UP, HAVE BREAKFAST WITH THE FAMILY AND GET OUT HERE AND RIDE THE HORSES TER HERE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.

HI A GOOD WIN HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON Q.

AND WE ARE BACK THIS YEAR WITH ANOTHER MARE CALLED CONTESSA.

TO BE HONEST AFTER WALKING THIS CROSS COUNTRY COURSE, I'M PART TERRIFIED.

THE COURSE DESIGNERS REALLY BEEFED IT UP THIS YEAR.

USUALLY THIS HAPPENS WHEN I GO TO A 5 STAR AND EVERY TIME YOU WALK IT YOU GET A BIT MORE CONFIDENT, A LITTLE BRAIFER BUT AT THE MOMENTS I'M LIKE GOD, HOLY HELL.

SO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON SATURDAY.

THIS WATER IS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST PART OF THE COURSE.

BY SAYING THAT I HAVE HAD A BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH WATER JUMPS, DOWN THE GREAT WOLF LODGE DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE KIDS AT THE WATERMARK.

HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR I DON'T GET AS WET AS THIS.

GREAT WOLF LODGE WAS AMAZING.

A FANTASTIC PLACE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING THE FAMILY BACK OUT AFTER THIS EVENT.

I RECKON IT WILL BE AWESOME HAVING ITS RIDERS SAYING THERE.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL SEEING SOME OF THEM PLAYING BOWLING OR CLIMBING ON THE ROPE SET OR IN THE WATERPARK.

5 STARS ARE A FUPPEE THING.

EVERYONE THAT MAKES IT TO THIS LEVEL IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT RIDER AND THEY HAVE A TOP HORSE T IS AN EXCITING CONTEST.

MY MONEY IS ACTUALLY ON A BIT OF A DARK HORSE, A NEW ZEALAND THOROUGHBRED, MONICA SPENCER.

SHE HAS COME FROM NEW ZEALAND, TRAINED ON MY FARM AND HAS A CROSS COUNTRY MACHINE ON HER HORSE.

I THINK SHE IS ONE TO WATCH.

WELL, GREAT TO HEAR FROM BUOYED MARTIN, GREAT WOLF LODGE IS THE PLACE TO BE, SO MUCH GOING ON THERE.

WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE STAYING IN THAT HOTEL.

AND BOYD IS OF COURSE BACK TOMORROW DOING HIS DRESSAGE TEST WITH CONTESSA.

BUT YOU JOIN US AFTER THIS BREAK AT 10 PAST 34:00.-- 3:00.

WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, CECIL COUNTY, SO MUCH TIME AND INVESTMENT INTO THIS MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL, THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR FOR 2023 PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

THE REMAINING 5 IS EMILY HAMEL, GOOL BOOLE SELMAYR, ANDREW Mc McCONNON, CORNELIA FLETCHER, MIA FARLEY AND BOBBY MEYERHOFF, LUMUMBA WILL BE LAST TO GO AT 3: 51 LINK NO STRANGER TO THE COMEN TEAR POSITION, A VERY WARM WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING AFTERNOON HERE IN THE JUDGES BOOTH IT SEEMS.

>> IT REALLY HAS AND WE OF COURSE KNOW THAT PIGGY MARCH LEADS WITH 24.2, MONICA SPENCER SECOND EMILY HAMEL IS UP NEXT.

RIDING CORVETT, COMING FORWARD IN THIS MARS 5 STAR HERE AT MARYLAND PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

NOW THESE TWO YOU KNOW VERY WELL, THEY HAVE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE FORM OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

AND HERE FOR YET ANOTHER 5 STAR.

>> YEAH, I KNOW, SHE SAY CROWD FAVORITE HERE FOR THE WEEKEND AND NOW YOU CALL HER VETERAN, 5 STAR PAIR AT THE LEVEL.

THIS WOULD NOT BE THE HORSE'S STRONGEST PHASE BUT SHE HAS BEEN SHAVING OFF THE SCORES, SHE HAS GONE ON AND WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK FOR HER ON SATURDAY.

THIS HORSE IS GOING TO HAVE SOME AIR TIME LIKE NO OTHER.

>> DEFINITELY, 16 YEARS OLD, THIS GELDING OWNED BY THE BLACK FLAG OPTION.

THIS WILL BE THE FIFORT 5 STAR FOR THESE TWO, FIRST IN 2021 WHERE THEY FINISHED 21S.

CONTINUING THIS FORM ON THEIR SECOND CRACK AT THE LEVEL AT MARYLAND.

AN IMPRESSIVE START TO THE 5 STAR CAREER BUT WHAT IS EVEN MORE REMARK SBL THESE TWO DIDN'T EVEN START EVENTING UNTIL 2017 AS A TEN YEAR OLD WHEN EMILY TOOK HIM ON.

DRESSAGE ISN'T HIS PAVE RIT THING.

ONE THING THEY HAVE TO SAY RIGHT, WE HAVE TO DO THIS IF YOU WANT TO GO CROSS COUNTRY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BUT IT IS NOT JUST DRESSAGE ISN'T HIS FAVORITE THING.

ON A FILT HORSE COMING TOO THIS ARENA THE WAY THE CROSS COUNTRY JUMPS ARE SET UP, THEY FEEL MORE ELECTRIC THAN THEY HAVE IN YEARS PASSED AND THEY MAY NOT BE MASSIVE CROWDS ON DAY ONE BUT THE HORSES REALLY FEEL THAT COMING INTO THE RING AND IT IS HARD IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY GET BEHIND YOU.

>> AND HOW DOES IT FEEL TODAY IS DAY ONE OF DRESSAGE.

YOU COME UP THAT RAMP, YOU HAVE A REFAMILIARIZATION, I WAS WATCHING YOUR HORSE LAST NIGHT IN THAT FAMILIARIZATION.

BUT THAT IS WITH A GROUP OF HORSES, YOU THEN COME UP THE RAMP, UNDER THE SADDLE ARCHWAY INTO THE MAIN ARENA CONTINUED IS LIKE WHOA.

>> IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT, A LOT GET REALLY LIT UP WHEN THEIR FRIENDS ARE IN THERE, YOU HAVE HORSE SHY HORSES AND IT IS EXCITING AND THEY COME IN AND CAN GET BEHIND YOU AND HOLDINGS HOLD THEIR BREATHE FOR A SECOND.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS GOT HIM GOING BETTER AND OUT IN FRONT OF HER AGAIN.

>> THE HORSE THAT YOU RIDE, A LOVELY HORSE, CAROLINE WHO ROAD HIM BEFORE, SHE HAS BEEN BRILLIANT.

HOW IS HE IN THE ARENA, ONE YOU CAN PRESS THE BUTTONS ON.

>> YOU HAVE TO FEEL WHAT YOU ARE ON FOR THE DAY WHICH IS TRUE FOR A LOT OF HORSES IN THE SAND BOX HE IS A VERY EXPRESSIVE HORSE AND YOU HAVE TO FEEL HOW FRAGILE HE FEELS, HOW MUCH YOU CAN GO FOR IT YOU CAN PICK UP THE MARKS LIKE THAT BUT YOU CAN ALSO BLOW A MOVEMENT OR TWO WHICH IS COSTLY.

ESPECIALLY ON THESE FIT HORSES, TRYING TO GO INTO STRIKING DISTANCE GOING OP TO THE FINAL DAY, YOU JUST WANT TO TRY AND NOT GIVE AWAY ANYTHING IN THERE.

I HAVE TO THANK YOU, I LEARNED HOW TO PROPERLY PRONOUNCE MY HORSE'S NAME TODAY.

>> KATHERINE, OF COURSE SHE HAS RIDDEN HIM BEFORE AND IT IS NEVER AN EASY TASK BUT HE LOOKS SUPERRELAXED IN THERE.

AND YOU AND I SAID BEFORE HE WITH CAME ON AIR THAT THE MISTAKES LOOK COSTLY TODAY BECAUSE IS HE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MOVING HORSE, ISN'T HE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS WHY SOMETIMES WHEN YOU COME IN HERE, JUST THE AVERAGE HORSES CAN BE SLEEPERS WHEN YOU COME IN.

