MPT Presents
Maryland 5 Star: Day 3: Cross-Country
Special | 2h 2m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Maryland 5 Star showcases 4 days of competition in Dressage, Cross-Country & Show Jumping.
A proud part of the state of Maryland’s prestigious horse and equestrian tradition, Maryland 5 Star showcases four days of competition in Dressage, Cross-Country, and Show Jumping.
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MPT Presents
Maryland 5 Star: Day 3: Cross-Country
Special | 2h 2m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
A proud part of the state of Maryland’s prestigious horse and equestrian tradition, Maryland 5 Star showcases four days of competition in Dressage, Cross-Country, and Show Jumping.
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HELLO AND WELCOME TO FAIR HILL, THE MARYLAND 5 STARS PRESENTED BY BRAND ADVISORY IS BACK.
AS WE WERE SAYING EARLIER ON, IT WAS INDESCRIBABLE THE FEELING OF COMING TO A BRAND NEW VENUE FOR A 5 STAR EVENT, BECOMING ONE OF SEVEN IN THE WORLD LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR IT'S BACK, BIGGER, BETTER, ATTRACTING SOME OF THE WORLD'S VERY, VERY BEST AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CROSS COUNTRY HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT, IT IS A THREE-DAY, THREE PHASE TEST OF THE ALL AROUND HORSE AND RIDER PAIRS AND TO GET TO CROSS-COUNTRY, WE FIRST OF ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH DRESSAGE.
DRESSAGE SAW ALLIE KNOWLES AND MORSWOOD SET A PERSONAL BEST.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
ALLIE EXPERIENCED THE 5 STAR LEVEL BUT THIS IS JUST A THIRD RUN FOR MORSWOOD, MADE HIS 5 STAR DAY DEBUT LAST YEAR.
TIM PRICE, WORLD NUMBER ONE, THEY ARE OUR SECOND PLACE FINISHER AT THE MOMENT.
BUT SO CLOSE BEHIND THIS PAIR.
THEY WENT TO THE TAIL END OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WORST OF THE MARYLAND WEATHER.
NATIONAL 3 STAR AND 5 STAR CHAMPION, HE IS LOOKING FOR THIRD TIME LUCKY AT 5 STAR THIS YEAR.
IT HAS NOT BEEN HIS YEAR IN KENTUCKY OR BURLEY.
MIGHT IT BE HIS YEAR HERE AT MARYLAND AT THIS LEVEL BEHIND THOSE THREE, ASTIER NICHOLAS, RETURNING WITH THAT HORSE TO MARYLAND, LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP AND QUICKSILVER COOL IS UP FIRST.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MARQUIS RIDERS WE HAVE OF THE 25.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FANS ALREADY IN PLACE AT THE MAIN WATER, THE MARS SUSTAINABILITY BAY BUT TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT TO LET YOU NOY WHERE THAT COMES ON THE COURSE, HERE IS ADAM.
>> THE TRADITION CONTINUES AS THE MARYLAND 5 STAR RETURNS TO FAIR HILL.
HORSE DESIGNER IAN STARK IS BACK AND HIS 11.5 MINUTE VISION FOR THE 2022 EDITION STARTS WITH THE CROSS-COUNTRY AND TWO MINUTES LATER THE COURSE QUICKLY BRINGS THEM TO THE MAIN ARENA.
IT'S WHERE THE JOURNEY STARTS BUT THIS TIME THE FOCUS ISN'T DRESSAGE.
IT'S TO OUR HORSE LOCATION AND BEFORE HANGING RIGHT HAND AROUND THE CORNER TO 7 B.
AFTER 2500 METERS, NUMBER 10 IS WAITING.
PARTNERSHIPS FOR WHAT FOCUS AS THEY JUMP A SKINNY BEFORE COMING DOWNHILL TO NOT ONE BUT TWO QUESTIONS.
THEIR INTRODUCTION TO WATER THEN ARRIVES, COURTESY OF THE BROWN ADVISORY IN OUR HARBOR.
HORSES ARE NATURALLY WEARY, THEY CAN'T JUDGE DEPTH SO TACKLING THIS SUCCESSFULLY IS TRUST AND BRAVERY.
AFTER MINUTES OF OPEN GALLOPING TO REFOCUS, A STRAIGHTFORWARD AT 14 AND PRECISION AND BALANCE ARE REQUIRED AT THE HILL AND DALE.
A VERTICAL END SETS THE MARK.
DOWNHILL TO AN OPEN DITCH BEFORE YOU CLIMB AND THREAD THE NEEDLE.
LATER AS YOU JUMP THE LANDSCAPE AT 23, YOU ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE CRABS AND THE VISUAL SPECTACULAR MARS SUSTAINABILITY BAY.
DROPPING INTO WATER, THE ANGLE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU ARE QUICKLY JUMPING OUT AND CUTTING ACROSS THE FINAL TEST OF THIS AREA AT 24.
THE QUESTION OF THE COUNTY FAIR ROLLER COASTER THAT WELCOMES YOU AT 26 AB IS A TEST IN ITSELF.
BEFORE YOU APPROACH, YOUR MIND IS ON THE SHEER VERTICAL DROP THAT WILL EXAMINE TRUST AND BRAVERY.
THEN YOU WILL WANT TO GATHER THINGS UP BEFORE HEADING TO D, THE QUARRY VIEW WHICH IS THE THEME AT 27.
WITH OVER 6,000 METERS TRAVELED, IT IS ALMOST A HOME WARD STRAIGHT.
THEY TACKLE THE SAWYER TABLE AT 28 FOLLOWED BY ONE FINAL TEST AND A PUSH TO THE FINISH LINE WHERE HOPEFULLY THEY'LL STOP THE CLOCK CLOSE TO THE ULTIMATE TIME.
LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP NUMBER ONE SLOT HER SCORE FIFTH IN THE CROSS-COUNTRY PRESENTED BY RUPERT LANDSCAPE.
TAMMY SMITH.
HAYLEY FREILICK, WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HER.
COMES HERE TO NORTH AMERICA FROM HER PREVIOUS BASE IN AUSTRALIA.
HARRY MEADE AND SUPERSTITION COMES TO US THIS YEAR FOLLOWING QUANTUM LEAP.
AND LAST YEAR'S PODIUM FINISH, TIM PRICE THIRD YEAR FINISHER RETURNS TO US AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT A VERY, VERY GOOD FIELD AND WE START WITH ONE OF THE BEST HERE IN THE U.S.
THE FIRST LADY RIDER TO TOP THE NATIONAL RANKINGS WHEN SHE DID SO A COUPLE SEASONS AGO, LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP AND COOLEY QUICKSILVER LEAD US AWAY.
SCORE OF 29.3 AND THIS IS A USEFUL ONE FOR US TO GET A REAL SENSE OF THE COURSE.
>> LIZ IS A FIERCE COMPETITOR AND GOES OUT MEANING BUSINESS THIS HORSE IS SEASONED AT THE LEVEL AS IS LIZ.
EVERYBODY WILL BE GLUED TO THE TELEVISION SCREENS OR OUT ON THE TRACK.
HOPEFULLY FIRPING UP THEIR PLAN AS THEY ARE WATCHING BACK IN THE BARNS.
>> SO COOLEY QUICKSILVER THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION THIS SPRING.
WON THE 5 STAR-- 4 STAR AT TOP MEADOW AND 5 STAR LEVEL IN GERMANY.
>> I THINK THE THING WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A LOT OUT ON THE FIRST FEW HORSINGS HOW FIT THE HORSES ARE FINISHING.
OUT ON THE COURSE YESTERDAY WALKING, I WAS EXHAUSTED BY THE FOURTH MINUTE.
THERE ARE JUST VERY, VERY LONG UPHILLS AND IAN, HE DOESN'T QUIT.
HE PUT SOME REALLY INTENSE QUESTIONS AT THE TOP OF THE HILLS AND THEN GIVES YOU SOME RELIEF, SOME PLACES TO RUN DOWN AND CATCH YOUR BREATH AGAIN, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO A REALLY FIT HORSE HEADING OUT OF THE BOX TODAY.
>> SO THAT FENCE WE SAW AT THE END OF THE COURSE LAST YEAR COMES UP REALLY EARLY TO HAVE A WALK ON A COURSE AND YOU GET JUST, I HOPE GET SOME SENSE.
THAT'S A STOCKING FENCE.
THE FIRST TWO MINUTES OF THE COURSE.
IT'S SOCKING HUGE IS WHAT IT IS.
>> YEAH, BUT YOU ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ON A COURSE LIKE THIS.
REALLY, IT MAKES SURE YOU ARE AT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF POWER, THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SPEED THAT YOUR HORSE IS GAME, JUMPING BIG AND READY FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT WATER JUMP IS QUITE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT BIG EARLY ON AND THESE HORSES ARE FIT AND READY TO GO.
SO SOME WILL COME DOWN WELL READY AND SOME THAT ARE GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO COME BACK AND SET UP.
>> LIZ, THEY COME INTO THE RING AND THEY TAKE A WHOLE RIGHT HANDED LOOP AROUND, SO IT'S ACTUALLY, IN A WAY, A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER THAN THE 3 STAR IN TERMS OF HOW YOU CAN BALANCE THE HORSE.
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A TOUGH EFFORT HERE.
IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST COMBINATIONS ON THE COURSE REALLY FOR THEM.
VERY CLOSELY RELATED AB ELEMENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
IT IS GOING TO BE THREE OR FOUR.
I THINK THAT'S WAS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HAPPEN.
THE BIG BOX, THEY'RE GOING TO JUMP UP AND AROUND IT.
YOU ARE IN THE ARENA, NOT IN THE FIELD.
IF YOU WERE FLAT OUT GOING STRAIGHT TO IT, THEY WOULD KNOCK ACROSS IN THAT 3 ALL DAY LONG BUT COMING OFF A SHORT TURN OVER A BIG BRUSH, BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE INSIDE TRACK BUT I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 3 AND 4 ALL DAY LONG THERE JUST OVER SIX AND A HALF KILOMETERS 11 MINUTES 30.
OVER FOUR MILES AROUND THIS TRACK.
LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP AND COOLEY QUICKSILVER COMING DOWN THE TIMBER RACING STRETCH OF THE COURSE.
BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED PIECE OF TURF ON THE OUTFIELD OF THE RACE COURSE.
TOP FIVE IS AS WELL.
29.3.
THEY'RE NOT JUST OUR TRAIL BLAZER BUT TRYING TO RIDE FOR A TOP POSITION OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.
>> SO SHE IS COMING UP HERE TO WHAT I FEEL IS THE FIRST REALLY MEGA QUESTION.
WE'VE GOT A REALLY NARROW ROLL TOP ON THE TOP OF THE MOWPPED FIVE STRIDES DOWN AND THEN BIG THREE ACROSS TO THE BRUSH.
IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THIS FIRST RIDER COMBINATION TACK TACKLES THIS.
>> JUST POPS THAT A LITTLE.
BEFORE COMING TO THE FENCE THAT SHE WAS JUST DESCRIBING.
THREE JUMPING EFFORTS AND THERE IS A REALLY, REALLY THREAD THE NEEDLE ROUTE HERE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IGNORED LAST YEAR.
THEY FELT THEY COULD GET INSIDE THE TIME WITHOUT RISKING SOMETHING SO DIFFICULT SO EARLY.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE STRINGING HOLD THEM IN THERE.
THIS IS THE DIRECT LINE FOR LIZ ANGLED ACROSS THE DITCH AND THEY FIND THEIR LINE HERE.
>> SUPER RIDE.
THIS IS A GREAT HORSE AND YOU CAN SEE HE IS NOT PULLING HER TO THE FENCES WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LOT EASIER TO SET THEM UP AND HE IS VERY UPHILL MANY.
HE HAS TONS OF FOOTWORK.
A COURSE LIKE THIS SHOULD SUIT HIM WELL.
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR MINUTE MARKERS AS WELL, FIVE MINUTES WITH 6:30 REMAINING.
THAT WAS A GOOD REACTION FROM LIZ.
>> THE NICE THING WHETHER I WALKED AROUND THE COURSE THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES, I REALLY THOUGHT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE HORSES WILL READ IT.
