WE ARE JUST 30 MINUTE AS YOU WAY FROM THE START OF THE FOURTH AND FINAL EXCITING DAY OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR HERE AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

HI EVERYBODY, THANKS FOR TUNING IN, I'M JIM HUNTER, IT IS A BIG SPORTS DAY, HERE AT THE ICONIC FAIR HILL EVENT.

WITH THE SHOW JUMPING BEHIND US, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN MY PARTNER ALICE PLUNKETT, AN EVENTER, NATIONAL HUNT JOCKEY AND AND ONE ONE OF THE RACING PRESENTERS.

SHE HAS DONE IT ALL AND HER HUSBAND WILLIAM FOX-PITT IS COMPETING AND SITS IN SECOND PLACE.

WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT.

>> WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AT MAIRPD, SUCH A HISTORIC VENUE THAT HAS SEEN HORSE SPORT HOSTED HERE SINCE 1925.

FOR OUR SPORT TO HAVE THE STATE OF MARYLAND SUPPORTING ON THIS LEVEL REALLY IS INCREDIBLE AND THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE LACKING ON THIS AND THINKING HOW CAN WE CREATE THIS, BILLION HERE REALLY WAS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD, THE BEST OF HORSE SPORT, ONLY 26 STARTERS, A SMALL BUT MIGHTY FIELD.

TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS, WE HAVE 26 WINNERS OF THIS LEVEL, OF A A STAR WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.

THE SHOW JUMPING IS GOING TO BE AW SHOOK UP, JUST ONE FENCE, FOUR PENALTIES SEPARATES THE FIRST THREE.

TWO BRITS AT THE TOP.

THE WORLD NUMBER ONE, HE HEADS THE LEADERBOARD AND HE IS THE GUY THEY HAVE ALL GOT TO BE OLIVER TOWNEND AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OLD, I WANT TO CALL HIM THE OLD DOG, WILLIAM FOX-PITT IN SECOND LOOKING TO WIN AN INCREDIBLE 15th 5 STAR.

HE HAS HUGE AMERICAN SPORT, BEEN SUPPORTED FOR A LONG TIME SO THERE IS ALL TO PLAY FOR, AND THERE WILL BE SOME CLIMBERS, DON'T YOU FORGET IT.

>> I THINK I KNOW WHO YOU ARE ROOTING FOR.

>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, A THREE DAY EVENT TESTS THE OVERALL ABILITY OF THE HORSE AS WELL AS THE SKILL AND JUDGMENT OF THE RIDER.

THE FIRST PHASE IS DRASSAGE WHICH SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HORSE AND RIDER WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BEAD YENS AND HARMONY.

PHASE TWO TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY WITH CROSS COUNTRY, NEARLY FOUR LINE-UP TEST OF ENDURANCE WITH 47 JUMP, TODAY AS ALICE MENTIONED IS THE FINAL PHASE, THE JUMPING RIGHT BEHIND US, WHERE PENALTIES ARE INCURRED FOR KNOCKING DOWN A JUMP, FAILING TO JUMP OR EXCITING THE TIME LIMIT.

THE HORSE AND THE RIDER WITH THE LEAST NUMBER OF COMBINED PENALTIES OVER THE THREE DAYS WILL BE COMPARED THE WINNER.

LET'S GO BACK TO THURSDAY FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THIRD DAY, THAT WAS DRESSAGE WITH THE REPORT OF SPENCER STURMEY AND SINEAD MAYNARD WHO HAVE CALLED THE,ALL WEEK HERE ON MTT.

>>-- MPT.

>> THE FIRS DAY OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR DRESSAGE PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

HIGHS AND LOWS FROM START TO FINISH.

BUT IT WAS THIS LADY TO SIT IN THIRD PLACE, HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG WITH THE LOVELY CAPITOL H I M 324-- 32.4.

>> AN OLDER HORSE IN THE FIELD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HIM TO COME TO FREUICIAN, ENDS THE TEST WITH AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOOT PERFECT HALT AND BIG CHEERS FOR HANNAH SUE.

>> FOR NEW ZEALAND MONICA SPENCER AND THE WONDERFUL ARTIST LED THE DRESSAGE IN ADELAIDE, DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE CROSS COUNTRY BUT TODAY WAS THEIR DAY TO SHINE.

>> I THINK MONICA WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE THE SCORES LOWER BUT YOU SEE THE QUALITY OF HORSE WE SAW HERE IN THE SAND BOX AND HE SURE CAN DANCE AND I THINK SHE WILL BE EXCITED TO BE ON THUR HE-- THOROUGHBRED ON SATURDAY.

>> FIRST TIMERS AT THE LEVEL IT IS THE TEN YEAR OLD BROOKFIELD CAV-- GREENACRES AND PIGGY MARCH WHO DANCED INTO TOP SPOT WITH AN IMPRESSIVE SCORE OF 24.2.

>> PIGGY COMES INTO THE RING AND DELIVERS, OR DEMANDS EVERYONE'S ATTENTION FROM START TO FINISH.

AND LOOK AT THIS BRILLIANT HALT.

FINISHES UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL SCORE AND THAT WILL PUT HER ATOP THE LEADERBOARD AND SHE WILL BE THE ONE TO CATCH.

>> SHE WILL.

VERY PROUD OWNERS.

AS WE GO TO THAT LEADERBOARD AND SEE THEM, GRET BRAIT AN'S BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, NEW, MONICA SPONSOR IN SECOND, WITH HANNAH SUE HOLBERG IN THIRD, 32.4, MIA FARLEY AND ANDREW McCONNON FIRST TIMERS IN FOURTH AND FIFTH WITH AUSTIN O'CONNOR IN SIXTH FOR IRELAND.

COLORADO BLUE.

WE CATCH UP WITH FRANKIE AND OUR LEADER AFTER DRESSAGE PIGGY MARCH AT THE ALTOIDS KISS AND CRY.

>> I'M HERE AT THE ALTOID KISS AND CRY AND THRILLED TO BE JOINED BY PIGGY MARCH.

A BEAUTIFUL TEST FOR YOU, A LEADER AFTER DAY ONE ONE AND WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT TEST TODAY.

>> SUPER PROUD OF HIM.

HE IS A BEAUTIFUL HORSE.

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

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 TRIES.

HE STAYS WITH YOU THE WHOLE TIME.

HE TRIES, HE IS JUST SOLID IN HIS CHARACTER, SO THAT MAKES MY JOB EASIER BUT THE EXCITING THING ABOUT HIM AS WELL IS HE IS A GREAT BIG HORSE, 17.2-RBGS AND STILL A BIT OF AN EMPTY FRAME, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE FROM HIM OVER THE YEARS TO STILL COME AND DEVELOP WITH HIM.

AND 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.

>> AN ABSOLUTE BRILLIANT START FOR YOU BUT THERE IS A LOT LEFT TO DO HERE THIS WEEKEND.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON IAN STARK'S TRACK.

>> OH MY WORD, YES, MY THOUGHTS ON IAN STARK'S TRACK.

IT IS A PROPER 5 STAR.

TO BE FAIR, I THINK IT'S BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

SO IT HAS DEFINITELY MADE US ALL SIT UP AND TAKE VERY SERIOUS NOTE BUT IT IS 5 STAR AND MY HORSE IS VERY GOOD AT THE THE IAN STARK COURSE AT BRAMHAM THIS YEAR WHICH IS A 5 STAR LONG HE IS A NICE SENSIBLE HORSE, I HOPE I DO THE BEST JOB I CAN DO TO GIVE HIM AS GOOD AN EXPERIENCE AS HE CAN DO AND KEEP THE CONFIDENCE UP AND GET THROUGH THE DAY AND THE WEEK.

AS WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

BUT JUST GIVE HIM A GOOD TIME OUT THERE.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING OUR FRIENDS.

DID PREDICT PIGGY WOULD LEAVE THE WAY WITH THIS 5 STAR FIRST TIMER AND IN FACT SHE DOES JUST THAT ON DAY ONE.

>> AND ALICE, IT'S AMAZING HOW PRECISE IN THE DRESSAGE EVENT, HOW PRECISE THEY HAVE TO BE.

>> IT.

IS YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THESE HORSES ARE TRAINED TO GO FAST, BE FIT, AND IT IS VERY CHALLENGING AND A REAL ART OF THE RIDERS, THE PARTNERSHIPS TO GET THEM TO DO THAT COMPRESSED WORK BEFORE THEY GO TO CROSS COUNTRY.

>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE HORSE AND THE RIDER TO BE IN SYNC.

>> SO WE START TRAINING THESE HORSES AT A YEARS OLD.

MOST OF THESE HORSES NOW, THE YOUNGEST IN THE FIELD IS 9, THEN THEY CARRY ON THROUGH, THERE IS MANY, MANY YEARS OF TRAINING BUILDING THAT.

>> ALICE AND I ARE HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY PHILLIP DUTTON, HOW ABOUT SEVEN OLYMPICS FOR PHILLIP.

IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, WHAT ARE YOU YOU EXPECTING TODAY?

>> IT IS SUCH AN EXCITING DAY, THIS IS THE END OF IT, THE CLIE MAX AND IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL THE LAST RIDER JUMPED THE LAST JUMP AND SO I THINK WE'RE IN FOR A REALLY EXCITING AFTERNOON.

>> WE CERTAINLY ARE, PHILLIP, AREN'T WE.

THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR OF MARYLAND.

YOU HAVE BEEN AN ICON OF SPORT IN THE U.S. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE STATE SUPPORT HERE AND THIS EXTRAORDINARY 5 STAR, THE BEST OF THE BEST TO BE HERE IN THE AUTUMN CAMPAIGN?

>> IT IS INCREDIBLE.

IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC DAY YESTERDAY.

AND SEEING THE CROWDS COME OUT TODAY.

I MEAN I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RIDE IN VENUES ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THIS IS AS GOOD AS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

AND IT IS SORT OF, THERE IS SOMETHING THERE FOR EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE AN EQUESTRIAN ENTHUSIAST, ALL HERE TO PLAY FOR AND TO WATCH.

BUT THEN YOU KNOW, THE STUFF FOR KIDS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A FULL DAY OUT IN THE GREAT COUNTRYSIDE.

>> I WAS QUITE JEALOUS OF THE TAILGATE.

I WAS GET SOG NERVOUS FOR WILLIAM AND WATCHING AND THINKING OH I WOULD QUITE LIKE TO BE A TAILGATER.

YOU TOOK A HORRIBLE FALL YESTERDAY, REALLY SORRY TO SEE THAT, ARE YOU OKAY?

>> YEAH, NOW, IT WAS UNFORTUNATE, I WAS HAVING A REAL CUT AT IT, TRYING TO GO FAST AND JUST MISJUDGED ONE JUMP AND SO MY SWEET LITTLE MARE AND I CAME DOWN.

BUT WE'RE BOTH NONE THE WORSE FOR WEAR AND WE'LL BE BACK AND LEARN FROM IT AND COME BACK STRANGER NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY.

>> BUT FOR U.S. EQUISTRIAN SPORT, CAN YOU PUT INTO WORDS HOW IMPORTANT MARYLAND SUPPORTED BY MARS IS FOR THE U.S. AND U.S. EQUISTRIAN SPORT.

>> I THINK THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN 5 STARS IN THE WORLD AND FOR MARYLAND TO PUT THIS ON FOR OUR SPORT AND FOR THE WHOLE WORLD IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE BEST RIDERS IN THE WORLD, FLYING THEIR HORSES IN FOR THIS.

IT JUST UPS EVERYBODY'S GAME, IT MAKES THE SPORT IN AMERICA SO MUCH BETTER.

AND MAKES THE RIDERS, GIVES THEM REALLY SOME GOALS TO AIM FOR.

THIS IS A BIG STEPPING STONE TO NEXT YEAR'S OLYMPICS.

SO WITH ALL THE RIDERS HERE TO TRY AND GET BETTER AND TO WIN IT.

>> FOR PHILLIP THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR, RIGHT, YOUR DAUGHTER IS COMPETING OR HAS COMPETED.

>> SO THERE WAS A BRIGHT SPOT ON PIE DAY YESTERDAY.

MY DAUGHTER OLIVIA JUST ROAD BEAUTIFULLY ON A RACEHORSE TRAINED HERE AT MARYLAND AT FAIR HILL.

SO SHE DID, ENDED UP DOING REALLY WELL IN THE 3 STAR.

AND SO IT WAS FUN FOR ME TO KIND OF BE HER COACH AND HER DAD AND TO WATCH HER COME ALONG AND REALLY ENJOY IT AND BE A PART OF THE GREAT SPORT.

>> YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.

BECAUSE THE DUTTON DYNASTY IS SAFE IN HER HANDS FOR SURE.

PREDICTIONS, WE'VE GOT TWO BIG ENGLISH GUYS AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD HERE.

BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE SEPARATING THE TOP 5.

WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON?

>> YEAH, I MEAN THE SHOW JUMPING IS OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS INFLUENTIAL.

ONE RAIL DOWN IS FOUR FAULTS AND THE SCORES ARE PRETTY JAM-PACKED THERE.

SO I DON'T-- I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED OLLIE'S HORSE MUCH OR WILLIAM, SO I AM PROBABLY NOT THE BEST ONE TO ASK.

SO WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WATCH IT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

BUT WHATEVER WAY THEY WIN T WAS A GREAT DAY YESTERDAY AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT COMPETITION.

>> I AGREE.

AND I IEN STARK OUR COURSE DE SIERN WAS RENOWNED AS BEING THE BOLD SCOTSMAN.

HE WAS INCREDIBLE TO WATCH RIDE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND YESTERDAY HE BUILT A TRACK THAT ABSOLUTELY, I THOUGHT REFLECTED HIS RIDING STYLE.

BECAUSE WE WALKED IT, AND WE ALL WENT WHOA.

BUT THE HORSES REALLY READ IT.

>> YES, AND THE GROUND WAS JUST PERFECT AND BY THAT I MEAN IT WAS IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR THE HORSES TO GALLOP AT SPEED ON.

AND YES, IAN DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

YOU PUT YOUR NECK ON THE LINE A LITTLE BIT BEING THE DESIGNER.

YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET HURT BUT THEN YOU WANT TO SORT OUT THE BEST FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST HORSE AND RIDER TO WIN.

AND SO I THOUGHT HE DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

>> PHILLIP, WE APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

SEVEN TIME OLYMPIAN, HOW ABOUT THAT, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ALL RIGHT, NOW ONLY IN ITS THIRD YEAR THE MARYLAND 5 STAR IS ONE OF ONLY 75 STAR EVENTS IN THE WORLD.

AND EARLIER THIS WEEK SOME OF THE COMPETITORS SPOKE TO US ABOUT HOW SPECIAL THIS COMPETITION IS.

>> IT JUST HAS BEEN REALLY SPECIAL FOR THE WHOLE AREA, PENNSYLVANIA AND OBVIOUSLY MARYLAND.

AND MY MAIN OWNER TIM GARDNER, HE IS ON ALL THREE BOARDS FOR THIS EVENT.

SO IT IS LIKE REALLY SPECIAL EVENT FOR US FOR SURE.

>> WELL, IT IS A FANTASTIC VENUE, I HAVE HEARD AMAZING REPORTS BACK IN THE U.K WE'VE HAD SOME RIDERS HERE BEFORE, OLLIE HAS BEEN HERE, HARRY HAS BEEN HERE T REALLY IS ONE TO DO.

SO I THOUGHT BEFORE HANGING UP MY BOOTS I WANT TO TICK THE MARYLAND BOX HERE I AM.

>> FANTASTIC VENUE, FANTASTIC CROSS COUNTRY COURSE.

AND SINCE I WAS IN KENTUCKY FOR TEN YEARS, I ALWAYS WANTED TO COME BACK TO THE STATES AND THIS WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY.

HAD A GREAT SPRING, THINGS DIDN'T GO QUITE RIGHT IN BURGHLEY, WE PULLED THE PLUG AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO REROOF.

>> LOOK AT THAT, IT IS PRETTY AMAZING.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE FIRST TWO THAT THEY HAVE RUN HERE.

AND HAD SUCH A POSITIVE TIME, AND WE LOVE THE 5 STARS.

AND WE LOVE THAT MARYLAND HAS A 5 STAR.

SO WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT IT.

>> IT IS DWREAT FOR THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S GREAT FOR PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, THE EAST COAST, AND FOR OVERSEAS RIDERS AS WELL.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL VENUE.

UNIQUE TERRAIN.

NOT THAT MANY EVENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE CROSS COUNTRY TERRAIN LIKE THIS AND THEY BUILT A MAGNIFICENT STADIUM.

IT IS ALL WELL FOR GREAT COMPETITION.

>> THE SECOND DAY OF DRESSAGE COMPETITION FEATURED BOTH WILLIAM FOX-PITT AND HIS FELLOW BRITISH EVENTER OLIVER TOWNEND, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> DAY TWO HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND CCI5 STAR PROUDLY SPONSORED AND SPORTED BY BROWN ADVISORY IS COMPLETE.

TWO DAYS OF DRESSAGE ARE NOW OVER IT WAS GREAT BRITAN'S WILLIAM FOX-PITT THAT CAME IN TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY WITH THE LOVELY MARE IN GRAFENNACHT.

>> WILLIAM SAID HE WANTED TO COME TO THIS VENUE BEFORE HE HANGS UP HIS BOOTS AND I THINK HE IS HERE FOR MORE THAN JUST A TOUR OF THE VENUE SHOWING OFF HIS CLASS ALL THE WAY THROUGH, HUGE CHEERS WHEN HE WRAPPED UP WITH HIS FINAL HALT SALUTE, DEFINITELY A FAN FAVORITE AND IT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH HIM TOMORROW.

>> IT CERTAINLY WILL.

THE OVERNIGHT LEADER FROM YESTERDAY NOW IN SECOND PLACE.

IT IS GREAT BRITAIN'S PIGGY MARCH AND THE FIRST TIME 5 STAR BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE.

>> YEAH, I THINK AGAIN THIS HORSE JUST HAS SO MUCH CLASS, SO MUCH PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE AND DID SUCH QUALITY WORK YESTERDAY.

REALLY SOLIDIFIED BY THIS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT HALT AT THE END.

AND SO SHE GOES DOWN JUST ONE NOTCH BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY BE NOT A DRESSAGE SHOW TOMORROW.

>> THE WORLD NUMBER ONE GREAT BRITAIN'S OLIVER TOWNEND, FOURTH LAST OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS INTO THE DRESSAGE ARENA PROVED ONCE AGAIN WHY IS HE THE WORLD NUMBER ONE WITH COOLEE ROSALENT OWNED BY PAUL RIDGEON, 23.1.

>> YEAH, AND THIS IS ANOTHER YOUNG MARE.

JUST HER FIRST 5 STAR HERE.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT TOMORROW.

BUT LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THIS HORSE, ALL THE WAY AROUND.

>> THE LEADERBOARD, OLIVER TOWNEND SITS AT THE TOP, COOLEE ROSALENT, PIGGY MARCH MARCH BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE IN SECOND, 24.2, WILLIAM POKS FITT, 26.1, GREAT BRIRT AN ONE, TWO, THREE, NEW ZEALAND IN FOURTH, MONICA SPENCER ART WIST BOYD MARTIN THE HIGHEST PLACED ON CONTESSA IN FIFTH PLACE, JACOB FLETCHER FIRST 5 STAR, LEXI SCOVIL, HANNAH SUE HOLBERG, THEY'RE ALL THERE AND IT IS ALL TO PLAY FOR, FOR TOMORROW'S CROSS COUNTRY COURSE FROM IAN STARK THE COURSE DESIGNER.

>> WE ARE SO HAPPY TO WELCOME IN JEFF NEWMAN WHO IS THE PRESIDENT & CEO OF THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH HOW THESE FOUR DAYS HAVE GONE.

>> IT HAS GONE FANTASTIC.

WE ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE TOWNOUT.

WE STARTED THIS IN 2021 COMING OFF THE PANDEMIC AND TRIED TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE IN MARYLAND.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE.

>> YOU SO ARE.

THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON YOU.

THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON MARYLAND.

AND WHAT YOU CREATED HERE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

HAVING THAT BASE OF HISTORY, OF HORSE SPORT IN THIS GREAT PARK SINCE 1955, DID THAT INSPIRE YOU, DID THAT HELP YOU?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE MARYLAND HORSE INDUSTRY HAS GOT SUCH TRADITION HERE AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE STATE.

AND PEOPLE LOVE THEIR HORSES IN MARYLAND.

ACTUALLY QUICK STAT, 52% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN MARYLAND ARE CONSIDERED HORSE ENTHUSIASTS.

SO IT WAS A NATURAL PLACE TO BRING IT HERE TO FAIR HILL, HERE ON STATE PARK, SO IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

>> HAVING MARS SUPPORTING YOU, HAVING BROWN ADVISORY WHO I KNOW WE SEE SUPPORTING HORSE SPORT IN THE U.K., SPONSORS AT THE GREAT CHILLTON FESTIVAL T IS SO IMPORTANT, ISN'T IT.

BUT THOSE GUYS REALLY KNOW QUALITY WHEN THEY SEE IT AND THEY ONLY ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST.

SAME WITH THE RIDER.

YOU MUST BE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE LINE-UP THAT CAME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK JUST BETWEEN THE COMPETITIVE FIELD AND OUR SPONSORS IT IS REALLY A STAMP OF APPROVAL.

THEY BELIEVED IN WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO HERE IN MARYLAND AND STEPPED UP AND SUPPORTED IT.

SO HAVING A BRAND LIKE MARS AND BROWN ADVISORY WHO SUPPORT THE EQUISTRIAN INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE T WAS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE TWO REALLY LEAD OUR EVENT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HOPING MORE WILL COME ON BOARD AS WELL.

>> FOR SURE.

>> JEFF, I'M CURIOUS, THE RELATIONSHIP TW MARYLAND PUBLIC TRVETION.

HOW HAS THAT HELPED YOU TO GROW THE SPORT BRINGING THE EVENT TO MORE HOUSEHOLDS?

>> SO AWARENESS IS CRITICAL FOR THE EVENT BUT ALSO THE SPORT.