THEY DON'T REALLY, AREN'T THAT SHOWY BUT IF YOU CAN PUT IN AN ACCURATE TEST NOT GIVING AWAY ANY MARKS YOU CAN BE SITTING IN STRIKING DISTANCE ON SATURDAY.

>> THESE TWO SEEM TO HAVE SETTLED DUN, GET INTO THAT WORK FOR EMILY, BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF, THANK GOODNESS WE CAN GET INTO THE CANTOR WORK NOW AND GET THAT WALK AND SHOT OUT OF THE WAY.

>> I FIND THE HARDEST MOVEMENT IS AT THE END.

AUSTIN UNFORTUNATELY FORGOT AT THE LAST SECOND.

>> TWICE.

>> SUCH A DREAM CRUSHER THERE.

>> IT WASN'T JUST THE FIRST HORSE, HE THEN CAME DOWN THE CENTER Z LINE.

CANTOR TROT AT L AND THEN HALT TO I AND HE HALTED AT G. >> SO YOU SEE CORVETT GETTING BEHIND HER LEG, EMILY DOING A GOOD JOB TO COEX HIM BACK INTO THE POSITIONING HERE, HAVING A LITTLE DISCUSSION.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT MEANS SHE HAS TO DO THAT TRANSITIONAL EARLY AND THEN IT COSTS HER BECAUSE SHE IS NOT ABLE TO HOLD THE COUNTERCANTOR THERE.

AT THAT MOMENT IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET THAT MARK BACK.

WOULD YOU ONLY BE ABLE TO FIX THE LEAD AND ACTUALLY GET THE CHANGE SO SHE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A CLEAN CHANGE BUT VERY EARLY.

>> AGAIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ACTIVE BEHIND AND HOLD A LITTLE MORE ANGLE BUT WHEN ARE YOU ON THESE FIT HORSES IT IS VERY EASY FOR US TO JUST SIT HERE AND CRITIQUE HOW SHE COULD BE BETTER AND I THINK SHE'S DOING A MASTERFUL JOB.

SHE KNOW THIS HORSE LIKE THE BACK OF HER HAND AND KNOWS WHERE SHE CAN PICK UP MARKS AND PLAY IT SAFE.

>> SOMETIMES THAT CAN WORK TO OUR DETRIMENT KNOWING THEM SO WELL BECAUSE THEN WE START AS THEY DO, HE IS THINKING A FEW STEPS AHEAD.

IS HE 16, KNOWS THE JOB, FIT 5 STAR, SHE KNOWS HIM, WHEN HE IS GOING TO GO A FEW STEPS AHEAD.

AND IT CAN THRM BE WORSE THAN, I BET IF YOU RODE HIM IT WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

IF I RODE HIM, WE WOULDN'T BE THINKING ABOUT THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

YOU ALWAYS SAY RIDE A NEW HORSE LIKE YOU STOLE IT.

>> IT IS VERY TRUE AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN SAY IT IS LIKE A LONG-TERM MARRIAGE.

AND SOMETIMES MAYBE YOU JUST NEED TO FRESHEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> THAT IS ANOTHER PROGRAM.

>> SHE ACTUALLY DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB GETTING HIM BACK TO THE TROT THERE.

>> NOW HE LOOKS READY TO PLAY.

>> NOW ARE YOU READY.

>> WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE, BEEN ON THESE HORSES THAT ARE JUMPING MACHINES.

AND YOU KNOW HAVE I TO SAY IT IS NICE TO SIT ON A FANCY HORSE, INSTEAD OF THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD DAY ONE BUT I LOVE THESE HORSES WHERE YOU CAN CLIMB BACK UP AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SITTING ON.

YOU CAN PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, REALLY BE ONE OF THE CONTENDERS TO COME AS CLOSE AS THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO.

>> 100 PERCENT.

AND THAT WON'T BE HIS-- AT THIS LEVEL THAT'S FOR SURE BUT EMILY, CORVETT, THEY GET THROUGH IT, THEY GET THROUGH THE FIRST PHASE BHAF IS ESSENTIALLY AN EQUINE TRIATHLON OF THE HORSE WORLD.

WE SAW IN THE OPENING GAMBIT, WE SAW THE HORSE INSPECTION, THE EQUINE CATWALK OF THE HORSE INDUSTRY AND THIS IS THE-- HE QUEST REAP WORLD, THE DRESSAGE.

WE THEN GO TO THE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING, THE STEEP EL CHASE IF YOU LIKE OF THE ATHLETIC TRACK WHICH IS THE CROSS COUNTRY TOMORROW.

AND THEN IT IS THE HURDLES, THE SHOW JUMPING ON SUNDAY.

3-9D.0 THERE FOR EMILY HAM'EM.

UNDER 40, SHE WILL-- HAMEL, SHE WILL BE PLEASED, 161.5, 156 AND 125-- 1589.5, 39.0, PENALTY SCORE.

NOW HAVE I ALWAYS SAID DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DRESSAGE, WHETHER YOU GO FOR A GOOD TEST, HE WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED.

HE HE KNOWS HIS JOB, HE KNOWS WHAT IS COMING UP MORE IMPORTANTLY BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE AT THE TOP.

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE AT THE BOTTOM AND A WHOLE LOT OF THEM IN THE MIDDLE BUT IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT WAY.

AND YOU JUST DON'T KNOW IF TODAY IS GOING TO BE YOUR DAY.

IT IS A HORRIBLE FEELING WHEN YOU WANT TO GO IN THERE.

NO ONE GOES IN THERE TO DO A BAD JOB.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BUT I THINK THAT IS WHAT KEEPS US, IT IS FLEETING TO BE ABLE TO PUT ALL THREE PHASES TOGETHER ON THE DAY, BUT I KNOW EMILY, IT MAY BE A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR HER AVERAGE 5 STAR SCORE HAS BEEN BUT SHE WILL PUT THAT BEHIND HER BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE A TALL ASK ON SATURDAY.

>> BOOLI SELMAYR IS NEXT, MILLFIELD LANCANDO, THE SECOND, FANS THE SECOND, THE DAME, LANCANDO EXPRESS OWNED BY KELLY MORGAN, JACQUELINE THORN AND BOOLI.

COMING OFF A THIRD PLACE IN THE THE 5 STAR BACK IN JUNE-- IN THE 4 STAR IN JUNE.

LOOKING TO CARRY ON THAT SAME PERFORMANCE.

THIS IS HER THIRD 5 STAR ATTEMPT.

>> ANOTHER ONE WE SEE COMING UP THE CENTER LINE AND JUST LOOKING A LITTLE FRAGILE AND FRESH, THE WIND IS BLOWING IN THE AFTERNOON.

YOU HAD ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN HERE YESTERDAY BUT THE HORSES DO TAKE NOTICE TO ITS BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED JUDGES BOOTH AND THE CAMERAS.

AND YOU END UP MAKING THAT FIRST BIT OF A PRESENTATION COMING INMENT AND ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO KEEP A LID ON IT BEFORE YOU CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU CAN ATTACK IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS THE HORSE OUT IN FRONT OF HER LEG A BIT MORE I USE THAT WORD QUITE A LOT IN THE DRESSAGE, EVENTUALLY EVENTING, FRAGILE BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO SIT ON THOSE HORSES WHEN THEY FEEL FRAGILE.

WE KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE THAT YOU CAN'T DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND AND YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET, EVEN WITH THE EXPERIENCED HORSES YOU ARE HOPING THEY WILL BE THE HORSE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN AND RIDDEN BUT YOU NEVER KNOW THERE IS STILL THAT SIDE.

I USED IT WITH ALICE AND I SAID IT TOO, THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND EXPLOSION.

AND ONLY FAY FEW LETTERS THERE CHANGED AS WELL.

THAT LINE, THAT VERY FINE LINE IS WHAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS, ASK GETTING THAT REAL EXPRESSION WITHOUT THEM EXPLODING.

>> 100 PERCENTMENT AND YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE ONES THAT KNOW THEIR HORSE VERY WELL OR JUST THE SEASON VETERANS OF RIDERS HERE THAT YOU END UP SEEING THE FRAIDZ WRITTEN IN YOUR COLLECTIVE MARKS IN THE END BECAUSE THE JUDGES ARE TRYING TO THROW THIS COURSE TO YOU WHERE YOU CAN AND TRYING TO PING THE MARKS BUT THERE ARE SOME DAY THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO ON THE HORSE YOU ARE WORKING WITH.