THEY SHOULD READ IT ESPECIALLY THERE SHE GOT TEAM DEEP TO THE FIRST WATER BUT THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE HORSE, THE HORSE IS VERY EXPERIENCED AND WAS ABLE TO USE ALL HIS SCOPE TO GET THAT SORTED OUT IAN LIKES TO PUT IN THE BIG DISTANCES IT DEPENDS HOW YOU MEET A. TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM.
JENNY WAS TOP 10 LAST YEAR.
JENNY HAS BEEN A WINNER HERE AT FAIR HILL IN THE PAST WINNING 4 STAR.
>> AND YOU KNOW, THIS HORSE WAS BRED AND OWNED AND IS OWNED BY NINA GARDENER, A FULL THOROUGHBRED GELDING, CAME THROUGH THE YOUNG HORSE PROGRAM.
NO STRANGER TO FAIR HILL AND JENNY IS NO STRANGER TO FAIR HILL AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE SITTING ON A THOROUGHBRED TODAY.
>> JENNY WAS TRYING TO WORK OUT IF SHE COULD RAISE MONEY BY TAKING EVERYBODY'S HORSES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GALLOP THEM AROUND THE TRACK.
LIDS HALLIDAY-SHARP OUT INTO THE HUNT KENNEL STABLES FIELD JUMPS THAT OPEN VERY SIMILAR QUESTIONS BUT DIFFERENT QUESTIONS TO WHAT WE HAVE.
A MUCH STEEPER CLIMB UP TO THE LOFT.
A DOWNHILL DEPARTURE AS WELL OUT OF THE RAIL DITCH HILLS.
>> AND THAT RAIL COMING DOWN THAT HILL IS HUGE.
IT IS MASSIVE.
AND TALKING MASSIVE, THESE TABLES, I THINK OUR CAMERA MAN GOT SCARED OF THE TABLES.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
YOU CAN SEE AGAIN HOW MUCH ACCURACY IS INVOLVED BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THOSE BIG TABLES OPENING YOU OUT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT LITTLE SPOT ON THE CORNER AND AGAIN THAT CORNER IS SET.
THE GROUND FALLS AWAY TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND FALLS AWAY FROM YOU DOWNHILL AS WELL.
THE GROUND IS AGAINST NEW TWO DIFFERENT WAYS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PERFECT JUMPING SPOT.
BUCK DAVIDSON IS NEXT IN OUR BOX.
FIRST OF TWO FOR BUCK.
WORLD NUMBER 19 CHA RP RIDER FOR THE U.S. AND FORMER 5 STAR CHAMPION.
I BELIEVE THIS IS ANOTHER PURE THOROUGHBRED AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT LIZ ON THE BACKSIDE.
STARTING TO PULL UP THE HILL, THIS IS A VERY LONG PULL UP THE HILL.
>> SO FROM DOWN HERE, SHARPED AL QUICKSILVER MAKING THEIR WAY UP THE FIELD AND COMING TO THE MARYLAND RAILS.
THEY LOOK VERY SOLID.
ACTUALLY NICE INVITING PROFILE.
THEY'RE ON DEVICES IF THE HORSE WERE TO LEAVE A LEG, AGAIN WE CAN INTERRUPT THE GENERATION OF A ROTATIONAL FALL 570 METERS REQUIRED.
LAST TIME WE CHECKED UP ON LIZ, SHE WAS UP TO TIM TIME BEFORE THE REAL HILLS KICKED IN.
2,000 A RACE FOR THIS ONE.
>> I REMEMBER SEEING THIS HORSE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT GREAT MEADOW A FEW YEARS AGO BEING IMPRESSED WITH IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I WILL BE EAGER TO WATCH HIM LIZ COMING ACROSS TO THE SPORT CORPORATION WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANGLE SO WE ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE FLAG.
>> A LITTLE LABORED HERE.
THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS OF COURSE.
THEY CAN JUMP THE OWL HOLE CORNERS THAT WE HAD LATE ON THE COURSE LAST YEAR AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU A LONGER DISTANCE AROUND BUT THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE WELCOMING FOR THE HORSE THE WAY THEY'RE MADE OUT OF BRUSH RATHER THAN THE OPEN RAIL CORNERS BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE MONEY TIME WISE, YOU HAVE TO GO FOR THE OPEN RAILS.
AND AS WE SAW EARLIER ON, WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED VOLUNTEERS LOOKING AT THE LINE ON THE FLAG WE SAW HER PUSH AWAY KEEP CLIMBING.
SHE HAS TO COME TO THE HUGE WATER.
>> THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO CATCH THE HIND END ON THE MARYLAND BLUE CRAB.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO DIFFICULT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU START THAT HILL CLIMB, I MEAN A MINUTE AND A HALF EARLIER AND THERE IS NOT A LET UP AND THEN THERE IS THIS HUGE WATER COMPLEX REALLY DIFFICULT EFFORT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL WHERE ACTUALLY YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO BE GIVING THE HORSES A CHANCE TO RECOVER.
RIGHT AFTER THIS WATER, THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE A LONG RUN DOWN THE HILL.
SHE IS CALLING IT A DAY.
>> SO ACTUALLY NEED ABOUT TWO MINUTES 30 REMAINING ON THE CLOCK WHEN THEY'RE UP THERE SO WE HAVE THAT REFERENCE IN THE FUTURE.
SHE WOULD HAVE HAD-- THE ALTERNATIVE IS A BAND STRAIGHT UP, YOU COULDN'T GET TO THE B ELEMENT AGAIN WHERE DIRECTLY SO THEY GIVE YOU ALTERNATIVE THERE.
BUT AS WE SAY, LIZ IS IN FACT GOING TO RETIRE SO SHE WON'T CARRY ON THE COURSE AND WON'T COMPLETE TOMORROW.
SO JENNY BRAN GAG TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM IS FURTHEST AROUND THE COURSE.
TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM MAKES A NICE SPOT OVER THE RAIL.
>> THAT WAS THE FIFTH LEG.
YOU CAN SEE TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM SO CLEVER AND SUSPENDED ONE FOOT IN THE AIR FOR A SECOND TO MAKE IT WORK OUT.
WHAT A CLEVER LITTLE HORSE.
>> WINNER OF THE FOUR LONG IN MONTREAL THIS SUMMER BIG OPEN TABLES.
AND SHE HAS GOT A GREAT EYE FOR JUMPING AT SPEED, HASN'T SHE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SHE HAS TRAINED WITH THE BEST AND SHE IS SUPPORTED BY THE BEST AND I HAVE SO MUCH ADMIRATION FOR HER, HER SKILL AS WELL AS HER EMPATHY WITH THE HORSES.
SHE CAN RIDE A THOROUGHBRED AND SHE CAN RIDE A FULL WARM BLOOD AND DOES IT TECHNICALLY WELL WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF FEEL WHICH IS UNIQUE TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE SUPER POWERS TOGETHER IN ONE PERSON.
>> NINA AND TIM TREMENDOUS OWNERS FOR HER FOR MANY YEARS.
TIM IS THE LYNCHPIN.
THERE ARE THREE GOVERNING BOARDS THAT COME TOGETHER TO PUT ON THIS EVENT AND TIM IS ON ALL THREE OF THE GORNING BOARDS AT THIS EVENT.
>> SO EXCITING TO HAVE A HORSE YOU HAVE BRED AND OWN BE GALLOPING AROUND HERE.
I UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE PLENTY OF FANS AT THE PAUL BUNYON PHOTOS.
THEY ARE HUGE.
>> AND THOSE TAILGATERS WERE OUT THERE.
I WAS ON THE COURSE AROUND 7:30 THIS MORNING AND EVERYBODY HAD THEIR BARBECUES OUT AND I THINK MIMOSA AS FLOWING OUT THERE.
I WAS PUSHING THE STROLLER.
>> DANITO AND TAMMY SMITH, WORLD NUMBER 13, PART OF THE SILVER MEDAL WINNING U.S.
TEAM IN ITALY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THIS IS THE FIRST 5 STAR FOR DANITO THAT WAS TENDS AT THE NATION'S FINAL CUPS IN THE NETHERLANDS LAST YEAR.
THIS HONKER OWNED BY RUTH BLIE HUGE SUPPORTER OF TAMMY AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO HAVE DANITO HERE.
BUCK DAVIDSON AND SOROCAIMA.
WHEN YOU GO AND LOOK AT THAT, YOU WONDER HOW THE HORSES JUMP THAT AND THEY GO DOWN SO EASILY.
>> THE SPORT CORPORATION CORNERS, LOOK AT THE CONFIDENCE SHE HAS IN THIS HORSE BECAUSE SHE HAS KEPT HER WHIP IN THE RIGHT HAND WHEN BOTH ARE OPEN TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
>> YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS HORSE IS STILL FULL OF RUNNING WE SAW LIZ'S HORSE STARTING TO STRUGGLE UP THE HILL, AND I THINK AS YOU ARE WALKING THE COURSE, THAT'S THE BIGGUN KNOWN ESPECIALLY FOR SOME HORSES RUNNING FOR THEIR FIRST 5 STAR.
WATCHING THIS THOROUGHBRED ZILCH A TIGHT TURN.
I THINK THAT BRUSH AFTER THE BOUNCE UP IS ONE OF THE TRICKIEST THINGS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BIG CRAB AND THE BOUNCE OUT AND THE BRUSH YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THAT HAVE YOU TO KIND OF STICK IN FOR, SO I THINK SHE WAS JUST MAKING SURE TO GET THAT PUNCTUATION ON THE CENTRAL TEPS.
---- ON THE SENTENCE.
>> THIS FOX CATCHER DITCH BASED ON THE DITCH AT BADMINTON AND JENNY GOES AS FAR LEFT AS SHE CAN.
>> YEAH, AND YOU CAN TELL SHE WASN'T QUITE WHERE SHE WANTED TO BE COMING DOWN TO THAT BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN HER BODY LANGUAGE THAT GAVE THE HORSE A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN GOING OVER IT.
OUR FIRST HORSE AND RIDER DOWN TO THE COMBINATION WHICH HAS BEEN THE TALK OF THE TOWN.
BEAUTIFUL.
>> THAT'S VERY SWEET.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE REALLY TIGHT AND WE WERE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE HAVING TO BE REALLY STRONG.
>> I STILL THINK WE L. I THINK JENNIES-- I THINK JENNY IS GIVING US A MASTER CLASS.
DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE BACK IN THE BARNS.
THIS COURSE WAS MADE FOR JENNY AND THIS HORSE IS NIPPY, GALLOPING, RIDEABLE, AND THEY HAVE HAD THE RELATIONSHIP.
SHE HAS HAD THIS HORSE SINCE IT WAS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
>> THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE RAIL.
HEADING THAT WAY.
HER TIMES HAVE BEEN GOOD ALL THE WAY AROUND.
SO JENNY BRANNIGAN AND TWILIGHTS LAST TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM COULD BE ABOUT TO SHOW US THE WAY AROUND INSIDE THE TIME BUT I WOULDN'T LET YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE EASY TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAS HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL RHYTHM WITH THIS HORSE, THE RELATIONSHIP HAS COME THROUGH.
>> PHENOMENAL: AND IF YOU REMEMBER AT KENTUCKY IN THE SPRING, SHE NEARLY MADE THE TIME AND SHE WENT THE WRONG WAY.
JUST LIKE WILL COLEMAN.
>> SHE WENT DOWN THE WRONG LEG.
35.2.
THEY ARE OUR LEADER, OF COURSE.
FIRST HOME BUT THEY ARE A VERY WORTHY ONE TO HAVE IN THE WINNER CIRCLE SO FAR.
WELL, OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE IN MARYLAND FOR THE SECOND TIME AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TREMENDOUS SUPPORTERS.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT, LET'S GO TO FRANKIE.
>> EXPWROINED BY GOVERNOR HOGAN AND WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE EVENT THIS IS MARYLAND 5 STAR IN ITS SECOND YEAR.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
>> WE ARE SO EXCITED.
LAST YEAR WAS OUR INAUGURAL EVENT AND COULDN'T HAVE GONE BY NETTER.
THIS YEAR IS EVEN MORE TERRIFIC.
