THIS PROGRAM IS MADE BY MPT TO ENRICH THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF OUR MEMBERS.

THANK YOU.

YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT THE ICONIC FAIR HILL SPECIAL EVENT ZONE IN CECIL COUNTY.

IT'S A BIG SPORTS DAY ON MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, WE'RE JUST 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE FOURTH AND FINAL DAY OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

HELLO EVERYONE I'M JIM HUNTER AND THIS IS MY EQUESTRIAN PARTNER FOR THE DAY, LUCINDA GREEN.

THE EXFEATHER ON THE SET.

LUCINDA IS ONE OF THE BEST EVENTING RIDERS OF ALL TIME.

SHE IS WORLD AND DOUBLE EUROPEAN CHAMPION, OLYMPIC TEAM SILVER MEDALIST, DUAL BURGHLEY, AND A RECORD SIX-TIME BADMINTON WINNER.

YOU'VE DONE IT ALL!

IN YOUR CAREER YOU FIT RIGHT IN HERE.

>> AND THERE IS STILL LOTS LEFT.

I HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE AND IT HAS BEEN BASED UPON MY FASCINATION FOR THE HORSE AND MY LOVE OF HIM.

>> THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR IS WIN OF ONLY 75 STAR EVENTS IN THE WORLD WHAT BHAIX THEM UNIQUE?

>> DIFFICULT.

THEY'RE THE HIGHEST, THE FORMULA 1.

THEY'RE THE WIMBLEDON.

THEY'RE THE HIGHEST STANDARD LEVEL OF CROSS COUNTRY AND THAT'S THE MAIN PART OF OUR GAME, DRESSAGE, CROSS COUNTRY, SHOW JUMPING.

CROSS COUNTRY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME AND IT'S AT ITS TOUGHEST IN 5 STAR.

>> WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A 5 STAR EVENT HERE IN OUR STATE OF MARYLAND.

WHAT ABOUT THE COMPETITORS.

HOW DO THEY RESPECT THE EVENTS HERE?

>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU START BY RESPECTING THE COURSE DESIGNER, IAN STARK WHO HAPPENS TO COME FROM SCOTLAND AND HE HAS BUILT SOME INCREDIBLE COURSES SINCE HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN RIDING AND EVENTING AND THEN YOU RESPECT THE GROUND, THE TERRAIN, HOW MUCH CARE IS TAKEN TO THE GROUND BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET THE HORSE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL, HE IS AN ATHLETE YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AFTER.

YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO GO LAME.

IF THE GROUND IS NOT GOOD, YOU TEND TO THINK MAYBE NOT AND MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR HAS MADE A HUGE EFFORT, 300,000 GALLONS OF WATER TO MAKE WHAT IS VERY HARD GROUND IN MARYLAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THE HORSES.

>> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ON THIS FINAL DAY OF COMPETITION?

>> SHOW JUMPING, WHICH THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WATCHED SHOW JUMPING IN OLYMPIC GAMES, YOU WILL THINK THESE FENCES ARE A BIT SMALL, BUT THEY'RE THERE AT ONE METER 30 OPPOSED TO ONE METER 50 TO TRY TO TEST THAT YOU HAVEN'T MADE TOO MUCH USE OF YOUR HORSE IN THE CROSS COUNTRY PHASE AND HE IS TOO TIED THEN TO SHOW JUMP.

IT'S A WAY OF STOPPING PEOPLE GOING MAD ON THE CROSS COUNTRY LINKED BY VARIOUS FACTORS AND ALL INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER.

>> HERE IS WHAT LUCINDA IS TALKING ABOUT.

A THREE-DAY EVENT THAT TESTS BOTH THE OVERALL ABILITY OF THE HORSE AS WELL AS THE SKILL AND JUDGMENT OF THE RIDER THE FIRST PHASE IS DRESSAGE, WHICH SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HORSE AND RIDER WITH AN EMPHASIS ON OBEDIENCE AND HARMONY.

PHASE TWO TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY WITH CROSS COUNTRY, A NEARLY FOUR MILE TEST OF ENDURANCE, WITH 47 JUMPS.

TODAY IS THE FINAL PHASE, JUMPING, WHERE PENALTIES ARE INCURRED FOR KNOCKING DOWN A JUMP, FAILING TO JUMP, OR EXCEEDING THE TIME LIMIT.

THE HORSE AND RIDER WITH THE LEAST NUMBER OF COMBINED PENALTIES OVER THE 3 DAYS IS THE WINNER.

SO HOW DID WE GET HERE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS?

WITH OUR TEAM CALLING THE ACTION, SPENCER ANDCY SINEAD.

>> HELLO AND WARM WELCOME TO THE 5 STARS AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

DAY ONE DRESSAGE IS COMPLETE.

THIS LADY FROM CANADA REALLY, REALLY DID HER STUFF IN THE DRESSAGE.

LINDSAY TRAISNEL WITH BACYROUGE, SHE WAS FANTASTIC.

>> FIRST 5 STAR PERFORMANCE HERE, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE CROWD ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOMORROW.

>> BOYD MARTIN, ANOTHER ONE REALLY IMPRESSED.

WE THOUGHT HE WOULD TAKE THE LEAD.

IT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

.5 SEPARATING FIRST AND SECOND.

COMMANDO 3 THOUGH IN SECOND OVERNIGHT.

>> JUST A STUNNING PERFORMANCE, EXCITED TO WATCH THIS HORSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HE PUT HIS NAME ON THE MARK FOR THE TOP PODIUM SPOT.

WILL HE BE THERE ON THE FINAL DAY OF COMPETITION?

>> WELL, WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THIS LADY, FIRST 5 STAR FOR THIS HORSE, HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS, THE GRAY LOOKED AMAZING IN THE ARENA, AND THEY POSTED ONE OF THE BEST SCORES THEY'VE EVER DONE, 28.0.

>> ANOTHER 5 STAR DEBUTANTE.

THIS COMPETITION AT THE LEVEL OF HOMECOMING AS SHE HAS JUST COME OVER FROM ABROAD WHERE SHE SPENT THE PAST SUMMER COMPETING.

>> SHE DID IN THE U.K. WITH TIM AND JANELL PRICE.

LET'S LOOK AT THE STANDINGS.

HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS OUT IN FRONT OF 28.0.

BOYD MARTIN COMMANDO 3 IN SECOND.

LINDSAY TRAISNEL THIRD.

WE CAUGHT UP WERE OUR ROVING REPORTER FRANKIE.

>> COSBY GREEN, YOUR HOMECOMING HERE AND WHAT A START TO THE WEEKEND.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK IN THE STATES?

>> IT IS BEYOND SPECIAL.

IT JUST MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES AND IT JUST FEELS COMFORTABLE AND EXCITING.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE POND AND YOU LOOK BETTER THAN EVER IN YOUR RIDING AND YOUR FAMILY IS HERE CHEERING YOU ON.

FOR YOU, THIS MARYLAND 5 STAR, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

>> IT MEANS SO MUCH.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM.

I CAME TO THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT THEY EVER HAD AND I HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY EYE SET ON IT AND I HAVE BEEN IN A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT A REALITY AND HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY, SO I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND IT MEANS A LOT.

>> WELL, YOU WENT IN THERE AND NAILED IT, YOU ARE FIRST TO GO IN THE 5 STAR DIVISION GOING INTO THE 20s, THE FIRST WE'VE SEEN TO DO THAT TODAY.

AND WELL ON YOUR WAY.

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE TRACK YET?

>> I YES HAVE, YES.

IT IS STUNNING AND I LOOK LIKE I COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER FIRST 5 STAR FOR MY HORSE.

>> BEFORE YOU CHANGE GEARS, WE'LL LET YOU SOAK UP THIS MOMENT FOR A SECOND.

WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO DELIVER IN THE DRESSAGE PHASE?

>> I'M HARD ON MYSELF SO IT'S WHAT I EXPECTED SO I AM PLEASE AND JUST HAPPY TO HAVE IT DONE WITH AND READY TO GET JUMPING.

THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY LOVES TO DO.

>> DEFINITELY ALWAYS A CONSUMMATE COMPETITOR IN COSBY GREEN AND GREAT START TO HER WEEKEND.

WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FINAL PHASE HERE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ALWAYS GREAT TALKING TO THE RIDERS.

COSBY GREEN, FIRST 5 STAR WITH HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS.

WILL SHE STILL BE THERE AFTER DAY TWO WITH SOME OF THE BIG GUNS TO STILL TO COME?

>> WHY DON'T YOU BREAK DOWN WHAT WE SAW IN THE HIGHLIGHTS?

>> YOU SAW SOME FANCY DRESSAGE WORK.

IN MY DAY, WERE YOU LUCKY IF YOU COULD STAY IN THE ARENA ON SOME OF THE HORSES, THEY WERE SO FIT FOR THE TRIALS AND THE CROSS COUNTRY THAT LAY AHEAD AND NOW THEY'RE A GREAT DEAL BETTER DISCIPLINED AND I THINK THE RIDERS HAVE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING, PHILLIP, DON'T YOU AGREE ABOUT DRESSAGE AND THREE-TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST PHILLIP DUTTON.

>> WE ALL PUT TIME IN THE DRESSAGE.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE MUSCLING AND THE BUILDING OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HORSES AND SO IT ALL GOES HAND IN HAND.

BUT THE BIG DAY COMES CROSS COUNTRY DAY.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE JUMPING THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE HERE?

HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT?

WE SAW THE 3 STAR EARLIER BUT THE 5 STAR LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE TO JUMP HIGHER.

>> YES, I THINK THE HARD PART IS HOW MUCH HAVE THEY GOT LEFT IN THE TANK, YOU KNOW?

YESTERDAY WAS A BIG DAY.

VERY EXHAUSTED HORSES OR NOT EXHAUSTED BUT VERY TIRING CROSS COUNTRY.

AND THOSE RIDERS, YOU KNOW THEY WANT TO MAKE THE TIME OR GET CLOSE TO THE TIME BUT THEY NEEDED A BIT IN RESERVE FOR TODAY SO WE'LL SEE.

HOPEFULLY THEY COME OUT AND FRESHEN UP AND THEY'LL JUMP WELL TODAY.

>> NOW THIS IS LIVE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE COURSE.

EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

>> YEAH, SO THE RIDERS GET TO WALK OUT AND OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PATTERN THAT THE COURSE GOES, SO THEY HAVE TO WALK.

IT'S NUMBERED AND THEN THEY ALSO WHAT WE CALL RELATED JUMPS.

SO THERE WILL BE JUMPS THAT ARE CLOSER TOGETHER THAT RIDERS WILL PICK OUT AND DECIDE HOW MANY STRIDES THEY'RE GOING TO PUT BETWEEN EACH JUMP.

AND THEY WILL DO THAT IN KNOWING WHAT THEIR HORSE IS BEST AT.

THE HORSES DON'T GET TO PRACTICE IT SO THE RIDERS CAN WALK IT, ANALYZE IT.

BUT THEN WHEN THEY GO IN THERE, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE IN THERE WITH THE HORSES.

>> ARE THERE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE COURSE HERE AT 5 STAR THAT ARE UNIQUE TO YOU?

>> I THINK THE 5 STAR, EVERY 5 STAR HAS A BIG DIFFERENT VENUE.

THIS IS A PRETTY UNIQUE VENUE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S NOT THE LARGEST ARENA THAT WE SEE.

SO IT'S ALL A BIT MORE, WHAT WE CALL RELATED.

THE JUMPS COME UP A BIT QUICKER.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME IN BETWEEN EACH JUMP.

THAT ADDS A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE TO THE RIDERS AS WELL.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE HORSES.

>> LUCINDA, WHAT ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE EVENT?

I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOCK OUT A POLE, THAT'S BAD BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO COME IN IN TIME.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE METER PER MINUTE THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP UP THE PACE AND CROSS COUNTRY IS A GREAT DEAL FASTER, A MIN UM OF 570 METERS A MINUTE.

I BELIEVE IT'S 375, IT COULD BE 400 IN THE BIG INTERNATIONAL.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TIME IS ON THIS ONE TODAY?

>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS ONE IS TODAY.

>> IT'S CONSIDERABLY SLOWER THAN CROSS COUNTRY BUT WE ALWAYS SAY TO EACH OTHER, YOU ARE TRYING GET A RUN BUT IF YOU LET YOURSELF GET TIMED FOR, THAT'S BAD BECAUSE HAVE YOU TO KNOW TO BE ECONOMIC WITH YOUR LINE AND MAYBE CUT A CORNER HERE AND CUT A CORNER THERE IN ORDER TO KEEP WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT THAT YOU KNOW IS THERE.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTING WITH THIS EVENT TODAY?

>> THE CREAM ROSE TO THE TOP YESTERDAY.

WE HAVE BALLAGHMOR CLASS IN THE LEAD.

HE IS TRADITIONALLY A VERY GOOD SHOW JUMPER.

FALCO IS A GOOD SHOW JUMPER.

IS DAVID DOEL'S HORSE IS A GOOD JUMPER, TOO.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON THE DAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE.

I MEAN THESE HORSES, ALL THEY NEED TO DO, ALL THE JUMPS THEY NEED TO DO IS TICK THEM AND THEY CAN FALL DOWN.

SO IT'S VERY PRECISE RIDING TODAY.