THESE ARE NOT MACHINES.

THEY ARE LIVING BEING AND THEY CHANGE DAY TO DAY.

YOU THINK GOLF SAY HARD GAME.

YOU JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WIND AND TERRAIN.

A LOT GOING ON HERE TODAY.

>> IT IS ONE OF IF NOT THE ONLY SPORTS IN THE WORLD THAT COMBINES TWO BRAINS.

THAT EQUINE AND HUMAN AND THESE TWO HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT.

SHE HAS DONE A SUPERJOB BECAUSE WHEN SHE STARTED HER WALK I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS THE WHOLE WAY AROUND.

BUT SHE HAS MANAGED TO CONTAIN IT.

SHE HAS BEEN VERY CLEVER IN THE PICKUP.

SHE IS JUST WRIGGLING THE BIT A BIT IN HIS MOUTH TO KEEP HIM INTERESTED BEFORE THE CANTOR COMES TO PICK UP.

TRYING TO KEEP HIM INTERESTED.

FOCUSED ON SOMETHING ELSE.

>> THIS WALK THAT CAN FEEL LIKE A LIFETIME IN THERE.

>> YEAH T REALLY CAN.

WHEN ARE YOU ON A HORSE LIKE EMILY WAS EARLIER ON IN THIS TEST, IT CAN FEEL LIKE HALF AN HOUR RATHER THAN THE 6 OR 7 MINUTES YOU GO RIGHT FROM THAT WALK.

YOU DO THE CANTOR ACROSS THE DIAGONAL RIGHT INTO THE CORNER WITH THE MARTS SENTINEL, ALL THE SPEK TAING-- SPECTATORS THERE AND ST DIFFICULT TO GO INTO THAT COUNTERCANTOR AND KEEP THEIR ATTENTION AND GET A THROUGH CLEAN CHANGE.

>> ALSO WHAT IS SLIGHTLY PUTTING ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT, I HAVE NEVER BEEN A SHY ONE, AN AVID EAR WATCHER, I LOVE WATCHING THE HORSES HERE EARS, HE HAS HAD HIS EARS PRIKED THE WHOLE WAY, IS HE LOOKING AROUND, NOT REALLY CONCENTRATING ON HER 100 PERCENT.

THAT IS DUE TO A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION CREEPING IN.

BUT SHE IS DOING A GOOD JOB.

SHE IS TRYING TO COERCE HIM A LITTLE BIT, SHE WAS ONE STRIKE BEHIND IN THE FLYING CHANGE FROM THAT DIRECTION.

WHICH AGAIN IS TENSION.

IS HE NOT LISTENING.

SHE IS STILL TRYING TO JUST WRIGGLE HIM A LITTLE BIT AROUND WITH THE RECENT SAYING COME ON, JUST SOFTEN INTO MY HAND, WHEN YOU SEE THIS IN THE CIRCLE, HOW BRAVE SHE WILL BE, IF SHE WILL LET HIM DOWN, GOOD.

>> YOU WOULD ALMOST WANT TO HAVE THE CIRCLE SOMETIMES A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE KANTDOR TO JUST HELP-- CANTOR TO-- THEY GET A LITTLE INTERNAL, THEY GET A LITTLE HOLDING AND IT IS HARD TO GO IN AND ATTACK THE TEST WHICH IS WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR TO REWARD THE HIGH MARKS.

>> WAIT.

AND LATE BEHIND AGAIN.

>> ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU TRAIN AT HOME, ON THE SHORT DIAGONAL, HOW MANY STRIKES TO THE CENTER LINE, FOR MAJORITY OF HORSES THAT YOU TRAIN IN THE CANTOR T IS 6 TO 7 OFF THE SHORT SIDE IT IS 3 TO 4.

DEPENDING ON HOW YOU TRAIN THEM, BUT SHE HAS RIDDEN HIM REALLY SUPER WELL BECAUSE HE HAS NOT GIVEN HER AN EASY RIDE, HE IS STILL JUST BEING A LITTLE BIT FRAGILE ON ON THE BRIDLE.

>> I THINK SHE WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT BEHIND HER.

YOU CAN SEE HE LOOKS VERY, VERY FRESH AND VERY FIT TODAY AND I KNOW THAT WILL PROBABLY BE DISAPPOINTING FOR HER.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LONG TIME IN THIS HORSE'S PARTNERSHIP WITH HER TO COME.

I THINK THEY WILL BE REALLY EXCITING TO LOOK AT ON SATURDAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD A FEW RUNS UNDER THEIR BELT.

THEY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE UNDER THEIR BELT.

>> THEY CERTAINLY DO.

THREE ATTEMPTS, THIS IS THE THIRD ATTEMPT AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL, THE FIRST EARLIER ON IN THE YEAR, I THINK THIS IS A VERY EXCITING HORSE.

HE JUST NEEDS NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU COME IN AND DO A DRESSAGE TEST T IS NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE PRACTICE DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, YEARLY.

THIS IS ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THIS EXCITED.

BUT IT COMES AGAIN DOWN TO DO I NEED TO BRING HIM OUT GEP IN THE MORNING.

DO I NEED TO A LONGER, A SHORTER, CHANGE YOUR WARMUP PROGRAM.

DO I NEED TO-- DO I NEED TO LUNG ERR HIM.

ALL THOSE SORT OF THINGS THAT YOU FIND OUT AS YOU GO ON.

AND PAININGFULLY-- PAINFULLY THERE IS 40.9.

THERE WEREN'T AS MANY MISTAKES AS FROM CORVETT AND EMILY HAMEL, IT IS A WORSE SCORE.

153, 153.5, 154.5.

AND I THINK THAT IS BECAUSE THE EXWAS THERE FROM START TO FINISH RATHER THAN THE FACT THAT CORVETT HAD TENSE MOMENTS.

>> AND I THINK IT IS HARD HERE IN THE STATES.

WE HAVE TWO 5 STARS, THERE IS A TON OF ATMOSPHERE IN THOSE HORSE.

YOU DON'T GET A TON OF PRACTICE AT A LOT OF VENUES THAT FEEL THIS ELECTRIC.

SO YOU GET ONE TIME IN THE SPRING AND FAULT TO GO OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT IS WHY YOU SEE MORE RIDERS YOUNGER GOING OVERSEAS SUCH AS OUR NEXT RIDE THARY IS COMING UP.

>> LET'S LOOK AT THIS HORSE.

THIS IS A NICE HORSE, ISN'T IT.

THIS WAS EARLIER ON IN THE 3 STAR, BRILLIANT.

WE SAID WE LOVED HIM.

>> NOW WE SHOW A MISTAKE.

>> THOSE ARE COSTLY, DOESN'T MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL THE RIDE IS A LOOK OF SHUCKS.

>> A RIDE TO THE LEFT AND THE JUDGE WHO WAS CHRISTINA.

BRILLIANT TEST FROM, A YOUNG HORSE, EXCITING HORSE, TEN YEARS OLD, ISN'T HE, A NICE THING TO BE SAT ON, NICE HORSE TO BE SAT ON.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE IS A LOT TO COME FROM HIM.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF OUR PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER.

>> NEXT TO GO A ANDREW McCONNON WITH FERRIE'S CELLO,-- CELLO, A HORSE NOW 11 YEARS OLD, BY CELLO THE THIRD.

DAM SIRE WOLFGANG, DUTCH WARM BLOOD, ANDREW WHO BASED HIMSELF WITH THE FOX PITS MANY YEARS AGO HARDLY HAD A COUPLE OF DOLLARS TO RUB TOGETHER HAS REALLY WORKED HARD AND IS NOW MAKING A REAL NAME FOR HIMSELF.

HE IS A RIDER THAT WILLIAM THINKS AN AWFUL LOT OF.

IF YOU HAVE GOT WILLIAM FOXPICKS BEHIND YOU SAYING ARE YOU A GOOD-- HE SPENT AWHILE AT THEIR YARD.

HE HAS THROWN EVERYTHING TAT AND SAID RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT HAVE I GOT TO DO.