WE HAVE THE BEST RIDERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, GREAT TEAMS FROM AT LEAST 10 DIFFERENT STATES AND IT MEANS A LOT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THE WHOLE STATE OF LAIR LAND-- MARYLAND AND THE WHOLE INDUSTRY.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO PUT ON THIS TERRIFIC EVENT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS OUT HERE TO ENJOY IT.
IT'S HAVING SPECIAL.
>> YOU GO GET TO ENJOY THE EVENT LAST YEAR AND YOU ARE BACK HERE AGAIN.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU?
>> FRANKLY I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THIS SPORT.
AND SO I CAME LAST YEAR AND JUST LOVED IT AND BROUGHT MORE FRIENDS WITH ME THIS TIME.
LOOKING AT THE RIDERSHIP, THE ABILITY OF THE RIDERS AND THE DIVERSITY OF THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN EVENTING AND I LIKE THE WATER STUFF.
IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE, EVEN IF IF YOU ARE NOT AN EXPERT ON THE SPORT, YOU WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AND MEET GREAT PEOPLE WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
THANKS SO MUCH.
TAMMY SMITH A BIG OPEN DITCH HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT DISSENT AND THEY GO TO THE NEXT FENCE WOOR USING OUR CAMERAS WHERE WE CAN SEE THE MOST.
MOST BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND BUILT FENCE.
HERE IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT WILL COLEMAN, WORLD NUMBER 5, MEDALIST ALONGSIDE TAMMY.
WELL, WILL WITH DONE DANTE AND-- DON DANTE.
>> AND WILL HAS JUST BEEN RIDING AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME.
INCREDIBLE ALL YEAR LAST YEAR AND SO, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT CONFIDENCE FORDS WITH THIS NICE, I THINK THIS WILL BE AN EXCITING ROUND.
BACK TO BUCK.
AND WE'VE GOT A MINUTE AND A HALF TO GET HOME.
SO WE WILL SEE WHERE WE ARE.
WE ARE COMING UP THE HILL.
TO THE LAST COMBINATION THAT WE SAW JENNY AT SOROCAIMA IS A HORSE AT THAT TIME TAKES A LITTLE DUCK.
HE FLATTENED OUT HIS HEAD AND NECK BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING UPWARDS.
>> INSIDE OF THE THREE.
JENNY STAYED IN THE FOUR.
I THINK THAT IS THE INTERESTING THING AT THE END OF THE COURSE THAT IAN PRESENTED, THERE IS A LINE THAT IS THREE STRIDES AND ONE THAT IS FOUR STRIDES AND IT CAN KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GOT TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF HORSE YOU HAVE AND MAKE YOUR PLAN.
WE HAVE SEEN TWO EXCELLENT RIDES ON COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DISTANCES.
>> BUCK HEADING FOR HOME WITH SORE CIEM SOROCAIMA.
HE GOES AT THE END OF THE DRAW.
AND CARLEVO COMES OFF THE VICTORY UP THE ROAD SO BUCK IS GOING TO FEEL SUPER CONFIDENT ABOUT CARLEVO THE WAY THIS ROUND HAS GONE WITH SOROCAIMAS.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE BUT I THINK HE WILL BE OUR SECOND INSIDE THE TIME YEP.
>> NOT QUITE AS FAR INSIDE THE TIME AS JENNY BRAN GAB BUT THEY MAKE IT COUNT.
HE STAYS ON HIS 35-POINT DRESSAGE SCORE SCO.
>> A GOOD DAY TO BE ON A THOROUGHBRED FOR SURE.
THE GROUND IS PHENOMENAL.
GETTING READY TO THE START BOX.
ASTIER NICHOLAS BABYLON WILL BE FOLLOWING ANOTHER MARYLAND HORSE FROM LAST YEAR WILL COLEMAN AND DON DANTE OUT TO THE COURSE.
ASTIER WAS THE INDIVIDUAL SILVER AND TEAM GOLD MEDALIST IN FRANCE AT THE RIO CLAIMS.
HE WON THE 5 STAR IN HIS CAREER AND THIS HORSE WAS TOP 10 LAST YEAR AND RECENTLY WON THE HILLY 4 STAR IN SCOTLAND.
>> AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THESE RIDERS THAT MAKE THE BIG TRIP OVER HERE AND THAT IS A HUGE TESS AMOUNT TO THE VENUE AND THE ORGANIZERS TO HAVE SUCH A NEW 5 STAR AND WE HAVE HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS FLY AGO CROSS THE OCEAN TO CONTEST THIS 5 STAR.
>> SO ASTIER FOURTH AFTER DRESSAGE ON 29.1.
ACTUALLY SAW ASTIER DURING THE LUNCH BREAK OUT HAVING ONE MORE WALK OF THE DISTANCE INSIDE THE RING.
WE MIGHT GET TO STICK WITH HIM AND BABYLON de GAMMA FOR THAT.
WE ARE BEWILDERED BY CHOICE AT THE MOMENT.
WE HAVE TOMMY SMITH AND WILL COLEMAN OUT THERE.
STAR AFTER STAR AFTER STAR AS YOU WOULD EXPECT AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL OF OUR SPORT.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THERE IS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT IN THIS BUT THE QUALITY IS UNBELIEVABLE.
TOP CLASS.
>> SO THIS IS AN AREA ASTIER WILL BE PLEASED TO HAVE THIS CH EARLIER IN THE COURSE HERE IS TAMMY.
[ APPLAUSE ] ON POINTED OVER THE BRUSH.
THAT IS THE SWEET SPOT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE EXPECTED TO GO.
>> AND SHE WILL BE REALLY REALLY HAPPY TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY AND HAVE THE RUN DOWN THE HILL A NICE RUN, THE HORSES CAN CATCH THEIR BREATH AGAIN AND THIS IS A PHENOMENAL HORSE CLASS ACROSS ALL THREE DISCIPLINES, NOT THE MOST BUT LOOKS FANTASTIC RIGHT NOW.
LOOKS FIT AS APHIDS WILL ONCE YOU GET TO THIS PART OF THE COURSE, YOU ARE THINKING I'VE GOT TWO BIG QUESTIONS TO GET DONE AND THEN WE ARE HOPE TIME WISE AGAIN TAMMY HAD ENOUGH IN HAND COMING AWAY FROM THE WATER TO FEEL SHE WAS GOING TO GET INSIDE THE 11 CLINTON 30.
-- 11:30.
TAMMY AND DANITO COMING TO THE COUNTY FAIR ROLLER COASTER DROPS DOWN TO THE TROT FOR THE BRICK BANK.
A CAT LEAP OVER THE BOX.
>> AND REALLY, I MEAN SUCH FOOTWORK THERE EASILY CAN TELL SHE GO THE BASE AND WRAPPED AROUND THEY DROP DOWN THE HILL AND WRAP AROUND TO THE LAST FENCE.
LET'S GO FAST AND GET HOME.
30 SECONDS REMAINING, ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD REALLY FOR THIS PAIR TO GET UP TO THE LAST THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE TO COME HOME AND STAY ON THE DRESSAGE SCORE.
A USEFUL PLACE TO BE SHE IS GOING TO BE THRILLED.
WHAT A SEASON SHE HAS HAD.
>> TAMMY SMITH AND DANITO ON THE DRESSAGE SCORE, STILL THEY GO AROUND 11:19 TO STAY ON THE 29.4.
>> AND YOU KNOW, IT REALLY JUST A SHOUT OUT TO HER TEAM AND HER CREW BECAUSE TAMMY HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD, YOU KNOW.
SHE HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE.
SITE TAKES SUCH A CREW AND SUCH ORGANIZATION AT HOME TO KEEP THE HORSES AT HOME GOING, KEEP THEM FIT KEEP THEM WELL.
>> AND TAMMY WANTED TO SHOW ME SOMETHING SHE RECEIVED IN THE NEXT LEVEL EVENTING GROUP AND SHE SAID I GOT IT YESTERDAY.
SHE HAD TO SCROLL FOR THREE MINUTES BACK THROUGH MESSAGES.
THEY'RE SUCH A GREAT CREW.
PHILLIP DUTTON AND HIS TOKYO OLYMPIC PART PARTNER Z.
THEY MEAN BUSINESS.
>> THIS HORSE IS, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO MAKE A BET NOW HE MIGHT BE A MINUTE AND A HALF UNDER THE TIME.
HE IS SO FAST AND HE IS THE FIRST FEW JUMPS FOR BREAKFAST MOST OF THE TIME.
I THINK PHILLIP IS GOING TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF BIG JUMPS TO HOLD Z OFF A LITTLE BIT.
>> Z WENT TO BABBINGTON THIS SPRING AS WELL AND HAS PLENTY OF 5 STAR EXPERIENCE AROUND THE WORLD, COLEMAN AT THE DOUBLE, SPORT CORPORATION OF MARYLAND CORNERS AND THIS NEXT FENCE COMING UP, THE RUPERT LANDSCAPING FENCE, BEAUTIFULLY BUILT WITH THE FLOWERS AROUND IT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED MINIMUM OF 2:30 REMAIN AND HE HAS THAT.
ASTIER OUT OF THE INNER HARBOR WATER.
HE IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY AROUND THE COURSE AS HE JUMPS OUT AT 10ABC.
THAT'S THE FIVE MINUTE MARKER AS WELL.
THAT INNER HARBOR WATER.
ASTIER IS RIGHT THERE, 6:30 AND MORE REMAINING AS HE COMES TO THE OPEN DITCH BRUSH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.
>> THIS HORSE LIKES TO GET CLOSE TO THE JUMPS, DIGS DEEP LIKE A PONY.
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WILL IS DOING AT THE TOP WATER HCH.
>> PHILLIP DID YOU TELL TON AND Z ON THE WAY TO THE MAIN ARENA REALLY INTERESTING FOR THE 3 STARS UP IN THE RING WITHIN THE FIRST MINUTE OF BEING ON COURSE, SOME OF THE HORSES JUST-- SEVEN YEARS OLD.
A COMBINATION UP THERE BABYLON AND ASTIER NICHOLAS IN THE HUNT KENNEL FIELDS.
WE SAID IT WAS STEEP TO THE 3 STAR VERSION OF THE FENCE.
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> THAT'S A BLACK DIAMOND SKI SLOPE.
>> WHEN I WALKED DOWN TO THAT YESTERDAY, I GOT CHILLS THINKING THIS IS THE THING NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF.
>> I REALLY LIKE THIS HORSE.
IT HAS A UNIQUE STYLE AT THE BASE OF THE FENCE THAT MAKES YOU THINK IT IS HAVING A LOOK BUT I THINK IT JUST LIKES BEING CAREFUL AND IS VERY AWARE OF WHERE ITS FEET ARE.
>> BALTIMORE BARRICADES SAFETY FENCE BEHIND.
WE SHOULD HAVE BABYLON de GAMMA GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
WE DO.
WILL COLEMAN GOES BACK TOWARDS US WILL HAS JUMPED THE SAWYER TABLE, COMES TO THE MARYLAND 5 STAR FINISH.
>> THEY'RELY 30 SECONDS.
AND WE HAVE THE LIVE FEED FROM ALL OF THE FENCE JUDGES.
SO WILL FINISHES CROUSEING.
WILL IS SAFELY HOME.
33.0.
GOING UP THE HILL THERE.
11:13 THE OFFICIAL TIME.
WE HAVE THE RESULT.
THE SECOND BEST OF OUR FINISHES AT THE MOMENT.
THE BEST IS TAMMY SMITH AND TEAMY IS WITH FRANK.
>> TAMMY SMITH, THIS IS A HORSE EVERYONE WAS WONDERING, HE IS LITTLE AND MIGHTY BUT COULD HE DO IT AND HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION WITH A STRONG YES TODAY.
>> HE DID.
HE WAS A LITTLE DISTRACTED AT PLACES.
I HAD TO KEEP GETTING IN HIS HEAD BACK IN THE GAME BUT HE IS A FIGHTER AND HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GET AROUND THE COURSE WHICH I GUESS THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED.
HE IS A 5 STAR HORSE.
THE QUESTION OF COULD IT BE UNDER THE TIME AND IS THE TIME GETTABLE IS NOW YES AS WELL.
ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT SURPRISED YOU ABOUT THE COURSE?
>> NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, IF YOU RODE SMART AND SMOOTH, THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT AS EASY ON THE HORSE AS POSSIBLE AND I GO THE TO SAY, SCOTTY I COULD GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BUT THAT GUY HAS CHANGED MY RIDING AND HE JUST TAUGHT ME HOW TO RIDE AT THE LEVEL AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN MY LUCKY LAST FOUR MONTHS.
>> WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE BOOTH.
>> THANK YOU, FRANKIE, WELL, YES, MOMENTS AGO ASTIER NICHOLAS, ONE OF OUR FAVORITES, PERHAPS HAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OFF AT THE SPORT CORPORATION CORNERS, THE SECOND OF THEM SO 20 PENALTIES.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AGAIN.
THIS CAREFUL FOOTWORK THING HE DOES AT THE BASE OF THE FENCE AND HERE HE GOT IT A LITTLE BIT NOT QUITE RIGHT.
YOU COULD TELL HE HADN'T LOCKED ON TO THE JUMP AND HE STEPPED IN OVER THE RAIL IT JUST WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THEY'RE 49-POINT MINIMUM WITH TWEMENT 20 PENALTIES FOR THE REVIEWSAL ADDED TO THE DRESSAGE PENALTY SCORE CHANGING THINGS A LITTLE BIT IN OUR MARS ADVISORY.
>> HE WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT BUT HUGE EDUCATION FOR THE HORSE TO COME HERE AND TO GET THROUGH THAT AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HAD ANOTHER COUPLE CORNERS AFTER THAT CORNER AND MANAGED THOSE REALLY WELL.
>> ASTIER CLEARED THROUGH THE COMBINATION, JUMPS OUT OVER THE WAREHOUSES WATCHING DUTTON THROUGH THE BALTIMORE BARRICADES COMBINATION AT 16 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HUNT KENNELS FIELD.
>> THAT'S AN INTERESTING COMBINATION BECAUSE THEY'RE HUGE TABLES AND THEN THE FOUR TO THAT CORNER IS QUITE SHORT YOU CAN SEE Z WAS UNDERNEATH THE CORNER.
HE WOULD NEVER THINK ABOUT RUNNING OUT BUT HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO IT WHICH IS A LITTLE TRICK NECESSITY THERE WHEN YOU ARE WALKING.
>> SO ASTIER NICHOLAS HAS COME TOWARDS US TO TAKE ON THE FINAL FENCE ON COURSE, EVEN WITH THE REFUSAL, IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING TO CATCH THE TIME HERE.
>> THAT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
IT IS INTERESTING, HAVING RIDDEN HERE WHEN IT'S DRY AND GREAT GROUND AND WET AND HEAVY GROUND, IT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALL GAME IF IT WAS RAINING OR IF THIS BROWNED WAS HEAVY BUT IT'S FAST, FAST GROUND AND IT'S A GALLOPING TRACK.
OUT THERE EVERYTHING-- THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF TWISTING AND TURNING AND THESE HORSES ARE EATING THE GROUND UP BUT THE RIDERS, THE LEVEL OF RIDING AND ACCURACY IS JUST GOTTEN TO A SIX STAR LEVEL.
THEY'RE MEETING THE GALLOPING TABLES EASY AND MAKING THE JOB EASY FOR THE HORSE LIKE TAMMY SAID AND WHEN YOU ARE SMOOTH AND ACCURATE ACROSS A COURSE LIKE THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO EAT UP THE TIME.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE APRIL ISSUE.
WE HAVE JUST JUMPED THE PAUL BUNYON TABLES.
THIS IS PHILLIP DUTTON AND Z.
JUST TAKING IT VERY CAREFUL INTERESTING HOW WE CHANGE FROM ONE CAMERA TO THE OTHER, IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING FASTER SO VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE VIS-A-VIS THE FLAGS BECAUSE HE LOOKED TO BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE OUTSIDE LINE MAYBE ON BOTH OF THEM HARD TO SEE FROM THIS ANGLE BUT THEY'RE OVER A SMALL POND SO EVERYTHING PUSHES YOU TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CORNERS.
THEY'RE NOT INCREDIBLY BIG CORNERS BUT THEY'RE A VERY STRAIGHT VERY ACCURACY QUESTION.
AND YOU CAN STAY OUT AND DO IT ON ON A 7 OR 8 LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED TO STAY IN.
>> PHILLIP'S SCORE HAS GROWN BY 15 PENALTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE FLAG.
IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
AND THEY HAVE iPADS AND VIDEOS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CAMERA ANGLE TO SEE IT AGAIN BUT THEY WILL HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO MAKE A GOOD CALL THERE.
>> IT'S A BIT OF A SHAME FOR A HORSE AS EXPERIENCED AS HE TO BE CALLED OUT A TECHNICALITY LIKE THAT BUT THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS, THE KNOCKAWAYS, THEY'RE THE QUESTIONS, THE SKINNY FLAGS OR THE QUESTION AND HAVE YOU TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS TO BE CLEAR.
>> AND YOU ALMOST THINK SOMETIMES WITH THE HORSE LIKE THIS, YOU NEED A 6 STAR TO KEEP THE FOCUS AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU MAYBE THINK IS GOING TO COME UP A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE HORSE, THE FOCUS IS NOT AS INTENSE.
PHILLIP AND Z SETTING UP FOR THE COUNTY FAIR ROLLER COASTER BACKDROP AND WAREHOUSES THE WINNING ROUTE IS STRAIGHT OVER AS EVERYONE HAS DONE SO FAR BACK UP IN THE MAIN RING, ZOE CRAWFORD.
SO HE RIDES THIS 39.6 WAS THE SCORE AFTER DRESSAGE.
>> AND THIS IS A SPIT FIRE MARE AND SAME THING WITH ZOE, HAS TAKEN HER THROUGH THE RANKS FROM NOVEMBER TOYS 5 STAR.
DOUBLE JUMPING CLEAR HERE AT MARYLAND LAST YEAR AS WELL.
LOOKING TO COME BACK AND IMPROVE THEIR RANKING 12 MONTHS LATER PHILLIP DUTTON COMFORTABLY INSIDE THE 11 MINUTES WITH Z AT THE MOMENT GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 15 PENALTIES GOING ON TO THE RECORD.
WE'LL SEEP AN EYE ON THAT ON THE RESULTS BOARD AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON BECAUSE THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN COMING HOME ON THAT 45.5.
HERE IT IS AGAIN, AND AS I SAY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT ON THE RIGHT ANGLE TO JUDGE THIS.
WE HAVE A SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT ANGLE THERE ARE DEDICATED CAMERAS OUT THERE POSTED BY THE OFFICIALS THAT WILL KEEP AN EYED ON THE EXACT LINE HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER INSIDE MAKING A CLEAR EFFORT TO JUMP AND QOFERRING THE HEIGHT OF THE JUMP BEHIND, ALL THOSE LITTLE PARTS THAT COME TOGETHER TO SAY WHETHER YOU DO OR DON'T GET THE 50.
HAYLEY FREILICK AND GAVE UP HER JOB AS ANALYST IN A BANK TO COME TO NORTH AMERICA.
SHE DECIDED THEY MOVED ADELAIDE, THEY MOVED IT TO NEXT APRIL AND SHE WANTED 5 STAR EXPERIENCE FOR HER HORSES THIS CALENDAR YEAR BECAUSE HORSES HAVE A LIMITED COMPETITION AT THE TOP LEVEL OF THE SPORT SO SHE STARTED LOOKING INTO THE IDEA OF MAYBE COMING HERE TO NORTH MESH AND THE SHIPPING AGENT SAID YOUR HORSES CAN GO IN TWO WEEKS OR MAYBE FOUR MONTHS.
SHE WAS LIKE I GUESS MY LIFE IS CHANGING AND MY HORSES ARE LEAVING IN TWO WEEKS.
>> INCREDIBLE.
LOOK AT THE GALLOP ON THIS HORSE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> SHE WAS ACTUALLY BORN HERE IN THE U.S. AS WELL SO ACTUALLY STAYING HERE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME, SHE COMPETES STATE TO STATE IS GOING TO BE EASIER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER RIDERS WHO CHOSE TO BASE THEMSELVES UNTIL THEY GET GREEN CARDS.
A LITTLE STICKY THERE.
HONOR ME, AND FERGUSSON BEING A LITTLE STEADY AT THE TWO CORNERS.
LISA MARIE IS DOWN ON TIME.
>> AND I DO THINK THAT COMBINATION, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE IN A HURRY UP THE HILL AND YOU GOT A WHILE AND THINKING ABOUT THE CLOCK BUT THAT'S NOT A PLACE TO MAKE THE TIME.
>> SO WHEN SHE GETS HERE TO THIS NEXT JUMP WHERE THEY NEED TO HAVE TWO 2:30 REMAINING, SHE IS GOING TO BE 45 SECONDS DOWN ON THE CLOCK.
LISA MARIE IS FURTHEST AROUND THE COURSE AT THE MOMENT COMING TO THE SUSTAINABILITY BAY.
YOU GET A SENSE HOW MUCH IT IS SET BACK FROM THE BANK AS WELL IT IS QUITE A CONSIDERABLE JUMPING EFFORT ALL THE TIME YOUR HORSE IS GOING WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT.
SHE JUMPS THE BIGGER PART.
LOOKING BACK AT HER SHOULDER, WONDER IF SHE IS THINKING ABOUT THE FLAG.
SHE WAS FAR TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE CRAB JUMPING INTO THE WATER.
AND THERE IS A LOT GOING ON UP THERE.
AT THE GET TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND ALL THEY SEE IS THAT CRAB LOOKING BACK AT THEM AND A LINE OF SPECTATORS.
IT'S SUCH A POWERFUL EFFORT UP THERE OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE POINTS THAT IS THE MOST TIRED THINK SHE IS HAPPY TO HAVE GOTTEN THAT DONE LOOKS LIKE HE HAS GOTTEN A SECOND WIND HERE BUT SHE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT HOME INSIDE THE ALL ABOUT THE JUMPING THIS IS A WORLD GAMES COMBINATION FOR CANADA BACK IN 2018 TRYING IN NORTH CAROLINA, STEADY HERE TO THE BRICK BANK.
THAT WAS QUITE AN INSIDE 4.
THEY MANAGED TO POP IN THE FOUR STRIDES, SEEING THE TIME PENALTIES COMING IN .4 FOR EACH SECOND OVER THE 11:30.
THE MORE ATTENTION WE CAN BRING OUR SPORT IN THE U.S., THE BETTER, SO WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL EVENT AND THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY, HONESTLY 60.3 IS THE SCORE FOR LISA MARIE FERGUSON WELCOME BACK TO THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STARS FAIR HILL.
CROSS-COUNTRY DAY IN THE 5 STAR.
THERE IS THE OVERNIGHT LEADER AFTER DRESSAGE WOODS BAUGHMAN WAITING FOR HIS COUNTDOWN WITH C'EST LA VIE.
EXCITEMENT OUT IN THE COURSE IN THE INTERIM.
DANITO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM AND PROBLEMS AT FENCE 7 WHICH IS THE CECIL COUNTY TOURISM COMBINATION TO SH THEIR SUCCESSOR ON COURSE DIRECT ADVANCE AND ZACH BRANDT AND IT SEEMS LIKE BECAUSE WOODS, I THINK, SHOULD BE AWAY BY NOW, WE ARE GOING HAVE A HOLD ON THE COURSE.
HERE WE SEE SOME OF THE CREW.
I THINK THEY'RE REPLACING SOME PINS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CLIP, THEY CAN BE TRIGGER WITH A FULL BREAKAWAY BUT THEY HAVE A TAB TO SHOW THEY HAVE BEEN WEAKENED WHICH MEANS THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
SOME MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE SURE, AS WE WOULD SAY IN IRELAND, THEY REPLACE THE CLIP AFTER EVERY SINGLE HORSE MAYBE SOMEBODY TOUCHED THE FENCE AND BECAUSE THERE IS A DECENT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THE WEIGHT OF THE POLE HOLDING AGAINST THE RED CLIP, YOU CAN SEE WE GET THE COURSE BUILDERS IN BIG GUYS TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER AND GUEST THE CLIP ON.