SO HAVING MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION AS A FREE OFFERING TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING.

WE REALLY JUST NEEDED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AND HOPEFULLY WE GET INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE HERE BUT OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST THING WAS TO GET DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND TO REALLY BUY INTO THIS EVENT.

SO HAVING MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION AS OUR BROADCASTER REALLY HELPS CREATE THAT AWARENESS.

>> BUT YOU HAVE CREATED NOT ONLY TOP EQUISTRIAN SPORT BUT A DAY OUT FOR THE FAMILY.

AND THAT IS REALLY OBVIOUS WITH GREAT WOLF LODGE SUPPORTING YOU AS WELL, AND AS RIDERS AND COMPETITORS, WE HAVE BEEN STAYING THERE.

IT IS SUCH A FAMILY FEEL, IT SIN CREDIBLE.

BUT JUST FEELING THE VIBE AUGUST AROUND, MY KIDS ARE LIKE NINE, TEN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM OUT HERE IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL DAY OUT IN A HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL SPOT.

IT'S A PLACE TO COME WITH YOUR TAILGATE W YOUR FAMILY.

>> WELL, CECIL COUNTY IS THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN MARYLAND.

SO MUCH TO OFFER.

AND FAIR HILL IS JUST GORGEOUS.

WHAT WE WANTED TO CREATE IS AN EVENT, NOT A COMPETITION.

SO THE COMPETITION IS DISWREAT, OBVIOUSLY THE INTERNATIONAL RIDERS WE HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THE AMERICANS IS TOP NOTCH BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT HERE THAT ARE NOT EQUISTRIAN FANS SO WE ARE OFFERING A GREAT RETAIL EXPERIENCE, IS SPECIAL EVENTS SUMP AS OUR LOCAL FOOD BEST, FEAR, CORGI RACING, PONY RACING, THINGS PEOPLE CAN COME OUT, BRING THEIR DOG, THEIR FAMILY AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

>> YOU EVEN PICKED UP ON THE DOG.

>> THEY HAD A DOG RACE RIGHT ON THE AIR BEFORE.

>> MAJOR LEAGUE EVENTING APPROACHED US, SAYING THEY WANT TO BRING CORGI RACING TO THE 5 STAR.

I SAID LET'S DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL TRACK, TURF TRACK NEXT TO US.

SO WE GAVE IT A SHOT LAST YEAR, WE HAD 50 CORGIS AND WE DOUBLED IT THIS YEAR.

THEY ARE OFF AND RUNNING, SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES WE LIKE TO SHOWCASE.

>> WE APPRECIATE THE VISIT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON I STELLAR EVENT.

>> JEFFS THE C.E.O.

AND PRESIDENT OF THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.

NOW YESTERDAY WAS PHASE TWO OF THIS THREE DAY EVENT, CROSS COUNTRY.

LET'S FIND OUT WHO MASTERED THE GRUELING TRACK RIGHT HERE AT FAIR HILL.

>> WELL, IT'S TAKEN QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS TO GET TO THIS STAGE.

IN THE PAST I HAVE HAD TWO YEARS OF RIDERS GETTING-- TOO MANY RIDERS GETTING INSIDE THE TIME.

BUT THIS YEAR-- THE 3 STAR AND THE 5 STAR RIGHT UP TO SCRATCH.

AND THEN PROBABLY GOING A LITTLE FARTHER THAN THEY WERE EXPECTING.

IT'S A STUNNING PARK.

THE PRESIDENT OF GRAND JURY THIS YEAR SAID SHE DIDN'T THINK ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD HAD BETTER FOOTING THAN HERE AT FAIR HILL.

AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

I MEAN IT'S JUST IMPROVED EVERY YEAR.

I DON'T MEAN THE CROSS COUNTRY.

IN GENERAL, THE WHOLE EVENT HAS JUST IMPROVED BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION AND PEOPLE WERE COMPARING IT THIS YEAR TO BURGHLEY WHICH IS QUITE SOMETHING, BECAUSE BURGHLEY HAS BEEN RUNNING A LONG TIME.

THE WHOLE CROSS COUNTRY ASPECT, I JUST LOVE GETTING INVOLVED.

I LOVE PLANNING IT.

AND AND I HATE THE DAY OF THE COMPETITION BECAUSE I'M TERRIFIED ANYTHING GOES WRONG.

BUT I LOVE GETTING IT READY.

AND COMING UP WITH THE IDEAS AND I FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, EVERY PLACE IS DIFFERENT AND WHAT IS BRILLIANT HERE AT FAIR HILL IS THAT THE TERRAIN TALKS TO YOU.

IT SORT OF SAYS THIS IS WHAT I NEED HERE.

AND THAT IS WHAT I NEED THERE.

I COULD GET CARRIED AWAY AND OVERUSE THE TERRAIN BUT IT IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO DESIGN, I COULD BE HERE 20 YEARS AND NOT GET TIRED OF IT.

IT BECOMES PART OF THE FAMILY, YOU LIVE, EAT, BREATHE, SLEEP IT, YOU LIVE IT.

AND SO IT IS MY BABY.

AND I GET PROTECTIVE, I GET DEFENSIVE.

HAVE I LEARNED TO GROW A THICK ERSKINE THANKS TO THIS PLACE.

SO YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE WHAT YOU TAKE THE ENJOYMENT WHEN IT COMES.

>> CROSS COUNTRY DAY HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

THE DAY STARTED BRIGHT AND WE HAD A REAL TASK ON OUR HANDS WITH THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE DESIGNED BY IAN STARK.

IT WAS THIS LADY MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS WHO REALLY IMPRESSED, THE ONLY COMBINATION INSIDE THE TIME.

>> MIA FARLEY BRILLIANT TODAY.

HER FIRST 5 STAR EVER, AND SHE DEFINITELY TURNED A LOT OF HEADS DOING IT.

A HORSE THAT DAVID O'CONNOR PURCHASED FOR $1 AND THESE TWO SCRAPPED AROUND THE COURSE LOOKING LIKE THEY HAVE DONE IT A HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE.

GETTING IT DONE.

>> YEAH, HELPING EACH OTHER OUT WHEN THE CRIPS ARE REALLY DOWN.

AS TO THIS MAN, THE MAR THEA DUG DEEP IN THE SPRING, SHE DUG DEEP AGAINST WITH A COUPLE OF HELP ME OUT MOMENT, WILLIAM FOX-PITT SITS SECOND WITH GRAFENNACHT.

>> YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS IS SUCH A CLASS MARE THAT HE THINKS THE WORLD OF, ALL THE WAY AROUND THEY BOTH SEEM TO BE REALLY ENJOYING THEMSELVES, HERE TO THE END.

SHE LOOKED FULL OF RUN, FULL OF JUMP AND JUST ANOTHER BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE BY THE MAN WE HAVE GOTTEN TO BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE AT SO MANY TIMES.

AND SEE HIM GO AGAIN HERE AT MARYLAND.

>> WELL, 14 FIVE STAR WINS UNDER HIS BELT, THIS MAN HAS SEVEN 5 STAR WINS UNDER HIS BELT, OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT.

>> THIS MARE, WHAT CAN YOU SAY, A GOOD THOROUGHBRED CAN GET YOU HIGH, OLLIE SHOWING WHY HE IS WORLD NUMBER ONE.

SPOT ON ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS TRACK.

>> THE MARE TUL PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS, REALLY GOOD CLEAR ROUND HERE.

OLIVER DUG DEEP, SO DID THE MARE.

THEY JUST PICKED UP A TIME PENALTY, SIX TIME PENALTIES IN ALL AS THEY JUMP THAT FINAL FENCE AND GO THROUGH THE FINISH FLAGS.

OLIVER DOWN-END SITS AT THE TOP OF THE BROWN ADVISORY LEADERBOARD WITH COOLEE ROSALENT 29.1-RBGS WILLIAM FOX-PITT SECOND WITH GRAFENNACHT, 31.3 FOR THE GREAT BRITISH DUO WITH MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS, THE U.S.A.

IN THIRD, 32.1.

DOWN IN 7th CAROLINE POWELL FOR NEW ZEALAND GREENACRES, ANOTHER MARE WITH MONICA SPENCER NOR NEW ZEALAND IN 99, ARTIST, 43.6, DOUG PAYNE IN 11th, LITTLE YAM-- LILLIAN HEARD WOOD IS 13th, LCC BARNABY.

BUT THAT MAN THERE, THE WORLD NUMBER ONE, OLIVER TOWNEND LEADS THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AFTER CROSS COUNTRY.

>> YOU MENTIONED THAT REALLY IS A GRUELING EVENT TO GET THROUGH.

>> IT IS AN INCREDIBLE TEST OF HORSE AND RIDER BUT IT IS A FAIR TEST BECAUSE THESE HORSES AND RIDERS ARE TRAINED AND PREPARED.

THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY WANT THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE BUT THE GREAT THING IS WHEN YOU WALK THAT COURSE, IT WAS WHAT HE WOULD DESCRIBE AS RIDER FRIGHTENER, I SAID IT ON THE SHOW ALREADY.

YOU WALKED UP TO FENSZS, ARE YOU LITERALLY LIKE NO.

WE HAD GUESTS FROM BALTIMORE, THEY WERE LOOKING GOING YOU ARE SERIOUS, LIKE THE HORSES ARE GOING TO JUMP THIS.

BUT THE GOOD GUYS AND GOOD HORSES, THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, JUST REALLY READ THAT COURSE WELL, IAN STARK, YOU HEARD HOW PASSIONATE-- PASSIONATE HE IS ABOUT HIS DESIGN.

TODAY WE HAD THE HORSE INSPECTION BECAUSE HORSE WELFARE IN THIS SPORT IS ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT, THE RIGHTERS, THE OFFICIALS, EVERYBODY IS THINKING ABOUT THE HORSE AT THE HEART OF THIS SPORT.

SO THEY HAVE TO PRESENT TO THE GRAND JURY AND BE CHECKED OVER BY SOME VETS AND TWO HORSES WERE DEEMED NOT QUITE RIGHT TO CARRY ON WITH THE COMPETITION, PIGGY MARCH FINISHED THE CROSS COUNTRY UP IN 5th PLACE BUT OPTED TO NOT RUN TODAY IN THE SHOW JUMPING BECAUSE SHE WASN'T HAPPY WITH HOW HER HORSE CAME OUT AFTER YESTERDAY.

AS I SAID, HORSE WELFARE ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF EVERYBODY'S THINKING.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT TEST THAN WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY.

YESTERDAY THE FINANCES WERE SOLID.

THE HORSES HAD TO GALLOP FAST OVER FOUR MILES UP AND DOWN THE TERRAIN, TODAY WE HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL FOOTING T IS FLAT AND THESE FENCES FALL DOWN.

IT IS GOING TO BE TIME BUT ALSO AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN YOU KNOCK A FENCE DOWN IT IS FOUR PENALTIES, AND AS YOU JUST SAW ON THE GRAPHIC, OLIVER TOWNEND HEADS IT UP BUT HE IS ON 29.1.

ONE FENCE DOWN HE WILL DROP TO 33.1, THAT WILL DROP HIM RIGHT DOWN THE LEADERBOARD, WILLIAM FOX-PITT SNAPPING ON HIS HEELS AS IS MIA FARLEY AND THE ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR WHO COULD BE A CLIMBER, AUSTIN O'CONNOR, A BRILLIANT IRISH RIDER, ERODE IN THE OLYMPICS IN RIO.

ERODE IN THE OLYMPICS IN JAP APP.

HE HAS JUST BP IN THE WORLD GAMES.

HE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GUY WITH PROBABLY THE MOST EXPERIENCE OUT OF EVERYONE IN THAT TOP LOT.

AND MY MONEY WOULD BE ON HIM IF ANY MISTAKE COMES ABOVE HIM.

>> AS WE WATCH THOSE HIGHLIGHTS I SAW YOU SMILE WHEN YOUR HUSBAND WILLIAM FOX-PITT WAS EXPERTLY JUMPING.

IS THIS HIS SKILL?

IS THIS THE COURSE OR IS THE CROSS COUNTRY.

>> WELL, THERE IS ARE SO MANY UNDERCURRENTS WITH THIS.

BECAUSE WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HIM HERE.

WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE OWNER CALLED AMANDA GOULD IT SAY BIG EXPENSE TO BRING THE HORSE.

AND FOR HER TO NEV IN WILLIAM AND OUR TEAM IS A HUGE PRIVILEGE FOR US, WE DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO AMANDA GOULD FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN, WILLIAM IS 54 NOW, AS YOU HEARD, HE HAS WON 14, 5 STARS.

THE WORLD NUMBER ONE HAS ONLY WON -9D.

HE HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE CAREER THAT HAS SEEN HIM GO TO 5 OLIM BICK-- OLIM PIM GAIKS-- GAMES AND SUFFERED A HORM 5 SINCE 2015 ANDS HAD.

I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

I'M NOT SURE I WILL NORTHBOUND ANY STATE TO HELP YOU RAP UP THE SHOW AFTER THE SHOW JUMPING IF HE PULL THIS ONE OFF.

IT REALLY, IT IS EMOTIONAL ON MANY, MANY LEVELS.

WE LOVE THIS MARE.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO AMANDA.

AND TO HAVE HIM HERE IN THIS POSITION BACK AT THE TOP OF THE GAME IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.

>> WELL, WE THANK YOU ALICE AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR WATCHINGMENT MPT SPORTS DESK.

FOR EVERYONE ON THE TEAM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL, I'M JIM HUNTER.

DON'T GO ANY WHERE THE MARYLAND 5 STAR BEGINS IN TWO MINUTES.

WE'LL SEE YOU AFTER THE EVENT.

I WARM WELCOME BACK TO THE MASHES MAIRPD 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

TODAY IS SHOW JUMPING DAY.

THE BIG TEST OF ALL OF THE THREE, THE FINAL DAY T IS ALL BEEN A MASSIVE ROLLER COASTER OF A RIDE AND JOURNEY SINCE THE VERY FIRST HORSE DOWN THE CENTER LINE IN THE DRESSAGE ON THURSDAY.

THE ON WEDNESDAY THEN THE FINAL HORSE NMTION FOR THE 5 STAR FIRST THING THIS MORNING.

VERY SADLY WE LOST TWO COMBINATIONS AT THAT FINAL HORSE INSPECTION.

PIGGY MARCH WITHDREW FROM THE HOLDING BOX WITH HER LOVELY BIG HORSE, FIRST TIME 5 STAR FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND ALSO ERIN KANARA AND CAMPGROUND, HER GREAT 5 STAR CAMPAIGNER ALSO WITHDREW FROM THE HOLDING BOX I'LL BE JOINED BY SINEAD MAYNARD AS SHE IS NOW, SHE IS OUT THERE WALKING THE SHOW JUMPING TRACK, I HAVE WALKED ONE TO NINE, COULDN'T WALK ANY FURTHER BECAUSE THE GRAND JURY WERE WALKING THE COURSE.

THE RIDERS ARE OUT THERE WALKING THE COURSE AS WE SPEAK.

ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS AND DIGNITARIES AND SPONSORS HAVING A VERY, VERY SPECIAL COURSE WALK WITH OUR CROSS COUNTRY COURSE DESIGNER IAN STARK.

HE IS OUT THERE WALKING THE WHITE HOUSER WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AS WELL.

AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE SO MANY FABULOUS PEOPLE HERE, SO MANY FABULOUS RIDERS PERFECT WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE WIND, WE HAVE HAD A FEW HEAVY GUESTS OF WIND, A STEADY 12 MILES AN HOUR AT THE MOMENT HERE IN THE MAIN ARENA AND WE HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T GET TOO MUCH BLUSTERY HERE BECAUSE AT ONE POINT IN THE 3 STAR WE HAD ONE FENCE THAT WENT DOWN DURING SOMEBODY'S ROUND.

BUT MICHELLE HAS-- MICHEL HAS BUILT A FABULOUS TRACK AND IT HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER, AS I SAID, OF AN EVENT FROM START TO FINISH.

>> WELL, TWO DAYS AGO IT WAS DRESSAGE, CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE HIGH LIGHTS FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT CAME IN, THE MARE THAT DUG SO DEEP IN THIS RING.

AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE IN THE WHITE BOARDS AT THE DRESS ANGST FOR THREE JUDGE, IS JUDY HANCOCK, ROBERT STEPHENSON AND ANDREW BENNY.

SAW HIM IN THIRD PLACE, A REALLY IMPRESSIVE START TO WILLIAM FOX-PITT'S CAMPAIGN.

GREAT BRITAIN PIGGY MARCH, PIGGY WITH THE LOVELY HORSE THAT IS IS BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, REALLY IMPRESSED OUR JUDGES.

BROOKFIELD-- BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE WENT ON TO PRODUCE A REALLY GOOD TEST, 24.2 TO SIT IN EVENTUAL SECOND.

BUT IT WAS GREAT BIT AN'S WORLD NUMBER ONE OLIVER TOWNEND WITH PAUL AND DIANA RIDGEON COOLEE ROSALENT THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ALL OF OUR JUDGES FOR A 23.1.

THE HORSE THAT WON BRAMHAM RECENTLY AND ALSO RAN AT LUHMUHLEN IN THE SPRING, BUT NINE YEARS OLD THIS MARE, OLIVER WAS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED.

WE THEN MOVED ON TO CROSS COUNTRY.

IT WAS FAST T WAS FURIOUS, BUT THIS LADY ON HER FIRST TIME FIVE STAR DAY DUE MIA FARLEY REALLY PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS WITH DAVID O'CONNOR'S PHELPS PURCHASED FOR $1 FROM JOANIE MORRIS WAS THE ONLY COMBINATION TO COME HOME FAULT FREE.

NO JUMPING, NO TIME PENALTIES.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DICEY IN PLACES BUT THEY REALLY HELPED EACH OTHER OUT AROUND IAN STARK'S CROSS COUNTRY COURSE.

IT WAS THEN DOWN TO WILLIAM FOX-PITT.

GRAFENNACHT, THE MARE THAT DOUG EVER SO DEEP IN BADMINTON ONCE AGAIN PROVED HER WORTH AROUND THIS VERY BIG TRACK.

SHE CAME HOME JUST OVER THE OPTIMUM TIME, PICKED UP 5 TOY 2 TIME PENALTIES TO COMPLETE ON 31.3 AND FINISH IN OVERNIGHT SECOND.

WILLIAM WAS DELIGHTED WITH HER ROUND, 14, 5 STAR WINS FOR WILLIAM, 7 FOR THIS MAN, THE WORLD NUMBER ONE, OLIVER TOWNEND WHO GALLOPED AROUND THIS TRACK MAWKING IT LOOK VERY EASY INDEED SIX TIMED PENALTIES, 15 SECOND OTHER THE OPTIMUM TIME WAS GOOD ENOUGH STILL FOR OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT TO GO INTO THE OVERNIGHT TOP SPOT, 25.1 MEANS THAT THERE IS NOT A POLE SEPARATING THE TOP THREE HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS COMING IT THIS SHOW JUMPING.

THE MAGAZINE THAT WAVE DAILY PULSE HAS BEEN A BRILLIANT ONE AT THE END OF EACH DAY.

WELL, THERE IS OLIVER TOWNEND WALKING THE SHOW JUMPING TRACK.

A MAN THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS SITUATION ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION OLIVER HAS BEEN ON THE PODIUM ON BOTH OCCASIONS ON TWO PREVIOUS VITSES HERE.

HE WOULD LOVE TO GO HOME WITH THE WIN.

>> COULD IT BE WILLIAM FOX-PITT, MIA FARLEY, COULD IT BE AUSTIN O'CONNOR, QUITE FRANKLY IT COULD COME FROM ANYBODY IN THE LEADERBOARD.

>> SECOND WILLIAM FOX-PITT WITH GRAFENNACHT 31.3-RBGS MIA FARLEY THE ONLY RIDER CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME WITH PHELPS 32.9 AND AUSTIN O'CONNOR IS IN FOURTH PLACE FOR IRELAND, WOULDN'T IT BE A FAIRY TALE IF HE COULD GO ON TO THAT PODIUM WITH COLORADO BLUE, AT BURGHLEY THEY HAD A FANTASTIC BADMINTON BUT SITS IN FOURTH.

>>-- SHE HAS BEEN A FORMER 5 STAR WINNER, SHE IS A SILVER MEDALIST FROM THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES IN TEEMENT MONICA SPONSOR COMPLETED HER FIRST 5 STAR YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS A BETTER OF A ROUND AS WELL, ARTIST WAS A LOVELY PERFORMANCE, 43.6 IN 7th, BUCK DAVIDSON AND THE FORMER RACEHORSE WON OVER 80,000 IN RACING, AND HAS RUN OVER 60 RACES.

DOUG PAYNE GREAT ROUND CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY, CAPITOLLIZING ON A REALLY GOOD DRESSAGE, IN 9th.

LILLIAN HEARD WOOD AND THE VERY, VERY SEASONED CAMPAIGNER LCC BARNABY HAS 12, 5 STARS UNDER HIS BELT.

THIS IS HIS 13th HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

60.8 THEIR SCORE WITH CORNELIA FLETCHER, DAYTONA BEACH 8 IN 11th AND FIRST TIMER ANDREW McCON OP FERRY HE ON 12th ON 79.2.

AS WE TURN THE PAGE, TO OUR FINAL TWO RIDERS EMILY HAMEL AND BOBBY MEYERHOFF, LUMUMBA SIT IN 13th AND 14th PLACE, 83.8, 87.1, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO THREATEN THE LEADERS BUT IT IS ALL TO PLAY FOR, WILLIAM FOX-PITT LEFT OF SCREEN, PIGGY MARCH IN THE MIDDLE, ALICE FOX-PITT IN TO THE-- ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE SHE HAS BEEN BRILLIANT IN THE COMMENTARY BOX, ALICE AND HAS BEEN ALSO WITH THE TV HERE, OLIVER'S SON THERE AS WELL.

OLLIE.

THE WHOLE FAMILY HERE, THEY HAVE DONE SUCH A BRILLIANT JOB.

PIGGY HAS BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF WILLIAM SINCE SHE WITHDREW FROM THAT HOLDING BOX.