IF I WANT TO DO EVENTING, IT DOESN'T MATTER, I HAVEN'T GOT ANY MONEY.

IT'S ALL GOING INTO IT.

11 YEARS OLD THIS DUTCH WARMBLOED.

THIS IS A GOLD SHED FOR MEAP TO ACHIEVE IN THEIR LIFE TO NOT ONLY GET TO BUT COMPETE AT A 5 STAR.

ORIGINALLY RIDDEN BY CAROLINE MARTIN.

CAROLINE WHO ROAD EARLIER.

ANDREW HAS HAD TO RIDE ON THIS HORSE SINCE 2019.

THEY WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. EQUISTRIAN, WITH NOMINATIONS, THE EVENTING DEVELOPMENT ACTING PROGRAM AND RECENTLY SELECTED TO THE U.S. EVENTING EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT TOUR WHERE THEY COMPETED IN THE NATION'S CUP IN POLAND.

GREW UP WITH FAMILY ON THE FARM IN MASSACHUSETTS AND SINCE THEN LEARNED FROM SOME OF THE BEST INCLUDING WILLIAM AND BOBBY COSTELLO AND MARK DONOVAN.

RUNS HIS OWN TRAINING AND SALES PROGRAM OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

>> YOU CERTAINLY CAN TELL HIS TIME WITH WILLIAM IS PAYING OFF.

ANDREW COULDN'T BE ANY NICER BUT HE IS SO FOCUSED IN HIS RIDING IS JUST GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

THIS HORSE IS LOOKING SO MUCH STRONGER, WELL WITHIN HIMSELF.

HE WAS PART OF OUR NATION'S CUP TEAM, AND WHAT IS EXCITING ABOUT THIS HORSE T CAME THROUGH IN THE YOUNG EVENT IN 2016 Z.

>> I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE HORSES HERE THAT CAME THROUGH THAT YOUNG EVENT HORSE CLASS WHICH IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

CAROLINE WHO NOW-- WHO ROAD THIS HORSE IN THE BEGINNING, CAROLINE MARTIN AS SHE WAS PRODUCED HIM BEAUTIFULLY.

BUT AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, AND I WANT TO REITERATE THIS FACT, IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO HAS PRODUCED HORSES UP TO ANY LEVEL.

IT MATTERS WHO IS IN THE SADDLE BECAUSE HORSES DON'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU RIDE, TRAIN AND PRODUCE THEM.

>> 100 PERCENT.

IT TAKES QUITE AWHILE TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP NO MATTER WELL TRAINED THEY ARE, NO MATTER HOW GOOD THAT JOCKEY IS.

>> I THINK FAR TOO OFTEN I DON'T SAY WELL IT'S ONLY BECAUSE SO AND SO ROAD IT AND SO AND SO AND THEY DON'T GO.

>> I ACTUALLY THINK THAT CAN BE A DETRIMENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK ANDREW IS A VERY CLASS RIDER AM I HAVE SEEN HIM AT A NUMBER OF COMPETITIONS NOT ONLY HERE BUT AT HOME IN THE U.K AND I THINK ES A'S A VERY TALENTED YOWPG MAP.

AND HE CERTAINLY IS RIDING THIS TEST SUPERWELL.

>> HE REALLY ISMENT BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL THE HORSE SAY LITTLE AWARE OF WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW AND I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY SMART IN HOW ERODE THAT FIRST CHANGE.

THE HORSE LOOKED AS YOU SAY A LITTLE FRAGILE IN THE CORNER BUT JUST TOOK HIS TIME KEEPING THE HORSE-- STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT MORE GOING INTO THAT ONE.

ST HARD AS THEY GO AROUND THAT CORNER.

THEY SEE THE BECOMES THAT HAS THE SCORES, EVERYBODY THAT IS HANGING OUT IN THE CROWDS AND MAKES THE HORSES JUST LOSE THEIR ATTENTION.

THAT IS HARD AS THE RIDER TRYING TO KEEP HEM BUT STILL KEEP ATTACKING I THINK ANDREW HAS RIDDEN A POLISHED TEST.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE HORSE MAYBE STRETCH DOWN INTO THE CONTACT.

HE DOES STRETCH OUT BUT HE LOOKS LIKE HE COMES IN AND HOLDS HIS BREATHE.

ANDREW COULD NOT BE BRINGING THIS HORSE ALONG BETTER YOU GET THEM TO TAKE A BREATHE BUT IT TAKES AWHILE TO GET BACK ON THE AIDS AGAIN F THEY ARE NOT QUITE OP YOUR SEAT, YOU CAN HAVE A REAL MISFIRE GOING INTO THE LAST TWO CHANGES AND GO FROM A FANTASTIC TEST TO MAKERS IN THE 3S AND 4S WE SAW THAT EARLIER ON WITH A COUPLE OF HORSES JUST HOW INFLUENTIAL ONE MISTAKE ISMENT BUT THAT IS THREE FLYING CHANGES THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT TOO EXUBERANT FOR THE GOOD MARKS.

BUT STILL-- WRPS FIRST 5 STAR.

>> I THINK HE SHOULD BE REALLY PLEASED.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO COME FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP.

WE ALMOST WATCHED IT LOOKING LIKE THE SEASON 5 PARTNERSHIP.

>> DIDN'T WE.

>> YOU KNOW, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT THEY STARTED ON A 5 STAR, THAT IS THE OTHER THING TO MENTION.

GETTING HERE IS NO MEAN FEAT STVMENT YEARS OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS, MORE OF THE LATTER THAP IT IS, THERE IS MORE DOWNS THAN THERE ARE UPS, THAT IS FOR SURE BUT APP DREW McCONNON A BRILLIANT JOB.

ALSO REMEMBER IT IS ONLY AN 11 YEAR OLD AS WELL.

STILL A LOT OF MILES ON THE CLOCK AND I THINK HE HAS DONE HIMSELF PROUD.

>> 33.4 WITH A FEW MISTAKES YOUR FIRST 5 STAR, I WOULD TAKE IT.

>> HEY!

WITH WHAT?

>> THAT JUST COME UP ON THE BIG SCREEN, WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT TO COME UP ON OUR SCREENS.

BUT MY GOODNESS ME, ANDREW McCONNON, FERRIE'S CELLO HAS THROWN HIMSELF INTO THE MIX WITH THAT SCORE.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THAT AS IT COMES ON OUR SCREEN.

HE GOES INTO 4th PLACE.

174, 172.5, 173.

33.4, BAR.

>> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THOSE MARKS, I THINK HE REALLY CLIMBED HIS WAY UP TO THE TOP.

HE PROBABLY IF WE HAD WATCHED THE TICKER WOULD HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING PIGGY IN THE BEGINNING AFTER THOSE MARKS.

THAT IS QUITE EXCITING AND THAT IS WHY YOU CANNOT THROW AWAY ANY SINGLE MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE A FEW MISTAKES TRK STILL PUTS YOU IN A GREAT POSITION GOING INTO SATURDAY.

>> IT DOES.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP THINKING WHERE IS MY NEXT TURN, LET'S FORGET ABOUT THAT FLYING CHANGE.

LET'S NOT TAKE THAT INTO THE NEXT MOVEMENT.

MOVE ON.

HE DID THAT, HE ERODE WITH A GREAT SENSE ABILITY.

>> MATURITY.

>> HE DID.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND THAT IS PROBABLY A LOT COME FROM THE LIKES OF WILLIAM HE TRAINED WITH, WITH MARK DONOVAN AND BOBBIE COSTELLO AS WELL.

HE HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB.

HE HAS HAD SOME FANTASTIC TRAINING.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CROSS COUNTRY DAYTONA, NOT JUST YET.

CORNELIA FLETCHER, CORNELIA DOOR AS SHE WAS, MARRIED JACOB FLETCHER, OF COURSE, ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.

>> YEAH, DO YOU THINK THEY PLANNED TO BE SO CLOSE IN THE GOING HERE THIS WEEKEND.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT IN THE DRAW.

>> I REALLY-- HE WILL BE IN THE WARMUP RING CURRENTLY AND YOU KNOW, CORNELIA HAS WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THIS HORSE.

THEY ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE LEVEL AND HAD A FANTASTIC GO EARLY LAST YEAR.