11:26 WAS ZOE'S TIME, SHE ON HAD HER SAME SCORE AFTER DRESSAGE.
FIFTH BEST OF THOSE WHO HAVE FINISHED CROSS-COUNTRY SO FAR LISA MARIE PAID THE MOST PRICE ON THE CLOCK WITH NEARLY A FULL MINUTE OVER.
THIS IS COMING DOWN INTO THAT HUNT KENNELS FIELD.
THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.
BUT THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HELD HAS BEEN TAKEN SO THEY WON'T BE DISADVANTAGED BY THIS THE QUESTION IS RHYTHM, ABOUT GETTING BACK INTO YOUR STRIDE AND NOT HAVING YOUR PLAN KNOCKED OUT OF YOUR MIND.
>> YEAH, AND TO BE FAIR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, THAT HORSE LOOKED LIKE REALLY FIT, REALLY FIGHTING OR REALLY READY TO GO.
SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF KIND OF TAKING A MOMENT HELPS HIM GET JUST A TAD MORE RIDEABLE AND AGREEABLE HERE BECAUSE SHE WAS WORKING HARD IN THE BEGINNING TO GET THE HORSE TO LISTEN.
BALTIMORE BARRICADES TRIPLE COMBINATION LINE AND WE WILL GET THE HORSES GOING ONE BY ONE.
DANITO WILL BE RELEASE-- DRACT ADVANCE HELD ON COURSE AND WHEN WE HAVE ZACH OFF AND RUNNING AND WE KNOW HE IS GOING WELL, THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL THE GREEN LIGHT GO TO THE START.
SO TS NOT AS MUCH OF AN INTERRUPTION SAY IF IT WAS DURING HIS RUN BUT THIS IS, AGAIN, WOODS BAUGHMAN OUR LEADER HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARD LEAVING THE START BOX AT 14:52 IN THE AFTERNOON AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE CHANGING UNDERNEATH HIM.
DOES HE GO BACK, TAKE ANOTHER WARMUP JUMP, STAY WHERE HE IS, STAY CALM AND STAY FOCUSED?
>> HE WAS HAVING A LAUGH AND CHAT WITH HIS GROOM.
HE SEEMS PRETTY OKAY.
>> EL WITH GIVEN THE YEAR HE HAS HAD.
: WOODS UNFORTUNATELY, HE GOT RAMMED INADVERTENTLY BY ANOTHER COMPETITOR ON HIS WAY TO THE DRESSAGE IN KENTUCKY.
ON HIS WAY TO BURLEY, HIS HORSE MISSED THREE NIGHTS.
HE MISSED FOUR FLIGHTS ON HIS WAY TO BURLEY.
HE A LOVELY DRESSAGE TEST AND THEN THE HORSE JUST WASN'T RIDEABLE FOR HIM IN THE CROSS-COUNTRY.
SO UNUSUAL.
THAT IS ZACH AND DIRECT ADVANCE NOW.
HE IS IN THE HOLDING BOX HE MAY BE DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE ISSUES ARE WISHES TO DO WITH HIS HORSE DURING THE TIME THAT HE IS BEING HELD THEY WILL MAKE SURE EVERY HORSE AND HUMAN ARE HEALTHY AND SAFE BEFORE THEY DECIDE WHICH DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING YOU CAN SEE COMING AROUND THE TURN, THE HORSES ARE NOT THINKING THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER JUMP.
THEY REALLY HAVE TO WORK TO SEE THAT SECOND CORNER.
SHE DID A GREAT JOB TO KEEP HIM ON TRACK.
>> AGAIN, BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN HELD ON COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE ALLY UPDATE BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO HAVE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES REMAINING.
>> I BELIEVE SHE HAD TROUBLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE.
>> BUT HER HORSE IS SO FULL OF RUNNING.
HE IS, YOU KNOW, READY TO JUMP ANOTHER ONE.
ZACH BRANDT JUST DECIDED TO RETIRE.
WE HOPE ALL IS WELL BUT ZACH MAKING THE DECISION NOT TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH DIRECT ADVANCE.
C'EST LA VIE AND WOODS BAUGHMAN ARE OUR LEADERS ON 27.2 AND AFTER A CHARACTER BUILDING YEAR AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL, HE IS HOPING THIRD TIME LUCKY I KNOW HE HAS CHANGED THE BIDDING OF THE HORSE BUT HE WENT FOR A BULL AND THEY REALLY HAVE TO BE RIDEABLE.
AND THIS IS A BIG STRONG HORSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS YEAR, WOODS HAS WALKED A LOT OF BIG TRACKS AND KNOWING THIS HORSE HAS JUMPED QUITE WELL FOR A LOT OF HORSES HAS GOT TO BE MAKING HIM FEEL AT LEAST A LITTLE BETTER LEAVING THE START BOX.
IT'S ALL VERY DOABLE.
IT'S THERE FOR THE TAKING.
THIS IS A BIG JUMPING BIG GALLOPING HORSE.
HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE BOTH THE HORSE AND THE RIDER ARE VERY CAPABLE OF COMING IN CLEAR IN THE TIME.
>> WOODS COMING TO THE WATER, SHE HAS BEEN NATIONAL 3 AND NATIONAL 4 STAR CHAMPION WITH THIS HORSE AND HAD VERY GOOD RESULTS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE 4 LONG AT JERSEY FRESH.
>> HE WAS SUPER CLEVER THERE.
HE REALLY SQUARED HIS TURN.
HE WENT OUT, USED THE TURN TO HELP GET THE HORSE MORE RIDEABLE INSTEAD OF DIRECT TO THAT FIRST A ELEMENT WHICH WAS REALLY WELL PLANNED.
BUT LOOK AT THE GALLOP ON THIS HORSE.
THIS PART YOU CAN FINALLY LET THEM GO AND JUMP THIS BIG TABLE AND SAVE YOUR PULLS.
YOU WANT TO PULL AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU WANT TO TAKE A TUG, YOU TWABT TO MAKE SURE THE MOUTH IS FRESH AND THEY HEAR YOU AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOT HIM A LITTLE BIT AT BURLEY.
>> QUITE A DECENT AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN THE GERMAN BLOOD LINES OUT OF A THOROUGHBRED MARE.
SITTING UP, BALANCING HERE AT THE END OF THE COURSE.
THAT IS HALEY FREILICK AND SHE FINISHES WITH THIS HORSE AND IT HAS BEEN WORTH THE JOURNEY.
WOODS STILL JUST LOOKING TO HAVE HIS HORSE JUST COME BACK TO HIM AND LISTEN A TINY BIT MORE AS HE GOES TO THE BIG CECIL COUNTY TABLE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RAILS TO FIND THE SPOT THAT GIVES YOU THE LINE OVER TO THE WEDGE.
>> THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE HIS JOB HERE GETTING ENOUGH DONE BECAUSE THE HORSE JUMPS AND IT'S SCOPEY AND DRIVE IT JUST HAS TO PAY ATTENTION.
THERE ARE SO MANY ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO MAKING A TOP 5 STAR FORCE HORSE.
YOU CAN HAVE THE BLOOD, THE GALLOP AND THE JUMP BUT THEY HAVE TO BE RIDEABLE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE, SO IN THESE SITUATIONS WHERE THE ADRENALINE IS HIGH, THERE HAS TO BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN HORSE AND RIDER SO THAT YOU ARE WORKING AS A TEAM, WORKING WITH EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF AGAINST EVEN OTHER SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ON THE SAME TEAM, AT LEAST IN THE SAME ROOM COMING DOWN OUT OF THE RING, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THEM PAUL PAUL BUNION TABLES AND THE BIG TABLES ON THE DOUBLE.
>> WALKED ON A 3.
>> I THINK IT'S WALKED ON A 2.
THE TABLES ARE A 2 AND THE BIG TABLES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE THREE TO THE CORNER.
>> THAT'S WHAT IS BREAKING MY BRAIN JUST MUTTING IT A LITTLE LEFT AND RIGHT WIGGLE ON TO THE COURSE HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE HORSES ARE UNDER CONTROL.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THE HORSE ACTUALLY LIGHTENED ON THE BRIDLE BEFORE THE JUMP SO GOOD TIMING THIS IS QUITE THE COMPLEX COMING UP HERE DOES THE 5 AND 4 AND ALMOST COULD DO THE 3 AND 2 BUT HE DUG DEEP THERE.
WAS NO QUESTION FOR HIM.
HE DID WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO TO GET IT DONE.
AS LONG AS HE CAN KEEP UP THAT AMOUNT OF GRIT THE REST OF WAY, MAYBE HIS HORSE WILL LIGHTEN UP AND HELP OUT AND WE GET FURTHER THROUGH THE COURSE.
I THINK HE IS QUITE PLEASED THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY D AND E ELEMENTS.
>> I KNOW.
SO WOODS HEADS ON DOWN TO THE NEXT COURSE, A BIG OPEN DITCH BRUSH ALONGSIDE THE COVERED BRIDGE THAT WE SAW EARLIER ON IN THE 3 STAR, GETS BEHIND THE HORSE, HEADS OUT OF OUR VIEW TOWARDS THE HUNT KENNEL FIELD.
ON COURSE AT THE MOMENT IS DOUG PAYNE, DOUG AND QUANTUM LEAP.
DOUG JUST THROUGH THE WATER, THE WORLD NUMBER 15 OLYMPIAN TOKYO WAS TOP 10 LAST YEAR AND FOURTH THIS SPRING AT KENTUCKY WITH QUANTUM LEAP WHICH GAVE HIM THE NATIONAL 5 STAR CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> THIS HORSE WAS BREAD BY DIDI CALLAHAN.
HORSES IN THE 3 STAR AND 5 STAR.
SHOUT OUT FOR AMERICAN BREEDERS OUT THERE.
WE'LL TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE BREEDING OF THE HORSES AS WE CLOCK ON THROUGH OUR 5 STAR.
REALLY GOT TO GET HIM BACK FOR THIS OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
GOOD JOB BUT NEED TO GATHER EVERYTHING UP BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO WASTE TIME.
HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB BUT HE HAS GOT TO GO IT THIS WRESTLED IN THIS IS RIGHT BACK IN SHAPE, GOOD JOB FROM WOODS AND IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THAT SAYING THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, RIGHT?
WOODS IS NOT THINKING THE HORSE IS GOING TO GO OUT AND BE SUPER LIGHT AND EASY HE READY FOR THE WRESTLING MATCH.
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> EASY FOR BEHIND LEGS TO TAKE IT WITH YOU.
HE GOT LUCK NECESSITY THAT SENSE AS WELL.
>> THE HORSE IS AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE.
I MEAN WE WILL DEFINITELY, I MEAN HE IS NOT PHASED AT ALL.
HE IS TURNING HIMSELF UPSIDE DOWN AND INSIDE OUT BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LONG GALLOP UP THE HILL AND GIVE WOODS A BREAK.
YOU HOPE A HORSE LIKE THIS, AS THEY GET TIRED THEY DON'T GET STRONGER.
THAT'S TOM CONCERN WOODS RESPECTFUL OF THE TWO FENCES AND THE KNOCKAWAY CLIPS WOODS BAUGHMAN.
HALEY FREILICK, OFFICIAL TIME.
11:35 FOR HAYLEY, TWO FOR TIME, 60.5 AT THE END OF THE SECOND DAY OF TESTING.
THIS IS WOODS ON HIS WAS I TO THE DOUBLE OF CORNERS BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY'RE SO CLOSE.
THEY ARE SEPARATE IN NUMBER SO YOU COULD RIDE ONE LOOP AND THEN COME BACK IN A VERY STRAIGHT LINE TT OTHER.
>> THEY ARE NUMBERED SEPARATELY.
SO AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE PLAN IS.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS GOING TO SHOW OFF THEY WERE SEPARATELY NUMBERED IN THAT WAY BUT WOODS KNEW HE DIDN'T HAVE THE HORSE-- HE HAS PUSHED THE FLAGS OFF BOTH OF THEM AS WELL.
OUR JUDGE THERE ERLTIER ON FOR PHILLIP DUTTON WAS VERY QUICK TO LET US KNOW THAT IT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A LIVE EYE ON THE LEADERBOARD.