YESTERDAY WAS, YOU KNOW, A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE, A LITTLE MORE FAST AND FURIOUS.

TODAY'S MORE CALCULATED, MORE THOUGHT GOES INTO EVERY STRIDE, EVERY APPROACH TO THE JUMP, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE AND EXCITING RIGHT TO THE VERY END.

>> PHILLIP, WE APPRECIATE YOUR VISIT AND YOUR EXPERTISE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME.

>> THAT IS PHILLIP DUTTON, THE OLYMPIAN.

THE EVENT BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE HORSE INSPECTION.

THAT'S RIGHT, THE HORSES GET INSPECTED FIRST.

THIS IS WHERE WE CAUGHT UP WITH A FEW OF THE STARS TO TALK ABOUT COMPETING IN THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GREAT TO BE BACK HERE.

WE'VE HAD SOME VERY GOOD MEMORIES OF BEING HERE AT MARYLAND AND CECIL COUNTY.

AND IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK.

>> REALLY SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET WINNING THIS EVENT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

ANY 5 STAR IS AA BIG DEAL TO WIN.

IT'S FUN TO BE BACK.

I HAVEN'T HAD FALCO HERE BEFORE.

HE HAS ONLY DONE ONE 5 STAR.

I THINK HE HAS IT IN HIM AND HE IS IN GOOD FORM.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE AT THE TOP HOLDING THAT TROPHY UP ABOVE MY HEAD, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'LL JUST-- WE HAVE SOME GREAT HORSES HERE AND THE FIRST PHASE IS SUBJECTIVE.

AND WE HAVE A SERIOUS CROSS COUNTRY TRACK OUT THERE AND THEN THE HORSES HAVE TO JUMP CLEAN ON SUNDAY.

SO YOU JUST, YOU HOPE THAT YOU CAN GIVE YOUR THREE BEST PHASES AND IF HE GIVES HIS THREE BEST PHASES, THEN HE WILL BE THERE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE THREE TIMES NOW, AND HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP THREE THREE TIMES WITHOUT GETTING THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.

SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO TAKE THAT OFF THE LIST, YOU KNOW, 5 STAR AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS TRYING TO DO THE SAME.

WE ARE AGAINST THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

SO WE FEEL SAFE.

>> ON FRIDAY THAT WAS THE SECOND DAY OF DRESSAGE, AND IT INCLUDED MANY OF THE SPORTS BIGGEST NAMES.

>> WELCOME TO DAY 2 OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR HERE AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY DAY TWO OF DRESSAGE WAS VERY EXCITING.

FIRST TO GO, WE SPOILED.

BUBBY UPTON FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND COLA.

>> SHE LAID THE GAUNTLET DOWN FROM THE WORD GO.

WE EXPECTED IT.

SHE DELIVERED ON IT.

VERY EXCITING ROUND.

>> VERY TALENTED COMBINATION IN GREAT BRITAIN, BUBBY AND COLA.

AND THEY SCORED IMPRESSIVELY, 26.7, BUT THIS MAN, HE HAS BEEN THIRD HERE TWICE.

HE HAS BEEN SECOND.

HE HAS NEVER WON IT.

HE WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO.

GREAT BRITAIN'S OLIVER TOWNEND, AND THE 17 YEARS YOUNG BALLAGHMOR CLASS.

>> SO IMPRESSIVE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, JUST GOT BETTER AS THE TEST WENT ON.

>> HE REALLY DID AND CERTAINLY IMPRESSED OUR THREE JUDGES AND HE CAME AWAY WITH A SCORE OF 26.5.

BUT THIS LADY, THIS WILL BE HER SWAN SONG, HER LAST EVENT WITH HER HORSE AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.

BUBBY UPTON SCORED A 25.3.

>> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL FROM THE WORD GO.

THE GRACE, THE STYLE, THE RIDS I AM.

THAT IS TAMMY AND MAI BAUM.

AND SHE WAS SO EMOTIONAL.

THE CROWD WENT WILD.

EVERYBODY WAS ON THEIR FEET, THE BROWN ADVISORY LEADERBOARD, IT IS TAMMY SMITH MAI BAUM LEADING GOING INTO THE CROSS COUNTRY ON 25.3.

OLIVER TOWNEND SECOND, BALLAGHMOR CLASS.

BUBBY UPTON THIRD, TIM PRICE FORMER WINNER HERE IN FOURTH AND BOYD MARTIN HERE, FORMER WINNER HERE, IN FIFTH PLACE.

COSBY GREEN, OVERNIGHT LEADER IN SIXTH PLACE.

AT THE END OF THE DRESSAGE, WE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR LEADER WITH TAMMY SMITH.

SHE IS WITH FRANKIE.

>> TAMMY SMITH, YOU AND AMERICA'S FAVORITE HORSE, MAI BAUM GOING INTO N THERE TO DANCE TODAY AND WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THAT.

>> JUST HAD A BRILLIANT TEST, I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS PROBABLY HIS BEST TEST.

HE IS JUST GETTING BETTER WITH AGE AND SO STRONG AND IT FELT REALLY SUPER.

>> WELL, WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO AMERICA, BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE LEXUS HERE AT THE 5 STAR MARYLAND.

>> THIS IS THE BEGINNING.

HE WAS HERE IN 2015 AND WON THE 4 STAR AND CAME NOW IS BACK DOING THE 5 STAR AND IT WILL BE HIS LAST 5 STAR, SO IT IS A BIT BITTERSWEET, BUT IT FELT REALLY GOOD TO FEEL THAT TEST AND JUST ALL THE HARD WORK WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN AND HOW GREAT HE FEELS AND HE FEELS LIKE HE IS A 10-YEAR-OLD.

>> WELL, IT IS GREAT TO HEAR FROM TAMMY SMITH.

IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL DAY FROM ALL OF OUR RIDERS.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.

>> AND LUCINDA, GRACE WAS MENTIONED IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE.

AND IT IS AMAZING HOW THE RIDER AND THE HORSE HAVE TO BE IN SYNC.

>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO WATCH AND WHEN IT GETS GOOD, IT'S LIKE WATCHING DANCING AND THAT YOU SEE IN THE OLYMPIC FREESTYLE DRESSAGE THAT WE DON'T DO YET BUT WE ARE A LEVEL BELOW THAT THAT HORSE NINE YEARS AGO WAS WINNING THE LEVEL BELOW, AND THE TOP LEVEL HAS JUST ARRIVED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

>> JOINING US NOW IS THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

JEFF NEWMAN.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

I MEAN THE WEATHER HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

THE CROWDS HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS.

WE ARE JUST IN OUR FOURTH YEAR AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ASCENDING TREMENDOUSLY, GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY, GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE STATE.

AND I FEEL LIKE THE WORD IS OUT.

>> WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM THE FIRST EVENT TO THIS FOURTH EVENT?

>> WELL, THE FIRST YEAR COMING OFF THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS JUST PULL IT OFF AND MAKE SURE THE COMPETITION WAS CORRECT, THE FOOTING, THE FACILITY WAS PROPER FOR THE HORSES AND 5 STAR.

SECOND YEAR WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING FOR SPECTATORS AND THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN REALLY, SORT OF SPREADING OUR WINGS, IF YOU WILL.

A LOT OF FAN AMENITIES, A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS.

SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

SO WE REALLY WANT THE EVENT TO BE SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN APPRECIATE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE A EQUESTRIAN FAN FOR NOT.

>> LUCINDA?

>> I THINK HE IS PULLING IT OFF BECAUSE I WAS HERE THE SECOND ONE, NOT THE FIRST ONE.

AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING SINCE THEN.

IT HAS DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPED.

>> YEAH, I THINK SO FAR WITH THE COMPETITORS WE'VE HAD GREAT RESPONSE.

I MEAN TO HAVE OLIVER TOWNEND, WHO HAS BEEN HERE EVERY YEAR AND TIM PRICE, OF COURSE NOW HAVING BUBBY UPTON, ALL THE INTERNATIONAL RIDERS THAT ARE COMING OVER.

I THINK THE WORD IS OUT.

AND THEN OF COURSE TOP AMERICANS.

BOYD HAS BEEN AMAZING, PHILLIP DUTTON HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THE EVENT.

WE FEEL LIKE THE ATHLETES ARE REALLY COMING AROUND AND IT'S PROPER 5 STAR COURSE, LIKE THEY SAY.

>> AND THAT IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FANS.

THE CORGI RACES.

THEY ARE EXCITING AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

>> IT'S AN EVENT ON ITS OWN REALLY.

I HEARD A SPECTATOR ABOUT AN HOUR AGO SAY WHEN IS THE LAST HEAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO LEAVE.

THEY WERE HERE JUST FOR THE CORGI CUP AND NOT EVEN THE QEAT SIDE OF THINGS.

WE HAD 125 CORGIS WITH A WAITING LIST AND IT'S IN ITS THIRD YEAR.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SEE THE EVENT.

>> IT'S NICE THAT YOU ALLOW THE FANS TO BRING THEIR PETS.

>> ICE A DOG FRIENDLY EVENT AND THAT'S WHY MARS EQUESTRIAN IS PART OF THIS, FROM THE ANIMAL SIDE, HAVING A DOG FRIENDLY EVENT.

IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHOWCASE THEIR BRANDS AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO FAMILY, DOGS ARE PART OF THE FAMILY SO EVERYONE CAN COME OUT.

>> WELL, JEFF, ANOTHER FANTASTIC EVENT.

CONGRATULATIONS AND DO BETTER NEXT YEAR.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BEEN A PLEASURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NOW LET'S GO TO A PIECE ON WHAT GOES ON HERE AT THE 5 STAR.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR IS BACK AND IT'S BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AROUND.

IF YOU ARE JOINING US IN PERSON, BE SURE TO COME BY THE OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE TENT HERE FOR THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR WHERE YOU CAN GET ALL YOUR GEAR TO COMMEMORATE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON, YOU CAN SHOP ONLINE.

YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY GET LOST IN THE SHOPPING IF YOU ARE HERE.

THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

WELL, UP HERE ON MAIN STREET, THE FUN CONTINUES AND THIS YEAR WE INTRODUCED A SIGNATURE DOUGHNUT, THE APPLE CIDER DOUGHNUT AND SOME DELICIOUS CIDER FROM LOCAL MILLBORN ORCHARD.

YOU CAN ENJOY SOME OF OUR 5 STAR SIGNATURE COCKTAILS THIS YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE, PLENTY TO CHECK OUT, SEE AND DO HERE.

BUT DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THOSE DELICIOUS SIGNATURE DOUGHNUTS AND COCKTAILS, SURE TO MAKE YOUR WEEKEND EXTRA SWEET.

>> LUCINDA, IT REALLY IS AMAZING, HOW THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE THIS NICE FOR THE FANS WHO COME OUT.

>> IT'S JUST BRILLIANT AND IT'S GOD GIVEN WHEN THE SUNSHINES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS SHINE IN OUR COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY.

OCTOBER BE DODGY BUT IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC WEATHER THIS YEAR AND PRETTY GOOD LAST YEAR AS WELL.

BUT IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE THIS GROW AND IT'S GREAT THAT JEFF WAS JUST GETTING OUT THERE AFTER COVID AND DEVELOP AND DEVELOP AND DEVELOP.

THEY ALWAYS LISTEN, THE ORGANIZATION, TO THE RIDERS AND THE GROOMS AND THEY MAKE THINGS BETTER AND BETTER DOWN THERE.

SOMETIMES THE GROOMS HAVE TO BE IN THE STABLES LATER AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO WHATEVER TO THE HORSES AND THEY'VE GOT SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN EAT AND HAVE COFFEE AND HAVE A GOOD MEAL VERY CLOSE TO THE STABLES.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

>> WELL, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IS OLIVER TOWNEND, AND HERE HE IS GETTING READY FOR THE JUMPING EVENT.

>> YES, OLIVER'S EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY COMES FROM NORTH YORKSHIRE IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, HAD NO MONEY, BUT HE HAS MADE A DEAL WITH SOME YOUNG HORSES THAT HE BOUGHT ON AND SOLD AND MADE A BIT OF MONEY AND GRADUALLY DEVELOPED MORE AND MORE HIS STRING AND THEN PEOPLE GOT INTERESTED IN HIM AND OWNERS CAME ALONG AND HE WAS ABLE TO BUY HIS OWN PLACE.

IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL STORY OF GOING FROM NOTHING TO BEST IN THE WORLD.

>> NOW YESTERDAY WAS THE CROSS COUNTRY DAY AND WE KNEW THIS IAN STARK DESIGNED COURSE WAS CHALLENGING.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

>> DAY THREE HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY, SAW THE TAILGATERS COMING IN IN THEIR NUMBERS AND THEY WERE HAVING A BRILLIANT TIME.

AND EXPECTING SOME ACTION.

WE DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

IN THIRD PLACE GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY IS NEW ZEALANDER TIM PRICE, ABOARD SUE VINSON'S FALCO.

WHAT A ROUND THEY DELIVERED.

>> SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ROUND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND LEFT SOME IN THE TANK FOR DAY THREE SHOW JUMPING.

>> 7.2 TIME PENALTIES SAW HIM IN EVENTUAL THIRD.