ONE THAT THERE CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT ON THE FIRST DAY BUT A HORSE THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE SITTING ON ON CROSS COUNTRY, INCREDIBLE CROSS COUNTRY HORSE, INCREDIBLE GALLUPER, REALLY GOOD JUMPER.

PREVIOUSLY CAMPAIGNED IN GERMANY >> YEAH, THIS HORSE DAYTONA BEACH, CORNELIA, IN FACT JACOB IS TOMORROW.

I THOUGHT I SAW THEM IN THE DRAW THAT THEY FOLLOWED EACH OTHER.

>> RIGHT.

>> WILL ARE A FEW HORSES BETWEEN THEM AND I THINK THEY MAY HAVE ASKED FOR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> YOU SEE HER JUST TAKE A LOOK AROUND WHEN SHE GOES INTO THAT FIRST HALT.

THAT IS A TOUGH FEELING AS A RIDER, THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A LONG BIT OF THE COURSE TO GO HERE.

WELL, WE'VE GOT YMCA PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND SO THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, DAYTONA BEACH I'M SURE HAS PLAYED THIS SONG ON MANY A PARTY OCCASION.

WE DO NOT WANT A PARTY OCCASION HERE TODAY.

THIS IS A 13 YEAR OLD BY DUKE OF HEARTS, SANDANCE BY SANTANDER.

THIS 13 YEAR OLD MAYOR, OLDERNBURGER SPENT THEIR SEE ON TRAINING WITH KEVIN McNAB, SILVER WINNING TEAM AT THE FACIALS CUP.

AND THEIR FAIRY TALE 5 STAR DEBUT WHEN THEY FINISHED 10th LAST YEAR AS WELL.

THEY CLIMBED THAT LEADERBOARD FROM 50th TO 16th AFTER DRESSAGE AND FELL 6 PLACES AFTER AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE IN THE SHOW JUMPING CAMPAIGN BY AS YOU SAID-- FOR THE GERMAN SIDE.

>> AND CORNELIA DOING A GOOD JOB TRYING TO KEEP A LID ON WHAT IS A LOT OF TENSION SITTING UNDERNEATH HERE, GOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, YOU SEE THE MAYOR BREATHE OUT SOME TENSION A LITTLE BIT BUT THE MAYOR IS, WHAT IS SO FRUSTRATING AS IT IS INCREDIBLE MOVER.

THIS MAYOR DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SCORE REALLY WELL.

IT IS JUST TENSION AND NERVES, KNOWING WHERE SHE IS.

SHE IS QUITE FIT AND AS A RIDER YOU CAN'T REALLY GO FOR THE IMMOBILITY THERE, SHE HAS TO GET ON TO THE NEXT MOVEMENT.

WE CAN SEE THE WHITE OF HER EYEBALLS LOOKING AROUND T SAY HARD THING TO SIT ON BUT CORNELIA HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE AND YOU SEE HER NOT LOSE HER COOL.

AGAIN YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE JUST TAKE A BREATHE.

SEE IF YOU CAN GET THE HORSEBACK ON YOUR SIDE HERE USING THE WEIGHTS OF YOUR SEAT AND PRESSK DOWN INTO THE STIRUPS, FEEL LIKE JUST HOLD THEM, BUT IT IS A HARD THING ONCE THEY GO ACROSS THAT.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE DISAPPOINTMENT ENCORE KNEELIA'S FACE.

SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS READY TO BURST INTO TEARS.

AND I DON'T BLAME HER BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS MARE CAN DO A SUPERTEST, I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE MUSIC TO GO WITH HER TEST OR WHETHER THE MARE WANTS TO GET UP AND DANCE.

>> WELL, YOU HAVE A HORSE LIKE THIS, AND DO YOU THAT EXTENDED WALK HEADING TOWARDS THOSE CROSS COUNTRY JUMPS, THAT SAY HARD MOCHMENT ON-- MOVEMENT ON A HORSE LIKE THIS.

>> YOU HOPE YOU CAN HELP GET THE MARE TO SETTLE, LETTING HER GET MORE FORWARD.

>> YEAH, I WOULD JUST, SHE HAS DONE THE FLYING CHANGE, I THINK WE'VE LOST HER TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, AND CORNELIA RATHER THAN GET BACK ON TO THAT LEFT CANTOR HAS JUST SAID, IN FACT SHE HAS GOT BACKS ON TO THE LEFT CANTOR.

>> AND THAT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE THING TO FIX AT THAT POINT AND THE JUDGES HAVE NO OPTION OTHER THAN MARK YOU LOW BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO SHOW THE MOVEMENT WHICH IS THE FLYING CHANGE.

>> INTO THE HALF PASS.

>> WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR, IT WAS A FAIRLY FLUID HALF PASS BUT THEN YOU SEE THE TENSION CREEP UP ON THE CENTER LINE AS SHE REALLY LACKS THE STRAIGHTNESS THERE.

CORNELIA WILL PROBABLY THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE AT THIS POINT.

>> YEAH.

>> THANKS, GUYS.

JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE.

>> OH, JINXED HER AGAIN T IS SO HARD AS A RIDER WHEN THEY ARE FEELING LIKE THAT UNDERNEATH YOU.

YOU CAN SEEFER HER JUST LET OUT A LITTLE BLOW IN HER FACE.

SHE IS FEELING LIKE SHE WOULD BE READY FOR THIS TO BE OVER.

>> AND KEEPING A VERY, VERY SLOW AND VERY NARROW ANGLE TO HER HALF PASS, NOT WANTING TO PUT THIS MARE UNDER ANY MORE PRESSURE.

>> ISN'T IT SO FUNNY.

YOU GET TO 5 STAR AND YOU GET TO THIS POINT AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SCHOOLING THEM IN THE ARENA.

YOU HAVE GOT EPP TO A PLACE WHERE I AM NOT GOING TO SIT HIGH ON THE LEADERBOARD SO I MIGHT AS WELL LET THE HORSE HAVE WHAT WE CAN TRY AND HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE TOWARDS THE END AND A GOOD CHANGE THERE.

>> A LITTLE BIT TIGHT BUT MY GOODNESS ME, COMPARED TO WHAT.

>> WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS CLEAN.

ST HARD TO TELL BECAUSE HER LEGS ARE MOVING SO QUICK.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK THE AWARD FOR.

>> LOOK AT THAT SMILE.

>> FOR RIDE ABILITY, THE WAY SHE HAS RIDDEN THIS TEST, CORNELIA, AND DAYTONA BEACH.

>> THAT YOU MAY SEE A TACTFULLY RIDDEN.

>> YEAH I KNOW IT IS SO CRUSHING WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO GET HERE BUT IT IS SOMETHING SHE KNOWS THAT THIS MAR SE CAPABLE OF HAVING A TEST LIKE THAT.

>> I KNOW THIS MARE CAN BE QUITE EXCITING.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE SPICIER.

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER LIKE THAT.

>> I WOULD AGREE.

SHE IS LOOKING VERY WELL.

SHE IS LOOKING VERY FIT BUT JUST THE TIME OF YEAR, WE'VE GONE FROM HAVING SUCH HOT WEATHER.

>> TO A BIT OF A CHILL.

>> IT PUTS AN EDGE ON THEM.

>> ESPECIALLY A MARE THAT CAN BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THAT.

A HARD TIME OF YEAR WITH THESE HORSES THAT ARE SO FIT.

WE NEVER HAD A 5 STAR WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> YEAH.

>> WELL, CORNELIA, USING ALL OF HER EXPERIENCE IN THE ARENA TO GET THROUGH A LITTLE SHAKE OF THE HEAD THERE AGAIN.

AND THE MARE STILL NOT GIVING UP, 48.5, 137, 135.5, 129.5.

IRRELEVANT REALLY THE MARKS, IRRELEVANT THE SCORE, WE KNOW THAT MARE CAN DO BETTER.

SHE JUST HAS, GOING TO USE THE WORD BEE UNDER HER BONNET TODAY.

>> SHE HAS GOT A BEE IN A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES.

>> SHE WANTS TO GET RIGHT OUT OF THERE.

>> TWO LEFT TO GO.

AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MIA PHELPS, WITH THE TEN YEAR OLD GELDING, THOROUGHBRED GELDING OWNED BY DAVID O'CONNOR, GROOMED BY SOPHIE TURNER.