WOODS GOES UNDER INVESTIGATION.
YOU CAN SEE HIS SCORE JUMP UP TO 42.2.
HIS LUCK JUST RAN OUT.
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
SOME HORSES, THE FEET KEEP RUNNING BUT THEY GET TIRED AND THEIR MOUTH GETS HARD AND DULL AND IT LOOKED LIKE WOODS DIDN'T HAVE THE COMMUNICATION HE NEEDED TO HOLD HIM IN THAT LINE SO VERY DISAPPOINTING THERE FOR WOODS BUT IT IS CARVING HIM OUT AS A RIDER, A YOUNG KID WITH NICE HORSES IN HIS STRING AND HE IS GETTING NOT EXPERIENCE HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BUT THE EXPERIENCE WE NEED WILL COME TO SERVE US LATER IN THE CAREERMENT THEY COME DOWN NOW THE FOX CATCHER DITCH.
>> SO DISAPPOINTING FOR HIM, BUT A FEW MORE EFFORTS TO GET HOME AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THERE UNDER HIS BELT AND JUST A LITTLE FLAT THROUGH THE LOOP de LOOP, BACK AND HERE AGAIN THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE HE COULD BE IN TROUBLE AND WE HAD ONE OR TWO LAST YEAR JUST TRYING, STRUGGLING TO GET THE END OF THE WAREHOUSE.
THEY WOULD CATCH THE NEAREST HORSE'S KNEE ON IT AND BE ALMOST TIPPED OUT OF THE SADDLE AND THAT'S SO CLOSES TO WHAT HAPPENED THERE WITH WOODS.
HE STAYED UP GUT AGAIN POSSIBLY IN TROUBLE FOR THE FLAG, PROBABLY A STRAIGHT 20.
>> YOU KNOW IT'S SO INTERESTING AGAIN AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL, IT REALLY MATTERS SO MUCH OF HOW WELL HORSE AND RIDER CAN HANDLE THE POWER NECESSARY TO JUMP THESE JUMPS AND GALLOP AT THIS SPEED AND HOW EASILY AND NATURALLY ATHLETICALLY THAT POWER COMES TO YOU, BECAUSE AT THE TOP OF ANY SPORT OF ANY GAME, THERE IS AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF POWER THAT'S NEEDED AND WHEN YOU ARE ADDING THAT TO A RIDER AND HORSE INTO THAT EQUATION, IT GETS TO BE A REAL INTERESTING BALANCE.
>> SO WOODS COMES TOWARDS HOME.
GOING TO BE JUST OUTSIDE THE TIME.
HIS NUMBER 21, THE CORNER HAS BEEN STABILIZED TO BE A REFUSAL RATHER BE A MIXED FLAG.
HE NEVER WENT NEAR THE JUMP I THINK THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT SOMEWHAT ACADEMIC WHEN HE HAS THE OTHER PROBLEMS ON THE COURSE BUT I THINK WOULD YOU LIKE THAT CLEARED UP OFF YOUR RECORD.
HE HAS NO SPURS ON, HE PROBABLY HAS THE SMALLEST WHIP HE COULD FIND TRYING TO JUST EASE THAT HORSE BACK ACCOUNT BUT HERE OUT ON COURSE WE HAVE CAMPAIGNER LCC BARNABY WHO WE HAVE SEEN IN ALMOST EVERY 5 STAR IN THE WORLD AND LILIAN HEARD AND WHAT A COMBINATION.
I MEAN THEY HAVE JUMPED SOME OF THE BIGGEST TRACKS IN THE WORLD IF THERE WERE A 6 STAR, THEY WOULD BE DOING 6 STAR.
THEY WENT TO BASKETBALLINGTON THIS SPRING AS WELL.
LET'S CATCH UP WITH DOUG THIS IS A NIPPY HORSE WITH A LOT OF BLOOD.
IT'S HANDY TO BE ABLE TO ADD, DOUG HAS A REAL INTERESTING OR UNIQUE STYLE AND MAKES THE HORSES INCREDIBLY RIDEABLE SO HE CAN ADD A STEP HERE AND THERE AND HAS A REALLY GOOD EYE FOR RIDING A LINE SO HE COULD MAKE UP TIME ELSEWHERE.
BUT IN TURNS LIKE THAT, IT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ROCK 'EM BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER STEP TO FOCUS ON THE CORNER.
>> ALSO, OF COURSE, AT THE MOMENT, HARRY MEADE AND SUPERSTITION.
HAR HARRY WAS TOP 10 LAST YEAR HERE WITH THAT HORSE.
DOUG-- EARLY RIDERS, AND THIS IS HE SCRAMBLES THROUGH.
NOW HE HAS GOT TO BE QUICK THINKING HERE BECAUSE THIS IS C. HE CAN'T CROSS THE TRACKS WITHOUT PENALTY.
>> AND THAT'S WAS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE POWER THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THINGS EASY.
THAT BOUNCE BANK UP TAKES A LOT OF POWER AND UNFORTUNATELY AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, THE HORSE WAS LOOKING TIRED AND UNDER PACE AND THEN GATHERED HIS KNITTING AS THE BRITS SAY AND ENDED UP NOT HAVING THE POWER HE NEEDED TO GET UP OVER THE FENCE BUT THE HORSE HAS HUGE HEART AND A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DOUG AND DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO STAY ON HIS FEET AND GET IT DONE, I DON'T THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A PENALTY THERE.
ENOUGH TIME FOR DOUG PAYNE AND QUANTUM LEAP.
FINISHED TOP FIVE IN KENTUCKY AND SEVENTH AFTER DRESSAGE HERE QUANTUM LEAP TAKES A LOOK, LANDING SHORT SO DOUG POWERING HOME.
HE KNOWS HE IS-- HE HAS GOT ENOUGH TIME AND SHOULD MAKE IT IN THERE AND THE HORSE IS LOOKING LIKE HE HAS GOTTEN HIS SECOND OR THIRD WIND TO GET HOME AND GET DONE HOPEFULLY HE IS NOT TOO MUCH WORSE FOR THE WEAR AFTER THAT TWIST.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST MASSAGE THERAPISTS BACK IN THE BARN THAT WILL MAKE THE HORSE FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.
HE WON'T QUITE MAKE IT BUT JUST OVER.
AND I THINK HE WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT AFTER THAT.
>> WOODS BAUGHMAN WAS TWO SECONDS OVER AND FOUR SECONDS OVER FOR DOUG PAYNE.
SIX POINTS OVER... OLIVER TAKING OVER THE RIDE ON AS IS AND 29.9 THE SCORE.
HARRY MEADE UP AT THE DOUBLE OF CORNERS.
INCREDIBLY DETERMINED AFTER A VERY DISAPPOINTING DAY IN THE DRESSAGE ON A 37.4 FOR A HORSE THAT'S TWICE BEEN MID 20s WHEN HE CAME TO OCTOBER AND MARYLAND IN 2021.
AND THE TIME LOOKS GOOD 2:30 REQUIRED WHEN YOU JUMP THE FENCE.
AND THIS HORSE OWNED BY MANDIE GRAY AND HARRY MEADE, YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT WITH THE RIDERS GETTING SKIN IN THE GAME PARTNERED WITH PEOPLE AND THEIR OWNERSHIP AND I THINK THAT-- YOU KNOW, IT'S SO GREAT HARRY COMES OVER HERE FOR KENTUCKY IN THE SPRING AND THIS COMPETITION IN THE FALL.
OUR CROWDS ARE SO EDUCATED AND EXCITED AND GET BEHIND THE RIDERS AND IT'S NICE WHEN THEY GET A CLEAR AND WAVE FROM THE RIDERS AS WELL.
OLIVER WORLD NUMBER 3 AS THINGS CURRENTLY STAND THAT COULD CHANGE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF MARYLAND.
OLLY KNOWS SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW.
JUMP NUMBER 2 WAS ASSERTIVE.
MAKING SURE THE HORSE IS IN FRONT OF HIS LEG AND CONFIDENT OVER THE DITCH WHICH WAS THE SECOND JUMP MAKING SURE THE HORSE REALIZES HE HAS TO GET IN FRONT OF HIS LEG AND HAS TO BE BRAVE AND BOLD BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT LEFT TO DO.
>> HARRY THROUGH THE ROLLER COASTER.
HARRY MEADE HEADING TOWARDS HOME LOOKING TO STAY ON THE DRESSAGE SCORE AND WHETHER THAT CAN CLIMB HIM UP TO SOME CONTENTION HERE IN THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.
LILLY HEARD OUT THERE WITH LLC BARNABY AND CLEAR AT THE MOMENT OLIVER JUMPS QUITE THE ANGLE ACROSS THE BRUSH BOX.
>> I MEAN IT IS A SERIOUS JUMPER BUT THAT'S ALMOST I THINK WHAT OLIVER IS FEELING IS THAT IF THIS HORSE IS SO CAREFUL AND LOOKS GREEN, SAW HIM JUMP THE BIG TABLE AND DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A B AND OLIVER DID A FABULOUS JOB HOLDING HIM TO THE SECOND JUMP.
>> KNOWLES IS NEXT UP.
HARRY MEADE COMING UP TO THE FINISHINGS COMFORTABLY.
>> SUCH A GOOD ROUND.
THIS WILL MAKE THE DRESSAGE TEST EVEN MORE GUTTING BUT NOTHING FEELS BETTER THAN COMING CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME AT A 5 STAR ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU HAVE MADE SUCH A BIG TRIP AND THE HORSE LOOKS SO HAPPY.
EARS PRICKED, LOPING UP THE HILL.
REALLY NICE TO SEE.
>> NICE FINISH FOR SUPERSTITION.
WE JUST SAW OLLY GIVE HIS HORSE A LITTLE PAT WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
WHEN YOU SEE THE RIDERS GET AGO CERTAINIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE OR RIDING FOR IT, IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING THE JOB EASIER FOR THE HORSE, GIVING THEM BRAVERY WHERE AT THE BEGINNING THEY MAY BE BACKED OFF BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AND WHAT YOU HOPE IS THAT AS THE HORSE CARRIES ON JUMPING, THEY GET BRAVER AND BOLDER BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE COMING OUT OF THE BOCK AND SEEING THESE JUMPS AND THE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR A YOUNG HORSE ALLIE WHO HAS BEEN HERE AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL BEFORE THIS HORSE WITH SUSIE BERRY AT THE WORLD GAMES A FEW WEEKS AGO YOU CAN SEE THE HORSE IS STARTING TO STEP INTO IT AND OLLY IS GIVING HIM A PAT AND SAYING THAT'S IT.
THIS IS THE WAY WE NEED TO GO.
EXCITING HORSE TO WATCH.
ALLIE AND MORSWOOD IN THEIR FIRST 5 STAR TOGETHER SCORING 28.8 TO SIT THIRD IN OUR HAVE I VISION 12 MONTHS LATER.
THIS IS A NEAT SCOPEY LITTLE HORSE.
>> SEE THE ORIOLES, THESE BEAUTIFULLY CREATED BIRDS HERE.
SELECTIVE POND AT 4AB AND IT'S UPHILL ALL THE WAY FROM THE START BOX TO THE MAIN ARENA ON THE EARLY PART OF THE COURSE.
THAT IS THREE MINUTES AS WELL SO ONE OF OUR ABSOLUTELY ON THE COURSE, LEADERBOARD OF THOSE WHO FINISHED ABOUT TO CHANGE PERHAPS WITH KNOWLES.
LET'S CATCH UP WITH DOUG PAYNE.
>> YOU GAVE YOUR MOM WHO WAS RATE WAITING HERE IN THE BOX AND SEVERAL OTHERS WATCHING A BIT OF A FRIGHT AT THE BIG CRAB WATER.
>> A BIT OF FRIGHT MYSELF.
I GOT TIRED OF THE TOP AND WENT JUST COME WHEN WE WENT IN AND COMPLETE HALF TO THE UPBANK, STEPPED BACK BUT HE HAS A MASSIVE HEART FIGHTING THE WHOLE WAY, COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF HIM THAT'S FOR SURE.
THAT'S CROSS-COUNTRY RIDING.
>> SEEMED LIKE HE GOT HIS SECOND WIND AND WAS ABLE TO GET YOU HOME, FIGHTING WITH YOU UNTIL THE END.