THERE IS OLLIE, WILLIAM'S SON IN THE SUNGLASSES.

WILLIAM JUST WALKING THE COURSE AND PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES.

HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, BUCK DAVIDSON TALKING TO FRIENDS ON THE COURSE.

MICHEL VAN COURT THE COURSE DESIGNER.

IS SHE IS GOOD IN ALL THREE PHASES.

THIS ONE THAT SHE WILL REALLY WANT TO IT SAY TOUGH TRACK AND THRILLED TO BE JOINED, THERE IS AUSTIN O'CONNOR WALKING THE TRACK AS WELL, COULD HE BE THE FIRST MAN TO GO ON TO THE PODIUM FOR IRELAND.

WE'LL WAIT AND SEE.

NOW TO BE JOINED, I WALKED THROUGH I THINK FENCE 9, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN.

>> I HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD.

>> IN THE FIELD.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO SOME OF THE DESIGNERS, LAWYER EVERYONE IS HERE HELPS PHILLIP AND OLIVIA AND GET A FEEL FOR THE COURSE SO I COULD BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU AND TO OUR LISTENERS AT HOME SPEAKING TO DOUG PAYNE.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE HERE IS THAT THERE IS SOME CAM BER TO THIS ARENA.

YOU THINK IT IS SUPER FLAT BUT IT IS NOT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A REAL CONVERSATION ON THE FACT THAT THERE SAY LITTLE BIT OF A HILL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM MOVING DOWN TOWARDS THE BIG SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE SOME PLAY IN HOW THESE HORSES ARE JUMPING INTO THE TRIPLE BAR AT 6 AND HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE LIVERPOOL TWINED THE USCA COGI FENCE AT THE, JUST GETTING A FEEL FOR THE COURSE.

>> OLIVER TOWNEND DISCUSSING THE TRACK WITH LAUREN.

WE ALSO SAW THERE CAR OLTINE POWELL WITH THE GREG, THE JUST WALKING THE TRACK.

AS WELL, SOME INTERESTING FACTS HERE.

MIA FARLEY BECOMES THE FIRST U.S. RIDER IN OVER TEN YEARS TO MAKE ITS OPTIMUM TIME ON THEIR 5 STAR DEBUT, DANIEL-- WAS THE LAST IN KENTUCKY.

TEN YEARS AGO.

AND THE LAST U.S. RIDER TO FINISH ON THE PODIUM THE 5 STAR DEBUT WAS YOU, SINEAD MAYNARD IN 2011, FINISHED THIRD IN KENTUCKY.

>> IT WAS A GREAT YEAR.

>> GREAT YEAR.

>> I PEEKED TOO SON.

>> OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT NOW BECOMES A BIG FAVORITE TO WIN THIS TITLE, THE 9 YEAR OLD COOLEE ROSALENT WON BRAMHAM, THE AND THE LAST NINE YEAR OLD TO WIN A 5 STAR WAS OSLO-- RIDDEN BY WILLIAM FOX-PITT IN 20116789 HE ALSO WON BLEMHAM THAT SAME YEAR.

>> WHEN HE RETIRED HE CAME TO ME AND I HAD HIM AT HOME UNTIL VERY SADLY HE WAS PUT DOWN LAST YEAR.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT SO WILD ABOUT OSLO IS I WORKED FOR WILLIAM WHEN OSLO WAS.

THERE AND WILLIAM HAD AGREED TO SELL HIM TO ME.

AND ALICE PROMPTLY TALKED HIM OUT OF IT.

AND THE THE HORSE CARRIED ON TO HAVE A BRILLIANT CAREER.

>> I LOVED OSLO.

>> HE WAS AMAZING.

>> I COULD THROW ANYBODY ON HIM IN THE YARDS.

HE LOOKED AFTER EVERYBODY.

HE WAS A SUPERSTAR.

HIS BRAIN WAS FANTASTIC.

HIS BODY WAS AMAZING.

HIS FEET VERY SADLY GAVE OUT IN THE END.

SO IT WAS A VERY SAD END TO HIS DAYS.

THE OTHER NINE YEAR OLD THAT HAS WON A 5 STAR IN THE LAST 15 YEARS WAS-- SAM BACK IN 2009.

WILLIAM AS I SAID EARLIER HAS WON MORE 5 STARS THAN ANY RIDER, 14 OF THEM.

OLIVER TOWNEND HAS WON 7, COULD THIS BE 8.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR, COLORADO BLUE, MAYBE ON TO THE BADMINTON PODIUM BACK IN MAY, NOT THERE IN BURGHLEY, THAT WAS FOR SURE.

BUT AUSTIN ENDED A 40 YEAR WAIT FOR AN IRISH PODIUM AT 5 STAR.

AND THEY JUMP TODAY.

CAN THEY BECOME THE FIRST EVER IRISH PODIUM HERE IN MARYLAND.

THAT WILL BE VERY, VERY EXCITING.

THERE IS WILLIAM GOING FOR A JOTION.

>> SWITCHING IT BACK TO THE BARN.

HE PROBABLY JUST REMEMBERED HE HAS TO SHOW JUMP.

BUT ANYWAY, AFTER THE CROSS COUNTRY, WHICH WAS FULL OF THRILLS AND SPILLS, WE MANAGED TO CATCH UP WITH THE NEW WORLD NUMBER ONE, WITH OLIVER TOWNEND.

>> SO FAR SO GOOD, COOLEE ROSALENT GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.

SHE'S BEEN FAS-- FANTASTIC IN ITS FIRST TWO PHASES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP IT GOING.

A 5 STAR, I HAVE LEAD A LOT OF 5 STARS AFTER DRESS ANG AND NOT WON AS MANY.

BUT THE COURSE WAS SERIOUS.

I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A REAL BIG TEST FOR HER BUT A REAL BIG TEST FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

>> IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST 5 STARS I HAVE JUMPED FOR A LONG LONG TIME.

PERHAPS SINCE 2014 AT BADMINTON.

SHE WAS VERY, VERY GENUINE AND I WAS HAPPY WITH HER.

SHE WAS REALLY KEEN.

HE WAS THUK.

SHE HAD A COUPLE OF SLIPS BECAUSE IT RAINED QUITE HEAVILY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE SET OFF.

SO THE THE GROUND WAS A LITTLE BIT SLIPPERY BUT AT THE SAME TIME GENUINE.

AS LONG AS CAN I GET MY DISTANCE TO THE FENCE AND SHE SEES ITS FENCE, SHE IT WILL BE-- WE JUST TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME AND TRY AND DO WHAT WE ARE MEANT TO DO AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.

BUT SHOW JUMPING IN THIS AMAZING ARENA.

IS ALWAYS BIG AND THE TIME IS ALWAYS TIGHT IT WILL BE ANOTHER TOUGH DAY.

>> ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM THAT MAN THERE, OLIVER TOWNEND, CARA ON HIS LEFT, SHE DOES SO MUCH IN THE RUNNING AND ORGANIZING OF OLIVER'S LIFE, REALLY WILLING COOWNER AT BALANCEAMORE CLASS WHO WON THE BURGHLEY TITHE EL JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

IT IS AN AMAZING STORY, AN AMAZING TEAM THAT PUT THESE HORSE TRIALS TOGETHER.

AND THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS THE ORGANIZER OF THE BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALS THERE IS MARTIN, MARTIN WHO RUNS A NEW ORGANIZER OF THE 5 STAR IN THE U.K AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE.

HE HAS DONE SECOND YEAR THAT HE HAS RUN THE BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALED.

AND HE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER AND FRIEND OF OLIVER.

OLIVER'S GIRLFRIEND ON THE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

BUT IT COULDN'T ALL BE DONE WITHOUT A LOT OF SUPPORT AND THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANKS.

THIS ARENA HERE AT MARYLAND IS ONE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

AND THAT GOES DOWN TO ONE PERSON AND ONE COMPANY ATWOOD EQUISTRIAN.

AND AT THE TIME WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE MAN IN QUESTION, WITH NICK ATWOOD.

>> MY NAME IS NICK ATWOOD, MY COMPANY IS ATWOOD EQUISTRIAN SURFACES AND WE BUILT THE ARENAS HERE AT FAIR HILL AND EVERY YEAR FOR THE SHOW WE LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, MAKE SURE THEY ARE GOING TO PERFORM AT THE OPTIMUM FOR THE EVENT.

>> I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS A COMBINATION OF FIVE INGREDIENTS.

AND THE SAND IS SUPER CRITICAL.

YOU NEED THE RIGHT SAND, INTO THE SAND WE BLEND A COUPLE OF INGREDIENTS, FELT, FIBERS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE ADD WATER AND THEN WHEN WE DRAG THE ARENAS WE ARE INCORPORATING AIR SO YOU TAKE THOSE FIVE THINGS, YOU MAINTAIN IT WELL AND THEN END UP WITH AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB SURFACE FOR THE HORSES.

>> FOR DRESSAGE AND JUMPING WE MAINTAIN IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

WE LIKE TO SET IT UP FOR THE DRESSAGE WITH MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS MOISTURE, A LITTLE BIT KIND OF FLUFFIER, IF YOU LIKE.

IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE BOUNCE TO IT AND THEN FOR THE JUMPING WE JUST TIDY IT UP A LITTLE BIT SO IT GIVES THE HORSE AN EXTRA BIT OF SUPPORT WHICH HELPS THEM GET OVER THE JUMPS.

>> THIS YEAR WE ARE HERE A LITTLE EARLIER.

WE HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT.

SO YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT IS PRETTY MUCH MORE OF THE SAME.

PERSONALLY I LOVE THE EVENTING AND SO TO BE INVOLVED IN THE 5 STAR, THAT IS A GREAT-- THAT MAKES ME REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS.

>> SO MUCH GOES INTO, IN FACT SINEAD MORE THAN WE THINK GOES INTO THE SURFACES AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES INTO THE PERFECT FOOTING FOR THESE HORSES OR-- IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT.

>> IT SIN CREDIBLE.

AGAIN THE RIDERS HAVE DONE SO MUCH UP UNTIL THIS POINT TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND OPERATE ON ON A SURFACE LIKE THIS WILL BRING OUT THE BEST IN THEM.

AND THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY AS A COLLECTIVE IS TRYING TO DO.

HUGE THANK YOU TO ATWOOD FOOTING FOR THAT.

>> YEAH, WELL, WE GET A GLIMPSE OF MIA FARLEY.

NOW MIA FARLEY STOOD THERE WITH DAVID O'CONNOR.

DAVID O'CONNOR WHO PURCHASED PHELPS FOR $1 FROM JOANIE MORIST IS AN AMAZING STORY.

AND THAT GIRL THERE, FIRST 5 STAR WAS THE ONLY RIDER INSIDE THE TIME YESTERDAY.

SHE WAS FOOT PERFECT.

IT DIDN'T ALL GO TO PLAN BUT THEY REALLY HELPED EACH OTHER OUT.

AND WE MANAGED TO CATCH UP WITH OUR SPEEDY DEMON.

>> I AM FEELING GOOD.

I JUST WOKE UP AND GOT MOVING, TOOK CARE OF THE HORSES AND STUFF.

SO FAR PRETTY NEUTRAL.

IT REALLY HASN'T HIT YET.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL.

BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY TOUGH AND I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL THAT I GET TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST IN THE WORLD OF NOW, LIKE I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE HERE.

AND I'M HERE.

I STARTED RIDING HIM WHEN HE WAS FOUR, HE IS TEN NOW.

AND REALLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE, WE HAVE JUST NEVER-- NEVER KNEW THAT HE WOULD BE HERE, HONESTLY.

I LIKE LOOKING BACK ON THE VIDEOS AND HE IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE HORSE.

IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE HIM REALLY HUNT THE FLAGS AND STUFF.

I HAD FUN YESTERDAY.

IT IS SUCH A FAMILY IN THE EVENT WORLD SO A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST CONGRATULATED ME AND EVERYONE IS EXCITED FOR PHELPS.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW TODAY GOES AND GO FROM THERE.

I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH YESTERDAY.

SUNDAY IS NOT HIS STRONG SUIT.

BUT HE'S ANSWERED, LIKE HE IS A GOOD DRESSAGE HORSE, A WONDERFUL CROSS COUNTRY HORSE AND HOPEFULLY SUNDAY'S WILL GET BETTER BUT WE'LL SEE.

I SHOULD THINK IT IS A PUNCH ME MOMENTS BECAUSE THE ONLY RIDE TORE GO INSIDE THE TIME.

AND TO SEE HER UP ON THAT PODIUM, THERE IS MITCHEL VAILLANCOURT, HE IS SO EXPERIENCED BUT GOING BACK TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT, IT WAS 14 TIME 5 STAR WINNER WILLIAM FOX-PITT, OLIVER TOWNEND AND THEN MIA IN HER FIRST 5 STAR SAT AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE.

THAT SUN BELIEVABLE.

>> IT IS VERY EMOTIONAL.

AND I JUST KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, IT WAS SO CUTE IN HER AFTER CROSS COUNTRY INTERVIEW, SHE WAS TRYING SO HARD NOT TO CRY BUT SHE WAS JUST CAUGHT UP IN THE EMOTION.

SHE IS LIKE I'M NOT NORMALLY THIS EMOTIONAL.

BUT YOU CAN'T HELP IT IN THAT TYPE OF MOMENT TO PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO THAT, AND IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE ALL KNOWN MIA SINCE SHE FIRST CAME OUT HERE AND WORKING WITH DAVID AND KAREN.

AND YOU KNOW, IT IS KIND OF A CINDERELLA STORY FOR BOTH MIA AND FOR PHELPS.

THAT KIND OF UNDERDOG THAT ALL OF US CAN RELATE TO AND ALL OF US ARE JUST CHEERING FOR.

SO I'M SUPERHOPEFUL FOR THEM ON TODAY'S COURSE.

WE WERE LOOKING AT, YOU AND I WERE IN HERE MAKING BETS PICKING WHO ASK GOING TO WIN AND PULLING UP SCORES AND IT REALLY COULD BE ANYBODY'S DAY.

>> IT REALLY COULD.

WE SAW A A BIG SHAKEUP IN THE THREE STAR, ONE POLE DOWN, THEY MOVED DOWN 9 OR 10 PLACES.

>> IT WAS INSANE.

>> LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE WAS A VERY GOOD ADVERTISEMENT BECAUSE EVERYONE LISTENING ON THE RADIO, GIVE A WAVE IF YOU ARE LISTENING ON YOUR ROOSE.

LOTS OF PEOPLE, THERE THEY ARE.

>> NOW A KISSCAM.

>> OH, THERE.

>> SO SWEET.

>> BUT WE JUST GET BACK, WE JUST MANAGED TO PULL THE CAMERAS OUT A LITTLE BIT.

WE SAW THERE THAT THE BANNER OF ONE OF OUR REALLY IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HERE.

IT IS BROWN ADVISORY.

AND BROWN ADVISORY ARE PRESENTING SPONSORS HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

THERE IS A BANNER JUST DOWN THERE BELOW THE BIG SCREEN AND THERE IS THEIR SHOW JUMP IN THE ARENA.

NOW FRANKIE MANAGED TO CATCH UP WITH THE PRESIDENT & CEO OF BROWN ADVISORY, MIKE HEADACHEEN.

>> PRESIDENT & CEO OF BROWN VIDZRY JOINING US-- AGAIN THIS YEAR, A WONDERFUL PRESENTING SPONSOR AND FIRST OF ALL WE ARE JUST SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, TELL US WHY YOU CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BROWN ADVISE RE.

>> IT IS DWEAT TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT ON, AGAIN.

AND THIS YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE, GREAT NUMBER OF HORSES, FANTASTIC IMHETTERS-- COMPETITORS.

PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THIS.

BROWN ADVISORY IS AN INVESTMENT FIRM.

WE HAVE A DOZEN OFFICES AROUND THIS COUNTRY.

SEVERAL OVERSEASED IN LONDON, FRANK FURTHER, SING A MORE, NOW TOKYO.

AND-- SINGAPORE, NOW TOKYO, IN EACH COMMUNITIES WHERE WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH CLIENTS, WE WANT TO DO THINGS THAT SUPPORT THOSE CLIENTS BUT SUPPORT THE ECONOMY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, THIS EVENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMY OF MARYLAND AND ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

>> WELL, IT IS SO EXCITING TO YOU HAVE HERE AS I SAID.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT BROWN ADVISE ROE WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD AS MR. HANKEN MENTIONED.

IS THERE A PART OF THE EVENT THAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TO WATCH?

>> WELL, I'M A BIG HORSE FAN.

SO I LOVE WATCHING THE ANIMALS COMPETE.

ON EACH DAY.

EACH PHASE OF THE EVENT IS DIFFERENT.

DRESSAGE, CROSS COUNTRY, SHOW JUMPING IT IS AMAZING THAT THESE HORSES CAN DO THIS OVER THREE DAYS.

AND THEN ITS TOP, TOP HORSES BRING TO TOGETHER TO EXEEPT.

RIGHT BEHIND US IN THE STADIUM HERE.

SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON WHERE THE BEST OF THE BEST WILL COMPETE.

>> WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TOO.

AND WE THANK YOU AND BROWN ADVISORY OF COURSE FOR HELPING US TO MAKE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT THEM, AND ALSO JEFF NOONAN THE PRESIDENT & CEO OF MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, TERRY HASSLE TIEN, AND WE HEARD FROM DANIEL EARLIER IN THE WEEK, EXECUTIVE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL LOCATION IN CECIL COUNTY.

BRIDGET McINTOSH THE DIRECTOR OF MARS EQUISTRIAN, MIKE WHO WE JUST HEARD FROM, MIKE HANKIN, THE SECRETARY JOSH KURTZ.

TRISH OF NEWLY HONORED HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE AND THE VISIONARY WITH WHOM EVENTING AT FAIR HILL BEGAN.

SO MANY SPONSORS, THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY TO MENTION.

BUT BELIEVE ME, VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM.

BUT LET'S JUST GO BACK AND REMIND OURSELVES OF THE OVERNIGHTSTANDINGS HERE.

THE BROWN ADVISORY LEADERBOARD T IS OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT 29.1.

ONE FENCE DOWN IS FOUR PENALTIES.

NOT ONE FENCE SEPARATES THE TOP THREE.

AND THEY HAVE ALL HAD THE ODD FENCE DOWN IN THEIR ENVELOPE CAREER.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT SECOND, GRAFENNACHT THE MARE, 31.3.

MIA FARLEY FELL CHES, IN THIRD, 32.9, AUSTIN O'CONNOR, COULD HE BE THE FIRST MAN TO TOP THE PODIUM HERE IN AMERICA FOR IRELAND, 34.9.

COLORADO BLUE, A BRILLIANT SHOW JUMPER, ON HIS DAY.

HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, CAPITOL H I M, IN FIFTH, 39.6 WITH CAROLINE POWELL, GREEN ACRE SPECIAL CAVALIER IN 6th FOR NEW ZEALAND.

41.8.

OVER THE PAGE WE GO, MONICA SPENDSER FROM NEW ZEALAND, ART NIS 7th, 43.6, WITH BUCK DAVIDSON, SOROCAIMA THE FORMER RACEHORSE THAT WON OVER $80,000 ON THE RACE TRACK, 47.8.

DOUG PAYNE QUANTUM LEAP IN 9th.

WILLIAM HEARDWOODS LCC BARNABY 10th.

CORNELIA FLETCHER, DAYTONA BEACH 8 IN 11 AND THEN ANDREW McCONNON FIRST TIME 5 STAR STRKS FERRIE'S CELLO AN A MAN WILLIAM FOX-PITT HIGHLY RATES AS A RIDER, FORMER PUPIL WITH WILLIAM, AND IS HE HERE TO PROVE A POINT.

WELL, THE WARMUP IS VERY CRUCIAL PART OF THE SHOW JUMPING, THAT IS FOR SURE.

BUT THE NERVES WILL BE PRETTY HIGH SINEAD.

>> YEAH, I MEAN WE SAW A GREAT SHOT OF THE WARMUP EARLIER FOR THE 3 STAR THERE IS CORNELIA FLETCHER ON HER BEAUTIFUL DAYTONA BEACH BUT THE WARMUP DOWN THERE, IT SAY REAL PROFESSIONAL SPACE.

YOU SEE A LOT OF HORSES JUST WALKING AROUND.

THE RIDERS GETTING IN THEIR OWN HEAD SPACE WITH THEIR HORSE.

THESE GUYS HAVE A PLAN.

WHETHER IT WILL BE A SMALL VERTICAL, AN ASCENDING OXER.

THESE RIDERS ARE GOING TO CHOOSE THE BEST WARMUP FOR THEIR HORSES AND TRY AND GET THAT DONE IN AS LITTLE JUMPS.

BECAUSE ANY CLEAR JUMP IN THE WARMUP MIGHT BE ONE LESS CLEAR JUMP IN THE ARENA.

SO THEY HAVE THIS DOWN TO A SCIENCE.

YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE IN THIS SPACE, THEY ARE NOT THINKING OF THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THEY ARE PURE FOCUS AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THIS CHALLENGING TRACK AHEAD OF THEM IN THE ARENA.

YOU SEE BOBBY RIGHT THERE OUR FIRST TO GO, IN THE ARENA.

HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN PURE SHOW JUMPING, WIFE DANICKA MEYERHOFF SHE ALSO IS A PURE SHOW JUMPER COMING FROM THE EVENTING WORLD.

SO THEY SHOULD FEEL QUITE AT EASE EVEN THOUGH THIS MARE HAS STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT IN THIS PHASE BEFORE.

BUT WE SAW THEM OUT YESTERDAY ON THE CROSS COUNTRY BOBBY WAS PUNCHING AND HIGH FIVING AND HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME GIVING THE CROWD SOMETHING TO GET BEHIND.

HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF FANS.

YOU SEE MIKE THERE WHO HAS COMPETED FOR THE U.S.

TEAM IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IS SO MEDALLED, REPRESENTED SO MANY TIMES, A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME AND THE NICEST GUY, IS HE OUT HELPING DAYTONA, HE HELPS CORNELIA AND JACOB AS WELL AN HERE A GREAT SHOT OF THE ARENA.