IN SECOND FROM 16th INTO SECOND PLACE, ONE OF THE FASTEST HORSES IN THE FIELD, DAVID DOEL AND GALILEO NIEUWMOED FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

>> WHAT A PARTNERSHIP OF THESE TWO.

HE CAME OUT WITH AN EXPECTATION TO GO CLEAR AND GO FAST AND HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT DELIVERED ON THAT PROMISE.

>> THE ONLY ONE INSIDE THE TIME 24 SECONDS INSIDE THE TIME TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY FURTHER.

BUT THIS MAN, THREE-TIME FORMER 5 STAR WINNER, BALLAGHMOR CLASS, EIGHT-TIME FORMER 5 STAR WINNER, OLIVER TOWNEND, AND TEAM GOLD MEDALIST FROM TOKYO, FOR GREAT BRITAIN, HE PERFORMED BRILLIANTLY.

>> SUCH A CALCULATED ROUND.

KNEW HE COULD AFFORD A COUPLE TIME PENALTIES.

TAKE CARE OF THE WIN, TAKE CARE OF THE HORSE.

>> TAKE CARE OF THE HORSE HE DID.

NO NOT ONE FENCE SEPARATING THE TOP THREE GOING INTO THE FINAL PHASE.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE BROWN ADVISORY LEADERBOARD AFTER THE FINAL CROSS COUNTRY PHASE.

OLIVER TOWNEND, BALLAGHMOR CLASS, 31.3.

DAVID DOEL, GALILEO NIEUWMOED EMERGED IN SECOND.

GREAT BRITAIN.

AND TIM PRICE THIRD, NEW ZEALAND FALCO.

34.6.

ONE FENCES CAUGHT PENALTIES.

THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH BETWEEN THE TOP THREE.

THEY NEED TO JUMP CLEAR TO SECURE THE WIN.

BUT FOLLOWING HIS CHRISTMAS CROSS COUNTRY ROUND, FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH OLIVER TOWNEND.

>> WHAT A ROUND, QUITE A DAY OF CROSS COUNTRY.

YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD WITH THIS HORSE AND YOU HAVE ADDED THIS ONE.

WHAT IS IT LIKE OUT THERE.

>> IT IS A 5 STAR.

FOE ME IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH BADMINTON, BURGHLEY AND KENTUCKY.

THE OTHERS ARE A LEVEL LESS.

THIS IS THE TOP, TOP, TOP OF THE SPORT AND IT'S NOT EASY.

I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AFTER HIM AND I'VE ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE BIT SLOW BECAUSE OF IT BUT I WAS TRYING TO PLAY A PERCENTAGE GAME.

I WAS TOLD IF I WAS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, THEY WOULD PUT THEIR SKINNY OVER THE WATER TO GO ALONG AFTERWARDS AND I WAS AHEAD AND I JUST WANTED TO SAVE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE MAIN WATERWAY WAS INCREDIBLE AND I HAVE NOT BEEN THAT BRAVE WITH HIM.

I LOOKED AFTER HIM ALL THE WAY HOME BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT HE HAS DONE AND HE'S, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL.

♪ ♪ >> ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM OLIVER THERE WITH TIM PRICE.

HE HAS BEEN TWICE THIRD, HE HAS BEEN SECOND HERE.

CAN HE GO ON TO WIN HIS FIRST MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR?

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

THAT IS TUNE IN.

>> THAT IS QUITE A LEADERBOARD WITH TOWNEND AND PRICE FIRST AND THIRD.

WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE FOR THIS JUMPING EVENT?

>> I ALWAYS HOPE THE PLACING STAYS THE SAME BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SADNESS WHEN YOU DUMP ALL THAT CROSS COUNTRY AND SPEND 10, 11 MINUTES SOMETIMES MORE BATTLING IT OUT WITH IAN STARK'S COURSE OR WHOEVER IS DESIGNING TO THEN HAVE ONE RUB OF A POLE AND DOWN YOU GO.

SO I HOPE IT STAYS AS IT IS.

>> THERE IS OLIVER TOWNEND WHO IS OUR LEADER, AND HE IS OUT INSPECTING ALL OF THE JUMPS.

THAT IS PREPARATION.

>> YEAH, HE WILL PREPARE LIKE PHILLIP TOLD US HE WOULD, JUST CHECKING WHERE EVERYTHING IS AND THE PACING, THE STRIDING BETWEEN EACH, BUT THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT INSPECTION TO WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE IN THE CROSS COUNTRY.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, THESE FIRST THREE HORSES HAVE ALL GOT AN EXTRAORDINARY THING ABOUT THEM.

BALLAGHMOR CLASS, WON BURGHLEY, BIGGEST IN THE WORLD AT AN INCREDIBLE YOUNG AGE OF 9 AND OLIVER AND HIS TEAM HAVE MANAGED HIM SO WELL HE IS STILL GOING AT TOP LEVEL IN THE LEAD AT 17.

THE HORSE IN SECOND, GALILEO NIEUWMOED, DAVID DIDN'T QUITE HAVE HIS FITNESS RIGHT THREE YEARS AGO AND HE JUST CAME TO A HALT IN A 5 STAR EVENT.

AND DAVID HAS CHANGED HIS WHOLE PLANNING AND METHOD AND HE HAS THIS HORSE SO FIT, HE HAS BEEN THE FASTEST AT KENTUCKY AND BURGHLEY AND NOW MAJORITY LEADER.

IT'S A HUGE FASCINATING THING FOR ME AS A HORSEMAN.

AND FALCO, ONLY A YEAR AGO WAS IN HOSPITAL HAVING HIS TUMMY CUT OPEN AND AN ENORMOUS TUMOR WEIGHING 6 KILOS WAS WRAPPING ITSELF AROUND HIS INTESTINE AND WITHIN MINUTES OF THE CIRCULATION GOING AND THE HORSE DYING.

HE HAS COME BACK FROM THAT, TIM PRICE AND HIS WONDERFUL TEAM HAVE GOT HIM TO THE VERY, VERY TOP OF HIS GAME.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM GO SO BEAUTIFULLY AND SUE BENSON, HIS OWNER, DESIGNED THE LONDON CROSS COUNTRY COURSE SO WONDERFUL THINGS THAT INTERTWINE THESE THREE.

>> WELL, LUCINDA, IT HAS BEEN GREAT HAVING YOU HERE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING MPT SPORTS DESK.

FOR EVERYONE ON THE TEAM, I'M JIM HUNTER, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR BEGINS IN TWO MINUTES.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WELCOME BACK TO THE FINAL DAY OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY IT IS THE LAST DAY.

IT IS STADIUM JUMPING, SHOW JUMPING WHERE DREAMS CAN BE MADE AND ALSO NIGHTMARES CAN HAPPEN.

IT IS THE LAST DAY OF THE FOUR DAYS OF COMPETITION.

74°.

IT IS WARM, WE HAVE A LIGHT BREEZE.

SHOW JUMPING COURSE IS SET.

WE ARE SET.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE NEXT EIGHT HORSES THAT WILL COME FORWARD TO JUMP THIS SHOW JUMPING TRACK.

WE HAVE WALKED ROUND.

SINEAD ALONGSIDE ME, ME OLD MATE.

IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING 5 STAR CROSS COUNTRY WAS TOUGH YESTERDAY.

WE KNEW IT WOULD BE.

DAVID DOEL WAS THE ONLY ONE INSIDE THE TIME.

WE'LL LOOK AT THAT LATER ON.

BUT THE SHOW JUMPING IS SUCH A DIFFICULT PHASE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BUT WE HAVE SOME OF THE TOP HORSES IN THE WORLD, THE TOP FOOTING IN THE WORLD, THE TOP VENUE IF THE WORD.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT DAY OF SPORT.

>> YEAH, IT REALLY IS.

AND ATWOOD WHO HAVE DISPLAYED THE SURFACE HAVE DISPLAYED THE SURFACE TO KENTUCKY.

IF WE GO BACK, WE HAVE HAD TWO DAYS OF DRESSAGE, CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

LET'S HAVE A RECAP OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SO FAR.

MAG ANYWAY WAVE DAILY PULSE SAW FIRST OUT ON FRIDAY, BUBBY UPTON WITH THE WONDERFUL COLA GO INTO THE LEAD FOR EVENTUAL THIRD.

SHE REALLY INSPIRED OUR JUDGES.

OLIVER TOWNEND BALLAGHMOR CLASS 17 YEARS OLD, HE WON THREE 5 STARS, SECOND HERE ONCE, THIRD TWICE.

HE HAS NEVER WON.

HE WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO.

THEN IT WAS OF COURSE THE WONDERFUL TEST FROM TAMMY SMITH AND MAI BAUM, WHO REALLY, REALLY DID SHINE.

THE CROSS COUNTRY WAS TOUGH, TIM PRICE AND FALCO JUMPED AN AMAZING ROUND CROSS COUNTRY TO JUST HAVE A FEW TIME PENALTIES AND CLIMB UP THAT LEADERBOARD.

IT WAS A BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT DAY.

THIS MAN, 24 SECONDS INSIDE THE TIME.

HE CHANGED HIS TRAINING REGIME UNDERSTAND THIS HORSE HAS BEEN THE FASTEST AND KENTUCKY, BURGHLEY AND NOW MARYLAND.

IN THE MAIN ARENA WITH BALLAGHMOR CLASS, IT WASN'T THE MOST TIDY JUMP IN BUT OLIVER IS A MASTER OF HIS OWN WORK.

>> YEAH, JUST A FANTASTIC RIDE TO KEEP HIM OUT IN FRONT AT THE END OF DAY 2.

>> THAT FENCE THAT WE JUST SAW HIM JUMP THROUGH WAS THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICA WE'VE SEEN WATER CASCADING DOWN THE TWO OWL HOLES COMING HOME PROVED TO ON PROBLEM FOR BALLAGHMOR CLASS.

OLIVER TOWNEND, HE CAME HOME AND HE WILL GO INTO THE SHOW JUMPING IN FIRST PLACE ON 31.3.

HE CAUGHT UP WITH TIM PRICE WHO IS LYING IN THIRD NOW WITH FALCO AT THE END OF THAT CROSS COUNTRY ROUNDS.

THE MAGNAWAVE DAILY PULSE, 3 2-RBGS, 1-- 3, 2, 1.

LET'S GO THEN TO THE BROWN ADVISORY STANDINGS AFTER TWO DAYS, AND IT IS OLIVER TOWNEND FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

GREAT BRITAIN WON TWO, BALLAGHMOR CLASS, DAVID DOEL EMERGES IN SECOND 34.5, TIM PRICE .1 BEHIND 34.6 WITH FALCO.

THE UNITED STATES IN FOURTH.

BUBBY UPTON GREAT BRITAIN 5.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN 6th, TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM, AND AS WE TURN THE PAGE TO OUR FINAL TWO, EMILY HAM EL CORVETT AND LILIAN HEARD WOOD WITH LCC BARNABY WILL BE FIRST TO JUMP.

WE WILL GO IN REVERSE ORDER.

FOLLOWING HIS IMPRESSIVE CROSS COUNTRY ROUND, FRANKIE OUR ROVING REPORTER CAUGHT UP WITH OLIVER.

>> THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO SEE HERE AND THE MAN STANDING NEXT TO ME, OLIVER TOWNEND LOOKING TO GET IT DONE IN THE 5 STAR DIVISION.

OLIVER JUST FIRST, YOU HAVE HAD TIME TO REFLECT ON THE CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

DID YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO TAKE IT IN.

>> YEAH, I'VE WATCHED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND CAN'T GET OVER THE HORSE'S PERFORMANCE.

HE IS JUST A MACHINE, ISN'T HE?

AND IT IS CERTAINLY MY JOB TO STEER AND SHOW HIM THE COURSE, BUT THE NICEST THING IS THAT HE HAS COME OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE PROBABLY BETTER THAN HE HAS EVER COME OUT OF A 5 STAR AND HE IS DEFINITELY FRESH.

DEFINITELY SOUND AND FEELS VERY GOOD.

FINGERS CROSSED.

>> YOU GUYS HAVE WON MULTIPLE 5 STARS TOGETHER.

AND YOU HAVE THAT TO YOUR NUMEROUS ACCOLADES BUT TODAY YOU WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT YET AGAIN.

YOU HAVE COME HERE A FEW TIMES TO GET THE WIN AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEAL THE DEAL ON THE FINAL DAY.

SO TODAY, HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO YOU AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE THINGS UNFOLD?

>> YEAH, NOT THAT EXCITED, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, BUT LOOK, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY INCREDIBLE JUMPERS, INCREDIBLE JUMPERS WITH TIME ON THE SIDE PROBABLY MORE THAN WE'VE GOT.

BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY IS A BONUS, YOU KNOW.

IF HE FINISHES ON THE PODIUM, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY WITH THAT PERFORMANCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HE IS A HORSE OF A LIFETIME.

WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT WE ARE INTO BORROWED TIME IN HIS CAREER AND HE HAS ALREADY DONE SO MUCH FOR US AS A TEAM AND AS A YARD FOR HIS OWNERS, KAREN CHUTER, ANGELA, WE'VE BEEN ON AN AMAZING JOURNEY FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 13 YEARS HE HAS BEEN IN THE YARD.

SO WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN.

BUT WE ARE STILL VERY PROUD OF HIM.