A 5 STAR DEBUT FOR MIA FARLEY, ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

NOW BASED IN VIRGINIA FULL TIME.

GETTING A TASTE OF THE SPORT WITH FORMER 5 STAR HORSE, THE GOOD WITCH.

AND THEN SHE RELOCATED TO THE EAST COAST, MIA JOINED THE O'CONNOR EVENT TEAM AND LEARNED MASSES FROM EXPERIENCE AND THIS ANOTHER OFF THE TRACK THOROUGHBREAD-- BRED, GREAT-- KEEP ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS PUT IN FROANT OF HIM, IMPRESSIVE AT THE LEXINGTON 4 STAR SHORT THIS SPRING.

>> THIS THOROUGHBRED ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY SOUTHERLIESED BY JONI MORRIS WHO IS WUCH THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE BEHIND THE SCENES HELPING TO RUN THIS COMPETITION.

>> I THINK JONI HAS TWO IN THIS 5 STAR, SHE HAS ANOTHER ONE THAT SHE PAID $1 FOR.

>> I THINK IT IS THIS ONE.

>> OH S IT THIS ONE.

>> CERTAINLY LOOKING LIKE HE IS MORE VALUABLE THAN A DOLLAR RIGHT NOW.

>> YES.

>> YOU KNOW MIA RIDING FOR A VERY HIGH PRESSURE OWNER THIS WEEKEND, KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT ALL THE PHASES.

THIS PHASE ESPECIALLY.

I KNOW HAS HAD THIS HORSE FROM THE BEGINNING AND REMEMBER DAVID SAYING TO ME I GOT A THOROUGHBRED AND HAVE I A GOOD IDEA.

THEY ARE SO TRAINABLE.

IF YOU CAN GET THE MIND.

I SAID I AGREE WITH YOU, DAVID.

I DO APPRECIATE A GOOD THOROUGHBRED AND MIA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SCORE QUITE WELL.

IT IS A THOROUGHBRED SO TEND TO NOT BE THE BIGGEST MOST EXTRAF GENT MOVERS BUT ARE YOU LOOKING TO PUT IN A POLISHED, ACCURATE AND THIS IS HER FIRST 5 STAR AND HIM JUST BEING TEN YEARS OLD THAT ISISM PRESSIVE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SHE IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB, THE HORSE, WORKING THE HORSE IN A NICE OUTLINE, LOOKING RELAXED IN THE BEGINNING.

JUST A LITTLE WOBBLY INTO THAT FIRST SHOULDER IN, WHICH IS QUITE HARD.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LONG TIME TO SHOW THAT SHOULDER IN.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE BOARDS TO PUT THEM UP AGAINST THERE.

>> YOU CAN SEE JUST LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFICULT AND WEAVING BETWEEN THE CONTACT THERE, SHE DOES A GOOD JOB CONTINUING TO RIDE HIM FORWARD AND OUT TO THE REIGN, A HARD THING WHEN THE HORSES GET TENSE AND BEHIND YOU TO KEEP RIDING AND ATTACKING THAT TEST.

REALLY GOOD POSITIONING IN THE HALF PASS THERE, SO FAR DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ACTUALLY HAS HIM MOVING BETTER THAN I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.

THERE AND SHE HAS THIS HORSE GIVING APPEARANCE OF HIM LOOKING QUITE RELAXED.

HAVE I SEEN HER AND DAVID WORKING THE HORSES THE WEEK HAS GONE ON.

AND IT IS IMPRESSIVE FOR THE HORSES FIRST 5 STAR BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO FEEL AND HOW YOUR PRESENTATION SHOULD GO INTO THAT DRESSAGE DAY.

>> I THINK I SAID MIA FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

SHE IS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, TOTALLY IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

>> IT IS ALL THE SAME FOR YOU GUYS OVER THERE IS.

>> YOU WATCH THE EARS, IN HORSE HAS QUITE AN EXPRESSIVE WALK THERE, ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A PARADE WALK IN FRONTS AND A BOB TO HIS HEAD THERE.

SHE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB PUSHING HER HANDS FORWARD, GIVING THE APPEARANCE THAT HE IS STRETCHING HIS HEAD OUT BECAUSE IS HE NOT BLESSED WITH THE LONGEST NECK.

AND RIDING WITH A LOT OF MATURITY FOR HER YOUNG AGE AT THIS FIRST STEP AT A 5 STAR.

JUST ANTICIPATES THAT TRANSITION INTO ITS CANTOR, SHE TAKES A SECOND IN THE CORNER PREPARING HIM FOR THIS FIRST EXTENDED CANTOR.

>> YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM MORE UPHILL IN THE SHOULDER.

A LITTLE MORE UPHILL, SELF-CARRIAGE SO SHE CAN RIDE HIM MORE FORWARD SO HE IS A LITTLE LATE BEHIND GOING TOO THAT FIRST CHANGE AND GOOD POSITIONING INTO THE HALF PAST, TO SOMEONE NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT, JUMPING AT THE-- CHOMPING AT THE BIT.

THERE IS THE BEGINNING OF DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTH AT THIS LEVEL.

SO I ACTUALLY THINK THEY ARE PUTTING IN QUITE A GOOD TEST FOR THEIR FIRST STEP HERE.

GEN YOU SEE YOU HAVE TO COME BACK A LITTLE EARLY FOR THE DOWNWARD TRANSITION AND THE CANTOR, A NICE SECOND CLEAN CHANGE THERE SO AGAIN MAYBE NOT AS EXPRESSIVE AND UPHILL AS THE OTHER HORSES BUT ACTUALLY FOR HIM, QUITED GOOD.

THIS MAY BE HER FIRST 5 STAR AND SHE MAY BE YOUNGER BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT SHOW IN THE MA TOWARD OF HER RIDING, IT LOOKS LIKE JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE SCHOOLING HIM.

AND THEN RIGHT BACK TO SHORLTENING UP ITS REINS AND GETTING THE HORSE TO TAKE HER, A BETTER CHANGE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THERE THE SECOND TIME.

REALLY SHOULD BE QUITE PLEASED WITH THAT TEST.

ONE CHANGE THAT WAS LATE BEHIND, SHOWED A LITTLE INCONSISTENCY IN THE CONNECTION BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD BE SMILING EAR TO EAR AFTER LAYING DOWN THIS TEST IN MY FIRST 5 STAR, I KNOW MINE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS THE FIRST TIME OUT.

JUST A LITTLE STEP BACK IN THE HALT.

>> VERY GOOD SET FOR FARLEY AND PHELPS FIRST 5 STAR.

WE HAVE ALREADY SEE ANDREW McCONNON GO INTO FOURTH PLACE, HIS FIRST 5 STAR AND I THINK THIS WILL BE NOT A MILLION MILES AWAY.

I THINK WE WILL BE ON THE 32, 33 MARK HERE.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE JUDGES DO.

THE QUALITY IN ANDREW'S WORK IN THE BEGINNING WAS MUCH BETTER BUT MIA CERTAINLY DIDN'T GIVE MANY POINTS AWAY.

I THINK SHE ROAD EVERY STEP OUT OF THAT HORSE AND GOT EVERY STEP SHE COULD HAVE.

WHEN YOU RIDE A TEST LIKE THAT AND ONLY HAVE ONE LITTLE TINY MISTAKE YOU ARE SURPRISED WITH WHERE YOU COULD BE SITTING GOING INTO THE END OF TODAY.

AND CERTAINLY THERES HAVE BEEN TENSE TESTS HERE.

SEE HER CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD QUITE A BIT.

>> LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE 23 YEAR OLD.

>> SHE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD AT PREDICTING THESE MARKS SO I WILL HOLD OUT HOPE IN YOUR PREDICTION.

>> O MY GOODNESS, I DON'T THINK ARE YOU GOING TO FAIL US HERE.

>> OH.

>> HELLO.

>> WELL DONE.

WE'RE LAUGHING, HERE COMES THAT SCORE FOR MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS.

IT IS A GOOD ONE, HER FIRST 5 STAR, JUST ABOUT TO COME ON YOUR SCREENS.

HERE IT IS, GOES INTO 4th PLACE, 32.9.