THE STAGE IS SET.

WE'VE GOT THE PODIUM RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

BUT A LITTLE TOO SOON FOR THAT.

WE'LL SEE SEVEN HORSES, THEN A LITTLE BREAK AND THEN BACK WITH THE FINAL 7.

AFTER THAT.

>> YEAH, VERY EXCITING IT IS I CAN'T QUITE BELIEVE WE'VE GOT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON IT JUST SEEMED TWO SECONDS AG WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DRESSAGE.

CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS THROUGH, SEE THIS THROUGH IN THE SHOW JUMPING BECAUSE THE FINAL PHASE IS ALWAYS QUITE NERVE-RACKING.

AS WE SAW EARLIER IN THE 3 STAR.

SO LET'S REMIND OURSELVES IF YOU DIDN'T WATCH ANY OF THE 3 STAR OF WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THE RESULTS OF THAT TODAY.

>> CAROLINE WITH TALK ABOUT HIM.

>> CAROLINE CAME IN WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE.

SHE HAD THREE HORSES IN THE TOP 15, COMING TOO THE FINAL PHASE.

BOTH HORSES HAD A POLE DOWN THAT REALLY KNOCKED HER DOWN THE LADDER AND THEN CAROLINE HAD TO DELIVER WHEN SHE SHOWED UP WITH THIS REAL CHAMPIONSHIP HORSE ALREADY BUT AT SOME POINT YOU ARE WONDERING WHEN IS THAT FIRST POLE GOING TO FALL.

AND IS IT.

BUT IT DIDN'T.

>> AND HE IS THE HIGHEST RATED HOSER IN THE U.S., IN U.S. HISTORY AS A SEVEN YEAR OLD.

TELL US WHY.

>> WHICH AL REALIZED THIS HORSE HAD 11 INTERNATIONALS WIN THIS YEAR.

WHICH IS INSANE.

>> SAY THAT AGAIN.

>> 11 INTERNATIONAL WIN THIS YEAR, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT.

>> GET OUT OF TOWN, THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD SAY.

>> THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

WE WERE ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS, WE JUST HAD POLES FLYING, HORSES FALLING, EVERYONE OKAY, THANKFULLY WE HEARD FROM THAT.

BUT IT WAS SO EXCITING TO THE BITTER END, SHE JUMPED SECOND TO LAST, COMES AROUND, KEEPS HER COOL, HEADS TO THE LAST JUMP AND HERE WE SEE OUR NATIONAL CHAMPION CROWNED WITHIN SEVEN AND A HALF THOUSAND DOLLARS RICHER AS WELL.

AND THIS HORSE WHO WAS SECOND IN THE YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR WON THE FOUR YEAR OLDS HERE A FEW YEARS AGO.

THE YOUNG HORSE CLASS.

IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING, AMAZING TRAJECTORY THAT THIS HORSE AND RIDER HAVE BEEN ON.

>> AND I WAS UP GETTING SOME LUNCH AND SPEAKING TO OUR PRESS COORDINATOR UP THERE.

HE SAID THE LAST HURDLE THEY HAD TO JUMP WAS THAT CAROLINE CAM UP TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE, SHE LOOKED HIM CALMLY IN THE EYE AND HE SAID HAVE I TWO HOURS BEFORE I HAVE TO BE ON THE PLANE TO THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES, GET ME IN, GET ME OUT.

GOT HER ON STAGE, THE QUESTIONS ASKED AND SHE IS ON HER WAY.

WE HAVE THE GREAT SHOTS OF THE FILLED STANDS.

I BELIEVE WE WERE FILLED OUT FOR THE THIRD YEAR.

>> I CAN SEE A COUPLE OF UNION FLAGS OUT THERE.

, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR ME.

>> I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE WERE GOING TO SAY.

>> I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHILD, AS WE KNOW, WAS THE CORGI CUP, NOW THIS WAS JUST THE BEST TO WATCH.

>> HILARIOUS.

>> AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WERE HERE, A HUNDRED CORGIS.

>> I THINK THAT ONE WAS A FALSE START.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE SAW THAT, THIS ONE COMING UP FROM BEHIND, A HUNDRED CORGIS CAME TO RACE HERE ON THIS RACE COURSE.

AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A SWEET AND ADORABLE THING TO WATCH.

THE CORGI CUP HAS-- THE NONSTARTER, AT LEAST HE HAD A LITTLE PLAY.

OH NO.

>> IF WAS JUST HILARIOUS TO WATCH.

THESE LITTLE DOGS, AND THEIR LITTLE BOTTOMS, GALLOPS UP THE RACE TRACK.

IT WAS JUST-- IT WAS JUST ADORABLE.

>> IT IS SO FUNNY.

WHERE YOU CAN SEE HER, RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAIN ARENA AND EVERYONE SERIOUSLY WALKING THEIR THREE STAR TRACK AND EVERYBODY WALKED OVER FROM THE-- TO WATCH BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF THESE, THERE IS OUR CROWN CHAMPION.

TWO CHAMPIONS CROWNED ALREADY TODAY.

>> TWO CHAMPIONS, ONE CORGI.

WON THE CORGI CUP.

>> AND ONE CAROLINE, WELL, WE ARE ONLY A FEW MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE FIRST HORSE IN TO THE SHOW JUMPING.

WE HOPE ARE YOU SITTING TIGHT.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR SEATBELT FASTENED BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY EXCITING, THAT IS FOR SURE.

SEVEN WILL JUMP, A 30 MINUTE BREAK AND THEN SEVEN WILL JUMP AT THE END, WE'RE GOING IN REVERSE ORDER.

THAT MAN THERE WILL BE IN VERY SHORTLY.

IT IS GOING TO BE-- I DON'T KNOW, AND COULD YOU CALL IT.

>> THERE BOBBY GETS A GOOD RUB, MIGHT GO IN THE ARENA ON THAT ONE TAKING THE TWO POLLS DOWN, DOUG PAYNE WALKING AROUND HIS PINK COAT FROM REPRESENTING THE UNITERRED STATES AT THE OLYMPIC GAME, CANTOR AROUND THERE, EMILY HAM'EM-- HAMEL CORVETT.

>> I WOULD SAY COULD YOU CALL T COULD YOU CALL A WINNER.

>> I THINK EVERYONE IS A WINNER IN MY BOOK, SPENCER.

>> THAT IS SUCH A COPOUT.

>> I'M AMERICAN.

>> I DON'T KNOW IS THE ANSWER, BECAUSE I KNOW COOLEE ROSALENT IS NOW NINE, SHE JUMPED AROUND THE LUHMUHLEN, SHE HAD ONE FENCE DOWN IN THE LAST DAY OF THE CROSS COUNTRY, GRAFENNACHT, WILLIAM FOX-PITT HAD THREE DOWN AT BADMINTON.

CORVETT, AND THREE DOWN AT BADMINTON BUT THAT WAS ON GRASS AND THAT WAS ON FAIRLY HEAVY GOING AFTER GALLOPING AROUND THAT CROSS COUNTRY COURSE WHICH WAS BOTTOMLESS.

I MEAN IT WAS JUST AMAZING.

AND THEN MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS WE KNOW THEY CAN HAVE A FEW POLLS DOWN AS WELL T WILL BE NIP AND TUCK, YOU LOOK AT THAT LEADERBOARD.

SITTING RIGHT THERE, AUSTIN O'CONNOR AND COLORADO BLUE, LET'S NOT RULE HIM OUT.

HE'S ON A SPORT HORSE GELDING, BEAUTIFUL 14 YEAR OLD BY.

AND THAT HORSE HAS GOT SOME VERY GOOD-- THERE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN, JUST A SECOND AGO, WAS THE OWNER AT BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE IN JOHN PERRY, CENTER SCREEN, JOHN AND CHLOE PERRY, AND SWINBURN THERE AS WELL, THE OWNERS OF BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, SO REALLY SAD NOT TO SEE THAT HORSE HERE TODAY BUT THEY HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF HORSE, THE BROOKFIELD STUD PRODUCING A LOT OF TOP QUALITY HORSES WITH TOP RIDERS AS BONNY-- BOBBY MEYERHOFF MAKES HIS WAY, A LONG OLD TROT FROM THAT WARMUP AREA INTO THE ARENA.

THE NERVES WILL BE RIPE.

>> IT REALLY.

IS AND IT IS SUCH AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE AS HE COMES CANTORRING IN.

SO EXCITING IN THE SMALL FIELD HOW MANY MARES WE HAVE, WE WILL START THE DAY WITH MARES AND FINISH WITH MARES AND SAY I DON'T KNOW, GIRLS RULE THE WORLD.

SO BOBBY CANTORRING AROUND HERE.

ARE YOU GOING TO ARGUE WITH ME.

>> NO, I WAS GOING TO START SINGING, WHO RULES THE WORLD REASONS OR RUNS THE WORLD.

>> BOBBY MEYERHOFF FIRST TO GO WITH LUMUMBA WILL DAM SIRE 87.1 IS HIS STARTING SCORE.

HE STARTS IN 16th PLACE.

AND HE BRINGS FORWARD-- OH, FIRST FENCE.

>> ST DIFFICULT THERE, OH, SECOND ONE DOWN, YOU SQUEEZE RIGHT PASSIONED THE BIG SCREEN AND HAVE THE FIRST LINE THERE.

CLEAR HERE AS WE'VE GOT A NICE 5, TAKES THAT POLE AS WELL.

THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MODERN MARE BUT SHE JUST DOESN'T MIND THAT MUCH TAPPING THE POLE.

YOU CAN SEE SHE IS NOT REALLY WORRIED.

SHE IS NOT SLAMMING INTO T BOBBY IS NOT MAKING MISTAKES, SHE IS JUST A LITTLE CASUAL.

>> THIS IS TOUGH HERE, 6 TO 7 ON THE FIVE STAYED, OP THE OUTSIDE LINE, TO THE TRIPLE RAIL.

>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY RIDDEN.

>> REALLY NICE.

>> AND THAT IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE IS ACTUALLY A SLOPE IN THE ARENA THAT YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE BUT YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR LINE AT THE TRIPLE BAR SO IT TAKES YOU TO TOWARDS THE SCREEN AND YOU ALMOST TURN BACK, THIS IS GOING TO CATCH A LOT-OF-PEOPLE THIS TRIPLE, STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE INGATE TRAVELING DOWN THE HILL, HE HAS TWO DOWN THERE.

>> FIVE FENCES DOWN, 20 JUMPING.

>> TAKE THIS INSIDE TURN TO FENCE 11, IT IS A BIG LIVERPOOL, GOT TO GET STRAIGHT AND ORGANIZED.

BACK ON A VERY CAREFUL, SLIGHTLY OPEN FOUR STRIDES, YOU HAVE TO REALLY TAKE CARE OF THIS NARROW DUBARRY JUMP.

>> 24 JUMPING.

13, 82, SO HIS TIME AS WELL, 24 JUMPING, TWO FOR TIME, .34 FOR EVERY SECOND OVER TIME AND OUT OF 78 SECONDS THERE FOR BOBBY MEYERHOFF.

AND HE COMPLETES ON 133.1.

>> HE HAS HIS 5 STAR COMPLETION, I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE IS A SMALL GROUP THAT MADE IT TO THE FINAL DAY SO THERE IS VERY MUCH TO BE PROUD OF THERE, ERODE A BEAUTIFUL ROUND BUT TODAY WAS JUST NOT THE DAY OVER THE COLORED POLES.

>> I THINK IT WAS 113.1, 133.

>> MY MATH HAS NEVER BEEN MY STRONG POINT.

BUT DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE A ROAFNA FOR LUMUMBA.

THIS SUPER MARE.

IT IS 113.1 FOR BOBBY MEYERHOFF.

THERE IS CAROLINE POWELL JUST WALKING DOWN THE SLOPE TO YOUR RIGHT.

IT SAY BIG ACHIEVEMENT TO COMPLETE YOUR FIRST 5 STAR.

>> AND YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS 5 STAR ON HOME TURF AND SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE RIDERS COME IN.

THIS IS I KNOW A CROWD FAVORITE.

THIS HORSE IS AMAZING.

I WAS SPEAKING TO OUR COURSE DESIGNER YESTERDAY AND HE BROUGHT THIS HORSE UP BY NAME SAYING THIS IS JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITE HORSES AND TO HAVE SOMEONE OF MICHEL'S QUALITY SAYING HOW MUCH HE LIKES IT AT ONE OF THESE EVENTING IS SO NICE TO HEAR.

>> EMILY HAMEL AND CORVETT, THE GELDING, 16 YEARS OLD.

BREAD BY DORIS SCHWIMMER AND OWNED BY-- BLACK FLAG OPTION TEAM.

83.8.

>> SO TAPS THE BROWN ADVISORY BUT IT STAYS UP.

>> YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD.

>> AND I'M SURE SHE CAN'T EVEN HEAR IT ANY MORE BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU WATCH THIS HORSE JUMP THE CROWD JUST LOVES IT.

HE HAS GOT AN AN ELEVATOR STYLE, ALL THE WAY UP AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW HIGH THEY R HE JUST IS GOING TO GO HIGHER.

>> ANYBODY WANT TO FLY CORVETT AIRLINES.

>> AND SHE IS MAKING NOTHING OF THIS TRACK.

HE SAYS PUT THEM UP HIGH, MAKE THEM WIDER.

I HAVE GOT WING.

>> TRICKY, TRIPLE, VERY WELL DONE THERE, THAT BACK OX CERTIFICATE A HUGE SPREAD AND YOU HAVE TO GET REALLY ORGANIZED FOR JUST THIS TEN FOOT RAIL.

>> THREE FENCES LEFT.

>> INSIDE TO THIS MASSIVE OXER WITH THE LIVERPOOL.

>> LAST LINE.

>> AIRBORNE.

>> EVERYONE IS HOLDING THEIR BREATHE, CAREFULLY OVER THE DU BARRY.

>> THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE CHEER IF HE JUMPS CLEAR, 78 SECONDS THE TIME ALLOWED, EMILY HAMEL JUMPS CLEARED, BUT JUST OUTSIDE THE TIME ALLOWED.

.4 ON THE TIME PENALTY, YOU GO MY GOODNESS ME, WHAT A FLYER, EMILY HAMEL FLIES CORVETT AIRLINES, AIRBORNE, BRILLIANT.

>> THAT IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP SHE HAS HAD WITH THIS COURSE.

SHE HAS COMPETED HIM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WHAT A PAIR TO COME IN ON THIS FINAL DAY OF COMPETITION.

SHE HAS SO MUCH FAITH, SO MUCH RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND I THINK FEELING NO WORSE FOR THE RUN YESTERDAY.

NO, YOU WOULDN'T SAY, WOULD YOU.

BUT THAT WAS GREAT, JUST .4, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WILL CHANGE THE TIME, WE'LL WAIT AND SEE, ITS GRAND JURY HAVE THE RIGHT TO.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE INSIDE.

WE KNOW THAT BOBBY MEYERHOFF JUMPED A LITTLE BIT SLOW, AND EMILY HAMEL, A LOT OF TIME WAS IN THE AIR OVER THOSE FENCES BUT NOW FIRST TIME 5 STAR FOR ANDREW McCONNON.

ANDREW WITH FERRIE'S CELLO.

DUTCH BREAD GELDING, 11 YEARS OLD BY.

THE DAM SIRE WOLFGANG.

>> 79.2, AND A RIDER THAT WILLIAM FOX-PITT HAS HIGH, HIGH HOPES FOR, SAID IS HE REALLY, REALLY TALENTED, BEEN BASED WITH WILLIAM IN THE U.K., BUT THERE IS AN EARLY FENCE AT 4B.

>> TOO BAD THERE THAT YOU KNOW AGAIN THE DIVING RIGHT IN TOWARDS THE CROWD THERE AS HE COMES AROUND FOR THIS TRICKY TRIPLE BAR.

ANDREW SHOWED PHENOMENAL CLASS YESTERDAY.

HIS NAME WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE LIKES OF WILLIAM AS WELL AS COURSE DESIGNER IAN STARK, WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HIS ROUND AS HE IS COMING DOWN TO THIS REALLY TRICKY VERTICAL.

WALKS ON A NORMAL 6 STRIDES DOWN TO THIS BUT THE GROUND REALLY TAKES YOU TOWARDS THE END GATE, OH, THAT RAIL THERE, AND IT IS BIG BEHIND JUST SEEING, YOU KNOW, ANDREW DID TAKE A LOT OF LONG OPTIONS, QUITE RIGHTLY SO AT THE END OF THE TRACK BUT HE WAS OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE OF THAT.

BEAUTIFUL HORSE BUT MAYBE JUST THE LITTLE EXTRA TIME JUST HAS HIM A LITTLE BIT TIRED.

ANDREW IS CERTAINLY GIVING HIM AN EXCELLENT RIDE.

BUT JUST HAVING A FEW POLES DOWN.

>> FOUR FENCES IT IS AT THE MOMENT.

16 JUMPING.

ITS LAST STAYS UP AND THE TIME IS OVER AS WELL.

16 JUMPING .8 FOR TIME, TWO SECONDS OVER.

THAT WILL TAKE HIS SCORE ON TO 96.0.

WE'LL NOW GO SECOND.

>> IT IS IS JUST ERODE A REALLY CLASSY ROUND BUT AGAIN JUST, HE'S GOING TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS HORSE NOW AFTER HIS FIRST 5 STAR COMPLETION.

HE HAD THE HORSE ENTERED AT KENTUCKY, RIGHT AT THE LAST MOMENT, A FEW ISSUES POPPED UP, HE WASN'T A LOUD RUN, HE WENT OVERSEAS, COMPETED IN THE NATION'S CUP AND IS BACK AND HAS HIS 5 STAR COMPLETION.

>> THAT IS SUCH AN AMAZING FEELING.

THERE IS NOT MANY PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY HAVE A 5 STAR COMPLETION BEHIND THEIR BELT THAT HAVE BEEN EVENTS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS SO WELL DONE TO HIM.

>> ANDREW McCONNON LEAVES THE ARENA.

AND LET'S LET'S EVERYTHING SOAK IN AND SET EL BECAUSE THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME TO ENJOY THE MOMENT BECAUSE YOU ARE USUALLY ON THE ROAD, BACK TO YOUR NEXT EVENT.

AND IT IS NOW COOLEE-- NOW CORNELIA FLETCHER, DAYTONA BEACH 8.

SHE IS A PROFESSIONAL, DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, TO CLEAR TOP TEN FINISH ON HER THREE STAR EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

AND SO STRANGER TO BIG ARENAS WITH HER WONDERFUL MARE DAYTONA BEACH HERE, AN OUT AND OUT JUMPER.

AND SHE WILL KNOW WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO.

AND HAS EVERY CHANCE TO JUMP CLEAR.

>> DAYTONA BEACH IS A 13 YEAR OLD MARE BY DUKE OF HEARTS.

SUNDANCE THE DAM.

>> OH, THE FIRST GOES DOWN AGAIN THERE.

>> 78.3-RBGS SHE STARTS ON BUT SECOND PART AT THE MARS DOUBLE AGAIN.

>> THEY JUST ARE STARRING DOWN THAT LINE, SHE IS CLEAR UP OVER THE LIVERPOOL THERE, LIVERPOOL ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE FENCE WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT TRICK YER SHE COMES AROUND FOR THE ETHYL M'S, NICE NORMAL BUT DRAWS YOU DOWN TO THIS TRIPLE.

QUITE A NARROW OXER TO START, ONE TO A VERTICAL, WIDE OXER TO THE FINISH.

>> IT IS A LITTLE DEEP THERE BUT THIS HORSE SEEMS TO ACTUALLY THRIVE WHEN THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.

CORNELIA GETS IN REALLY NICE AND A LITTLE CASUAL WHERE IF SHE HAS TO SHOW UP THE MARE REALLY SHINES.

>> .

>> THERE WE GO.

>> JUST THE TWO FENCES DOWN THERE, INSIDE THE TIMES.

SO I THINK THE TIME WILL STAY 78 SECONDS.

CORNELIA FLETCHER DAYTONA BEACH 8, 8 JUMPING.

THEY COMPLETE ON A TWO PHASE SCORE OF 8, A 3 PHASE SCORE OF 86.34.

>> YOU CAN SEE HER AGAIN COMING DOWN TO THIS FIRST ONE, RIGHT BY THE CROWD, SUCH A COOL SHOT.

THE STANDS ARE FILLED.

AS WE SEE HER JUST THE FRONT PART OF THAT OXER COMES DOWN.

GET ACE LITTLE LOW UP FRONT.

SHE IS SUCH A POWERFUL MARE.

GOING TO GET A LITTLE LOW EVERY NOW AND THEN, IT MAKES HER VERY SPEEDY ACROSS THE GROUND BUT SOMETIMES THE BALANCE CAN PITCH A LITTLE BIT IN FRONT.

>> NO WORSE FOR THE WEAR AS SHE TROTS BACK DOWN TO THE WARMUP.

A LOT OF THESE HORSES AS MUCH AS THEY LIKE IT OR NOT THEY WILL BE ON A HOLIDAY SO THAT THEY ARE STRONG AND FIT FOR NEXT YEAR.

AS LILLIAN HEARD-- WOOD.

>> WOOD LILLIAN HEARD WOOD, AND WILL COME IN ANG GIVE US A SHOW HAVING DONE HER 13th 5 STAR CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

>> UNBELIEVABLE, ISN'T IT.

>> 125 STARRS UNDER THEIR BELT.

>> WITH THIS HORSE.

>> LCC BARNABY IN 11 YEARS, 11 YEARS, 135 STARS, JUST STRUGGLING.

>> YOUR MOUTH WON'T EVEN LET YOU SAY IT.

>> 13, FIVE STARS, IF THIS HORSE EVER-- 13 FIVE STAR COMPLETIONS, AMAZING, REALLY IS.

>> LILLIAN ONE OF OUR BEST SHOW JUMP RIDERS IN THE STATE.

SHE'S GOT SUCH A NATURAL SENSE OF RHYTHM.