>> PRETTY INTECIAL THAT THE ICING HAS BEEN PUT ON THE CAKE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND NOW IT'S ABOUT SPRINKLE AND FINAL TOPPING AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO TAKE IN THE MOMENTS WITH YOU.

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS COMING OVER HERE AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT.

WE ARE GOING TO WATCH IT UNFOLD AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LESS LOOK AT OUR START LIST.

WE'LL HAVE A BREAK AFTER THE FIRST FIVE HORSES.

THEN DAVID DOEL, OLIVER TOWNEND LAST TO JUMP.

PRESSURE ON AND ONLY ONE FENCE SEPARATES THE TOP THREE.

SO THE FIRST TO GO IS LILIAN HEARD WOOD WITH LCC BARNABY.

THIS IS AN OUT AND OUT TRY, 18 YEARS OLD.

IRISH SPORT HORSE: HE IS A FREAK OF NATURE.

HE IS JUST SO GOOD.

HE LOOKS SO WELL.

>> YEAH, HE LOOKS LIKE A 10-YEAR-OLD OUT THERE.

THIS IS HIS TENTH 5 STAR START.

INCREDIBLE.

INCREDIBLE ATHLETES HERE.

AND REALLY GOOD IN THIS PHASE.

LILIAN IS ONE OF THE TOP JOCKEYS THAT WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ESPECIALLY SHINES IN THIS PHASE.

YESTERDAY SHE WAS INCREDIBLE.

CAN SHE PUT A FIRST CLEAR ON THE BOARD?

SWEEP AROUND PASS IS TO THE DUBARRY NARROW.

FOUR STRIDES.

UP TO THE BIG SPREAD AND THEY WEAVE AROUND TO THE VERTICAL.

SWEEPS IN FRONT OF THE CROWD, MASSIVE TRIPLE BAR, HOLDING, WAITING, FOUR STRIDES.

SHE'LL SWEEP AROUND TO THE DOUBLE.

THAT WAS JUMPED EARLIER ABOUT IT 3 STAR.

YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP AS SHE COMES TO THE LAST FENCE.

>> HE HAS BEEN SUCH A CONSISTENT JUMPER AND HE JUMPS 79 SECONDS IN THE TIME.

LCC BARNABY 18 YEARS YOUNG, BELYING HERE YEARS.

HE JUMPED A FABULOUS CLEAR ROUND AND I SHOULD THINK ONE OF HIS LAST 5 STARS.

HE IS JUST-- HE JUST HAS BEEN THE MOST INCREDIBLE HORSE.

>> AND WE SAW SOME OF THAT ATHLETICISM YESTERDAY WHEN HE LEFT A FULL STRIDE IN THE CORNER COMBINATION UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.

I MEAN INCREDIBLE AND FOR HER TO START THE DAY WITH A CLEAR ROUND, FINISH THE CAREER WITH A CLEAR ROUND, I MEAN UNBELIEVABLE.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUT HERE AT MAIRD ARE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, THE BEST OF THE BEST.

>> IT CERTAINLY IS THE BEST OF THE BEST.

AND THE SAYING GOES FROM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THOUGH SHE MAY BE SMALL, SHE IS FIERCE.

THAT'S THE FIELD HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY THE AMAZING TEAM THAT OUR BROWN ADVISORY.

THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR FOREIGN RIDERS TO GET OVER HERE.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT WHEN WE SEE BUB YOU UPTON IN A FEW HORSES TIME.

80 IS HER SCORES.

SHE ROUNDS IT UP FROM A 79.6 TO FINISH ON A LEVEL 80.

>> IT IS LIKE LILIAN TO CLEAN UP ALL THE EDGES.

SHE IS A TIDY LADY.

AS WE HAVE A CROWD FAVORITE HERE IN EMILY HAMEL AND CORVETT.

>> CORVETT IS 17 YEARS OLD AND THE DAMSIRE CLEARWAY BRED BY DORIS SHIMMER.

OWNED BY THE BLACK FLAG OPTION.

69.0 STARTING SCORE AND PHENOMENAL HORSE IN THE SHOW JUMPING.

WE ALWAYS SAY GET ON BOARD AND FLY CORVETT AIRLINES.

>> AND SUCH A SUPER PARTNERSHIP.

SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE THIS HORSE BECAUSE HE WAS FOR SALE IN PHILLIP DUTTON'S YARD, A LITTLE BIT OF A TRICKY GUY AND EMILY AND HIM GOT ON LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE AND YOU CAN SEE Y. FORTUNATELY SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FORGE A PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS SEEN HER AND CORVETT ALL OVER THE WORLD AT SOME OF THE TOP 5 STARS AND WE CAN SEE WHY THEY'RE IN THE FINAL TOP 10 OF THIS 5 STAR.

BEAUTIFUL.

SWEEPING AROUND FOR THE DUBARRY NARL OWE.

BIG SPREAD AND MOVE AROUND TO THE VERTICAL BEFORE THEY CARVE AROUND TO THE LAST LINE.

HORSES JUST JUMPING CRAZY.

HUGE SWEEPING TRIPLE BAR.

THIS IS GOING TO BE GIVING THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

ONE TO GO.

79 SECONDS IS THE TIME TO LOUED.

>> AND THAT IS IT.

THAT IS A CLEAR ROUND INSIDE THE TIME FOR EMILY HAMEL.

SHE FINISHES ON A CLEAN SHEET IN THE SHOW JUMPING AND ON 69.0.

WILL HOLD ON TO HER 7S PLACE.

TWO LEFT TO JUMP-- THREE LEFT TO JUMP BEFORE THE BREAK.

ONLY EIGHT HORSES FROM THE CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

IT REALLY WAS A TOUGH DAY CROSS COUNTRY BUT WHAT A TESTAMENT IS THAT.

WE'VE SEEN TWO HORSES, ONE 18, ONE 17 COME HERE AND JUMP TWO CLEAR ROUNDS.

>> FANTASTIC.

THESE HORSES HAD A VET INSPECTION THIS MORNING, MAKING SURE THEY WERE FIT AND SOUND TO COME FORWARD ON THE FINAL DAY OF SHOW JUMPING AND LOOKING LIKE THEY DO RUN OUT FOR ANOTHER DAY OF CROSS COUNTRY.

FABULOUS ROUND THERE.

THE FIRST TWO JUST EXCEPTIONAL AND SETTING THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

>> CORE CORVETT AND EMILY HAMEL.

JENNIE IS RIDING TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM, BREAD BY OWNER NINA GARDENER.

MARY ROYAL CHILD.

14 YEARS OLD.

AND THEE START ON 52.3.

>> AND SHE HAD SUCH A FABULOUS ROUND YESTERDAY.

THIS IS SUCH A PARTNERSHIP.

SHE HAS RIDDEN THIS HORSE SINCE IT WAS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD.

IT WAS A WINNER IN THE YOUNG EVENT HORSES AND YOU CAN SEE WHY.

THAT IS JUST THAT POLE DOWN WITH THE SPREAD.

WE SAW THAT HAPPEN A LOT EARLIER TODAY AS THEY WERE JUMPING IN TOWARDS THE CROWD HERE.

SHE TURNS AROUND FOR THAT LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL IS PUT TO THE BACK OF THE VERTICAL TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER, DRAWS THE HORSE'S HIGH DROWN.

JENNIE IS SO EXCELLENT IN THIS PHASE.

REALLY TRIPLE THREAT ACROSS ALL THREE PHASES.

THIS HORSE KNOWN AS GRANDPA IN THE BARN.

A LITTLE LOW ACROSS THAT BUT GETS IT DONE.

SLICES IN FOR THE VERTICAL AS SHE CRUISES AROUND TO THIS BIG TRIPLE BAR WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLDING DISTANCE DOWN TO THE VERTICAL AT THE END OF THE ARENA WHERE THEY GALLOPED OUT TO THE CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

SWEEPS AROUND TO THE DOUBLE.

SHE HAS THE FINAL FENCE AND THE TIME PENALTY.

SO THAT WILL TAKE HER SCORE ON TO 61.1.

>> AND THIS HORSE SHE WILL BE THRILLED WITH THE FINISH HERE.

AN EMOTIONAL FINISH AT KENTUCKY THIS YEAR WHEN SHE HAD SUCH A FABULOUS ROUND SAYING YOU KNOW, THIS HORSE WAS NEVER EXPECTED TO GO AS HIGH AND AS WELL AT THIS LEVEL AND THE HORSE IS JUST AN OUT AND OUT TRYER AND IT JUST SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP, AGAIN, BETWEEN HORSE AND RIDER.

THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER THEIR WHOLE CAREER AND SO WONDERFUL FOR THE OWNERS AND BREEDERS TIM AND NINA TO HAVE ANOTHER TOP 5 STAR HORSE IN THEIR BARN.

COLA HAS BEEN A FABULOUS HORSE.

AND A LOT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM DAVID HOUGHTON.

AND ALSO FROM BROWN ADVISORY.

WHO HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED HER IN HER TRIP OVER TO THIS WONDERFUL VENUE THAT IS THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

BUBBY UPTON WITH COLA, 14-YEAR-OLD, VANESSA THE DAM CONTENDER DAMSIRE.

STARTING AT 50.5.

JUST THE 11 PENALTIES SHE ADDED, PESKY RAIL GOING INTO THE COFFIN.

>> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOING TO GET SOMEONE THERE FOR SAFETY, PUTTING THE SAFETY OF HORSE AND RIDER FIRST BUT A VERY FRUSTRATING 11 PENALTIES, BUT SHE FOUGHT THE WHOLE REST OF THE WAY AROUND SUCH A PARTNERSHIP, SUCH A PLEASURE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WATCH SUCH ATHLETICISM BETWEEN BOTH BUBBY AND HER HORSE COLA.

THEY KNOW EACH OTHER VERY, VERY WELL.

>> IT'S A LITTLE LOW GIVES THE DUBARRY A LITTLE RUB BUT WAS THAT ENOUGH JUST TO SHARPEN IT UP SO THEY CAN JUMP THE REST OF THE COURSE CLEAR?

SHE COMES AROUND TO THE FINAL LOOP.

MOVES UP BEAUTIFULLY TO THIS TRIPLE BAR, SPOOKING A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE CROWD.

SHE FIGHTS FOR THAT.

THE HORSE HAS SPRINGS.

HE WON THE VERY GOOD 4 STAR SHORT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

CAN SHE JUMP A CLEAR?

YES, SHE CAN!

77 SECONDS, INSIDE THE TIME.

NO JUMPING, NO TIME PENALTIES.

>> WHAT DID YOU SEE?

>> I SAW A 4 POP UP.

>> >> WE'LL TRY GET THAT CONFIRMED BUT I THINK BUBBY UPTON, SHE HAS COME BACK, SHE FACED ADVERSITY.

>> WE JUST SAW, THE CAMERA POPPED AWAY BUT I THINK SHE HAD A LAST POLE DOWN.

WE'LL CONFIRM THAT THERE.

SHE WORKED HARD FOR THAT ROUND.

>> I CAN JUST SEE ACTUALLY SOMEBODY PUTTING THAT BACK UP SO SHE DID HAVE THE LAST FENCE DOWN.

THIS IS PROOF OF THAT.

SHE CAME TO THE LAST, JUST CAUGHT IT BEHIND YEAH, JUST CAUGHT IT BEHIND, THE BACK RAIL.

THAT WAS A REAL SHAME, BUT FOUR PENALTIES SHE COMPLETES ON 54.5.

AND TO HAVE TWO TOP 10 FINISHES IN THE 5 STAR IN THE SAME YEAR IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE.

AND BADMINTON, AGAIN, SHE HAS DONE NOW FIVE 5 STARS WITH THIS HORSE.

HE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING CAMPAIGNER.

>> SHE GIVES A SHAKE OF THE HEAD BUT THRILLED WITH THE HORSE JUMPING FANTASTIC.

HONESTLY YOU GOT IN THERE AND IT WAS A BIT SPOOKY, SHE WORKED HARD TO KEEP HIM ON THE TRACK AND ON THE LINE AND CAUGHT UP AT THE END BUT HERE WE HAVE FOR THE HOME TEAM.

>> BUCK DAVIDSON WITH SOROCAIMA, FORMER RACE HORSE OWNED BY BUCK HIMSELF.

13 YEARS OLD.

THIS HORSE RAN UNDER RULES MANY TIMES, FINISHED-- WON TWO RACES BACK-TO-BACK EARLY IN HIS CAREER ON THE FLATTS.

LINE FOURTH PLACE ON 39.2.

BUCK COMING INTO THE SHOW JUMPING AND HE WILL BE THE LAST TO GO BEFORE WE HAVE A BREAK AND THEN THE TOP THREE.

>> ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS.

HE HAS REALLY WORKED SO HARD ON THIS PHASE WITH SOROCAIMA.

TO MUCH OF OUR PLEASURE HE JUMPED A CLEAR ROUND IN KENTUCKY, IT WAS PHENOMENAL AND WE ARE HOPING AND WISHING THE SAME RESULT HERE.

>> INTERESTING.

I WAS WALKING THE COURSE WITH BUBBY AND I SAID I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE SPOOKY, IF CAN I GIVE YOU ONE BIT OF ADVICE, JUST COME DOWN HERE NEAR THE BIRD AND NEAR OUR LITTLE BOOTH BECAUSE HORSES IN THE 3 STAR WERE SPOOKING AND SHE SAID RIGHT, I'M GOING TO DO THAT.