WHAT DID I SAY 33, 32.

>> YOU SAID 32, 33, 173.5, 176 AND 174.

FOR MIA FARLEY, 23 YEARS OLD, FIRST 5 STAR, CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT, DAVID O'CONNOR THERE JUST GIVING MIA A BIG HUG THERE.

IT IS A MASSIVE TEAM EFFORT.

AN UNBELIEVABLY TOUGH SPORT THIS.

SOPHIE AND DAVID GIVING HER A HUG, JACOB FLETCHER, WE SAW EARLIER WELL CORNELIA, JUST TRYING TO GIVE THE SUPPORT IT IS ALL ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE HIGHS BUT ALSO THE LOWS.

OF THIS SPORT WHICH WE KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY DOWNS THAN UPS.

AND WE'VE GOT TO REALLY EMBRACE THOSE UPS AND THOSE HIGHS WHEN THEY HAPPEN.

BECAUSE THIS WILL BE ONE OF HERS.

ITS FIRST 5 STAR, UNBELIEVABLE.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU GO FROM LOWS TO HIGHS, JUST A PLANTATION A FEW WEEKS AGO.

I THOUGH IT WAS NOT THE RESULT SHE HAD BEEN HOPING FOR.

YOU COME BACK HERE AND LAY DOWN THAT TEST.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE HIGHS FEEL BETTER BECAUSE WE ARE USED TO A LOT OF LOWS AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES YOU HUNGRY TO COME BACK AND GET THIS FEELING AGAIN.

>> IT DOES.

THIS IS THE LAST TO GO ON ITS FIRST DAY OF DRESSAGE HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY, THE LAST OF THE 5 STAR ON THE FIRST DAY T IS 12 YEAR OLD LUMUMBA, AND BOBBY MEYERHOFF.

>> HE LOOKS TO BE HAVING A GREAT TIME OUT THERE IN DRESSAGE.

>> BOBBY LEVISON OWNED BY THE MEYERHOFF GROUP, DONOVAN GROUP, THIS IS NOT ONLY THE FIRST TIME AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR BUT ALSO FIRST 5 STAR COMPETITION OF LUMUMBA'S CAREER.

YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM FROM ANOTHER, HIS HORSE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE, EVENTING.

BUSY 2021, AND SHE HAD A BIT OF A ROUGH 2022, BOUNCED BACK THIS YEAR WITH A TOP TEN AT-- AND ALSO THIS MARE SCORES IN THE 30S IN THE DRESSAGE BUT LET'S HOPE SHE CAN JUST KEEP IT TOGETHER AND BOBBY GIVE HER A GOOD CLEAR ROUND IN THE WHITE BOARDS.

>> A GOOD ENTRANCE BUT LOSES A LITTLE STRITEN UP INTO THE HALT INTO THE TROT.

HE DOES A GOOD JOB IN THE CORNER TAKING A SECOND TO JUST MAKE SURE SHE, HE HAS HER PREPARED ON THE, GOING TOO THAT FIRST MEDIUM TROT, YOU CAN SEE A BIT OF TENSION WHEN ITS HIND QUARTERS END UP ALMOST FISHTAILING AS WE LIKE TO SAISM HE DOES A GOOD JOB THERE IN THE SHOULDER IN, POSITIONING HER INTO A FANTASTIC FIRST BIT OF LATERAL WORK THERE.

AND AGAIN, THE SHOULDER IN INTO THE NEXT HALF PASS, MUCH SMOOTHER AND QUITE UPHILL HERE, NOW MORE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE THING YOU USUALLY SEE, YOU HAVE A HORSE THAT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF SCORING SO WELL BUT YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE OF THE TENSION AND TENTATIVENESS IN THE BEGINNING THAT HE CAN'T ATTACK THE TEST QUITE AS YOU MAY HAVE HOPED FOR AND THEN GETS GOING AFTER THE FIRST FEW MOVEMENTS HERE.

REALLY SHOWING OFF THE HORSE AND IT'S EXTENDED TROT, A PRETTY RANGY TYPE.

AND AS WE SAY, LOOKING AT THOSE EARS, A LITTLE HARDER SOMETIMES TO TELL IN THESE SOUND PROOF BONNETS.

THERE AS A RIDER I ACTUALLY, SOME HORSES NEED TO HAVE THEM.

IT IS HARDER TO TELL WHAT THE HORSE IS THINKING UNDERNEATH YOU IT IS HARDER TO SEE THAT TINY FLICK OF AN EAR.

>> BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AS EASILY OR BECAUSE THEY DON'T REACT AS QUICK AS YOU THINK.

>> NO, THEY ARE A LITTLE BIGGER.

AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE MATERIAL WITH THEM.

SO THEN IT MAKES IT LIKE YOU ARE WEARING A BIG OVERSIZED COAT AS OPPOSED TO A NIGHT NEOPRENE SHIRT SO YOU HIDE A LOT OF THINGS.

>> REALLY NICE IN THE EXTENDED WALK THERE.

GETTING A LITTLE HURRIED IN THE BEGINNING BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU LIKE TO SEE IS THE HORSE TAKES THE FRAME OUT, NOT JUST DOWN BUT ACTUALLY OUT AND FOLLOWS THAT CONTACT OUT GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS IN ANTICIPATIONING COMING BACK INTO THE COLLECTIVE WALK.

BOBBY DOES A GOOD JOB KEEPING THE HANDS FORWARD, KEEPING THE CONNECTION OUT, SHE JUST AS THEY GET TO THIS CORNER THEY GET A LITTLE TENTATIVE, A LITTLE BEHIND THE, ALMOST LIKE ARE YOU SURE WE SHOULD GO OVER HERE.

I HAD THAT HAPPEN TO ME AS WELL TODAY.

YOU KNOW AND THEY GET SO DISTRACTED IN THESE CORNERS, THEY ARE NOT QUITE ON HOW YOU ARE USED TO THEM BEING.

YOU PUT THAT BEHIND THEM AND RIDES A LOVEABLY FIRST CANTOR THERE.

>> AND YOU CAN SEE HIM BRING HIS RIGHT LEG BACK BECAUSE HE CAN FEEL THE HORSE JUST THINK BEING STEALING THAT CHANGE ON HIM.

Z BUT IT'S CLEAR THERE IS A LOT OF QUALITY IN HERE TO BE HAD FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> HERE COMES THE HELICOPTER AGAIN.

>> FANTASTIC.

I ALL FIND WHEN YOU RIDE THE COUNTERCANTOR, IT GOES BACK TO TRAINING, CARL TAUGHT ME THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE WHIPPER SNAPPER IN MY TEENS, TO KEEP THAT INSIDE SEAT IN THE SADDLE AND THAT REALLY HELPS JUST SAY TO THE HORSE THROUGH THE SADDLE, THROUGH INTO THE BODY WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET.

>> AND TO KEEP THE BALANCE UNDERNEATH YOU.

>> ROAD THAT ONE MUCH BETTER.

>> AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE THE TENSION SHOWS UP IS JUST THOSE HIND QUARTERS THAT GET FISH TAILLIE IT IS HARD IN YOUR FIRST TIME HERE AND ARE YOU GETTING THEM FITTER THAN YOU EVER HAD TO GET THEM BEFORE AND IT IS A TIPPING POINT OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NEXT TIME FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YOU MAY DO THE BEST PRESENTATION IN THE WORLD FOR THE HORSE BUT YOU COME OUT AND A HORSE THAT HASN'T BEEN IN AN ATMOSPHERE LIKE THIS A LOT.

AND YOU JUST PICK UP A FEW LITTLE MISTAKES.

>> A LITTLE EARLY.

IT WAS CLEAN.

>> WE WILL TAKE IT.

>> YOU CAN NEVER KNOCK A HORSE FOR WANTING TO, THEY WANT TO TRY, YOU CAN'T SAY NO, YOU JUST SAY, OKAY, BUT NEXT TIME, LISTEN.

WAIT.

>> AND YOU SEE, THAT IS WHAT I MEAN, THAT IS SUCH A HARD MOVEMENT ON A HORSE THAT IS JUST A LITTLE TENTATIVE AND FRAGILE AND YOU SEE HER STALL A BIT INTO THE DOWNWARD TROT TRANSITION.