HAVE YOU HAD THIS MORNING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND BUILT THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND AT THIS LEVEL, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LEVEL.
>> YOU SORT OF KNOW HOW YOU ARE GOING TO REACT TO ANY SITUATION AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN RELY ON THEM AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE.
>> IT GOING IT DONE TODAY FOR DOUG'S CROSS-COUNTRY RIDING.
BACK TO YOU IN THE BOOTH.
EXPR JUST WATCHING AL VER AND AS LEIGH IS HERE-- HE IS HERE THROUGH THE HUNT KENNEL FIELD BACK UP TO MORSWOOD IN THE FIRST THREE MINUTES OF THE RUN.
OLIVER IS HAVING TO WORK QUITE HARD OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT AS STYLISH AS HE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK BUT OLIVERRING IS LIKE IF I CAN LOOK STYLISH, THAT'S GREAT BUT TO WIN IS BETTER.
>> IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A VERY CAREFUL REALLY TALENTED BUT GREENER HORSE.
ON THE VER IS USING ALL HIS SKILL WHICH THANKFULLY HE HAS BUCKETS OF THAT.
IF ANYBODY CAN GET THE HORSE CONFIDENTLY THROUGH THIS AND PREPARED FOR A REALLY SUCCESSFUL CAREER, IT'S OLIVER.
>> I LOVE THE WAY THIS HORSE GOES.
HE DOESN'T FULL.
HIS EARS ARE PRICKED, STRAIGHT AS A DYE.
YOU COULD MISTAKE HIM AS A YOUNG RIDER'S HORSE BUT HAS THE HEART OF A LION DOING OUGHT THE BIG STUFF WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
S. >> PAUL BUNYON TABLES.
SCWHREERED BOTH OF THOSE.
LILLY HEARD OVER THE LAST AND SAFELY HOME.
11 SECONDS OVER, 4.4 TIME PENLDZ FOR THEM.
>> WITHIN MORE 5 STAR UNDER HER BELT.
SHE MUST HAVE A WALL OF PLAQUES FOR BARNABY.
WHAT AN AMAZING HORSE TO HAVE THE IN STABLE FOR HER.
>> INTERESTING TO SEE LCC HORSES ONE DOWN IN THE 3 STAR AS WELL.
BACK TO ALLIE KNOWLES AND MORSWOOD.
S MAINE AND TAIL 10 A, B AND C. YOU ARE GOING DOWN THE ABSOLUTE RIDGE OF THAT SLOPE TO GET TO THE SECOND EMEMPTY AND THEN 245 COMES UP AS WELL AS IT HAS FOR ANYONE MAKING A GOOD LUCK AT THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE HE SAW THE LINE HE WANTED AND SAID IF I HAVE TO PICK YOU UP AND THROW YOU OVER MY SHOULDER, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING.
>> AS IS WAS OUT LOOKING TO THE LEFT LOOKING AT THE CROWD.
OLIVER SAID I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING.
WE ARE GOING.
AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR CLEAR ROUND PROGRESSION AROUND THIS COURSE.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE 12 MONTHS MAKES FOR THIS PAIR.
12 MONTHS AGO MORSWOOD AND BACK A YEAR LATER DICING FOR A PODIUM SPOT ON CROSS-COUNTRY DAY.
OLIVER AND AS IS CALM AWAY FROM THE WATER, DOWN TO THE FOX CATCHER DITCH.
OLIVER AGAIN JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY ASPECT OF THE DOOR BEING OPEN FOR THIS HORSE TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT OLIVER DIDN'T WAS TO MAKE GLANCE OUT TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH A FEW OF THE OTHER COMBINATIONS THAT HAVE HAD THE HORSES SINCE THEY WERE FOUR YEARS OLD.
THIS IS A NEWISH RAID FOR OLIVER AND WANTS TO MAKE SURE HIS INTENTIONS ARE OUT THERE AND THE HORSE HAS EVERY BIT OF TALENT TO PICK UP EXACTLY THE DIRECTION THAT ONLY VER IS PUTTING-- OLIVER IS PUTTING OUT THERE.
>> OLIVER KNOWS HOW WELL THE TIME IS.
THERE WILL BE PLACES ON THE COURSE WHERE HE RODE DELIBERATELY SLOWER, LETTING THE HORSE READ SOMETHING.
OLIVER WANTING TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF BUT KNOWS HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH HIVE TO COACH THIS HORSE.
IT WILL KEEP HIM RIGHT IN TOUCH GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY, IT CAME DOWN TO A RAIL LAST YEAR BETWEEN OLIVER AND MARTIN AND WENT MARTIN'S FAVOR ON SUNDAY.
OLIVER WANTS TO GET HIMSELF INTO A SPOT FOR TOMORROW WHERE HE CAN BE BREATHING DOWN THE NECKS OF OTHERS AND SNATCH VICTORY HERE IN THIS 5 STAR.
OLIVER WITH AS IS, 18 SECONDS INSIDE TO STAY ON 29.9.
HE IS THE SECOND BEST AT THE MOMENT BUT HE COULD DROP ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
KNOWLES COULD GO IN FRONT OF HIM, HARBOUR PILOT COULD GO IN FRONT AND HANNAH SUE IS OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT.
AT THE PAUL BUNNIAN TABLES.
I BELIEVE IT IS HIS 12th 5 STAR STAR IN A CAREER TO A PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN 2011 AND BEFORE.
>> AND BRED BY JACKIE MARS, OWNED BY MISS MARS, A STAPLE THIS THEIR BARN AND YOU KNOW, 19 YEARS OLD, THIS WILL BE HIS SWAN SONG HERE.
>> HANNAH SUE HAS SAID THAT.
SHE SAID I'M GOING HAVE TO NOT CRY EVERY TIME I RIDE HIM AND EVERY STRIDE I READ HIM AROUND THE FINAL 5 STAR.
I DON'T THINK HE IS HANGING UP HER SPURS.
HE MIGHT DO A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT THIS WILL BE HIS LAST 5 STAR.
>> WELL, HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE SUPPORT CREWS, THE VETS, EVERYBODY WHO HAS DONE THAT MANY AND COMPETING AT THE LEVEL OF 19-YEAR-OLD OAT IS INCREDIBLE.
STILL FEELING FIT AND STRONG TO JUMP LIKE THAT IS PRETTY FANTASTIC YOU ARE SAYING HE IS WELL BRED.
>> AND NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE AN 18 AND 19-YEAR-OLD HORSE FLEXIBLE HIMSELF WAS THE OLDEST TO WIN THE WORLD CUP FINALS AND THEN WON ANOTHER WORLD CUP QUALIFIER.
>> INCREDIBLE.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOP 10 IN GERMANY, TOP 5 IN GREAT BRITAIN AND MANY TIMES IN THE TOP MIX AT THE KENTUCKY THREE-DAY AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.
GETTING IT DONE.
YOU SAW THAT THEY HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD TO GET BACK INSIDE THE RED FLAG AT THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THE SEA ELEMENT HAVING BANDED UP SO STRONGLY AT THE BANDS.
VERY COMFORTABLE IN HIMSELF, DOESN'T HE.
>> REALLY DOES.
THIS WOULD BE A VERY EXCITING FINISH FOR ALLIE I FEEL LIKE SHE HAS HAD A GOOD FINISH COMING HER WAY FOR QUITE SOMETIME.
VERY EXCITING IF IT WAS TODAY.
>> SO ALLIE, OF COURSE, IF SHE IS CLEAR AND INSIDE THE TIME, HER THIRD WILL TRANSLATE TO SECOND BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH WOODS BAUGHMAN.
SECOND AT A MINIMUM.
EVERYTHING REMAINING HERE STILL HAS TO BE JUMPED.
SEEN A PROBLEM OR TWO HERE AT THE CAMDEN YARDS.
OFF THE BANK LOOKING FOR THE WAREHOUSES, LEFT LPPEDZ ON THE FIRST ONE.
LEFT-HAND SIDE.
TWO JUMPS LEFT.
GOING TO BE A LITTLE CLOSE.
SHE HAS TO GET THIS DONE AND SHE CAN TAKE OFF TOWARDS THE LAST FENCE SHE DID YOU TELL LOOK LIKE SHE IS UNDER PRESSURE THE MINUTE MARKER ON PAPER IS HERE.
LOWEST POINT ALONGSIDE GALLAGHER ROAD KNOWINGS R IS NOT QUITE GOING TO MAKE I.
6.4 TIME PENALTY.
I HADN'T PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER.
PAULA IS JUST TEXTED ME.
SHANNON SH HARBOUR PILOT'S DAM WAS A WINNER WITH KAREN WHAT ELSE WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT?
>> I KNOW, RIGHT?
I THINK I TYPED UP THE LIST OF WINNERS MANY, MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZING.
SO I SHOULD KNOW LAUREN NICHOLSON.
HER FAMILIAR COLORS AWAIT.
WE'VE GOT A FORMULA ONE IN THE 3 STAR AS WELL.
LANDMARK'S' MONTE CARLO.
THE RANKING IS LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SCORES SUCH A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN THE SCORES THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT BEING IN THE LEAD AT THIS CURRENT STAGE, SIXTH BEST OF THOSE THAT FINISHES THIS IS A VERY FAST HORSE AND ONE THAT LAUREN HAS RIDDEN SINCE IT WAS A BABY.
VERY EXCITING AND NERVERACKING FOR LAUREN TO BE WATCHING TWO OF HER BABIES ON THE COURSE AT THE SAME TIME.
LIKE WILLIAM COULD BE 6th OR 19th.
THE SAME CONVERSATION COULD BE MADE BACK UP IF SHE COULD GET WILLIAM BACK IN FRONT AND LISTENING AND WORKING FOR HER RATHER THAN AGAINST HER UP AND MARS SUSTAINABILITY BAY.
>> SO HE STILL LOOKS FULL OF RUNNING, A HUGE STEP.
HOPEFULLY SHE CAN LET HIM FLY DOWN THE HILL AND WRESTLE HIM BACK FOR WHAT USED TO BE THE BOTTOM OF THE CORNER WE ARE JUST SEEING THE SCORE IN THE CORNER IS NOT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
A 15 PENALTIES POTENTIALLY BALTIMORE BARRICADES.
THE SEA ELEMENT, THE BRUSH CORNER SO THAT IS FINISHING THE LOOP DELOOP FOR HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG.
30 SECONDS TO GO.
SHE SHOULD MAKE IT SHE IS PROBABLY CRYING ALREADY.
HE COULD PROBABLY START AGAIN RIGHT NOW WABBIT GOING UP THE HILL THE OTHER DIRECTION.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF HER.
LET'S GET HANNAH SUE HOME HOPEFULLY GOING TO END UP JUMPING CLEAR AND THE FLAG WILL GO HER WAY.
SHE IS GOING TO BE JUST OVER FIVE SECOND OVER TWO PENLDZ 46.8 IS WHERE WE ARE BUT WE WILL SEEP AN EYE ON THOSE.
TAMMY SMITH IS OUR LEADER IN FRONT OF OLIVER THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STARS WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARS EQUESTRIAN AND FAMILY OF BRANDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
WELCOME BACK RIDING FOR THE OVERNIGHT LEAD AFTER PROBLEMS WITH WOODS BAUGHMAN EARLIER ON.
TAMMY SMITH IS THE CURRENT LEADER OF THOSE WHO COMPLETED CROSS-COUNTRY.
LAUREN NICHOLSON AND LANDMARK'S MONTE CARLO.
WE DON'T SEE LAUREN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURSE THEY MIGHT BE PICKING UP 15 PENALTIES FOR GLANCING OFF THE WHITE FLAG MONTE CARLO AND LAUREN SIXTH HERE LAST YEAR THEY WOULD GO TOP 5, I THINK, IF THEY WERE CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME GOING FOOT FINAL DAY FIRST TIME SEE IS JESSE WITH WABBIT.
THEY DID THEIR FIRST 5 STAR AT KENTUCKY THIS SPRING: THEY DID MANAGE DID NOT COMPLETE THERE BUT COMPLETE THE CROSS-COUNTRY TODAY.