AND I THINK HONESTLY THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LIFE SPAN OF A HORSE, YOU KNOW, LILLIAN DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF DOING JUST AS MUCH AS NEEDED BUT AS LITTLE AS NECESSARY.

BARNABY IS ONE OF THOSE HORSES THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE MOST SIMPLE HORSE TO RIDE BUT SHE JUST KEEPS SHOWING UP.

HE JUST KEEPS SHOWING UP AND HERE WE ARE.

>> TO KEEP HIM ON THE ROAD AS WELL, AND SAY SANE MIND AND BODY.

>> I THINK SHE WOULD ARGUE WITH THE SAME MIND.

>> I AGREE.

>> LCC BARNABY 17 YEAR OLD IRISH HORSE BY GUY CAVALIER, LADY-- -- LILLIAN OWNS THIS HORSE.

THAT IS-- WITHIN AN AN UNLUCKY LINE.

>> ISN'T IT, SO LET'S HOPE THEIR LUCK HASN'T RUN OUT, WE'VE GOT THREE MORE FENCES LEFT TO JUMP.

>> OH, JUST TWISTED A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE TURN THERE, ONE LINE, THIS IS A BIT OF AN OPEN SCORE BUT HE IS A-- 17 YEARS YOUNG, LCC BARNABY, WILL THIS BE HIS SWAN SONG.

>> NO.

>> LOOK AT HIM.

>> I MEAN HE COULD HAVE FOUR MORE, 5 STARS.

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> HE JUST HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST HORSES ON THE CIRCUIT AND ONE FENCE DOWN AROUND THIS TRICKY SHOW JUMPING TRACK.

WE'VE HAD ONE CLEAR, BUT NOT CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME.

THAT WAS CORVETT, EMILY HAMEL.

SHE WAS JUST ONE SECOND OVER, LILLIAN HEARD LCC BARNABY, THERE IS THE FENCE THEY HAD DOWN.

>> AND THIS IS A TRICKY COURSE.

THIS IS A VERY GOOD JUMPING HORSE, LILLIAN'S HORSE HAS A REAL ABILITY TO JUMP CLEAR SO THIS WILL BE BE MAKING RIDERS WATCHING A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS BECAUSE THERE IS JUST A LOT TO DO OUT THERE, MICHEL HAS REALLY SET A COURSE THAT IS TAKES SO MUCH FOCUS AT EVERY POINT OF THIS COURSE, IT IS TAKING A CAREFUL HORSE AND BUT STILL TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT SCREEN, LILLIAN IS LEADING THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

>> SHE CERTAINLY IS, 64.8, LILLIAN HEARD WOOD LCC BARNABY, THE 17 YEAR OLD, LOOKS AS FRESH AS I HAVE EVER SEEN HIM.

LOOKING BRILLIANT.

WE GO DOWN TO THE LAST TWO BEFORE THE FIRST BREAK.

MAKING THEIR WAY UP THE CHUTE INTO THE A RENAR.

THIS IS DOUG PAIRN.

DOUG WITH QUANTUM LEAP, THE 12 YEAR OLD GELDING BY QUITE CAPITOL.

THIS HORSE OWNED BY HIMSELF AND JESSICA PAYNE, GROOMER SAM CUOMO, GOING INTO THE SIXTH 5 STAR TOGETHER, DOUG AND QUANTUM LEAP HAVE BEEN QUITE THE DUO PLACING IN THE TOP TEN IN FOUR MUCH THEIR 5 STAR STARTS INCLUDING FINISHING 9th HERE IN 2021.

AND AGAIN FINISHING 9th LAST YEAR.

THEY ALSO HAD THE LAND ROVER USCF5 STAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN KENTUCKY LAST YEAR, BREAD BY ELIZABETH CALLAHAN.

BEEN WITH DOUG SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER AND THEY START IN 9th, IRONICALLY HAVING FINISHED 9th IN 21 AND 22.

THEY START IN -9Dth PLACE ON 49.5.

>> AND AND AN EXCITING BIT OF INFORMATION IS THAT THIS HORSE WAS ACTUALLY BRED IN MARYLAND.

SO HOME TURF, SUPER JUMPER, SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN STRAIGHT SHOW JUMPING SO NERVES WOULDN'T GET TO HIM AT THIS POINT IN THIS ARENA.

THAT IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY A LIE, FEEL LIKE NERVES GET TO EVERYBODY.

THEY DON'T GET TO THEM BUT THEY HAVE THEM.

I THINK HE PERFORMS WELL UNDER THIS TYPE OF PRESSURE, RATTLES THAT BEHIND AS HE MOVES SWIFTLY ALONG TO THIS BIG TRIPLE BAR, GOING TO CARVE A LITTLE LEFT, BACK RIGHT, MOVES UP TO THAT.

AND HE'S WASTING NO TIME.

>> HOLD YOUR BREATHE.

>> OH, THAT IS A STRIDE IN THERE, IT TOOK A LITTLE OF THE POWER AWAY.

IT IS NOT A WIDE OXER ON THE WAY IN.

BUT WE HAVE SEEN IT COME DOWN QUITE A FEW TIMES.

UP AND AROUND.

WE GOT THE LAST LINE, GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL OVER THIS NARROW RAIL.

>> THAT'S THE LAST, 78 SECONDS.

DOUG PAYNE QUANTUM LEAP COMPLETE THEIR FIFTH 5 STAR.

AND AT THE MOMENTS GO INTO THE LEAD.

THEY WILL FINISH NO WORSE THAN 9th.

I HOPE THEY DON'T FINISH 9th.

I MEAN THAT WOULD JUST BE IRONIC, 9th IN 2021, -9Dth?

2022, 9th IN 2023.

LET'S HOPE THEY MOVE UP THAT LEADERBOARD WITH JUST THAT ONE FENCE DOWN.

THEY MOVE ON TO 53.5.

AND GO INTO THE LEAD AT THE MOMENT.

WITH ONE LEFT TO GO.

BEFORE THE BREAK.

>> YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING.

I WONDER IF ON THE WAY INTO THAT TRIPLE T IS QUITE A NARROW OXER AND WE'RE SEEING IT COME DOWN.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THE HORSES ARE READING IT AS A VERTICAL.

>> THEY MIGHT WELL BE.

IT IS A FUNNY DISTANCE, IT RUNS ON INTO IT.

AND BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TOWARDS THE INGATE AS WELL IT IS QUITE AN OPEN EXPANSE THAT THEY CAN SEE T IS A SEA OF POLES.

AND THEN THE IN THE CORNER JUST OPENS OUT, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAD A LOOK, WHEN WE WALKED THE COURSE, IT JUST DEPENDS WHAT EACH SEES I THINK YOU COULD BE RIGHT, IT IS A BIT OF AN UPRIGHT FENCE.

BUCK DAVIDSON THE 12 YEAR OLD THOROUGHBREDZ.

THE-- OWNED BY BUCK HIMSELF, SOROCAIMA, A HORSE THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WELL, EVENTUALLY WHEN TRAINED, MOVED TRAINERS.

THEN WON 80,000 DOLLARS ON THE FLATS WHEN HE WENT TO THE ALL WEATHER SURFACES.

AND AN AMAZING CAREER, THIS HORSE HAS HAD.

SON OF LEGENDARY U.S. EVENTSER BRUCE DAVIDSON SENIOR.

RETURNS TO MARYLAND WITH THE KENTUCKY BRED THOROUGHBREDS.

RAN OVER 60 RACES.

LOOKS A LITTLE BIT TIRED ON THE CROSS COUNTRY COMING HOME YESTERDAY.

BUT BUCK GAVE HIM A GREAT RIDE TAND 5 STAR STARTS.

>> IN PARTNERSHIP OWNING THIS HORSE WITH BUCK, LONG TIME SUPPORTERS, DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS T IS EXCITING TO SEE BUCK OUT HERE ON REALLY A CLASS HORSE.

HASN'T BEEN THE EASIEST PHASE FOR THIS HORSE BUT HE IS CHIPPING AWAY, FINGERS CROSSED.

>> AND AGAIN THE HORSE IS SUCH QUALITY GALLOPER FOR ANYBODY THAT SAW HIM ACROSS THE FIELDS YESTERDAY.

COULD MARK HIM OUT AS A THOROUGHBRED FOR MILES AWAY.

JUST HUGE RANGE OF MOTION, IT IS GOING VERY WELL.

>> THAT WAS MY FAULTS.

OH.

>> TROUBLE SO HE HAS A FEW LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF HERE, THIS IS VERY TIGHT, A SUPER SHORT TURN AROUND, THE LIVERPOOL IS PLACE THE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THERE, HAS TO MOVE UP AGAIN.

>> AND THE BACKGROUND, VERY LATE RAIL OFF CAMERA.

>> 12th FOR JUMPING AND 1.2 FOR TIME THERE, FOR BUCK DAVIDSON AND SOROCAIMA.

AND THEY COMPLETE ON 7 61.0.

>> YOU KNOW, AND I HATE TO BE ALL SILVER LININGISH BUT THIS HOSER IS IMPROVING.

IT IS GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

A COUPLE TIPS HERE AND THERE AND I KNOW BUCK WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT.

BUT BUCK IS EVER THE OPTIMIST, SUCH A HARD WORKER, WILL KEEP SHOWING UP AND SHOWING UP.

THIS HORSE IS IMPROVING EVERY TIME HE IS OUT.

SO YOUNG HORSE, NOT A LOT OF MILEAGE IN THE EVENTING CAREER.

OBVIOUSLY AS YOU SAID BEFORE A SUPER RACEHORSE AND OBVIOUSLY HAS TONS OF HEART TO HAVE RAN SO SUCCESSFULLY FOR SO LONG.

>> NIKKI THERE ONE OF OUR STEWARTS AND OFFICIALS.

SHE HAS BEEN ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT BUCK DAVIDSON 61.0, FOR NOW GOES SECOND WITH SEVEN RIDERS LEFT TO GO.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BROWN ADVISORY ORDER-OF-GO-- ORDER OF GO FOR THIS AFTERNOON, MONICA SPENCER WILL BE FIRST OUT.

WITH ARTIST.

THEN CAROLINE POWELL, GREENACRES, HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG CAPITOL H I M. IRELAND'S AUSTIN O'CONNOR AND COLORADO BLUE.

FOLLOWED BY THE TOP THREE MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS, WILLIAM FOX-PITT, GRAFENNACHT.

AND OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT OUR OVERNIGHT LEADER.

NOT ONE FENCE SEPARATES THE TOP THREE.

WELL, THIS IS DOUG PAYNE.

DOUG WHO CURRENTLY SITS AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD.

BUT WITH THAT, HALF PAST 3, JOIN US THEP.

BROWN ADVISORY INVEST IN THE PRESENT TO RAISE THE FUTURE.

ARMSTRONG CONNECTING YOU TO WHAT MATTERS MOST.

GREAT WOLF LODGE BRING YOUR PACK TOGETHER AT THE NEAREST, GREAT WOLF LODGE NOW OPENED IN PERRYVILLE MARYLAND.

AND BY THE MARYLAND SPORTS COMMISSION, THE SPORTS COMMISSION FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

WELL, IT IS THE FINAL DAY, IT'S VERY SAD.

THE FINAL DAY OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

AND THE LEADERBOARD, THE BROWN ADVISORY LEADERBOARD SO FAR DOUG PAYNE, QUANTUM LEAP LEAD 53.5.

BUCK DAVIDSON, JR. SOROCAIMA IN SECOND.

61.

LILLIAN HEARD WOOD LCC BARNABY IN THIRD, 64.8.

EMILY HAMEL CORVETT FOURTH, 84.2.

CORNELIA FLETCHER IN FIFTH, 86.3, ANDREW McCONNON FIRST TIME 5 STAR FERRIE'S CELLO IN 6th.

96.0.

THE LADY THAT JUMPS THE FIRST CLEAR ROUND WITH ONE SECOND OVER WAS EMILY HAMEL AND SHE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR ROVING REPORTER FRANKIE.

>> EMILY HAMEL A STUNNING ROUND BY YOU GUYS TKS ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES THE WHOLE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE ON THE 5 STAR LEVEL NOT TO HAVE TO MANY PINGS IN THE SHOW JUMP BUT STILL JUMP SO HIGH.

THE FANS ABSOLUTELY CHEERING YOU EVERY FENCE OF THE ROUND.

>> YEAH, HE JUMPED HIS HEART OUT OUT THERE, IT IS SO FUN BECAUSE I CAN HEAR THEM CHEERING AND SO IT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO DO EVEN BETTER AND I THINK HE FEEDS OFF THAT TOO.

>> YOU DO OWN ONE OF THEM, JUST A LITTLE TIME FAULT THERE, NOTHING ELSE TO ADD AND HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE YETS ANOTHER 5 STAR UNDER YOUR BELT.

>> IT FEELS PRETTY GREAT.

HE GAVE ME A REALLY GOOD RIDE TODAY.

I'M THRILLED WITH HIM.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> FANTASTIC TO HEAR FROM EMILY THERE, ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CLEARS.

JUST OVER THAT TIME.

IT IS SO, SO CRUCIAL TO JUMP CLEAR AND INSIDE THE TIME.

BUT THEN YOU RUN THE RISK JUST BY PRESSING THAT LITTLE BIT QUICKER, THAT THE JUMP GETS FLAT AND HAVING THAT POLE DOWN.

IT IS SO CLOSE.

>> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW WITH EMILY'S HORSE SHE REALLY DOES HOOVE IT AROUND BUT HE HAS SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN THE AIR, YOU CAN'T FAULT HIM FOR THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.

SO I WOULD TAKE HIM.

>> WHICH TAKE HIM TOO.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE GETS AS HIGH IN THE AIR WITH ME ON THAN YOU.

LOTS GOING ON HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

THE DOGS ARE OUT.

THERE IS PLENTY TO DO FOR ALL OF THE FAMILY.

AND IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

AS THE DOGS COME INTO PARADE AROUND THE ARENA WE GO BACK AND HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ACTION THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.

ONE OF THOSE IS WILLIAM FOX-PITT AND HIS DRESSAGE.

>> 145 STAR WINS.

THREE KENTUCKYS.

TWO BADMINTONS, SIX BURGHLEYS, TWO PAUS AND ONE LUHMUHLEN.

THIS TITLE HE WOULD LOVE TO WIN.

>> AND HOW LUCKY ARE WE, RIGHT, HOW LUCKY ARE WE TO HAVE WILLIAM HERE WHICH MIGHT BE THE TWILIGHT END OF HIS CAREER AT THIS LEVEL ON SUCH AN EXCITING HORSE.

HE SAID THIS IS THE REASON HE IS STILL DOING IT.

THE OWNERS OF HOURS, AMANDA GOULD AND HER HUSBAND ARE HERE TO WATCH IT IS SO EXCITING TO HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING ANIMAL ENTER YOUR LIFE AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME.

WE ARE ALL SO THRILLED TO HAVE WILLIAM HERE AND ALICE HIS BIEF OUT WATCHING AND HIS SON OLLIE HERE.

IT IS A REAL FAMILY AFFAIR.

IS OLLIE WHO IS OFF TO UNIVERSITY SOON.

>> SO, SOUTH AFRICA FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, IS HE ON A GAP YEAR AND THEN NEXT YEAR HE IS GOING TO UNIVERSITY, ISN'T HE.

ALICE IS HERE.

SHE JOINED US IN THE COMMENTARY BOX YESTERDAY ACTUALLY FOR SOME OF THE 5 STAR DRESSAGE.

WILLIAM AND MAESTRO.

HE HAS BEEN PATH FINDER SO SO MANY BRITISH TEAMS.

IT IS JUST SO EXCITING.

HE WAS AT BRUCE'S FIELD EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HE LOVES COMING TO THE STATE, COMPETEK IN THE STATES.

THAT WAS ON A CHANCE RIDE, THIS SON A MARE HE THINKS AN AWFUL LOT OF.

SHE IS STILL A YOUNG ONE, STILL ONLY 11 YEARS OLD.

HE HAS HAD SOME VERY GOOD FORM ON HER, GRAFENNACHT HAS BEEN GOING SUPER WELL.

SHE FINISHED SECOND IN THE FOUR STAR LONG IN THE NATION'S CUP A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

HE SHAS HAD-- HAS HAD A QUIET TIME WITH HER SINCE AND THIS MAR SE VERY CAPABLE AT BADMINTON IN THE SPRING.

SHE SCORED A 25 .8.

>> WELL, SHE IS NAILING IT THUS FAR, STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT EXTENSION ACROSS THE DIAGONAL WAS STUNNING.

FAILED THE HALT.

A LITTLE BIT RELUCTANT TO GO BACK BUT I HON LEAST FIND THAT WITH MARES SOMETIMES.

AND BUT SO FAR JUST FLOWING BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ENERGY.

AND SHOWING A LOT OF MATURITY FOR HER YOUNG AGE.

BUT BEING PILOTED AROUND BY WILLIAM IS GOING TO GIVE THESE HORSES CONFIDENCE AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK FOR WILL AND ALICE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND I FOUND THAT WAS ONE OF HIS SUPERPOWERS WAS EVERY HORSE HE GOT ON HE JUST FILLED THEM WITH CONFIDENCE.

>> YEAH, HE IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.

AND IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE HE HAS HIS STIRUPS UP, BUT NOT AN OVERLY BIG HORSE SO HE RIDES HER SHORTER THAN HE DOES WITH OTHER HORSES.

AND EVEN WHEN SHE JUMPED AROUND BADMINTON IN THE MUD THIS SPRING, SHE STILL KEPT GIVING.

SHE DUG TO THE BOTTOM OF AN ENDLESS PIT TO GET HIM AND HERSELF AROUND THAT FORMIDABLE TRACK.

>> YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT WILLIAM HAVING TO WORK A LITTLE BIT.

SHE VUS WANTS TO BRACE A LITTLE OVER THE TOP LINE AND MEDIUM AND SLIGHTLY COME UP AND LOOK WHERE HE IS GOING AND HE IS HAVING TO DO A GOOD JOB KEEPING THE-- KEEPING THE LID ON.

HE KNOWS HE HAS TO DO A MEDIUM, A HALF PASS, A CHANGE AND NEEDS JUST A SMIDGE MORE CONNECTION TO GET THE QUALITY WORK.

SHE REALLY WANTS TO COME UP AND GO.

AND HE IS JUST KEEPING THE THUMB ON IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE WILL SEE HOW THIS CHANGE COMES THROUGH.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT WAS WHEN HE ASKED.

I THINK HE WENT TO ASK BUT SHE HAD ALREADY OFFERED.

AND THAT IS SLIGHTLY BEING HER.

SHE IS A GAME BIRD, A REAL TRYER.

>> THAT IS A BIT OF.

>> A GAME BIRD, I WAS WRITING THAT DOWN IN MY NOTES.

SO WE'VE GOT THE STRETCH HERE AND THEN AGAIN YOU CAN KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO BE A HARD MOVE FOR HER BECAUSE SHE STILL DS LOOK LIKE SHE WANTS TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE CROWD.

THIS ARENA IS NOT AS BICK OF ANARENA AS PER SE KENTUCKY BUT THE STANDS ARE QUITE CLOSE, EVERYTHING IS QUITE CLOSE.

CHANGE COMES THROUGH.

>> AGAIN SHE WENT SHE JUMPED INTO IT SLIGHTLY.

SHE IS JUST BEING A BIT OF A KEEN BEAN.

THEY ARE GOOD CHANGES, COMING HIND LEG FIRST, THAT IS ALL ARE YOU LOOKING FOR.

IF YOU WATCH A BLIND CHANGE IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY BUT ARE YOU ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT HIND LEG TO COME BEFORE THE FRONT LEG SO THEY DO PUT THAT DOWN ON THE FLOOR FIRST IT IS A CLEAR CLEAN FLYING CHANGE.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IN THE 20S?

>> THE TROT WORK WAS BRILLIANT THERE WAS SOME TENSION I SNI IT MIGHT JUST STRUGGLE, IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH ONE, THE TROT WORK WAS REALLY NICE.

HE MANAGED TO KEEP IT CONTAINED IN THE TROT WORK BUT IN THE CANTOR WORK IT IS ALMOST LIKE SHE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO THINK, THEY FIND THE CANTOR WORK EASIER.

YOU AND I COULD SEE T THE JUDGES WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE IT TOO, HOW MUCH SHE WAS HAVING TO WORK TO KEEP HER ONLINE AND KEEP HER BUSY ENOUGH TO STAY WITH IT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> THERE WE GO.

IT IS SUB30, 26.1.

184.5.

>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WATCH WILLIAM IN THE TRESSAGE AND TO SEE HIM WITH SOME UP AND COMING HORSES SHE IS ONE MARE THAT KEPT HIS MO JO, SHE IS ONE HORSE THAT HAS MADE HIM STILL HUNGRY FOR THE SPORT HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN FOR SO MANY DECADES.

>> IS HE SO FUNNY.

WILLIAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO HUMBLE.

BUT YOU SAY OH MY GOD, ARE YOU SO AMAZING.

HE GOES OH, SHE'S JUST LOVELY, ANYONE COULD RIDE-- I'M THINKING, SIGN ME UP, PUT ME IN COACH.

>> SHE IS A LOVELY MAR TOE WATCH.

AND TO SEE THE JUDGES GIVE THE MARKS THAT SHE DESERVED WAS JUST SO, SO EXCITING.

AND REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE A MARE LIKE THAT.

WE KNOW WE WATCHED HER AT BADMINTON AND JUST SAW HOW DEEP SHE DUG FOR HIM AND KEPT DIGGING.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE SHOW JUMPING RESULT THEY WANTED IN THE LAST DAY, PROBABLY QUITE EXPECTED BECAUSE SHE IS STILL QUITE YOUNG, SHE IS 11 NOW.

BUT WE'RE NEARLY A YEAR ON FROM THAT.

IN EVENTING TERMS.

AND SHE LOOKS STRONGER YESTERDAY, DIDN'T SHE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

I MEAN THE PROPERTY YESTERDAY WAS, THE HORSES WERE RUNNING ON TOP OF THE GROUND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL FOOTING.