SHE DID THAT.

MIDDLE PART OF THE TROUBLE GOING... >> UNFORTUNATELY ONE DOWN.

JUMPS GREAT.

UP TO THE USCA, VERTICAL AND THIS HORSE IS JUMPING SO WELL.

SUCH A BIG EFFORT ACROSS THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

BEAUTIFUL THOROUGHBRED HORSES PUT SO MUCH WORK AND EFFORT AND TIME INTO THIS PHASE.

CAN HE KEEP IT AT ONE DOWN?

THAT WOULD BE A HUGE SUCCESS STORY.

AND THE FIRST OF THE DOUBLE COMES DOWN AS HE MOVES TO THE LAST JUMP CAN WE KEEP THE DAMAGE TO TWO?

>> TIME PENALTY AS WELL .4, 8.4 IN TOTAL 47.6 HE MOVES ON TO.

HE WILL STAY IN AT LEAST FOURTH PLACE.

BUBBY UPTON WILL FINISH FIFTH AT LEAST.

WE DON'T EXPECT TOO MANY POLES TO COME DOWN WITH THE FINAL THREE.

TIM PRICE, OLIVER TOWNEND AND DOLE DOLE.

IT IS ALL STILL TO COME.

IT'S GOING TO BE A NAIL BITER.

AND SINEAD HAS NONE LEFT AFTER YESTERDAY AND THE SHOW JUMPING THIS MORNING.

SHE STARTED CHEWING ON MINE DURING THE LAST FEW IN THE 3 STAR.

BUT THAT WAS GREAT FOR BUCK BECAUSE SOROCAIMA JUMPED CLEAR AT KENTUCKY, BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT BALL GAME IN THIS ARENA.

LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IT'S VERY EUROPEAN.

>> YES, IT'S REALLY CLOSE IN THERE, THERE IS A LOT TO LOOK AT AND I DO THINK THEY WILL BE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULT.

THIS IS A YOUNG AND PROMISING HORSE, STILL AT THE LEVEL, HAS BEEN FANTASTIC ACROSS THE DAYS AT THIS HORSE SHOW AND SO EXCITINGY.

WE SEE Dr. YOUNG HENDRICKSSON THERE.

>> LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT LEADERBOARD.

THERE IT IS.

BUCK DAVIDSON LEADING, SOROCAIMA 47.6, BUBBY UPTON, 54.5.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN IN THIRD AND EMILY HAMEL IN FOURTH.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

WE HAVE GOT LOTS STILL TO COME.

BUBBY UPTON INTERVIEW AND THE FINAL THREE.

SO JOIN US AFTER THE BREAK.

♪ ♪ THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARS EQUESTRIAN, A BETTER WORLD FOR HORSES, PETS AND PEOPLE.

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AND GREAT WOLF LODGE, BRING YOUR PACK TOGETHER AT THE NEWEST LODGE GREAT WOLF LODGE OPEN IN PERRYVILLE, MARYLAND.

WELL, NOT ONLY IS IT HORSES.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, OF COURSE, IS THE CORGI CUP.

THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING ON THE RACE COURSE HERE.

THEY CAME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

THEY WENT FLAT TO THE BOARDS.

AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH, CERTAINLY FOR ME ONE OF MY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE AT TIMES, BUT IT IS SUCH A SPECTACULAR THING TO WATCH.

ROGUE DOGS EVERYWHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY WERE WINNERS AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF LOSERS.

WELL, BACK TO THE SERIOUS ACTION HERE.

IT IS TIME, NEARLY FOR THE FINAL 3.

IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE SHOW JUMPING DAY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE POLES DOWN.

BUBBY UPTON WITH THE VERY LAST FENCE DOWN.

SHE HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FROM THE U.K. TO THE USA AND SHE HAS BEEN HELPED VERY MUCH FROM DAVID HOUGHTON AND BROWN ADVISORY.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH HER TO HEAR MORE.

>> MY NAPE IS BUBBY UPTON, 25-YEAR-OLD EVENT RIDER GREAT BRITAIN AND I'M HERE AT MY FIRST EVER U.S. VISIT WITH COLA AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

I'M SO UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

AS I SAID, MY FIRST EVER TIME VISITING THE U.S.

SO IT FEELS PRETTY SPECIAL FOR IT TO BE COMPETING AT SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EVENT AND YEAH, ALONGSIDE COLA WHO HAS BEEN KIND OF MY WINGMAN FOR THE PAST EIGHT, NINE YEARS, UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED AND ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO BROWN ADVISORY AND HOWDEN.

UNBELIEVABLE GRATEFUL.

I'VE HAD COLA FOR EIGHT, NINE YEARS NOW SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND SINCE HE WAS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD.

SO WE KNOW EACH OTHER INSIDE OUT.

AND YEAH, HE IS A HORSE THAT MEANS THE ABSOLUTE WORLD TO ME.

HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME THROUGH KIND OF MY TOUGHEST TIMES AND GOT ME BACK THROUGH MY LOWEST LOWS AND I OWE HIM ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AND HE DEFINITELY IS MY HORSE OF A LIFETIME.

ROCKY THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I HAD A BAD FREAK ACCIDENT RIDING AT HOME ON THE FLAT WHICH LED TO A COMPLETE BURST L-3 LEAVING ME PARALYZED ON MY RIGHT SIDE.

SEVEN HOURS OF SPINAL SURGERY LATER AND A MIRACLE WORKING FINAL SURGEON, YEAH, I COULD REGAINED CENTRAL SENSATION IN MY RIGHT SIDE AND SLOWLY LEARNED TO USE MY LEG AGAIN, WALK AGAIN, AND THEN THREE MONTHS LATER I GOT BACK ON.

SO IT'S BEEN, YEAH, A ROLLER COASTER OF A YEAR.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GIVEN ME A HUGE AMOUNT OF THE PERSPECTIVE AND I GUESS BEING IN AN EVENT LIKE THIS AS WELL MEANS EVEN MORE BECAUSE I, FOR ONE, KNOW HOW QUICKLY THINGS CAN CHANGE.

IT MAKES IT MORE SPECIAL BEING OVER HERE IN THE U.S.

I WAS INTRODUCED TO BROWN ADVISORY BY HOWDEN JUST OFF BADMINTON WHEN I STARTED MAKING SOME CALLS AND THEY GOT RIGHT BEHIND ME STRAIGHT AWAY, WHICH WAS JUST AMAZING FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH BECAUSE THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.

AND IT'S REALLY SPECIAL AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCH AMAZING SUPPORTERS OF THE EVENT ITSELF.

SO I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I HAVE GOT THEIR SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY I CAN DO THEM AND HOWDEN PROUD BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

FINGERS CROSSED WE CAN GO IN THERE AND NAIL IT THIS WEEK.

>> ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE RIDERS, IT'S HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE 12 MONTHS AND INCREDIBLE JOURNEY AND WITHOUT THE LIKES OF THE SPONSORS, IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE RIDERS EARLIER IN THE WEEK, FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF BROWN ADVISORY.

IT IS, OF COURSE, THE ONE, AND THE ONLY MICHAEL HANKIN.

>> MIKE HANKIN, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF BROWN ADVISORY, MAKING SO MUCH HAPPEN HERE.

AND JUST TALK ABOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION WITH BROWN ADVISORY.

THIS IS A BIG YEAR.

YOU GUYS ARE BACK AGAIN AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

>> IT IS FANTASTIC TO BE BACK.

LOOK AT IT OUTSIDE.

IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY, GREAT WEEK SO FAR.

WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN AN ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER OF THE 5 STAR FROM THE BEGINNING.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO MARYLAND.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS PART OF MARYLAND FOR BUSINESSES LIKE BROWN ADVISORY, TO STEP UP AND TO SAY WE CAN DO OUR PART IN HELPING THE LOCAL ECONOMY, SUPPORTING THE SPORT, GETTING PEOPLING HERE.

THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE A SPONSOR, ALONG WITH HOWDEN INSURANCE OF BRINGING BUBBY UPTON OVER AND HER HORSE COLA FROM ENGLAND.

SO IT'S JUST FUN TO BE HERE FOR US.

>> WELL, TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT BROWN ADVISORY BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN AND IT'S SO AMAZING.

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, JUST COME BY OUR SUITE.

IT'S A BIG PART OF GROWING AND SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESS IS GETTING A CHANCE TO MEET PEOPLE ONE BY ONE AND GETTING TO KNOW THEM.

SO WHEN WE DO THESE EVENTS, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO MEET PEOPLE.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT-- IT'S A DIFFERENT INDUSTRY.

WE ARE IN THE INVESTMENT BUSINESS.

SO ADVERTISING ACROSS TV LIKE SOME FIRMS DO AT FOOTBALL GAMES, AND TENNIS MATCHES, ISN'T REALLY FOR US BECAUSE WE LIKE TO MEET PEOPLE ONE BY ONE.

SO IS CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE BUT COME BY AND VISIT US.

>> WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR AMAZING PARTICIPATION AND YOUR SUPPORT OF EQUESTRIAN SPORTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.

>> WE WILL.

HAVE A GOOD DAY YOURSELF AND TAKE CARE.

>> ALWAYS FABULOUS TO HEAR FROM OUR SPONSORS AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THE MAIN SPONSORS, PRESENTING SPONSORS AND ALL OF THE LITTLE SPONSORS THAT MAKE THIS SO, SO ACHIEVABLE, SO ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ALSO TO GET HORSES OVER TO THE U.K. LIKE WE JUST HEARD FROM MIKE HANKIN.

GETTING BEHIND BUBBY WITH HOWDEN INSURANCE HAS BEEN AMAZING.

IT'S A TRUE FAIRY TALE THAT HAS COME TRUE.

WELL, WE ARE ABOUT TO START WITH OUR FINAL 3 AND IT IS TIM PRICE WHO WILL COME FIRST WITH SUE BENSON'S FALCO.

AND OLIVER TOWNEND HAS NEVER WON HERE.

THIRD TWICE, SECOND.

HE HAS NEVER WON IT.

AND THIS MAN HAS, IT IS TIM PRICE, HE WON IN 2022 WITH COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN.

HE WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO WIN IT AGAIN WITH FALCO.

FALCO HAS BEEN THROUGH THE MILL.

ONLY A YEAR AGO HE WAS ON THE OPERATING TABLE HAVING A TUMOR REMOVED THAT HAD WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND FALCO'S INTESTINES.

HE IS BACK.

HE IS FIT.

HE WAS JUST SUBLIME TO WATCH CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE HIM THROUGH THE SUNKEN ROAD, DO.

HE WAS LIKE TIGGER ON SPRINGS.

I'M USING THAT ONE.

BUT IT IS TIM PRICE, TIM, THE FORMER WORLD NUMBER 1, HE IS A MULTI-OLYMPIAN, RIDES THIS LOVELY HORSE IN FALCO FOR SUE BENSON.

SUE, WHO HAS BEEN A GREAT SUPPORTER.

FALCO IS BRED BY NOVAK AND OWNED BY TIM AND SUE BENSON THEMSELVES.

NOT ONE RAIL SEPARATES OUR TOP THREE.

>> THIS HORSE IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

THEY ARE ALL MASTER CLASS ACROSS THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY, AND WEISE WATCH THIS, YOU CAN SEE THE SPRINGS.

DOWN THE TRIPLE.

CHANGE FROM EARLIER.

NOW VERTICAL.

BIG SPREAD.

HE SWEEPS AROUND, HE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TIME.

>> THAT'S HOW CLOSE IT IS.

34.6.

HE IS GOING TO SWEEP AROUND HERE, TRIPLE BAR, FOUR EASY STRIDES, SEES IT WELL OFF AND STRETCHES UP.

THE CROWD GASPS.

>> WE DID.

YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP.

>> THE DOUBLE.

>> AS HE COMES TO THE LAST, THE TIME IS LOOKING GOOD.

>> TIME IS 79 SECONDS.

FALCO JUMPS THE LAST AND IT'S CLEAR!

WHAT A ROUND, TIM PRICE AND FALCO!

JUMP THE FIRST CLEAR OF THE LAST SESSION AND HE GUARANTEES HIMSELF A PODIUM FINISH.

IT COULD BE THIRD.

HE COULD GO HIGHER.

BUT THERE ARE TWO MEN THAT ARE TRYING TO STOP HIM DOING THAT.

>> AND THAT'S WHAT HE SAID IN HIS WRAP-UP INTERVIEW YESTERDAY.

HE SAID I HAVE LEFT SOME IN THE TANK FROM THE CROSS COUNTRY.

STARTED OUT EASY MAKING SURE HE COULD PUSH HOME AND HAD ENOUGH HORSE LEFT FOR SUNDAY.

I THINK HE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH HORSE FOR THE DAY.

HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN DO.

THE BELL GOES FOR OUR NEXT COMPETITOR.

>> DAVID DOEL, THE GREAT BRITAIN IN THE ARENA.

DAVID WITH THE WONDERFUL GALILEO NIEUWMOED.

HE HAS BEEN THE FASTEST RIDER HERE.

HE WAS 24 SECONDS INSIDE THE TIME.

HE WAS THE QUICKEST RIDER IN KENTUCKY.