>> BOBBY MEYERHOFF, WILL BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF AT THE END OF HIS TEST WITH LUMUMBA.

MAYBE A LITTLE MORE TENSION THAN I THINK HE WAS EXPECTING.

THE HORSE LOOKED LOVELY, BOBBY LOOKED REALLY RELAXED.

HE HAS BEEN IN PRESSURE SITUATIONS BEFORE.

I THINK THE HORSE JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE HOLDING AND A LITTLE MORE TENT TIFER THAN HE WAS EXPECTING.

>> AND-- NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU GET IN HERE JUST EXACTLY HOW HORSES ARE GOING TO REACT.

YOU PREDICT.

YOU HOPE THEY ARE GOING TO GO WELL.

YOU HOPE THEY WILL COME UP FROM THAT WARMUP AREA WHICH IS A DISTANCE AWAY.

THEN LEAVING THEIR FRIENDS UP THE RAMP, INTO THIS ARENA YOU NEVER KNOW QUITE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET, EVEN THE CAMPAIGNED HORSES, YOU KNOW, CAN SURPRISE YOU.

>> ST REALLY HARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RACE TRACK, THE CROSS COUNTRY SO THEY GET ONE LITTLE LOOK AT THAT AND EVEN THE CAMPAIGN HORSES CAN FEEL A TON OF TENSION BECAUSE THEY REALIZE WHERE THEY ARE.

>> THEY CERTAINLY CAN.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE SCORE FOR OUR LAST TO GO, BOBBY MEYERHOFF, LUMUMBA, 39.5, 156, 159.5, 156.5, AND THAT PUTS HIM 11th PLACE, 39.5.

BUT LET'S GO AND HAVE A LOOK AFTER DAY ONE OF DRESSAGE HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY, PIGGY MARCH, LEADS THE WAY WITH CAVALIER CRUISE, SECOND FOR NEW ZEALAND MONICA EXPERIENCE ARTIST AND HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG CAPITOL H-I-M IN THIRD 3.4, MIA FARLEY AN AND DREW McCONOR FIRST TIME 5 STARS IN FOURTH AND FIFTH, AUSTIN O KWONER IN 6th WITH COLORADO BLUE, BUCK DAVIDSON, IN 7th, FORMER RACEHORSE, AZURE IN 8th.

CORNELIA FLETCHER WAS A ROLLER COASTER OF A RIDE IN THE DRESSAGE, LET'S HOPE THEY GO BETTER ON THE CROSS RI, I'M SURE THEY WILL.

BUT LET'S GO DOWN TO THE KISS AND CRY AREA AND CATCH UP WITH FRANKIE.

>> WELL, I'M HERE AT THE ALL TROID KISS AND CRY TO BE JOINED BY PIGGY MARCH, A BEAUTIFUL TEST FOR YOU, YOU ARE OUR LEADER AFTER DAY ONE, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE TEST.

>> SUPERPROUD OF HIM.

IS HE A BEAUTIFUL HORSE.

BUT IT IS HIS FIRST 5 STAR AND I MEAN HE WAS I CREDIBLE.

HE IS A BEAUTIFUL HORSE BUT THERE IS WAY MORE TO COME.

BUT WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT HIM IS HIS TEMPERMENT.

HE IS JUST SO-- HE STAYS WITH US THE WOLL TIME, HE TRIES, HE IS JUST SOLID IN HIS CHARACTER, SO THAT MAKES MY JOB EASIER.

BUT THE EXCITING THING ABOUT HIM AS WELL HE IS A GREAT BIG HORSE, IS HE 17, 2 OR SOMETHING AND STILL A BIT OF AN EMPTY FRAME.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE FOR FROM HIM OVER THE YEARS TO STILL COME AND DEVELOP WITH HIM.

WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXCITING TO KNOW.

BUT HE TRIED HIS BEST.

HE DID A CLEAR ROUND.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF HIM.

>> ABSOLUTE BRILLIANT START FOR YOU.

BUT THERE IS A LOT LEFT TO DO HERE THIS WEEKEND.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE TRACK.

>> OH MY WORD, WELL, YES, MY THOUGHTS ON IAN STARK'S TRACK STRKS A PROPER 5 STAR, TO BE FAIR, I THINK IT'S BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

SO IT IS DEFINITELY MADE US ALL SIT UP AND TAKE VERY SERIOUS NOTE, BUT IT IS 5 STAR AND MY HORSE IS VERY GOOD AT THE IAN STARK COURSE THIS YEAR, WITH IS A 4 STAR LONG.

SO HE IS LOW ON MILEAGE BUT A VERY GENUINE NICE SENSIBLE HORSE AND I HOPE I DO THE BEST JOB I CAN DO.

TO JUST GIVE HIM AS GOOD AN EXPERIENCE AS HE CAN DO AND KEEP THE CONFIDENCE UP AND GET THROUGH THE DAY AND THE WEEK BECAUSE WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

BUT JUST GIVE HIM A GOOD TIME OUT THERE.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING OUR FRIENDS, OUR FRIENDS DID PREDICT PIGGY WOULD LEAD THE WAY AND SHE DOES JUST THAT ON DAY ONE.

ED.

>> WELL, IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM PIGGY BUT THIS IS THE DAILY PULSE AND OUR TOP FEW AFTER THE DRESSAGE, HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG IN THIRD FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, REALLY IMPRESSED OUR JUDGES AND SITS AT THIRD, OVERNIGHT WITH CAPITOL H-I-M, A LOVELY BIG HORSE, POLISHED PERFORMANCE AND ONE THAT SHE CAN CERTAINLY SIT BACK AND SMILE ABOUT OVERNIGHT.

CELEBRATIONS WILL BE HAD.

MONICA SPENCER AND THE WONDERFUL ARTIST PERFORMED BRILLIANTLY IN THE WHITE BOARDS, TO SIT IN SECOND ON A VERY GOOD SCORE, THE FIRST SUB30 WE SAW THIS AFTERNOON ON 28.4.

THEY LEAD AT ADD LATE -- ADELAIDE.

THEY SIT SECOND OVERNIGHT ON DAY ONE.

BEHIND THIS LADY PIGGY MARCH WITH THE FIRST TIME 5 STAR, THE PREDICT TO LEAD THE DRESSAGE, IT WAS BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, ALLISON SWINBURN, AND THE PERRIES OWN THE HORSE.

WELL, WHAT A TEST FROM PIGGY.

SHE REALLY DOES LOVE THE DRESSAGE.

MAGNA WAY DAILY PULSE TOP THREE AFTER DAY ONE.

>> WELL, THAT WAS WAS QUITE AN EXCITING FINISH TO THE DRESSAGE TODAY.

A WIDE VARIETY OF DRESSAGE I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, PIGGY, MAN, THAT REALLY BLEW IT OUT OF THE PARK AND I THINK SHE COULD NOT BE IN A BETTER POSITION GOING INTO A FAS TAN PARTICULAR CROSS COUNTRY ON SATURDAY HER FIRST TIME HERE.

>> SHE IS CLIMBING THE STAIRS TO THE LITTLE INTERVIEW SHE WILL HAVE IN A MINUTE, CAN SHE KEEP CLIMBING THOSE STAIRS TO THE TOP OF THAT LEADERBOARD COME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

BUT THE EAGLES FLY HIGH, GREAT BRITAIN FLY HIGH AFTER DAY ONE T IS PIGGY MARCH THAT LEADS THE DRESSAGE.

THE MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL IS GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH INVALUABLE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

AND WE EXTEND OUR PREPARATION TO THE MANY AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS WHO HELP MAKE AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE POSSIBLE.

WELL, DRESS OOJ HAS BEEN-- DRESSAGE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT EVENTSFUL ON DAY ONE.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME HIGHS, WE'VE SEEN SOME LOWS BUT ULTIMATELY ST GREAT BRITAN-- BRITS AN'S PIGGY MARCH THAT LEADS AFTER DAY ONE, LYNN, THANK YOU VECH FOR ALL OF YOUR-- THIS AFTERNOON.

>> IT WAS GREAT, LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW.

>> WE CAN'T WAIT TOMORROW WE ARE BACK HERE, SAME PLACE, SAME TIME, 5 PAST 2:00 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 5 STAR