THE HORSES LOOKED LIKE A MILLION BUCKS, FROM ATWOOD ALL WEATHER ARENA FOOTING WHERE AT BADMINTON THEY ARE JUMPING ON GRASS.

I THINK THESE HORSES COMING OVER FROM THE U.K. WOULDN'T PUT THEM ON THE PLANE IN-- IT IS A BIG TRIP.

SO THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR THE BOO BEER.

>> NO, THEY'RE NOT.

>> TALKING OF BIG TRIPS, LET'S GO BACK AND REMIND OURSELVES OF THE BRILLIANT ROUND THAT WAS FROM OLIVER TOWNEND.

>> WELL, OLIVER LEADS THE START BOX WITH COOLEE ROSALENT.

AND THE MARE IS QUICK, WE SAW HER, SHE WON THE BLENHAM 4 STAR, THE 8 AND 9 YEAR OLD 5 STAR COURSE JUST ONE MONTH AGO.

THE TIME HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE.

AND IAN STARK SAID HE HAD WHEELED THE TIGHT LINES AND ALSO HE DID NOT A REPEAT OF 12022 WHEN MORE THAN 13 HORSES WERE INSIDE THE TIME.

>> HE SAID BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.

WE COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY WHEN WE WALKED AROUND THE COURSE, HE HAD JUST PUT IN SEVERAL CLEVER THINGS TO SLOW OUR RIDERS DOWN, WE HAD THESE HUGE LOGS GO ACROSS THE WATER CROSSING.

THAT USED TO BE ONE BIG LOGAN HE CHOPPED IT IN HALF AND MADE IT TWO.

SO THE COURSE BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS HERE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AS WE SEE OLIVER COME INTO THE MAIN ARENA.

HE REALLY TOOK AN INSIDE TRACK HERE.

WE ONLY SAW A FEW HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS CUT THIS CLOSE BUT THAT SHOWS THE CONFIDENCE HE HAS AS HE JUST MOVES UP OFF THE TURN, INCREDIBLE.

>> THE DISTANCE, HE MADE IT LOOK VERY EASY INDEED AS OLIVER LEAVES THE MAIN ARENA.

AND GALLOPS ON TO THE TIMBER RAILS.

>> THERE WE SEE THAT LITTLE SPOOK.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT TAILGATE SPOT BUT THESE TIMBER RAILS THAT WERE TIGHT, AND THAT IS ONE OF THOSE CLEVER THINGS IAN PUT IN THERE TO JUST SHORTEN UP OUR RIDERS, MAKE THEM SLOW DOWN, TAKE A CHECK, AS THEY COME AROUND THEY SWOOP INSIDE THIS AND HEAD DOWN TO OUR SUNK INROAD.

>> THE SUNKEN ROAD, BIG FENCE, WE WALK WALKED UP TO THIS AND I THINK WE BOTH GULLED.

IT IS ONE METER 16 GOING IN, ONE METER TEN THE TEP DIDDING DOWN, BOUNCE BACK UP ONE METER 10 TO A ONE METER 18 LOG ON THE TOP OF THE OTHER SIDE.

>> ALL I SAW WAS D WHEN I WAS COMING OUT, I THOUGHT OH MY GOSH THAT IS SUCH A HUGE LOG BUT SHE COMES DOWN, SEES A SUPER SHOT IN AND JUST, A GYMNASTIC, IN AND OUT.

AND THAT SHOWS THE ATHLETICISM NOT ONLY OF THE HORSE BUT THE RIDER.

YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY FLEXIBLE TO FOLLOW IN THE RIGHT RHYTHM.

>> DOWN TO THIS BIG OXER AT 7, AN ENORMOUS RAIL DOUBLE RAIL OVER A DITCH AND THEN OLIVER COMES UP THE HILL.

AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS QUITE INTERESTING.

BECAUSE A LOT OF JUMPING COMING UP.

AND COOLEE ROSALENT STILL IS PRIKED AS SHE MAKES HER WAY TO THIS UPTURN CANOE AND THE TWO BARGES.

TWO CANAL BARGES.

>> AND YOU SEE HIM REALLY GET ANIMATED THERE WITH HIS STICK, WITH HIS ARMS SAYING COME ON, WE COULDN'T SEE IT FROM THAT ANGLE BUT THERE IS A WATERFALL FROM THAT UPSIDE DOWN CANOE, BEAUTIFULLY BUILT BUT JUST THAT HE IS A LITTLE GREEN HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SECOND THOUGHTS.

>> .

>> OH, JUST PECKS ON LANDING, A BIT-- A BIG DROP ON THE LANDING THERE.

>> YES SO OLIVER JUST AT THE BIG WAVE, THAT IS VAST THAT FENCE.

>> AND THAT IS WHERE WE SAW PIGGY MARCH ON HER BEAUTIFUL HORSE SAILED OVER THAT AND JUST ENDED UP HALFWAY DOWN THE HILL, COULDN'T GET THE TURN, ENDED UP GOING THE LONG WAY THERE.

>> GALLOPING ALONG ON THIS RUPERT LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFULLY MANICURED CROSS COUNTRY COURSE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR FRONT LAWN STVMENT BEAUTIFULLY STRIPED.

ON TO THESE HUGE Z BOXES.

THE SECOND OF THOSE, SEES HIM RUN WIDE AND OLIVER QUICK TO PICK UP THE RIGHT REIN AND STEER HER BACK TO THE CORNER.

>> THAT TOOK SO MUCH GRIT AND INSTINCT ON BOTHER THEIR PART, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE CROSS COUNTRY THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T PLAN T YOU JUST HAVE TO REACT IN THE MOMENT, LOOK AT THAT STEP.

I MEAN AGAIN, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MARE.

>> SHE IS A SUPER MARE.

AN PAUL AND DIANE RIDGEON WHO ARE AMAZING OWNINGERS AND SUPPORT ARES.

AND OLIVER WITH HIS TEAM AND WITH QUANTUM, OF COURSE-- OF COURSE THE FIRST RIDER IN HISTORY TO BE CONTRACTED BY ANYBODY I THINK AS A FOOTBALLER WOULD BE.

HE IS CONTRACTED BY QUARTER, THEIR MAIN RIDARY LONG WITH GEORGE BARTLETT AND THEY HAVE A FANTASTIC SETUP, FANTASTIC TEAM, HEADED UP BY VICTORIA WRIGHT.

AND SIR JOHN PIECE, HER FATHER AS OLIVER TURNS TO THE TWO CORNERS.

AND 18 AND 19 THE FIRST OF THOSE IS THE CORNER, THE RIGHT HANDED CORNER AND THE SECOND IS 19AB.

OLIVER SEES HIS LINE.

>> DOES DID RIGHT DOWN THERE, THAT IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

IAN WOULDN'T BE A MAN TO BE COUNTING STRIDES BUT EVEN HE WALKED THAT AND SAID THERE IS AGE EASY 7 ALL THE WAY WE SAW 9S AND 10ST BUT WE SAW OLIVER GO THROUGH, PIGS ON THE NINE AND MADE IT LOOK JUST SO SMOOTH.

BUT YOU COULD SEE IT THAT FIRST CORNER, JUST QUESTIONING A LITTLE BITMENT AND YOU SAW OLIVER SAY COME ON, YOU'VE GOT THIS.

SO YOU CAN STILL SEE WHISPERS AND HITS OF THAT.

I I DON'T EVEN WANT TO CALL IT GREENNESS BUT LACK OF EXPERIENCE AT THE LEVEL.

>> YEAH.

>> WELL, NOW COMING TO THE BIG MARS LAKE, BOUNCING OVER THE BLUE CRAB, OLIVER HAS TO MAKE A QUICK DECISION, HE STILL GOES STRAIGHT, THE BANK UP, ONE STRIDE, BRUSHED SHOULDER, DOWN TWO SLIDES TO ANOTHER BRUSH CORNER.

>> IT WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING FENCE TO WATCH JUMP, WAS SPEAKING WITH THE ASSISTANT COURSE DESIGNER.

IT IS AMAZING WHAT HORSES SHOW US CAN BE DONE.

THEY WERE SO SO CLEVER WITH THEIR FOOT WORK, DOING IT IN THE ONE, THE TWO, PECKING ON LANDING BUT THEY ARE JUST SUCH AMAZING RIDERRING THEN TO THIS LOG AND THIS IS VAST.

YOU DO NOT GET SHE HAD TO REACH.

>> AND HE HAD TO GROWL.

>> I DON'T THINK IT GETS ANY EASIER T IS LIKE WE ARE WATCHING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT OLIVER TOWN IND-- TOWNEND STILL CLEAR, THE TIME IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL.

HE'S AT THE ROLLER COASTER, THE FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL ROLLER COASTER STEP DOWN AND SHE LANDS ON ALL FOURS, THAT WAS VERY QUICK TO PICK HER UP THERE.

IT IS NICE SHE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE A MISTAKE BNS BUT I MEAN THAT'S WHERE HAVING A PILOT LIKE OLIVER WHO IS SO COMMITTED, IS HE FEELING THOSE LITTLE HESITATIONS, LITTLE MOMENTS ON TAKEOFF, LITTLE MISTAKES AND IS HE JUST SO COMMITTED TO GETTING IT DONE.

HE BELIEVES IN HER, BELIEVES SHE CAN DO IT SO THERE IS NO DOUBT EVEN IF SHE STARTS TO DOUBT.

STILL TBLYING HOME, THIS IS RIGHT AT THE END.

IAN JUST SLOWS YOU DOWN WITH THESE TWO OPEN OXERS.

NOT MASSIVE IN SIZE BUT AT THE END OF A COURSE LIKE THIS STILL HAVE TO BE JUMP, STILL AN EFFORT HE IS PADDING.

HE KNOWS IS HE GOING TO MAKE IT HOMEMENT ONE MORE FENCE TO BE JUMPED.

AND IT IS HARD TO ENJOY THIS LAST LITTLE BITS BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE RELIEVE HERE AS WE HADED TO THIS LAST WATER JUMP.

>> DOESN'T KNOW THAT SHE JUMPED THE LAST AS SHE EKES UP THE HILL.

SHE GRABS THE BOTTOM OF THAT BANK AND JUST CLIMBS IT.

>> SO, SO EXCITING.

THERE IS NO BETTER FEELING THAN COMING THROUGH THE FINISH FLAGS AT A 5 STAR, PUTTING IT ALL OUT THERE, LEAVING NOTHING OUT IN THE FIELD.

AND YOU KNOW, TO BE IN THE POSITION HERE I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES, YOU STILL HAS TO BE SO AMAZING, HIS TEAM IS RUNG UP TO GREET HIM.

>> WELL, THERE IS KAREN, THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT.

THEY REALLY ARE.

OLIVER'S SHOT AT HOLYFIELD, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO RUNNING THE SHOWS T SAY SMALL ARMY OF PEOPLE.

WE REALLY DO UNDERESTIMATE THE VOLUNTEERS, WE WOULD LIKE A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO THE VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM WE COULDN'T RUN A SHOW.

AND WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING REALLY WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.

>> WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

>> WE COULDN'T.

WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEERS.

>> WITHOUT THE FENCE JUDGES, WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THAT OPEN AND CLOSE THE STRING, THE GATES, THE EVERYTHING, IT IS DOWN TO THOSE GUYS.

AND IT IS A THANKLESS TASK AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY HONOR, THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS.

AND TALKING OF AMAZING PEOPLE, FRARCHG FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH YET ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT PERSON HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

LT.

GOVERNOR MILLER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN MARYLAND AND THIS EVENT HAS GROWN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE PILING IN HERE TODAY.

TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO MARYLAND.

>> THIS IS SO FANTASTIC, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EQUISTRIANS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO COME HERE.

AND FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ATHLETES HERE.

THE CORGIS.

SO THIS WAS SO EXCITING TO SEE THAT RACE TAKE PLACE.

>> WE DID AS YOU MENTIONED DID GET TO SEE YOU HELP US WITH THE CORGI CUP T IS VERY EXCITING.

OVER A HUNDRED DOGS COMPETING AND THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE HERE THIS WEEK.

>> RIGHT, THERE CERTAINLY IS.

I CAN SEE THE LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT, EVERYBODY IS HERE.

I MET PEOPLE FROM VIRGINIA, FROM PENNSYLVANIA, COMING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND.

SO THIS IS A MAJOR MAGNET AND ATTRACTION FOR SO MANY.

>> WE JUST LOVE HAVING YOU OUT HERE, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU JUST ABOUT THIS VENUE, OBVIOUSLY AS YOU MENTIONED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS AS WELL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, IT SAN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHOW OFF MARYLAND AND THE GREAT NATURAL RESOURCES THAT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS OVER NATURAL RESOURCES OVER THE STATE OF MARYLAND THAT EVERYONE GETS TO ENJOY.

>> SO GRATEFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS DAY TODAY.

>> I'M HAVING A FANTASTIC TIME, FRANKIE, THANK YOU.

GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN, REALLY.

THERE IS ONE MAN THAT IS HOPING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN THE ARENA.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT AND GRAFENNACHT JUST WALKING AROUND, HAVING A BIT OF A CHILL TIME.

AND A REMINDER THAT WE GET BACK UNDER WAY FROM THE BREAK WITH SHOW JUMPING AT HALF PAST 3, SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE, MAKE SURE ARE YOU SITTING COMFORT "GLEE--" COMFORTABLY, THE FIRST HORSE AT HALF PAST 3.

IS.

>> TWHR IS MR. FOX-PITT, THERE IS THE VERY RELAXED, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, THE KINDEST EYE, GRAFENNACHT.

JUST TELL US SINEAD BECAUSE WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

I MEAN WELL YOU KNOW WILLIAM WELL, I KNOW WILLIAM VERY WELL AS WELL.

WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE U.S. TO HAVE WILLIAM AND OLIVER, THE LIKES OF THOSE TWO OVER HERE?

>> YEAH, I MEAN I THINK IT RAISES THE BAR, RIGHT.

I MEAN FIRST OF ALL IT IS A TIP OF THE HAT SHOWING THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE PREMIER FA SIMENTS-- FACILITIES IN THE WORLD IT IS SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL VENUE THAT THESE GUYS WHO ARE IN THE MECCA OF HORSE SPORTS, I MEAN GREAT BRITAN IS THE PLACE TO BE, HAVE ACTUALLY LEFT THERE AND COME HERE SO THAT IS A HUGE TIP OF THE HAT TOWARDS EVERYBODY HERE, FOR OUR RIDERS, IT LEVELS US UP.

WE SEE WHERE THE BAR.

IS MOST OF THE TIME WE DON'T GET TO COMPETE WITH THESE LEGENDS RIGHT NEXT TO US.

AND HERE YOU KNOW THESE ARE RIDERS, TOP RIDERS WITH THEM TO THE WARMUP ARENA.

THEY ARE WALKING THEIR COURSES, MAKING LIFELONG FRIENDS, CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS SEEING WHERE, WHAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE, WHAT TYPE OF TALENT, WHAT TYPE OF TECHNIQUE THAT THE TOP GUYS ARE PLAYING AT.

SO IT IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE THING TO BE ABLE TO MIX IN THE SAME COMPANY HERE.

SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD SHOT OF OLIVER TOWNEND ON HIS BEAUTIFUL MARE.

JUST HAVING A WARMUP AROUND.

LOOKING VERY, VERY POLITE.

>> AND TO THE SPECTATOR, TO THE AUDIENCE, IT HAS GOT TO BE VERY EXCITING TO HAVE THE WORLD NUMBER ONE HERE AT THE MARYLAND AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS WON AS MANY 5 STARS AS WILLIAM HAS, 145 STARS HE WON IN TOTAL.

YES, THEY ARE LEGENDS OF A SPORT BUT YOU HAVE ALSO GOT SOME BIG NAMES OF THE U.S.

TEAM HERE AS WELL.

A LOT OF THOSE GOING OFF TO THE PAN AM GAMES, CAROLINE POWELL ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BIG NAMES, TIM SILVER MEDALIST IN THE LONDON OLYMPICS, ALSO A FORMER BURGHLEY WINNER WITH LENAMORE.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR FOR IRELAND HAS BEEN ON THE PODIUM BEFORE.

HE IS SO HUNGRY FOR TO ANOTHER PODIUM FINISH IT COULD BE HIS HERE TODAY.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I THINK IS KIND OF INTERESTING IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE THESE GUYS AND GALS IN THE FLESH AND ARE YOU CHATTING WITH THEM, YOU REALIZE THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE.

AND IT DOES MAKE YOU THINK WOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS POSSIBLE.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO GO OUT THERE AND COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND BE COMPETITIVE AND STILL BE A REALLY GOOD HUMAN.

I MEAN THESE ARE GREAT PEOPLE REPRESENTING.

AND IT IS ONE THING TO SEE THEM ON TV ALL THE TIME BUT TO SEE THEM ACTUALLY HERE T KIND OF HUMANIZES THEM I THEPT SHE IS JUST SAYING THANK YOU, AGAIN WITHOUT THE FEI JUDGES THAT GIVE UP THEIR TIME, WE COULDN'T RUN IT, JODI MORE SIS THE COMPETITION EVENT DIRECT ERR-- DIRECTER, WHAT A JOB SHE IS DOING GROWING THIS EVENT.

IT IS A SMALL ARMEY, HUGE THANKS, SHE IS NOW TRYING TO HIDE.

YOU CAN'T GET AWAY.

WE ARE ALL SO GRATEFUL TO YOU.

AND TO THE WHOLE TEAM HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

WITH JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE FIRST HORSE IN THE FINAL PHASE.

THE LAST SEVEN, THE LAST SEVEN OF THE 2023 EVENTS -- EVENT.

HERE IS MONICA SPENCER, WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING ALL OF THE COVERAGE ON YOUR HEADSETS.

WE HAVE LOVED EVERY SECOND.

AND IF WE FORGET AT THE END THROUGH EMOTION AND EXCITEMENT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT NOW.

AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.

AND TO YOU SINEAD, YOU'VE BEEN FANTASTIC AND I LOVE WORKING WITH YOU.

IT IS JUST BEEN A BALL.

>> IT HAS BEEN.

WE HAVE HAD SUCH A FUN TIME.

AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

AND LET'S KICK OFF THE FINAL 7 OF THIS 2023 MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.

AND NO ONE BETTER TO DO IT.

>> MONICA SPENCER, MONICA COMES INTO THE ARENA WITH ARTIST, A 12 YEAR OLD, WINS A PARK STAR AT THE BREED EARNINGS MONICA AND ANDREW SPENCER THE OWNERS.

43.6 IS HER STARTING SCORE.

LYING IN 7th PLACE FOR THESE EVENTS.

>> THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE, SHE WAS THE FIRST TO GO DIRECT AT THE MARS CROWD WATER YESTERDAY, IT WAS SO EXCITING.

THE CROWD WENT WILD.

SHE GETS THROUGH THAT TRICKY LINE THERE AS SHE COMES AROUND TO THE SINGLE STANDING VERTICAL AND AGAIN WOULD YOU NORMALLY SEE A PLANK BUT WE STAYED AWAY FROM THAT DUE TO THE WINDS THAT SHE CARVES QUICKLY DOWN TO THIS TRIPLE BAR, JUMP BACK TOWARDS THE SCREEN.

>> IT IS INTERESTING.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS HORSE SHOW JUMP ON THE FINAL DAY, THIS IS HIS FIRST 5 STAR.

HE STARTED THE 5 STAR IN ADELAIDE, DIDN'T QUITE GO TO PLAN, LEAD THE DRESSAGE BUT THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENTS.

>> OY SAID IT.

>> STILL SHE COMES AROUND, NOT WHAT SHE IS SO SMOOTH AROUND HER TURN, OH, AND THAT COMES DOWN, SHE HAS GOT THREE MORE TO JUMP, STILL ALL TO PLAY FOR, THE SCORES ARE SO TIGHT AND WE HAVE SEEN THE RAILS, THIS COULD BE A A 4.1 RAIL WINNER TODAY, OH, SO MUCH, THAT IS TWO DOWN.

>> JUST INSIDE THE TIME ALLOWED OF 78 SECONDS FOR NEW ZEALANDER MONICA SPENCER.

AND ARTIST.

>> AND WHAT A CLASSY COMBINATION.

SHE WILL LEAVE THIS HORSE HERE WHILE SHE HEADS HOME TO TAKE CARE OF SOME HORSES AT HOME AND SHE PLANS TO BASE IN AMERICA, AGAIN ANOTHER TIP HERE TO PREPARE FOR PARIS.

SHE HAS GOT HER QUALIFICATIONS NOW, HER 5 STAR UNDER THE BELT AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT'S BEEN TO WATCH HER ACROSS THE WEEKEND.

>> IT TRULY HAS, TWO FENCES DOWN FOR MONDAY CA LEADS UP THE-- LEAVES UP ITS USEA FENCE.

>> DIDN'T QUITE READ IT RIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME SHADOWS COMING IN THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THE DAY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.

EARLIER IN THE 3 STAR WE SAW THE BUCKEYE VERTICAL UNDER THE SHADE AND CAME AROUND AND JUST MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE.

>> 51.6, IT DOES STAY IN THE LEAD.

ONE NEW ZEALANDER PASSES ANOTHER IT IS CAROLINE POWELL, GREG THERE LEFT OF SCENE, IN THE SUNGLASS, CAROLINE'S PARTNER AS SHE COMES INTO THE ARENA WITH THE STUNNING, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS MARE.

GREENACRES BY CAVALIER ROYALE.

IRISH SPORT HORSE, TEN YEAR OLD MARE.

THE DAM GREENACRES TOUCH BY TOUCHDOWN BREAD BY MICHAEL KALLERY AND OWNED BY CHRIS MANN.

41.8 IS THE STARTING SCORE.

SHE WAS A TEAM SILVER MEDALIST AT THE LONDON GAMES.

AND SHE WAS A FORMER, SHE IS A FORMER 5 STAR WINNER, AT BURKLY IN 2010.

-- AT BURGHLEY.

CAN FEEL A LITTLE WAYS OFF, THIS IS DEFINITELY RELATED BACK HERE, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE 3 STAR TRACK WHICH WE HAD VERY FEW RELATED LINES HERE, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO CONNECT.