HE WAS THE QUICKEST RIDER AT BURGHLEY AND DAVID RIDES THIS 13-YEAR-OLD.

THE BREEDERS HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE.

DAVID OWN AS LONG WITH MARY FOX AND JILLIAN.

JILL RIPARIANS 91 AS SUCH AN AMAZING SUPPORTER OF DAVID'S.

IT LOOKS SO EASY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HE COMES IN HERE IN SECOND PLACE ON 34.5.

HE HIT A RAIL.

TIM GOES SECOND.

AND HE WILL DROP DOWN ONE PLACE, MOVES ON TO 38.5.

HE JUST TAPS THAT ONE.

HE NEEDS TO KEEP THE REST OF THE POLES UP.

>> HEART BREAKING.

>> THE HORSE IS JUMPING SO BEAUTIFULLY AND DAVE IS GIVING HIM SUCH A MASTERFUL RIDE.

SO BEAUTIFUL ACROSS THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

AND FLYNN CAN HAVE A POLE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT ON THE FINAL DAY.

ANYONE CAN HAVE A POLE.

SO JUST THAT ONE FENCE DOWN MEANS THAT DAVID DOEL, HE JUMPS THE LAST TO TIE.

77 SECONDS.

38.5.

GOES INTO THIRD PLACE.

SECOND AT THE MOMENT.

TIM PRICE LEADS 34.6.

>> YOU JUST SEE IN THERE HE KICKS IT OUT BEHIND.

WE SAW SOME TROUBLE IN THE 3 STAR EARLIER WITH THE TRIPLE.

MICHELLE SWITCHED IT AROUND, PUT A BIG SPREAD TO A BIG SPREAD AND YOU JUST SAW HIM TAKE THAT POLE BEHIND AND UNFORTUNATELY MARRING OTHERWISE A PERFECT WEEKEND.

>> IT REALLY HAS BEEN.

BITTERSWEET SMILE THERE.

HE KNOWS WHAT THAT COST HIM.

BUT SO AMAZING TO SEE HIM HERE IN SUCH A FABULOUS RUN YESTERDAY AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE A LITTLE BIT GUTTED.

>> DEFINITELY NOT.

WE'VE GOT ONE LEFT TO GO.

THERE IS THE CURRENT LEADERBOARD.

TIM PRICE, FALCO LEAD FOR NEW ZEALAND 34.6, DAVID DOEL SECOND, BUCK DAVIDSON 3.

BUBBY UPTON 4.

ONE LEFT TO GO AND HERE HE COMES.

OUT OF THE CHUTE, THE FORMER WORLD NUMBER 1, EIGHT-TIME 5 STAR WINNER WITH THE THREE-TIME 5 STAR WINNER, BALLAGHMOR CLASS.

BALLAGHMOR CLASS, 17 YEARS OF AGE, OWNED BY ANGELA AND KAREN AND VAL.

HE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE INAUGURAL RUNNING OF THE 5 STAR BACK IN 2021.

THAT WAS WON BY BOYD MARTIN.

ON CUE SECOND YEAR WAS WON BY TIM PRICE AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN.

THIRD YEAR WAS LAST YEAR WITH THE AMAZING PERFORMANCE OF AUSTIN O'CONNOR OR IRELAND AND COLORADO BLUE.

HE HAS BEEN THIRD TWICE, HE HAS BEEN SECOND.

HE WANTS THE WIN.

>> AND HE IS NO STRANGER TO THIS TYPE OF PRESSURE.

LIKE YOU SAID WHEN HE FINISHED WITH THE CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY, HE SAID IT'S ALWAYS TIM.

AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE THESE TWO BATTLING IT OUT AT THE END BUT THIS HORSE IS JUMPING FOR FUN.

>> SO JUST A REMINDER, OLIVER ON 31.3.

TIM PRICE ON 34.6 SO HE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE ONE FENCE DOWN.

WHERE DAVID RAN INTO TROUBLE EARLIER.

CLEARS THE SECOND.

>> HE SO DESERVES THIS WIN, THIS HORSE.

BIG SPREAD.

CARVES AROUND TO THIS VERTICAL.

WHERE HE WILL SWEEP AROUND TO THIS BIG TRIPLE BAR RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CROWD.

>> THE HORSE THAT HE WON THE TEAM GOLD ON IN TOKYO IN 2021, THE OLYMPIC GAMES, HE HAS GOT THREE FENCES LEFT TO JUMP.

BETWEEN HIM AND HIS FIRST WIN HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, OLIVER TOWNEND COMES TO THE LAST, THE TIME IS FINE AND HE HAS DONE IT!

OLIVER TOWNEND WINS HIS FIRST MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AND IN SOME STYLE!

BALLAGHMOR CLASS, YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND!

17 YEARS OLD AND FINALLY OLIVER TOWNEND GETS HIS WIN.

>> WELL, HE WAS IN TEARS AFTER THE DRESSAGE, DO YOU THINK HE WILL BE IN TEARS WITH THIS?

>> I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WILL BE.

HE TRIED SO MANY TIMES.

BALLAGHMOR CLASS AND OLIVER TOWNEND FINALLY DO IT!

HE HAS BEEN HERE WITH HORSES, COOLLY MASSER CLASS, AND NOW BALLAGHMOR CLASS WINS THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

>> INCREDIBLE.

YOU CAN SEE THE EMOTION ALL OVER OLIVER TOWNEND'S FACE.

WHAT A TEAM, WHAT A CROWD.

WHAT A CAREER!

WHAT A CAREER FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AS HE MOVES TOWARD THE SENIOR LEVEL OF THEIR CAREER TOGETHER, TO DUMB HERE ALL THE WAY OVER HERE TO WIN, BIG HEARTS TO THE HORSE, BIG HEARTS TO THE CROWD.

>> BALLAGHMOR CLASS HAS BEEN A BURGHLEY WINNER, A BADMINTON WIN EARNINGS WON BURGHLEY TWICE, WON IT LAST YEAR, WON BAD BADMINTON.

HE IS NOW A FOUR-TIME 5 STAR WINNER.

HE JOINS HORSES LIKE PRICELESS THAT HAS WON MORE 5 STARS THAN I THINK ANY OTHER HORSE IN THE HISTORY.

IT IS SOME FEAT.

IT IS SOME FEAT FOR THE WHOLE TEAM, KAREN SHOOTER THERE ALONG WITH OLLY'S GROOM.

THEY CAN'T QUITE BELIEVE IT.

WHAT AN AMAZING RUMGHTS.

>> IT JUST TAKES SUCH A COMMUNITY, SUCH A VILLAGE.

WE ARE ALL RIDE AGO LONG WITH THEM BUT THIS TEAM WALKING DOWN, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FROM THE WORD GO.

THEY HAVE BEEN HERE WITH THEIR AMAZING HORSE RIDER COMBINATION LIKE YOU SAID, FOUR WINS, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

WHEN YOU WATCH THEM COME IN AND DO IT.

HE MAKES IT LOOK EASY AND IT IS THE HARDEST LEVEL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

>> IT IS.

I MEAN REALLY DID PROVE THAT ONLY CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY AS WELL.

HE JOINS HORSES LIKE PRICE'S WITH JENNY THAT WON FOUR, THE ONLY OTHER HORSES TO WIN MORE THAN THREE, OLIVER NOW HAVES NINE WINS AT THE LEVEL JOINING LUCINDA GREEN, ANDREW NICHOLSON, AND TODDY 11 AND JEN ANY WHO WON 10.

OLIVER TOWNEND, THIS WAS A MASTER CLASS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE WERE SITTING HERE ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS BUT HE GAVE US NOTHING TO STRESS ABOUT.

HE WAS CLEAR FROM THE WORD GO, AND UNBELIEVABLE SHOWING AS A PIN DROPPED UNTIL THOSE HIND LEGS HIT THE GROUND.

>> YEAH, THAT IS IT.

NUMBER 1.

HE WINS MARYLAND, HIS NINTH 5 STAR.

THERE THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE IS A MAN THAT IS GOING TO BE SO INVOLVED.

IAN STARK, PEER PIERRE IN THE MIDDLE.

WE LOVE YOU BOTH.

WHAT AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE IT REALLY IS A FAIRY TALE.

WE ARE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH HIM IN A FEW MOMENTS TIME BUT LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE FINAL STANDINGS IN THE BROWN ADVISORY FINAL STANDINGS, THE LAST DAY OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR HERE AT FAIR HILL.

OLIVER TOWNEND WINS HIS NINTH.

BALLAGHMOR CLASS WINS HIS FOURTH 5 STAR, 31.3.

JUMPING THE FABULOUS CLEAR HE NEEDED.

TIM PRICE ALSO JUMPS CLEAR WITH FALCO TO FINISH SECOND.

34.6.

DAVID DOEL ON THE PODIUM, GALILEO NIEUWMOED IN THIRD.

BUCK DAVIDSON JUST OFF THE PODIUM WITH SOROCAIMA 4th.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM IN SIXTH PLACE.

AND WE WILL OVER TO 7th AND 8th PLACING IN THIS AMAZING 5 STAR.

EMILY HAMEL FINISHING IN 7th, A LOVELY CLEAR ROUND FOR THEM AND EMILY HEARD WOOD CLEAR ROUND FROM THE SL YEARS YOUNG LCC BARNABY.

SHE ANYWAY, IT HAS BEEN SO EMOTIONAL FROM THE GET GO, FROM TWO DAYS OF FANTASTIC DRESSAGE.

WE SAW SOME OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES, ESPECIALLY FROM THE LIKES OF BUBBY UPTON WHO CAME ON THE SECOND DAY, BURST IN THE ARENA TO GO SUB 30.

FABULOUS TEST OF FALCO, TIM PRICE, BALLAGHMOR CLASS BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY IMPRESSED WITH MAI BAUM AND TAMMY SMITH.

18 YEARS OLD AND JUST WENT IN AND REALLY STRUTTED HIS █STUFF.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK IT'S SUCH A TESTAMENT TO THE TEAMS AND THE SPORTS WHEN WE HAVE THESE ATHLETE IS COMING OUT AT 16, 17, 18 YEARS OLD STILL GOING STRONG WITH NUMEROUS 5 STARS TO THEIR NAME AND AGAIN TO ADD THIS ONE TO THE WIN IS JUST FANTASTIC.

AND HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, WHAT A FABULOUS EVENT THAT THEY HAVE PUT ON.

THAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT THEIR HORSE ON PLANES, FLOWN ACROSS AN OCEAN TO COMPETE AT WHAT HAS GOT TO BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE TOP EVENTS IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

>> IT REALLY HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE TOP EVENTS IN THE WORLD NOW AND REALLY FIRMLY PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THE MAP.

THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE, PUT IT ON YOUR BUCKET LIST.

DO MAKE THE EFFORT NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

OLIVER TOWNEND SAID IT HIMSELF AFTER THE CROSS COUNTRY YESTERDAY, HE SAID IT'S RIGHT UP WHERE WITH BADMINTON, BURGHLEY AND KENTUCKY AND THAT'S TESTAMENT TO THE WHOLE TEAM THAT HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB HERE OTHER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, 2021, THE FIRST EVENT.

THIS IS THE FOURTH.

THE FIFTH IS GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER.

IT'S GROWING.

IT'S GROWING.

ONE THING WE WANT TO KNOW, IS HOW DOES OLIVER TOWNEND FEEL AFTER HIS NINTH WIN?

LET'S CATCH UP WITH FRANKIE.

>> WELL, OLIVER, THE FOURTH VICTORY AT THIS LEVEL FOR THIS REMARKABLE HORSE, AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?

>> ALL THE CRYING IS DOING ME NO STREET CRED.

YEAH, IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL AND IT'S MY JOB TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW GOOD IT IS AND LUCKILY I DIDN'T MESS THIS ONE UP.

A LOT HAS BEEN SPOKEN OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE HE IS NORMALLY ALWAYS IN ON A GRASS ARENA IN THE MUD, GOING LAST AND IT'S ALMOST AN UNFAIR PLAYING FIELD, BUT WHEN YOU PUT HIM ON A SURFACE LIKE AT KENTUCKY WHEN HE WON, LIKE HERE WHEN HE HAS WON AND HE IS A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

>> THIS EVENT ALSO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

AND IT'S REALLY BEEN FUN TO WATCH IT COME TO FRUITION THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU HAVE BEEN HERE EVERY TIME.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> YEAH, I HAVE BEEN HERE, THIS IS MY FOURTH ONE AND I WAS PRAYING NOT TO FINISH ON THE PODIUM AGAIN, YOU KNOW.

I HAVE BEEN I THINK SECOND AND THIRD TWICE, MAYBE AND TO BRING BALLAGHMOR CLASS HERE COMES WITH ITS OWN PRESSURES.

WE EXPECT TO DELIVER.

BUT WHETHER YOU SEE THE OTHER COMPETITORS AND HOW GOOD THEY ARE AND HOW GOOD THEIR HORSES ARE, LIKE I WATCHED TIM'S WARMUP IN THE SHOW JUMPING AND THOUGHT GOD, COULD I DO WITH SWAPPING RIGHT NOW.

BUT, YEAH, IT'S BRILLIANT, IT'S 5 STAR AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT MARYLAND AND CECIL COUNTY PUT IT ON FOR US BECAUSE TO HAVE ANOTHER 5 STAR IN OUR CALENDAR IN OUR SPORT JUST IS SO SPECIAL.

>> MAYBE THE SHOW JUMPING GODS WERE SAVING THE BEST ONE FOR THIS WIN.

YOU'VE BEEN ON THE PODIUM EVERY TIME.

TODAY YOU TOPPED THAT LEADERBOARD AND YOU HAVE BEEN EMOTIONAL ALL WEEK ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE HORSE.

WHAT DOES HE MEAN TO YOU AND YOUR CAREER?

>> I WISH HE COULD CARRY ON FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS SO WE COULD RETIRE TOGETHER.

BUT LOOK, YOU'VE SEEN WHAT HE HAS DONE.

HE IS A MONSTER.

HE IS A MONSTER AT HOME TO LOOK AFTER, BUT WHEN HE COMES TO DO HIS JOB, THERE IS NO HORSE BETTER IN THE WORLD.

>> WELL, ONE MORE ACCOLADE TO ADD BEFORE WE GIVE YOU ALL YOUR LOOT AND PRIZES HERE AND IT OF COURSE IS THE ALTOIDS RIDE OF THE DAY, CURIOUSLY STRONG MINTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 IN MARYLAND CHAMPION HERE IN MARYLAND.

OLIVER TOWNEND, CONGRATULATIONS.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, WHAT AN EMOTIONAL VICTORY IT IS FOR OLIVER TOWNEND WINNING HIS FOURTH 5 STAR WITH BALLAGHMOR CLASS.

IT WAS KENTUCKY THAT HE WON, KENTUCKY ONCE, HE WON BURGHLEY TWICE AND NOW HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

IT'S BEEN BRILLIANT, EMOTIONAL.

IT'S BEEN FUN AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED ALL OF THE COVERAGE.

AND WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK BECAUSE THE AWARD CEREMONY IS UPON US VERY, VERY SHORTLY.

BUT JUST BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO A VERY SHORT BREAK.

SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE BACK HERE FOR THE AWARDS CEREMONY AFTER THIS BREAK.

WE ARE BACK AT FAIR HILL, THE SPECIAL EVENT ZONE IN ELKTON AND CECIL COUNTY AND HAVE JUST CONCLUDED THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AND A FANTASTIC FINISH WITH LUCINDA GREEN AND JIM HUNTER.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE MPT SPORTS DESK AND THE FINAL THREE RIDERS REALLY PUT ON A SHOW.

YOU FEEL BAD FOR TIM PRICE.

HE WAS PERFECT BUT FINISHES SECOND.

>> AWM I CAN SAY IS THAT TIM PRICE DID THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE SHOW JUMPING RUN FOMMING THE CROSS COUNTRY RUN.

HIS HORSE IS 15, ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS.

BALLAGHMOR CLASS AT 17 DOESN'T HAVE SO LONG BUT WHAT I LOVED ABOUT BALLAGHMOR CLASS AND OLIVER TOWNEND WAS I'VE SEEN THAT HORSE LOOK LIKE HE WAS COMING TO THE END OF HIS CAREER TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO AND BOY, HE LOOKED LIKE AS IF HE WERE 10 AS HE JUMPED AROUND.

OLIVER'S ABILITY TO WITH STAND THE PRESSURE AND THAT WAS SOME PRESSURE, IS PHENOMENAL, WORLD CLASS THE PAIR OF THEM.

>> YOU MENTIONED PHENOMENAL.

NINTH WIN IN A 5 STAR EVENT.

THAT IS PHENOMENAL.

>> AND THE HORSE HAS DONE FOUR WINS IN A PHARR.

A 5 STAR IS THE VERY, VERY PEAK AND IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO QUALFY AND GET FIT ENOUGH TO GET THERE LET ALONE TO GET THROUGH ALL THREE PHASES AND GET THROUGH THEM SO WELL YOU ARE AT THE TOP OF THE PACK AT THE END AND TO DO THAT FOUR TIMES WHICH BALLAGHMOR CLASS HAS DONE AND OLIVER 9, STUNNING STUFF.

>> WHAT MAKES A WINNING HORSE AT THIS LEVEL?

>> WHAT A GREAT QUESTION, IF WE KNEW, WE WOULD BE RICH.

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING DEEP IN THERE, SOMETHING DEEP IN THE HEART AND DEEP IN THE SPIRIT AND YOU THE RIDER HAVE TO TRY TO FIND IT AND NURTURE IT AND EMBELLISH IT AND VERY OFTEN YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ONE AND THEN HE DOESN'T QUITE MANAGE TO HAVE THE EXTRA AND HE GOES TO 4 STAR OR 3 STAR.

GETTING HIM ALL THE WAY TO 5 STAR AND FINDING THAT INCREDIBLY SPECIAL SPIRIT WITHIN A HORSE IS A TRULY A SEARCH.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE FINAL ROUND FOR OLIVER TOWNEND AS HE COMPLETED THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND LUCINDA IS GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN JUST DOING A FEW LITTLE WARMUP FLYING CHANGES, CHANGING FROM ONE LEG TO THE OTHER, JUST TO MAKE SURE BALLAGHMOR CLASS IS LISTENING TO HIM.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HEAR THE BELL GO BUT HAVE YOU 45 SECONDS TO GET THROUGH THE START ONCE THE BELL HAS GONE AND AN ELECTRIC CLOCK TICKS AWAY THAT TELLS YOU HOW LONG.

AS YOU COME ALONG THE FIRST FENCE, YOU KNOW ONE SLIP UP FROM YOU AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOWN TO THIRD OR FOURTH PLACE.

HE SO WANTS TO WIN.

THIRD TWICE AND SECOND ONCE ON THIS HORSE.

>> AMAZING HOW HIGH THE HORSE GETS GOING OVER THE POLES.

>> ICE VERY REWARDING WHEN THEY DON'T JUST SLITHER OVER BUT SOME SLITHERRERS CAN STILL STAY CLEAR.

IT IS EASY TO SAY THIS BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A HORSE JUMP AS MAGNIFICENT A ROUND AS THIS.

YOU WOULD THINK AT 17 THE EDGES WOULD BE ROUGH AND GLITTER FADING BUT HE PUT IN ANY EXCEPTIONAL JUMPING PERFORMANCE.

HE IS MUCH HAPPIER ON THE SURFACE AND BAB MINTON HE IS THE LAST TO GO AND OFF THE MARGIN AND THE CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED.

ON THIS SURFACE HE CAN SHOW US HIS TRUE JUMP.

>> WAS ABOUT THE PRESSURE OF KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT TO PULL IT OFF.

>> ENORMOUS.

BUT ONCE YOU ARE THROUGH THE START FLAGS, THE PRESSURE, IF YOU ARE LUCKY, ABATES AND YOU GO INTO THE TUNNEL OF FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION AND OLIVER SURE HAS A TUNNEL OF THAT.

>> THE FINAL JUMP.

PERFECT.

STANDING OWIZATION FROM THE CROWD ALMOST LIKE THEY WANTED HIM TO WIN BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A GREAT THING FOR THE FORCE WHAT A GREAT RIDE.

SO HE WINS HIS NINTH 5 STAR CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND AS YOU SAID, FOURTH WITH THIS HORSE.

>> YEAH, THE FOURTH 5 STAR WITH ONE HORSE IS PHENOMENAL AND 17 YEARS YOUNG, YOU WON'T SEE BETTER.

THIS HAWB A TREMENDOUS EVENT.

WE ARE GLAD COULD YOU JOIN US ON THE SPORTS DESK WITH LUCINDA GRAY.

A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.

OLIVER TOWNEND IS YOUR CHAMPION AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AND WE'LL REJOIN THE AWARDS CEREMONY AS HE GETS HIS AWARD.

HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYBODY.

PRIZE WINNING CEREMONY AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

IT WENT RIGHT TO THE WIRE TODAY.

SO MUCH PRESSURE ON WAS ON THE PLAN WHO JOINS US NOW.

OLIVER TOWNEND FOR GREAT BRITAIN!

A DAY HE WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL AWARDS TO DO AS WELL.

THE FIRST ONE FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC RESCUE HORSE.

THE AMERICAN THOROUGHBRED AND WE ARE GOING AWARD THAT THIS YEAR TO BUCK DAVIDSON AND SOROCAIMA, SO CONGRATULATIONS THERE TO BUCK DAVIDSON ANOTHER AWARD, THE BEST TURNED OUT AWARD AND THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO TIM PRICE AND FALCO.

WE ALSO GIVE A SPECIAL SALUTE WITH THAT AWARD TO ROSIE THOMAS WHO IS OUR BEST TURNED OUT GROOM.

THE GROOMS DO AN AMAZING JOB, DON'T THEY?

[ APPLAUSE ] SPEAKING OF GROOMS WE'VE GOT OUR WINNING GROOM AWARD TO PRESENT AS WELL FROM OUR FRIENDS AT MAINE AND TAIL GOES TO THE WINNING 5 STAR HORSE.

WE ARE GOING TO INVITE FORWARD JESSICA WHO IS OLIVER TOWNEND'S GROOM, BALLAGHMOR CLASS' GROOM TAKES THE MAINE AND TAIL.

MANE AND TAIL.

STEPPING FORWARD TO TAKE AT VERY SPECIAL AWARD TODAY.

MANE AND TAIL DO SO MUCH FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.

GREAT PRODUCTS IN THE EQUESTRIAN RANGE AND THE DOG RANGE WE SAW EARLIER WITH OUR CORGI RUNNING AND THE HUMAN RANGE AS WELL.

AN AMAZING BACK PACK PRESENTED TO OUR WINNING GROOM.

CONGRATULATIONS THERE ONCE AGAIN TO JESSICA MACKY TAKING THE WINNING GROOM PRESENTED BY MANE & TAIL.

FINAL PICTURES TAKEN OF JESSICA, AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO CONGRATULATIONS WITH ONE OF THE FINEST RIDERS THAT HAS EVER BEEN.

BUCK DAVIDSON, WE INVITE HIM FORWARD AND AWARD HIM HIS FIFTH 5 STAR EVENT FINISH AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR!

NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN COUNT, YOU MAY BE THINKING HOW HAS HE DONE FIVE BUT THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR.

HE HAS COMPLETED FIVE.

HE HAD TWO HORSES ONE YEAR SO THIS IS HIS FIFTH COMPLETION AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.

BUCK DAVIDSON, EVERYBODY!

HE HAS GROWN UP AROUND THESE VERY GRINDS, STORIED HISTORY.

HIS LOCAL 5 STAR EVENT THAT IS WHAT HE CALLS US HERE.

CONGRATULATIONS THERE TO BUCK FINISHING FIVE YEAR WITH US.

TIME TO JOIN WITH OUR ATHLETES.

WE ARE GOING TO START IN THE EIGHTH PLACE POSITION AS WE AWARD LILIAN HEAD WOOD AND LCC BARNABY TAKING EIGHTH PLACE!

THEN WE HEAD DOWN TO THE 7th PLACE POSITION EMILY HAMEL FOR THE USA CORVETT!

MOVING ON DOWN TO 6th PLACE WE GO FOR THE WHOLE NATION ONCE AGAIN, JENNIE BRANNIGAN, TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM.

MOVING TO FIFTH NOW TO GREAT BRITAIN, WELL DONE TO BUBBY UPTON AND COLA!

[ APPLAUSE ] THEN WE HEAD TO THE HIGHEST PLACED USA ATHLETE IN FOURTH PLACE, BUCK DAVIDSON, SOROCAIMA!

HERE IS BUCK COMING AROUND FOR HIS PICTURE AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO WELCOME FORWARD OUR TOP 3.

WE CONGRATULATE DAVID DOEL, TIM PRICE AND OLIVER TOWNEND AND INVITE THEM TO PLEASE DISMOUNT AND TAKE THEIR PLACES BEHIND OUR PODIUM.

AND HERE THEY COME.

MAKING THEIR WAY OVER TO OUR MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY PODIUM.

AND THE FIRST MAN WE WELCOME UP THERE IN THIRD PLACE, DAVID DOEL, GREAT BRITAIN!

JUST MISSING OUT FINISH CAN IN SECOND, TIM PRICE, NEW ZEALAND!

HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO WIN THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

HE HAS WON EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OLIVER TOWNEND, GREAT BRITAIN!

SO WE ARE GOING TO STEP FORWARD WEISE GET READY TO CONGRATULATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ATHLETES AND FAIR HILL PRESENTED IN ORDER AND LOVING MEMORY OF TRISH, MARY AND RAYMOND AND PAT AND THEIR GUEST, ALL JOINING US DOWN HERE TO PRESENT THE FAIR HILL BRONZE TO ONE OF THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD, OLIVER TOWNEND FOR GREAT BRITAIN!

WE'LL GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

NICE AND CLOSE.

BECAUSE THIS IS A PICTURE THAT WILL DEFINITELY GO IN THE HISTORY BOOKS HERE.

ALSO JOINED BY OUR GRAND JURY.

HERE COMES THE OFFICIAL PICTURE.