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO AFFECT.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

>> VERY CAREFUL AROUND TO THIS UPRIGHT.

NOW SHE'LL THINK ABOUT THE TIME ALLOWED.

JUMPS HAVE TO BE JUMPED BUT THE TIME HAS TO BE MET AS WELL.

BEAUTIFUL JUMP THERE.

AND ANOTHER MAR NE THE FIELD, SO EXCITING.

THESE MARS SEEM TO REALLY KNOW WHERE THEIR FEET ARE, SO CAREFUL, SO AWARE.

>> SITS DOWN TO THE TRIPLE.

>> SO MUCH HEARTBREAK TODAY.

CAROLINE.

>> YOU KEEP HOLDING THEM, KEEP TALKING.

>> BEAUTIFUL THERE.

THREE LEFT TO JUMP.

OFFICE IS DONE, THE TIME IS 78.

WILL BE CLOSE.

>> COME ON CAROLINE.

COME ON CAROLINE.

SHE'S GOING TO GO IN THE TIME-- JUST OVER, A CLEAR RIDE THOUGH.

SHE WILL MOVE ON TO 42.6.

WHOA.

>> AND THAT IS WHY THEY MADE THE TRACK, CONFIDENT SINCE DAY ONE, SHOWED PURE CLASS, STORMED AROUND THE CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY AND WHAT A CLASS ROUND.

>> HAIRS STOOD UP ALL OVER.

>> IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS JUST CANTORRING AROUND THE PONY CLUB.

>> SO EASY, SO PROFESSIONAL.

>> SHE SHOULD HAVE KANLTSORRED A BIT FASTER.

>> WOULDA COULDA SHOULDA BUT I BELIEVE WE WILL BE SEEING THIS PAIR IN PARIS FOR 2024.

>> YOU HAVE GOT TO SHE'S TEN YEARS OLD.

WHAT A MARE, SHE JUMPED A DOUBLE CLEAR AND THAT WAS JUST FANTASTIC TO WATCH, WELL, IT WASN'T, IT WAS AWFUL TO WATCH BECAUSE I WANTED HER TO DO SO WELL.

BUT A BRILLIANT YANT ROUND THERE.

SHE WILL HOLD ON TO 6th PLACE, THREE MARES IN THE TOP SIX.

FIRST AND SECOND, AND THEN GREENACRES.

THERE IS OUR MINI LEADERBOARD, CAROLINE POWELL LEADS,-- HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, IS HE A BIG HORSE, CAPITOL H I M. >> LOOK AT THAT TAIL.

>> SO BEAUTIFULLY TURNED OUT.

>> 16 YEARS OLD BY CON AIR 7, THE DAMN SIRE IS HERALDIC OWNED BY HOLDSTEINER.

HE IS VERY FULL SQUARE, THEY START ON 39.6-- 39.6.

>> HANNAH JUMPED A BEAUTIFUL ROUND, CLEAR ROUND THIS MORNING IN THE 3 STAR, THIS WOULD BE-- NOT BE CAPITOL H I M'S BEST PHASE BUT THANKFULLY IT'S ONE OF HANNAH'S BEST PHASES, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD, HANNAH MARRIED TO-- HAS REALLY EXCITED IN THIS PART OF THE SPORT 57D HAS ONLY GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.

I SAW THIS HORSE JUMPING THE OTHER DAY AND I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM, HE WAS JUMPING SO FABULOUSLY.

SO EVERYTHING TO FLAY FOR.

WE NOW KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.

WE KNOW THEY CAN JUMP A CLEAR ROUND, EMILY, CAROLINE, CAN HANNAH DO IT?

>> ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT STUFF.

I HAVE MY SEATBELT LOCKED IN.

SO I DON'T JUMP UP AND DOWN.

HE IS JUMPING NICE TO START.

JUMPING NICELY.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE BRAVE.

I KEEP SAYING THAT.

WE ARE PAID TO DO THIS JOB, TALK AND I GET SO NERVOUS.

>> JUMP SOG BEAUTIFULLY.

>> THE MARS DOUBLE AT FOUR.

>> AND THIS OF COURSE IS JUST SUCH A SWEET HORSE AND HANNAH LOVES HIM SO MUCH.

I MEAN ALL THESE RIDERS LOVE THEIR HORSES BUT SHE HAS JUST BROUGHT THIS HORSE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.

SHE HAS COME INTO THIS ARENA BEFORE AT THE LOWER LEVEL, IN THE WINNING POSITION.

AND IT DID NOT GO HER WAY.

AND SO SHE IS LOOKING TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.

HERE.

9ABC THE COMBINATION.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> NOT CAPITOL H I M. >> OH, SHE IS RUBBING THEM IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS, WE HOPE A SMIDGE LIKE THAT MAKES THEM A BIT MORE CAREFUL.

>> BEAUTIFUL THERE, TWO LEFT TO JUMP.

IT IS GOING TO BE TIGHT ON THE CLOCK.

>> ANOTHER ONE TIGHT ON THE CLOCK.

>> ONE SET LEFT TO JUMP.

.4.

>> A PURE ROUND, THAT IS MAGIC, THAT IS MAGIC.

AND THAT IS PROOF THAT YOU PUT THE TIME AND THE WORK, YOU CAN DO THIS.

AND I'M GETTING TEARY EYED BECAUSE I KNOW THE WORK SHE HAS DONE.

I AM GOING TO CRY.

SHE HAS CRYING TOO, IT IS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING THING.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT IS SO HEARTBREAKING WHEN IT DOESN'T GO RIGHT BUT IT MAKES IT SO MUCH SWEETER WHEN IT DOES.

>> IT REALLY DOES.

>> WE KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO JUMPING THESE CLEAR ROUNDS.

THEY DON'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN BUT ALSO, THE BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS, THE NERVES, IT IS SO EMOTIONAL, YOU MADE ME GET A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL.

I EXPECT WE'RE GOING TO BE A BLUB EERIE MESS.

>> SHE COMPLETED D THAT IS NOW THE SCORE TO BEAT, 40.0.

>> LOOK AT THAT SMILE.

AND SHE HAS PUT HERSELF, SHE HAS BEEN ON THE EYES OF THIS FOR AWHILE BUT SO THRILL I HAD FOR THE WHOLE TEAM THERE.

THEY HAVE GOT HUSBANDS BACK BEHIND HER.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO CELEBRATE.

WE HAVE TO GO BACK IN HERE.

AND IF ANYONE ELSE CAN JUMP A CLEAR ROUND, IT IS THIS MAN.

>> IT IS THIS MAN.

IT IS AUSTIN O'CONNOR.

AUSTIN WITH COLORADO BLUE, COLORADO BLUE INNED BY HIMSELF AND THE SALTY SINNED CAT.

14 YEAR OLD GREY GELDING.

THE SPORT HORSE OF GREAT BRITAN.

ROCK KING THE DAM SIRE.

GREAT BREEDING IN THERE.

GREAT PEDIGREE, ON THE PODIUM AT BADMINTON, DIDN'T GO THEIR WAY AT BURGHLEY, CAN IT BE HERE.

>> YOU KNOW, HE MADE SUCH LIGHT WORK OF THE COURSE YESTERDAY.

I MEAN WAS BEAUTIFUL FROM THE WORD GO.

WE WERE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS OUR PATH PATH FINDER.

TO BE HOBBEST HE HAD LONGER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE TO RECOVER.

THIS HORSE IS TOUCHING THE RAILSMENT BUT CAN JUMP A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CLEAR, AUSTIN NO STRANGER TO PRESSURE.

ALL THESE HORS AND RIDER COMBINATIONS ARE NOT THINK BEING IT NOW BUT PARIS IS VERY MUCH ON THE HORIZON.

OH, IT STAYED UP.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

>> WHAT ON EARTH.

>> THAT IS THE IRISH IN HIM.

>> HE HAS GOT TO RECOVER, GOT A TRICKY LINE.

>> COME ON AUSTIN.

OH, STEDDY, STEDDY.

COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT YOU.

>> IT IS NOT HELPING MY NERVES.

COME ON.

>> MAKING AN EXCITING ROUND, THREE LEFT TO JUMP, HE HAS GOT TO TAKE CARE OF, TURNING BACK IN TOWARDS.

>> OH COLORADO BLUE, THE HORSE ERODE AT THE TOKYO GAME, THE TIME IS LOOKING ALL RIGHT FOR AUSTIN, COULD THIS BE A PODIUM FINISH, HE HAS ONE FENCE LEFT TO JUMP AND IT IS CLEAR.

AND HIM ALL THE WAY, HE HAS DONE IT AUSTIN O'CONNOR, FOR IRELAND AND COLORADO BLUE, JUMPS THE VERY FIRST CLEAR ROUND.

>> YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY IT.

>> NO, I KNOW.

YES, YES, YES, AUSTIN, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

AND HE HAS REALLY PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE LAST THREE TO GO.

THIS COULD BE AUSTIN O'CONNOR'S DAY.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THIS AGAIN.

>> WE WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN, DO WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN.

>> LOOK AT HIS FACE.

>> COLORADO BLUE, HOW DID YOU JUMP THAT, YOU ABSOLUTE STAR.

YOU DESERVE A GOLD MEDAL.

UNBELIEVABLE.

>> BUT THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT, RECOVERING FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN, THAT IS FROM YEARS AND YEARS OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS HORSE AND RIDER.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE GOOD THING ABOUT A COMBINATION.

SOMETIMES YOU MAKE A LITTLE MISTAKE AND OUR HORSE PICKS US UP.

AND SOMETIMES IT IS BACK AND FORTH, AUSTIN GOT HIS HEAD BACK ON HIS SHOULDERS.

>> AMY HIS WIFE.

>> THERE IS AMY.

YOU CAN SEE AMY, HIS WIFE.

TRAIZY ROBINSON AS WELL, THAT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL, THAT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL, NOW THE SCORE TO BEAT IS 34.9.

OKAY, ONE FENCE SEPARATES THE TOP TWO.

MIA FARLEY IN TO THE ARENA.

SHE IS THE ONLY RIDER TO GO DOUBLE CLEAR.

SHE WAS CLEAR, SHE WAS ON THE TIME OF 11 MINUTES 10 SECONDS YESTERDAY.

HER HORSE OWNED BY DAVID O'CONNOR.

THEY PURCHASED THIS HORSE FOR $1 FOR FROM JOANY MORRIS, THE EVENT DIRECTOR HERE.

AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

>> THERE SAY POLE SO THAT MOVES ON TO 36, AUSTIN IS ON THE PODIUM.

>> AND MIA KNOWS THAT THIS HORSE, THIS IS A HARD PHASE, STILL A YOUNG HORSE, ONLY TEN YEARS OLD.

SHE'S DOING A MASTERFUL JOB SO FAR.

WHAT A RELATIONSHIP.

HOW EXCITING THIS PAIR WAS.

SHE REALLY IS GETTING HIM EXACTLY WHERE SHE NEEDS TO, GIVING HIM THE BEST CHANCE TO JUMP A CLEAR ROUND.

HE IS SUCH A TRYER.

OH, JUST GETS A LITTLE CLOSE TO THAT ONE AS SHE HEADS INTO THIS TRIPLE.

HOPEFULLY SHE CAN-- PICK HIM UP.

FOUR MORE FENCES LEFT TO JUMP.

THREE MORE FENCES LEFT TO JUMP.

THAT SAY NICE BIG SQUARE OXER, TURNING BACK, TAKES ALL THE POWER IN THERE.

THAT CAUGHT MONICA OUT, JUMPS THE LAST.

>> I TELL YOU WHAT, TWO FENCES DOWN, THAT IS NOT BAD, I WAS EXPECTING HIM WITH NO DISRESPECT, TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR.

>> YES, THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SAME THING KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH BUCK'S HORSE EARLIER.

MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THESE HORSES ARE IMPROVING, THEY ARE GETTING BETTER.

AT JUST TEN YEARS OLD.

WE COULD SEE HIM FOR ANOTHER NINE YEARS AT THIS SPORT.

AND TO ALREADY BE HERE, I MEAN WHAT, WHAT AN AMAZING, I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL AGAIN.

AN AMAZING FINISH FOR MIA.

HER FIRST 5 STAR DEBUT, UNREAL.

>> IT REALLY IS UNREAL.

IT IS NOT OVER YET.

WE'VE GOT TWO LEFT TO JUMP.

THE MAN THAT HAS WON 14, 5 STARS IN HIS CAREER.

THERE IS OLIVER TOWNEND THERE IS KAREN, WILLIAM FOX-PITT THE LAST TO JUMP WITH GRAFENNACHT.

THIS IS AN AMAZING JOURNEY.

THESE TWO HAVE BEEN ON.

THE MARE THAT HAS DUG DEEPER THAN ANY AT BADMINTON IN THE SPRING.

HE'S WON THREE KENTUCKYS.

TWO BADMINTON'S, 6 BIRDIES, TWO .S, ONE LUHMUHLEN, 16 GOLDS AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, TEAM BRONZE AT BEIJING-- BEIJING, IN ATHENS TEAM SILVER AND IN LONDON TEAM SILVER.

>> SO HE IS LOOKING THERE AT THE CLOCK.

NOT SURE IF HE HEARD THE BELL G LOOKED UP AT THE BOOTH AT OUR JUDGES, AMBULANCE BACK SAW THE CLOCK GOING HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME, 45 SECONDS FROM THE TIME OF BELL TOLLS.

>> AMANDA GOULD THE OWNER.

11 YEAR OLD MARE, THEY START ON 31 POINT-- 31.3.

>> COMES AROUND TO THIS UPRIGHT VERTICAL, GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM THERE TIME ALLOWED.

>> SEES A GOOD SHOT THERE BUT GOING TO HAVE TO WORK.

>> OH, YOU COULD SEE HER SO CAREFUL THERE, MAKING SURE SHE GOT THE FRONT END.

MAKING SURE SHE GOT THE BACK END.

WILLIAM BASICALLY PICKING HER UP.

>> THIS IS NO GOOD FOR MY NERVES.

>> THE BOGGY FENCE.

>> OH, HE HAS A BACK RAIL DOWN.

HE HAS HAD A BACK RAIL DOWN AT 9A.

HE MOVES ON TO 34.3, HE HOLDS ONTO SECOND.

THREE MORE JUMPS TO JUMP.

>> ONE MORE FENCE DOWN.

ON TO FOURTH, IF HE WANTS TO KEEP THE PRESSURE DOWN.

>> AND HE JUMPS, THE TIME IS GOOD.

ONE FENCE DOWN FOR GREAT BRITAIN'S WILLIAM FOX-PITT, HE MOVES ON TO 34.3, AUSTIN O'CONNOR 34.9, HE HOLDS ONTO SECOND PLACE.

AND WILL FINISH NO WORSE.

ONE LEFT.

ONE LEFT.

>> I MEAN WHAT A SHOT DOWN HERE TO THIS TRIPLE.

AND HE, YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD SHE TRIES HERE, ENDS UP QUITE DEEP, HE WAITS, WRAPS THE FRONT END, WRAPS THE HIND END AND JUST AGAIN, WE'VE SEEN THAT FIRST RAIL COME DOWN.

THEY JUST ARE LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN THAT LINE AND GET A LITTLE CASUAL BUT WILLIAM PULLS IT BACK TOGETHER.

CAREFUL OVER THE VERTICAL, FOUR OPEN STRIDES DOWN TO THE OXER, INSIDE THE TIME.

>> .6 SEPARATING FIRST AND SECOND AT THE MOMENT.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT IS OUR LEADER AT THE MOMENTS.

IN FACT 35.3, YES, SORRY, SO IT IS, AUSTIN O CON CERTIFICATE IN THE LEAD.

MY MATH IS RUBBISH.

WILLIAM IS IN SECOND.

AUSTIN O CON CERTIFICATE IN THE LEAD.

AT THE MOMENTS.

>> SO OLIVER HAS A RAIL IN HAND.

>> HE HAS ONE RAIL.

>> HE CAN AFFORD ONE FENCE DOWN.

>> AUSTIN AND HIS WIFE I MEAN THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO OTHER THAN SIT, BITE HIS NAILS AND WATCH.

HE WAS IN THIS POSITION AT BADMINTON.

>> HE CAN AFFORD ONE FENCE DOWN AND FOUR SECONDS OVER FOR 5.8 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLIVER TOWNEND, NINE YEAR OLD MARE, COOLEE ROSALENT.

>> THEY'VE BEEN RUBBING IT, IN THE RIGHT WAY, SHE LOOKS SO FULL.

>> ROSALENT-- ROSE LEAH.

>>-- .

>> SHE LOOKS HE'S DARING HER.

>> I MEAN IS HE KNOT HANGING ABOUT, WE COME DOWN THIS INFLUENTIAL LINE HERE THAT HAS CAUSED SO MANY THEIR TOP SPOTS.

OH, SHE'S HAD A FENCE, HE CANNOT AFFORD A FENCE DOWN, ONE MORE FENCE DOWN IT GOES-- TO IRELAND.

>> OH, AUSTIN O'CONNOR HAS WON THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

WHAT AN AMAZING.

>> WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> LET'S LET OLIVER GET FINISHED.

TWO MORE TO JUMP.

>> THAT IS THE LAST.

OLIVER TOWNEND, 37.1, HE WILL FINISH IN THIRD PLACE.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT FINISHES SECOND.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR WINS HIS VERY FIRST 5 STAR.

AND HE DOES IT IN PLARYK.

>> IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME COMING.

I WAS WATCHING THEM AND HE SCWUMPED SO WELL THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE CHANCE.

THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME COMING.

GUTTED FOR OLIVER TOWNEND BUT WHAT A PROMSING HORSE FOR THE FUTURE, THIRD PLACE HERE AT THIS, WHAT HE SAID WAS NOW ONE OF THE TOUGHEST 5 STARS IN THE WORLD.

NOTHING BUT PROMISE AND PRAISE FOR HIM AND HE GIVES AUSTIN A PAT ON THE HEAD THERE.

AND I JUST, AM SO THRILLED FOR AUSTIN.

>> GETTING EMOTIONAL.

I'M JUST ABOUT TO READ, THIS BECAUSE THERE IS-- HANG ON.

HANG ON.

OKAY.

SO AUSTIN O'CONNOR, BECOMES THE FIRST IRISH WINNER OF A 5 STAR IN 58 YEARS.

ALL PREVIOUS IRISH 5 STAR WINNERS AT BADMINTON IN 52Y.

EMILY LITTLE, IN 1-9D 63.

AND BADMINTON, 1965 EDDIE BOILON.

THAT IS JUST THE BEST NEWS EVER.

AMY, HIS WIFE, I MEAN INCREDIBLE PICTURES.

>> I THINK EVERYONE IS IN TEARS.

>> EVERYONE IS SO EMOTIONAL.

AUSTIN IS SUCH A GREAT GUY AND HAS BEEN ON THE CIRCUIT FOR SO LONG.

HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I SAW WHEN I GOT TO MARYLAND.

AND IS ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING KIND TO SAY, ALWAYS VERY POLITE AND I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE NOT A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE.

EVERYONE IS SO THRILLED.

JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

>> IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

>> THERE WAS SOMETHING, IF YOU HAD ASKED ME WHO WAS GOING TO WIN IT, IN MY MIND I-- I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.

I SAID AUSTIN HAS A REAL CHANCE AT THIS.

YOU THINK WHEN YOU HAVE OLIVER TOWN END AND WILLIAM FOX-PITT YOU THINK IT COULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT DOES.

>> THAT IS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT.

HE HAS MADE HIS WAY UP TO THE OWNERS.

AND WHAT A SPECIAL MOMENT.

I MEAN JUST THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT GO INTO MAKING THIS VERY SPECIAL.

THE TEARS.

>> EVERYONE IS CRYING.

>> THE EMOTION, I'M CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING, HE'S CRYING.

OH, SORRY ABOUT THE SNIFFING.

BUT TEARS OF JOY, JUST ABSOLUTE JOY, STOP CRYING, AUSTIN.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF AUSTIN, AND HE'S-- YOU KNOW, HE'S SUCH A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE SPORT.

AND HE'S BEEN REALLY STRUGGLING WITH GETTING THE HORSE, GETTING THESE HORSES, COLORADO BLUE HAS JUST BEEN ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING CAMPAIGNERS FOR HIM AS WELL.

CAN I HARDLY SEE.

AND YOU KNOW, TO COME HERE, TO FLY THE HORSES HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD, AND TO BE HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY, I REALLY, I REALLY HOPE THAT HE WOULD WIN BUT THERE IS THE OFFICIAL BROWN ADVISORY FINAL STANDS.

>> RIGHT, TAKE A BREATHER.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR, COLORADO BLUE, WIN FOR IRELAND, LOOK AT THE FLAG AT THE TOP, 34.9.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT SECOND, GRAFENNACHT, 35.3.

OLIVER TOWNEND IN THIRD, COOLEE ROSALENT, 37.1-RBGS HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, BRILLIANT, CAPITOL H I M IN FOURTH, MIA FARLEY, AMAZING, FIRST TIME 5 STAR, THE HIGHEST PLACE 5 STAR PHELPS, CAROLINE POWELL, NEW ZEALAND, GREENACRES IN SIXTH, 42.6, IN 7th MONICA SPENCER AND ARTIST, 51.6, DOUG PAYNE.

>> LISTEN, WHAT A COMPETITION.

AND WE ARE THRILLED TO NOW CATCH UP WITH FRANKIE AN OUR WINNER, AUSTIN O'CONNOR, FOR IRELAND AT THE KISS ALTOIDS KISS AND COUNTRY.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR 2023 CHAMPION HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AUSTIN O'CONNOR.

LET THAT SINK IN FOR JUST A MINUTE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW?

>> UNBELIEVABLE.

YEAH, PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WIN 5 STARS, BUT HEY T HAS JUST HAPPENED, I THINK.

>> WELL, AS IT ALL UNFOLDED THERE SO MANY THINGS HAVE TO COME TOGETHER JUST TO BE ABLE TO FLY OVER TO GET TO THIS EVENT LET ALONE TO WIN IT.

AND FOR YOU, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN TO YOU JUST TO HAVE IT ALL COME TO FREUICIAN RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S THE END RESULTS OF A LIFETIME'S WORK, REALLY.