DO YOUR PEST POSE AND SMILE AS WE CONGRATULATE OLIVER TOWNEND AND BALLAGHMOR CLASS TAKING THIS WIN FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

WELL, AS THE FINAL PICTURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN, WE ASK EVERYBODY TO RISE AND REMOVE COVER AND SALUTING OLIVER TOWNEND WITH THE PLAYING OF HIS NATIONAL ANTHEM.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ P THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

WE ARE GOING TO HEAD TO OUR CHAMPAGNE PRESENTATION.

WE'LL INVITE OUR GHOSTS STEP TO THE SIDE.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET COVERED IN CHAMPAGNE.

COME AND JOIN US AT THE BROWN ADVISORY FENCE OVER HERE AND THEN IT WILL BE TIME FOR A VERY MESSY, IN FACT IT'S ALREADY STARTED!

OUR TOP THREE OLIVER TOWNEND, TIM PRICE, DAVID DOEL, TOP THREE.

CONGRATULATIONS THERE TO ALL OF OUR ATHLETES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOP THREE AND UPON COMPLETION OF OUR CHAMPAGNE CELEBRATION, WE ARE GOING TO INVITE THEM TO GET THEIR HATS BACK ON AND TO JUMP BACK UP ON BOARD.

TIM PRICE A BIT OF REFRESHMENT.

GETTING INVOLVED IN THE ACTION.

WE SHOULD BE PLANNING MORE CELEBRATIONS AS THE DAY CONTINUES FOR THOSE THREE.

GET THEIR HATS BACK ON AND THEN WE INVITE THEM TO JUMP BACK ON THOSE AMAZING HORSES TO HELP THEM AND THEIR PLACE HERE THIS YEAR.

>> WELL, FABULOUS PICTURES FROM THAT PRIZE GIVING HERE AT THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

OLIVER TOWNEND WINS EVENTUALLY, SECOND IN 2021, THIRD IN 2022, THIRD IN 2023.

AND FINALLY THE ONE HE WANTED, A WIN FOR 2024.

TIM PRICE EVENTUAL SECOND WITH HIS FORMER 5 STAR WINNER IN FALCO WHO WON POE PREVIOUSLY AND ANOTHER PODIUM FINISH FOR DAVID DAVID DOEL AND GALILEO NIEUWMOED.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN A LOOSE HORSE THERE.

WELL, WHILE THE CHAMPAGNE WAS SPRAYED, GALILEO NIEUWMOED WAS CAUGHT QUICKLY BUT IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL WIN.

I'M SURE YOU WILL AGREE IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WATCH SOME OF THE BEST HORSE AND RIDERS, 17 YEARS OLD, BALLAGHMOR CLASS, HE HAS BEEN IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND WHAT BALLAGHMOR CLASS HAS ACHIEVED IS NOTHING SHORT OF HERACLEAN.

HE WON BURGHLEY IN 2017, WON KENTUCKY IN 2021 AND 2023 AND NOW MARYLAND, MEANS TODAY HE JOINS HORSES LIKE PRICELESS RIDDEN BY JENNIE LANE AND WHO HAS WON SIX.

THE ONLY OTHER HORSES IN THE WORLD EVER TO WIN MORE THAN THREE 5 STARS, BALLAGHMOR CLASS MAKES HISTORY.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE AND WE WERE HERE TO WITNESS IT.

AND SO WERE YOU, WATCHING ALONG AND LISTENING ALONG ON THE RADIOS AS WELL FROM PEOPLE LIKE TAYLOR HARRIS INSURANCE SERVICES WHO SUPPLIED THE RADIOS FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR DAYS SO WE ARE ABOUT TO START OUR VICTORY GALLOP AND OLIVER TOWNEND IS GOING TO LEAD THEM AWAY HERE IN THIS AMAZING ARENA THAT HAS SEEN SO MUCH ACTION OVER LAST FOUR YEARS FOR THE 5 STAR.

BUCK DAVIDSON COMPLETES YOU FIVE OF THEM.

RODE TWO HORSES IN ONE YEAR.

HE HAS FIVE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR UNDER HIS BELT.

WINNING BEST THOROUGHBRED.

FALCO WINNING THE BEST TURNED OUT AND ONE OF THE GROOMS GOT A PRIZE AS WELL FROM MANE AND TAIL FOR TURNING OUT AND ALSO BEING THE GROOM FOR THE BEST IN THE FIELD THAT IS BALLAGHMOR CLASS.

HERE THEY GO.

WELL DONE Mr. TOWNEND.

NINE 5 STARS NOW.

HE HAS WON, LUCINDA GREEN AND ANDREW NICHOLSON HAVE WON NINE AS WELL, THE ALL-TIME WINNERS, WILLIAM FOXPIT 14, POLITIC HAIL YOUNG, 11.

MARK 11, JENNIE, SHE HAS WON 10.

FIST BUMPS AND HAND PATH AS HE GOES AROUND THE ARENA.

EVERYBODY DOING THE SAME.

THAT MAN THERE HAS MADE HISTORY!

FOUR WINS FOR BALLAGHMOR CLASS AT THE LEVEL AND 5 STAR LEVEL AND NOW NINE 5 STAR WINS FOR OLIVER STAY WITH US.

WE'VE GOT MORE TO COME AND IT HAS BEEN A REALLY, REALLY EXCITING RUN SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF DRESSAGE.

OLIVER TOWNEND WELL DONE, TIM!

WELL DONE DAVID, WELL DONE BUCK!

JENNIE BRANNIGAN THERE GOING THROUGH THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

LILIAN HEARD WOOD, IMUBY UPTON AND COLA MAKING HER TRIP OVER FROM THE U.K. WITH HELP AND SUPPORT FROM HOWDEN AND FROM THE WONDERFUL PRESENTING SPONSOR BROWN ADVISORY.

GOING AROUND ONE MORE TIME ON HIS OWN!

AND HE PUNCHES THE AIR.

BALLAGHMOR CLASS AND OLIVER TOWNEND YOUR 2024 MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR WINNERS HERE AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

WELL, OLIVER EMOTIONAL MAN, EMOTIONAL TEAM IT HAS BEEN AN EPIC FOUR DAYS.

WELL WE'VE GOT SOME THANKS TO DO AND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL COMPANIES, WE COULDN'T RUN A HORSE CHART OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND ONE OF THEM, CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND, THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR MANY YEARS AND WE WOULD LIKE JUST TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIP ABOUT THEM.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE COMPETITION, ABOUT THE TRIATHLON AND THESE AMAZING COMPETITORS; HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT A HORSE PERSON THIS IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SETTING.

CECIL COUNTY HAS MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF SHORELINE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE THAT RURAL FARMLAND.

WE HAVE SO MUCH IN PRESERVATION SO IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT WAY.

IT'S GORGEOUS.

IT JUST DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.

I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING GOING, LIKE PEOPLE PAY GOOD MONEY TO GO ON VACATION TO COME TO A PLACE LIKE CECIL COUNTY.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME.

>> YEAH, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO CECIL COUNTY FROM MARYLAND WHO DO SO MUCH FOR THE SPORT, DO SO MUCH FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL.

WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM AND WE REALLY DO THANK THEM VERY, VERY MUCH INDEED.

WELL, ALONG WITH CECIL COUNTY, SO MANY AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED, AND EARLIER ON IN THE WEEK, OUR ROVING EMMY AWARD WINNING COMMENTATOR CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF OUR VERY IMPORTANT PERSONS.

>> SECRETARY WE ARE IN THE MAIN RING WHERE THE EXCITEMENT IS GOING TO UNFOLD AND YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALL WEEK.

TALK ABOUT EXCITEMENT.

WHAT THIS EVENT HAS DONE AND WHAT YOU HAVE BUILT IF FOUR YEARS IS EXCITE SCWHRG ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK IT'S REALLY TRULY A TESTAMENT TO PARTNERSHIP, TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT, JUST THE VIBE, I THIS I WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER FOUR YEARS, THE EXCITEMENT IN PALPABLE.

YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE CROWDS, FRANKLY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO CECIL COUNTY TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

THIS HAS JUST BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO HOST AS A STATE AND REALLY SHOWCASE WHAT WE HAVE IN MARYLAND AND HOW GREAT OF A PARTNER WE HAVE WITH THE EQUESTRIAN INDUSTRY.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH EXCITING THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE VENUE, NOT JUST A SPECTACLE SPORT IN TERMS OF HORSES BUT SO MUCH ELSE GOING ON.

STUFF FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

STUFF FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE JOAB GLOBE AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO CROWN OUR CHAMPIONS IN THE RING, THE VIBE OF BEING IN THIS AREFUGEE ARENA.

>> INCREDIBLE.

YOU LOOK AROUND, THE NOISE AND I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT.

THERE IS EVERYTHING HERE.

YOU LIKE CORGI RACES?

WE'VE GOT IT.

PONY RACES?

THAT'S HERE AS WELL.

IF YOU WANT TO COME AND SPEND SOME EXTRA DAZE, RIGHT WE'VE GOT CABINS, HIKING TRAILS, BIKING TRAILS AND IT'S A PHENOMENAL SPOT TO BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

I THINK ALSO ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE HOTELS AND SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO STAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT AND REALLY HONOR, I THINK THE LEGACY OF THE EQUESTRIAN INDUSTRY IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY IS FANTASTIC.

>> NOT JUST A LOT TO DO AT THE HORSE PARK AND AT THIS REMARKABLE VENUE BUT AS YOU SAID, ALL AROUND THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND.

WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HOSTING US THIS WEEK AND DEFINITELY ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE COMPETITION UNFOLD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE SO SPECIAL.

I'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE, VERY SPECIAL SAT NEXT TO ME, FRANKIE, YOU HAVE BEEN SO BUSY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR DAYS NOT ONLY CATCHING UP WITH THE RIDERS AND CURIOUSLY STRONG BUT YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE STANDS, YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO DIGNITARIES.

IT'S BEEN PRETTY BUSY JOB.

>> WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN.

I MEAN THOUGH NO SECOND TO YOU AND SINEAD IN HERE TALKING ALL DAY LONG, BUT THERE IS JUST A VIBE THAT IS CREATED AT THIS VENUE AND HAVE YOU TO PUT YOUR HATS OFF TO THEM.

IN FOUR YEARS TIME I THINK THEY HAVE CREATED ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE VENUES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

YOU CAN FEEL IT ALL WEEK LONG AND IN THE FINALE TODAY AND YESTERDAY IN THE CROSS COUNTRY.

IT WAS SUCH AN EXCITING VIBE.

IF WERE YOU IN THE TAILGATING SPOTS OR OUT AT THE FINISH WHERE I WAS ALL DAY.

SO MUCH EXCITEMENT AND THEY'VE DELIVERED HERE IN MARYLAND.

>> THEY REALLY HAVE.

THE TAILGATERS WAS SOLD OUT SO EARLY ON WHEN THE TICKETS WENT ON SALE, IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY, THE WEATHER OF COURSE HELPED.

THE SUN GODS HAVE BEEN ON OUR SIDE.

BUT OLIVER TOWNEND, WHO CREATED HISTORY HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY, HOOEY WAS SECOND-- HE WAS SECOND IN 2021, THIRD IN 22, THIRD IN 2023.

HE FINALLY DID IT.

HE HAS WON HIS FIRST 5 STAR HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, FOURTH 5 STAR FOR THAT HORSE THERE.

BALLAGHMOR CLASS HAS HAS ALSO GIVEN OLLY HIS NINTH 5 STAR VICTORY IN HIS CAREER.

>> IT IS TRULY INCREDIBLE.

YOU THINK ABOUT A HORSE LIKE THIS.

WE GOT TO SEE HIM ALL WEEK AND HOW LUCKY ARE WE TO HAVE GOTTEN TO DO THAT.

I ALWAYS THINK WHEN MOMENTS DON'T COME TO FRUITION AND THEY HAVEN'T FOR OLLY A COUPLE YEARS HERE.

HE CAME IN THE LEAD BEFORE AND LOST THE LEAD AND YOU KNOW, SO MUCH PRESSURE AND THINGS YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY IT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION AND THEN YOU HAVE A DAY LIKE THIS AND HE WAS SAVING HIS FIRST 5 STAR VICTORY HERE IN MARYLAND FOR THIS SPECIAL HORSE.

AND HE WAS SO EMOTIONAL THIS WEEKEND TALKING TO HIM.

HAVE I TO SAY I'VE INTERVIEWED HIM OVER THE YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM GET EMOTION A LIKE THIS.

>> WELL DONE.

>> WE SAW HIM FRIDAY AND HE WAS SO EMOTIONAL, HE HAD TO WALK AWAY.

I CAN TELL YOU YESTERDAY BEFORE ALTOIDS KISS AND CRY RIDE OF THE DAY, HE WAS THE SAME.

IT TOOK HIM A MOMENT TO COLLECT HIMSELF.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH HE LOVES THIS HORSE.

>> HE DOES LOVE THIS HORSE VERY, VERY MUCH INDEED.

PLEASURE.IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUT- FROM FRANKIE AND MYSELF AND ALSO FROM MY AMAZING CO-COM FOR THE WEEK, SINEAD.

SHE WHAT LEFT TO GET HER PLANE.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED ALL OF THE ACTION HERE FOR THE TWAR 2024 FOURTH EDITION MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FARRELL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

FROM US ALL, THE WHOLE TEAM, THE CAMERAMEN, THE PRODUCERS, THE DIRECTORS, EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED IT.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN 2025.

GOODBYE.