BUT LOOK, ULTIMATELY IT IS ALL ABOUT THE THE HORSE.

HE'S UNBELIEVABLE.

HE'S BEEN A CHAMPION FOR YEARS.

AND PRIVATELY I WAS PREPARED TO GIVE HIM TO SOMEBODY BETTER BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE DESERVED TO WIN A 5 STAR AND I DIDN'T THINK I COULD EVER WIN ONE WITH HIM BUT HERE WE ARE.

>> WELL, THE TWO OF YOU ARE 5 STAR CHAMPIONS TOGETHER.

AND ARE YOU GOING TO NEED SOME CURIOUSLY STRONG ARMS AND MUSCLE TO CARRY HOME ALL THE LOOT YOU HAVE WON HERE THIS WEEKEND IN THIS BEAUTIFUL STATE OF MARYLAND AND I PRESENT YOU WITH THE CURIOUSLY STRONG MINTS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT ALTITUDE FOR YOUR 2023 VICARY.

>> AMAZING AND THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH, MARYLAND AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HERE.

THE WELCOME AND THE TREATMENT WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, SINCE LAST MONDAY HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.

>> YOUR VICARY GOES TO IRELAND, BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO THIS MAN.

THE AWARD CEREMONY IS COMING UP.

SO DO MAKE SURE YOU JOIN US AS WE GO TO A VERY SHORT BREAK.

WITH ARE BACK HERE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR, WHAT A FINISH TO OUR EVENT TODAY IN THE SHOW JUMPING AND AUSTIN O'CONNOR IS THE CHAMPION OF THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.

HE WAS FLAWLESS IN THE SHOW JUMPING.

IN FACT LET'S TAKE A LOOK BECOME AT IT AND JOIN SPENCER STURMEY AND THIS WAS HIS WINNING JUMP.

>> BY THE SALTY SINNED CAT, BRED BRI JACKIE OMARA.

THE JACKIE BY ROCK ME BABY, ROCK KING, THE DAM SIRE, GREAT BREEDING IN THERE, GREAT PEDIGREE, ON THE PODIUM AT BADMINTON, DIDN'T GO THEIR WAY AT BURGHLEY, CAN IT BE HERE.

>> YOU KNOW, HE MADE SUCH LIGHT WORK OF THE COURSE YESTERDAY.

I MEAN WAS BEAUTIFUL FROM THE WORD GO.

WE WERE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS OUR PATH FINDER.

AND TO BE HONEST HE HAS A LITTLE LONGER THAN EVERYONE ELSE TO RECOVER.

HIS HORSE TOUCHES THE RAILS BUT CAN JUMP A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CLEAR, AUSTIN NO STRANGER TO PRESSURE.

>> .

>> ALL THESE HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS ARE NOT THINK BEING IT NOW BUT PAR SIS VERY MUCH ON THE HORIZON.

>> OH T STAYED UP.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

>> WHAT ON EARTH.

>> THAT IS THE IRISH IN HIM.

>> BUT HE'S GOT TO RECOVER NOW.

HE'S GOT A TRICKY LINE.

>> THAT IS TROUBLE.

COME ON AUSTIN.

>> STEDDY.

>> HE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT YOU.

>> IT IS NOT HELPING, MY NERVES.

>> COME ON.

>> MAKING AN EXCITING ROUND, THREE LEFT TO JUMP, GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, TURNING BACK IN TOWARDS THE END.

>> COLORADO BLUE, THE HORSE ERODE AT THE TOKYO GAMES.

TIME LOOKING ALL RIGHT.

COULD THIS BE A PODIUM FINISH.

HE'S GOT ONE FENCE LEFT TO JUMP T IS CLEAR.

HIM ALL THE WAY, HE'S DONE IT.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR FOR IRE LAND AND COLORADO BLUE, JUMPS THE VERY FIRST CLEAR ROUND.

>> YES, YES, YES AUSTIN.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

AND HE HAS REALLY PUT THE PRESSURE ON, THE LAST THREE TO GO.

THIS COULD BE AUSTIN O'CONNOR'S DAY.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THIS AGAIN.

>> WE WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN, DO WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN.

>> LACK AT HIS FACE, COLORADO BLUE, HOW DID YOU JUMP THAT, YOU ABSOLUTE STAR, YOU DESERVE A GOLD MEDAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT, RECOVERING FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN, THAT IS FROM YEARS AND YEARS OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS HORSE AND RIDER, THAT IS THE GOOD THING BAY COMBINATION.

SOMETIMES YOU MAKE A LITTLE MISTAKE AND THE HORSE PICKS US UP.

AND SOMETIMES IT IS BACK AND FORTH BUT AUSTIN GOT HIS HEAD BACK ON HIS SHOULDER, HE WILL NOT.

>> AMY HIS WIFE.

>> WE JUST WATCHED THE WINNING RIDE OF AUSTIN O'CONNOR FROM IRELAND.

DID HE COME OUT OF KNOW WHERE OR DID YOU BELIEVE HE HAD A SHOT.

>> I REALLY BELIEVED HE HAD A SHOT.

THIS SAY HUGE MOMENT FOR AUSTIN IN HIS CAREER IT IS A FIRST IRISH WINNER OF A 5 STAR FOR 58 YEARS.

IT'S HUGE FOR IRISH SPORT BUT THIS IS A GUY WHO HAS BEEN GRAFTING AWAY, GRAFTING AWAY, HE WAS THE BEST PLACE IRISH RIDER AT THE OLYMPICS IN JAPAN.

HE WAS THE BEST PLACED IRISH RIDER AT THE WORLD GAMES.

HE IS RIDING THE FASTEST HORSE IN THE WORLD.

HE JUST HAD TO PULL IT ALL TOGETHER ON THE DAY.

AND IT IS OWNED BY AN AMAZING TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SPORT AND SUPPORT HIM, THE SALTY SINNED CAT.

AND THIS IS, LIKE IS HE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GUYS IN THE SPORT AND A BIG WIN JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO GRAB.

AND TODAY EVEN WITH THAT CRAZY JUMP THAT HE JUST GOT AWAY WITH PULLED IT OFF.

I APPROXIMATE GUTTED FOR WILLIAM, BEATEN BY .4 BUT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BEATEN BY A NICER GUY.

IS HE SOMEONE THAT WE RESPECT.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CROSS COUNTRY RIDER, THE CROSS COUNTRY RIDER BUT TODAY HE PULLED OFF ONE OF THE BIGGEST RESULTS AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST VENUES IN THE WORLD.

>> WE ARE SO GLAD YOU STAYED WITH US.

JIM HUNTER WITH ALICE PLUNKETT AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.

YOU MENTIONED ON OUR PREGAME SHOW ABOUT THE FATIGUE OF THE HORSES AND SHE WAS FLAWLESS IN THE JUMP.

>> YOU GOT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, NORMALLY WHEN YOU WATCH SHOW JUMPING ON THE TV YOU ARE WATCHING HORSES THAT THAT IS THE ONLY THING THEY DO THESE ARE TRIATHELETES, GUYS WHO HAVE DONE DRESSAGE, FOUR MILES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE EQUIVALENT OF DOING A MARATHON AND A BIG CYCLE RIDE AND THE SWIM AND THE TRIATHLON, THAT IS WHAT THESE HORSES ARE EXPECTED TO DO.

THEN TO COME OUT OVER A BIG TRACK IN AN ATMOSPHERE LIKE THIS AND BE CAREFUL, YOU SAW SOME OF THE INEXPERIENCED ONE.

POLES WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE.

BUT THESE GOOD GUYS MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN THE TIME FRAME AS WELL.

YOU POINTED THAT OUT.

AND THE THREE TOP FINISHES ALL DID THAT.

>> THAT IS THE PRESSURE.

SOMETIMES YOU COULD JUMP INDIVIDUAL FENCES LIKE THIS AND SAY OBJECT, THAT IS NOT TOO BAD BUT YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER, YOU PUT THE PRESSURE OF THE TIME, AND YOU PUT THE PRESSURE ON THAT YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A RAIL, YOU ARE GOING TO DROP FOUR, FIVE, SIX PLACES.

IT ALL ADDS UP AND IT IS SO PSYCHOLOGICAL FOR THESE RIDERS LIKE ANY SPORT YOU COVER SO MANY SPORTS I KNOW, SO EVEN HORSE SPORT IS PSYCH LODGE HOIC.

WHO CAN DEAL WITH THE BIG GAME DAY.

>> WERE YOU SURPRISED OLIVER TOWNEND CAME IN AS THE LEADER AND HE FALT ERRED AND FINISHED THIRD, ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THAT.

>> HE IS THE WORLD NUMBER ONE.

WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT HIM TO PULL IT OFF ON THE BIG DAY BUT AN INEXPERIENCED HORSE, SHE HAS A HUGE FUTURE AHEAD OF HER.

SHE IS JUST NINE YEARS OLD, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE 2011 FOR THE LAST NINE YEAR OLD TO WIN AT THIS LEVEL.

THAT IS A MASSIVE T SAY MASSIVE DEAL.

THAT VERY EARLY IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM, VERY EARLY AT THE LEVEL, SO I THINK HE WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT, THE COLLECTORS-- SELECTORS WILL LOOK AT THIS ONE OF HIS HORSES COMING THROUGH POTENTIALLY FOR PARIS SO IT WAS GOOD, AND WHAT ABOUT BIG DOG IN SECOND.

>> YEAH, OH YEAH YOUR HUSBAND, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF HIS EVENT.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO BE WITH YOU AMERICAN FANS.

WE HAVE, HE HAS A HUGE SUPPORT HERE IN THE U.S. AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO ALL HIS FANS WHO MADE US FEEL SO WELCOME THIS WEEK.

I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THE JOURNEY WITH US.

AND THE JOURNEY FROM THAT HORRENDOUS DAY IN 2015 TO TODAY WHERE WE SAW HIM TOTALLY BACK AT HIS BEST.

YOU KNOW, FOUR TIMES WORLD NUMBER ONING'S GOT THOSE 145 STAR WINS.

HE WAS .4 OFF ADDING 15, IT DIDN'T QUITE HAPPEN, BUT I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF OUR TEAM.

AND OUR TEAM HAS LOOKED AFTER HIM AND OUR OWNER.

>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, HE FINISHED A CLOSE SECOND BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT PLACING, THAT IS WHAT ST ALL ABOUT.

BACK HERE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR, OUR WINNER FROM IRELAND AUSTIN O'CONNOR AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAD DOWN NOW FOR THE AWARD CEREMONY AS THEY GET THEIR TROPHIES FOR PLACES.

WITHIN WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

ALSO REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND FINISHING 6th GREENACRES CAVALIER, FIFTH PLACE IT IS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 23 YEARS OF AGE, MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS.

FOURTH PLACE HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, U.S.A. CAPITOL H I M. NOW HERE COMES YOUR TOP THREE, IN THIRD, FOR GREAT BRITAIN WORLD NUMBER ONE OLIVER TOWNEND COOLEE ROSALENT.

INTRODUCING IN SECOND PLACE JUST MISSING OUT TODAY FOR GREAT BRITTIANK WILLIAM FOX-PITT.

AND THEN CLIMBING UP TODAY FROM FOURTH TO TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FOR IRELAND, AUSTIN O'CONNOR, COLORADO BLUE.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE ATHLETES.

WE NOW INVITE OUR TOP THREE TO DISMOUNTER, THEIR GROOMSMEN TO HOLD THE HORSES AND WE INVITE THEM TO COME FORWARD AND TAKE THEIR PLACES BEHIND OUR CHAMPIONSHIP PODIUM HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

SO OUR TOP THREE INVITED TO DISMOUNT, TAKE THEIR PLACES BEHIND THE PODIUM.

AND HERE THEY COME, MAKING THEIR WAY OUT BEHIND THRAIR RESPECTIVE STAKES I WILL INTRODUCE THEM ONE AT A TIME AS THEY CLIMB UP TO TAKE THEIR PLACE.

SO LET'S INTRODUCE YOU, FIRST OF ALL, WE INVITE HIM TO TAKE HIS PLACE ON THE PODIUM, IN THIRD PLACE, OLIVER TOWNEND COOLEE ROSALENT FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

FINISHING UP IN SECOND WITH WILLIAM FOX-PITT GREAT BRITAIN.

HE STARTED IN FOURTH TODAY, IS HE YOUR CHAMPION FOR IRELAND, THE OLIM PIN AUSTIN O'CONNOR COLORADO BLUE.

, WHILE AMAZING SPORT, AMAZING ATMOSPHERE AND WE CONTINUE ON WITH OUR PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY, WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE RISE AND AS WE SALUTE OUR WINNER NOW WITH THE PLAYING OF HIS NATIONAL ANTHEM.

* ONCE AGAIN LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR WINNER AUSTIN O'CONNOR OF IRELAND.

WELL, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON BUT WE HAVE PLENTY TO WARD TO THESE THREE BUT WE WILL FIRST CHAT, YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS WHOLE EVENT TOGETHER.

YOU MUST BE FEELING PROUD, IT TAKES A WHOLE VILLAGE BUT YOU LEAD THE WAY.

>> I WANT TO HAVE A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR COMPETITORS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

BIG APPLAUSE FOR OUR COMPETITORS PLEASE.

ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE OVER 700 VOLUNTEERS.

OUR TEAM LEADERS HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF ALL WEEK FOR ABOUT A MONTH, THROUGH SETUP, THROUGH THE EVENT, THROUGH POST CLEANUP, DEBBIE ROGERS OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR SO PLEASE GIVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS.

ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MIKE, OUR PRESIDENT OF THE SPORT COURT TERRY HASSLE TIN, AND I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, SO PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

OF COURSE OUR MAIN SPONSORS MARS, BROWN ADVISORY AND CECIL COUNTY AS OUR HOST LOCATION AND ALL THE SPONSORS YOU SEE AROUND THIS A RENAR.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHRIS GILBERT AND FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL WHICH IS OUR COMPETITION PARTNER, WITHOUT TRISH WHO SAY HALL OF FAMER, THERE WOULDN'T BE AN EVENT HERE.

THEY HAVE BEEN DOING EVENTING HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS SO PLEASE GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TRISH WHO MADE ALL THIS HAPPEN.

AND OF COURSE I WANT TO THANK ALL YOU FANS FOR COMING OUT IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK.

WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THIS EVENT INTO A MAJOR TEN POLE EVENT FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN 2024.

AND NOW I WANT TO GIVE IT TO OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF COPY THOSE SAME SENTIMENTSES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING ATHLETES, HORSES AND RIDERS.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.

ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THIS THING TOGETHER AND WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THESE LAST FEW DAYS TRULY SPECTACULAR.

AND THANK YOU TO THE FANS.

WE ARE REALLY DOING IT.

WE'RE REALLY MAKING IT HAPPEN HERE IN CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

>> WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

>> THANK YOU DANIELLEE.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE EVENT STAFF LEAD BY OUR EVENT DIRECTOR.

WHO WORKS TIRELESSLY.

OUR COMPETITION DIRECTOR, OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON BEHALF OF THE EVENT.

THEY WORK THEIR TAILS OFF.

IT IS A SMALL AND MIGHTY STAFF.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A PERSONAL THANK YOU.

SO PLEASE GIVE OUR STAFF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

(APPLAUSE) WELL, WE WILL CONTINUE ON NOW WITH OUR PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AS WE STEP FORWARD AND ONCE AGAIN CON DRAT LATE OUR CHAMPIONS HERE, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD HERE AND OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

OUR REPRESENTATIVES STEPPING FORWARD, CONGRATULATING OUR WINNER ON THE CENTER PODIUM.

CAME IN IN FOURTH TODAY AND NOW CLIMBS UP TOWARDS, IT IS CROWNED AS A CHAMPION HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY AND CONGRAT LATE WILLIAM FOX-PITT AND OLIVER TOWNEND REPRESENTING GREAT BRITAN FINISHING IN SECOND, FINISHING IN THIRD TODAY.

GREAT AFTERNOON OF TOP SPORT.

WE INTRODUCE OUR PRIZE-GIVING PARTY A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BUT THEY ALL GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD NOW AND CONGRATULATE THESE WINNERS HERE.

AS THEN WE CONTINUE ON WITH OUR PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY.

WHAT AN ATMOSPHERE IT WAS HERE THIS AFTERNOON, ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC.

THERE ARE LOTS OF TROPHY, LOTS OF AWARD TO GIVE TO ALL THREE OF THESE GUYS.

AND OF COURSE THIS PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY CORBEL CHAMPAGNE AND THAT WILL BE A PHOTO TO REMEMBER BECAUSE THEY WILL BE LEAVING HERE A LITTLE BIT DAMPER.

WE WILL HAVE OUR CHAMPAGNE CEREMONY IN A SECTION, LOTS OF AWARDS AND OUR VICTORY GALLOP AT THE END.

WHAT AN AFTERNOON, AUSTIN O'CONNOR THERE WITH THE HORSE OWNED BY THE SALTY SINNED CAT.

WON HE GOT AS A YOUNGSTER, PRODUCED HER UP TO THE GRADES, BEEN TO THE OLYMPICS, THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND NOW IT STANDS AT THE TOP.

WE ARE HANDING THE FAIR HILL BRONZE, AUSTIN O'CONNOR TAKING THAT VICTORY.

ALSO AN AWARD FOR THE WINNER OWNER, DON'T THINK THE WINNING OWNER IS WITH US, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE HEADING,-- LEADING DO STEP FORWARD.

WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT NICE AND SAFELY TO HER.

WE WILL PRESENT IT TO OUR RIDER, HE WILL PASS THAT ON TO THE OWNER FOR SURE, THE OWNER OF THE SALTY SINNED CAT.

>> AND JUST ME GIVING A PICTURE OFF THAT FAIR HILL BRONZE.

THEN STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE-- AWARDS DON AND SHARP THE WE'LL TRY AND LOCATE THE OWNERS, WHILE WE DO THAT WE WILL PRESENT OUR WINNERS WITH THE CHAMPAGNE, A QUICK WORD OF WARNING, IT WILL GET MESSY AS THOSE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES ARE PASSED ON OVER.

SO WE WANT TO KIND OF TAKE A STEP ASIDE AS THE RIDERS AREN'T GOING TO BE KEEPING THAT CHAMPAGNE, AS SOON AS THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR HANDS THEY WILL TRY TO SOAK EACH OTHER.

THIS IS A GREAT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IF ARE YOU DOWN HERE AS WELL.

IF YOU ARE DOWN AT THIS END.

THE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES ARE PASSED OVER AND I'M THEN IT WILL GET MESSY.

WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOP THREE, YOU HAVE GOT TO THAT CHAMPAGNE YOU HAVE TO SOAK OPEN OTHER WITH IT, THAT IS PHOTO OPPORTUNITY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S HEAR IT, YOUR TOP THREE.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> THEY HAD A QUICK DRINK AS WELL, THEN WE WILL INVITE OUR TOP THREE, TO GET BACK ON BOARD, IF ANY OWNERS WANT TO STEP IN FOR A PHOTO, WE HAVE A COUPLE OWNERS WHO WILL STEP IN FOR A QUICK PICTURE JUST BEFORE WE GET THEM BACK ON BOARD, ANY OTHER OWNERS, ANY OF THE SALTY SKINNED CAT, IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED DO STEP IN, WE WOULD LOVE A PICTURE, THESE ROEDERS COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE OWNER, WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT OUR SUPPORTERS, IT REALLY DOES TAKE A WHOLE VILLAGE TO MAKE AN EVENT LIKE THIS TOGETHER.

WITH YOU SEE HOW MUCH HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ALL THE OWNERS, WHAT A TEAM EFFORT IT IS, CONGRATULATIONS THERE TO THE RIDERS, THE OWNERS, THE GROOMS, EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THESE HORSES, THAT HAVE BEEN UP, SINCE THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING.

GETTING PREPARED FOR THIS DECIDER, FOR THIS SHOW JUMPS PHASE IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE CONGRATULATIONS AND PICTURES ARE ABOUT OVER.

SO LET'S THEN INVITE OUR TOP THREE TO POP UP BACK ON BOARD AS WE GET READY FOR THE LAP OF HONOR TO CONCLUDE THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

>> THERE IS ONE MORE PICTURE DOWN HERE WITH OUR WINNER, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PICTURES FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS HERE.

>> WE'VE INVITED OUR TOP THREE BACK ON BOARD, GETTING READY FOR THAT LAP OF HONOR HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

>>-- LOTS OF PICTURES BEING TAKEN, I THINK WE'VE ALMOST GOT THEM BACK ON BOARD.

RIGHT AUSTIN, LET'S GET YOU BACK ON BOARD NOW.

WE'VE GOT TO SEND YOU ON THAT LAP OF HONOR.

WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR YOU.

COME ON, GET BACK ON BOARD THERE.

AND WE'LL GET YOU OFF ON THAT VICTORY GALLOP, WHAT A WIN, A MAN WHO HAS BEEN WITH THIS HORSE, TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE LEVELS.

AND I THINK WE'RE ALL BACK ON BOARD NOW, WILLIAM IS BACK IN THE IRONS, RIGHT, WE ARE SET, WE ARE READY, THEY PERFORMED WELL OVER FOUR DAYS HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME FOR THAT VICARY GALLOP.

LET'S SEE, MANY, MANY CONGRATULATIONS, HE IS OFF ON HIS LAP OF HONOR.

IS HE YOUR CHAMPION STRKS AUSTIN O'CONNOR, FOUR IRELAND.

(APPLAUSE) >> THE MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL IS GRATEDFUL FOR SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FROM THE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT HELP MAKE AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE POSSIBLE.

>> WHAT AN HE VERNTS, AN AMAZING FOUR DAYS OF TOP HIGH-CLASS COMPETITION RESULTING IN A WIN FOR IRELAND'S AUSTIN O'CONNOR AND COLORADO BLUE, THE FIRST IRISH WINNER OF A 5 STAR IN 58 YEARS.

ST SOME FEAT.

AND A MAN THAT THOROUGHLY DESERVES THE TITLE HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED ALL OF THE COVERAGE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT YEAR.

GOOD-BYE.