HOPING FOR THEIR FIRST 5 STAR COMPLETION AS A PARTNERSHIP AS THEY COME HOME 11:18 TIM PRICE, TIM WAS THE INDIVIDUAL BRONZE MEDALIST AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM THAT WERE ALL MEDALISTS RIO AND TOKYO OLYMPIAN ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE JANELL.
AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN, RIDDEN BY TIM'S WIFE LAST YEAR AND BEFORE THAT, INCLUDING TWICE INTO THE TOP 10 AT THE WORLD YOUNG HORSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BY AUSTRALIAN CHRIS BURKE THIS IS INTERESTING.
THIS IS THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION CORNER, LAUREN NICK NICHOLSON TAKE IS THE OWL CORNER.
SO FAR THE LONG ROUTE, CLEAR ALL THE WAY.
20 AND 2 IS MARKED CLEAR.
SHE HAS JUST DECIDED TO MAKE MINIMUM 1 OF THE OWL BRUSH CORNERS THERE.
KNOWING AGAIN THAT THE TIME IS ACHIEVABLE SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE WANTED TO RISK THE OPEN RAIL CORNERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROBABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PHELPS ON THE COURSE, ALONG WITH THIS NEXT COMBINATION, THE MARS SUSTAINABILITY BAY.
MONTE CARLO JUST SKIPS OFF THE TOP OF THE MARYLAND BLUE CRAB AND YOU JUST SEE THE TRUST BECAUSE THE REINS WERE LONG AND IT'S ALL ABOUT STEERING OFF THE SEAT AND STEERING OFF THE FEEL, ISN'T IT.
>> HE IS A VERY EFFICIENT LITTLE JUMPER.
HE NIPS IN AND AROUND SO ON SOMETHING POWERFUL, GET OVER THE ENGINE AND NOT THE BALANCE AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS STARING FROM THE BACK SEAT AND IF ANY COURSE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE AN OPTION, THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
THAT'S AN INCR CREDIBLY FAST HORSE SO SHE COULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT TAKING THE RISK AND TAKING THE OPTIONS AT THE CORNERS TIM PRICE AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN HEADING UP THE HILL TO THE MAIN RING HE SEEMS TO BE GOING FOR A CANT AREA CROSS THE FIELD.
HE LOOKS TO BE CRUISING AT THE MOMENT AS WE GO BACK TO LANDMARK'S MONTE CARLO.
AND LAUREN AT THE BRICK BANK GOT UP A HEAD OF STEAM ONCE THEY LANDED ON THAT SLOPE.
FLEXIBLE AND NICE TO WATCH AND THEY'RE IN THE RING COMING TO THE CECIL COUNTY ROLL TOP AND ACROSS TO THE COMBINATION, AND CAMPGROUND WITH ERIN KANARA.
TIM PRICE CLEARS THE FIRST MAJOR COMBINATION, OF COURSE THEY HAD AN AB BEFORE IN THE WATER BUT IT'S LOOSELY RELATED TO THE WATER COMMIN WITHIN.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE PUT UNDER PRESSURE BY THE DESIGNER IN THE RING AS LANDMARK'S MONTE CARLO CLIMBS THE HILL TO THE LAST.
>> GOING TO BE EASILY INSIDE THE TIME.
FROM BRUSH L TO BRUSH L OR OPEN CORNER, WE DON'T KNOW BUT SHE WENT AT LEAST HALF OF THE LONG ROUTE AND LAUREN NICHOLSON AND LANDMARK'S MONTE CARLO GET THE TIME AND FINISH THIRD BEST AT THE MOMENT BUT TIM PRICE COULD STILL OVERTAKE THEM PUSHING THEM DOWN TO FOURTH AND THAT IS A CHANGE FOR LAUREN BECAUSE JUST LOOKING AT WHO ELSE WE HAVE TO SEE... YEAH, JENNY BRANNIGAN AND BUCK DAVID SON COULD GO IN FRONT OF HER.
BUT LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR LAUREN AT THE MOMENT.
TIM SEEMS TO BE PICKING UP SPEED.
HIS WIFE RODE THIS HORSE LAST YEAR, A NEW RIDE FOR HIM SO KNOWING THAT THE COURSE IS ONE THAT THE TIME IS NOT THAT DID I TO MAKE, HE'S PROBABLY TAKING HIS TIME IN THE BEGINNING MAKING SURE ALL THE BUTTONS WORK BEFORE LETTING THIS INCREDIBLY ATHLETIC HORSE GO 29.4 LEADS PICKING UP ERIN KANARA AT THE OPEN CORNERS SHE HAS RIDDEN AT KENTUCKY, POE AND BURLY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE CAMPGROUND'S FIRST 5 STAR HAVING WON THE LEVEL BELOW AT JACKSON JOCKEY CLUB IN OCALA FLORIDA.
BACK TO TIM.
HUGE DROP INTO THE WATER.
OVER THE BOAT HOUSE FOR THE THIRD ELEMENT AS WELL COMES THROUGH THE FENCE AT NUMBER 11, FIVE MINUTE WACKERRER SO HE COULD HAVE DONE WITH 6:30 LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
ERIN KANARA LOOKING AT HER WATCH THIS HORSE IS FULL THOROUGHBRED AS WELL.
FOREST CAMP THE SIRE.
I SAW SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPEN.
ROLLER COASTER TO THE WAREHOUSES CLEVER UP FRONT AND FIGURES IT OUT TIM PRICE TO THE BALTIMORE BEAR KIDS WHEN HE CEASE THE HORSES CROSS, THAT'S WHERE HE NEEDS 4:30 REMAINING.
JUST SEEING THE WAY THAT THAT HORSE IS COVERING THE DISTANCES, THE HORSE IS A HUGE STEP SOMETIME IS HAVING TO TELL THE HORSE TO WAIT I IMAGINE HE WILL MAKE THIS UP EASILY ERIN KANARA AND CAMPGROUND COME HOME.
DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL TIME FOR THEM JUST YET WHEN THEY COME UP TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, THE VETS WILL MEET THEM, TEAM WILL MEET THEM.
A WHOLE CREW LIKE NASCAR RACE EVERYBODY COMES IN WITH ICE AND WATER AND COOLS THE HORSES DOWN AND TAKEN CARE OF.
>> TIM AT THE MARYLAND RAILS.
BOTH OF THOSE TWO TO FOLLOW TIM CRIES, JENNY BRANNIGAN AND BUCK DAVIDSON TO WRAP UP OUR CROSS-COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON.
EIGHTH AFTER DRESSAGE 29.8 OVER THE SECOND FENCE.
FINAL STARTER OF THE AFTERNOON IN THE 5 STAR IS BUCK DAVIDSON AND FOR THE SECOND TIME, BUCK THE OUT IN THE FIELD CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN VERY NEAT THROUGH THE TWO QUARTERS AND USING THE HORSE'S BIG STRIDE TO WIND IT RIGHT BACK THE WAY DOWN IN THE COMBINATIONS, LET THE HORSE REALLY READ AND FEEL HIS WAY THROUGH.
FEELS LIKE AN INCREDIBLY DELIBERATE ROUND DOESN'T LOOK PLESSY OR REACTIVE.
LOOKS COMPLETELY ORGANIZED AND HE IS GIVING THE HORSE A SUPER GO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME FOR LIZ HALLIDAY SHORP WAS COMING UP TO THIS WITHOUT ENOUGH POWER.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT THE SAME.
THE HORSE ENDED UP JUST CATCHING THE MARYLAND CRAB.
>> YOU KNOW, IAN HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB THERE THE HORSES ARE ACTUALLY LANDING ON THE SAND.
HE BANKED IT UP SO IS ALSO A SLOPE ON LANDING IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY'RE NOT LANDING ON FLAT GROUND THAT THERE IS A SLOPE SO THAT A: IT'S EASIER ON LANDING FOR THEM.
IT'S NOT A HARD FLAT LAND AFTER A BIG DROP BUT THAT THEY CAN RECOVER AND SO FORTUNATELY THEY'RE, BOTH HORSE AND RIDER WERE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM AN AWKWARD JUMP IN.
>> FOX CATCHER DITCH.
MINUTE AND A HALF FROM HOME.
TIM PRICE ON THE NUMBERS WITH COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN THE DIFFERENCE HE IS TWO PENALTIES EXACT EXACTLY IN FRONT OF TAMMY SMITH SHE COULD BE A SECOND OR TWO OVER A REMAIN IN THE LEAD TWO PENALTIES IS NOT SUPER HELPFUL GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY BECAUSE THE DOFT OF EVE RAIL IS FOUR PENALTIES.
>> I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THIS HORSE SHOW JUMP BECAUSE THE TECHNIQUE AND SCOPE OVER THE CROSS-COUNTRY FENCES, I IMAGINE THAT SHOW JUMPING IS A PRETTY EASY PHASE FOR HIM COMING RIGHT BACK INTO THE MIX HE IS RIGHT ON IT HERE 30 SECONDS PASSING AND JENNY BRANNIGAN, WE'LL CATCH UP WITH HER IN I MINUTE.
GET THIS ONE HOME THOUGH COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN RIDING TO GO INTO THE OVERNIGHT LEAD.
AND WHAT A PROFESSIONAL DELIBERATE TO GET TO KNOW THE HORSE UTILIZE THE KNOWLEDGE AND HE CAN TAKE HIS TIME WHERE HE NEEDS TO.
LESS EXPERIENCED RIDER WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY MAKE THE TIME BUT HE PLANNED EVERY BIT OF THAT DESERVES TO BE IN THE SPOT HE IS SITTING RIGHT NOW AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD THREE SECONDS INSIDE HE CANNOT BE KNOCKED OFF THE SPOT.
TAMMY SMITH SECOND, OLIVER TOWNEND IN THIRD AND LAUREN NICHOLSON IN FOURTH AT THE MOMENT.
THE TWO RIDERS OUT THERE COULD BOTH JUST PUSH LAUREN DOWN A PLACE OR TWO BUT SHE PROBABLY PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHERE SHE IS RIGHT AT THE MOMENT AND AT THE MOMENT HE IS WITH FRANKIE.
>> A BEAUTIFUL ROUND FOR YOU ON A HORSE THAT JUST LOOKS SO MUCH FUN OUT THERE WITH.
TALK ABOUT YOUR RIDE.
>> HE WAS SUPER-- I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE FELT HIM TIRED WHICH WAS SURPRISING TO ME BUT THIS TERRAIN WAS PRETTY INTENSE AND HE IS KIND OF AN OL' PAL AT THIS POINT, HE IS 16 AND I THINK WE'VE DONE 2, 4 AND 5 STARS A YEAR SINCE HE WAS EIGHT.
SO IT'S KIND OF FUN TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY ON HIM.
YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS ALL THE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, JUST KNOCKS THEM OFF AND MAKES IT FEEL EASY AND SPOILED.
>> FOR YOU HAVING BEEN AROUND SOME OF THE BIGGEST TRACKS OBVIOUSLY IN THE WORLD RECENTLY ADDING THAT SILVER MEDAL TO YOUR BIG, YOU KNOW, TROPHY CASE AT HOME FROM ALL THE ABOVE, FOR YOU, THIS EVENT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN HERE AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FROM A STANDPOINT OF AGAINST THOSE BIG.
>> THAT'S INTERESTING, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A DECADE FOR US TO KNOW THE COURSE AND THIS LAND AND THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY TO ALL THOSE OTHER BIG EVENTS YOU KNOW THE TRACK GOING IN A WAR AUTO THAT WAY AND YOU LEARN THE TERRAIN AND PEOPLE ASK RUNNING AROUND THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE A DECADE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY KNOW THIS TRACK BECAUSE WHERE HE HANDLED THE TERRAIN SUPER EASILY LAST YEAR, HE WAS TIRED WITH THE WAY THEY STARTED IT THIS YEAR.
I DIDN'T EXPECT IT AND HAVING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE MIDDLE LAST YEAR AT THE END THIS YEAR YOU HAD TO RIDE YOUR ASS OFF THROUGH THAT CRAB WATER AND FIGHT HARD FOR IT AND THAT'S WITH IT COMING TWO MINUTES LATER IN THE COURSE, THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW NOW.
IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF YEARS FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THE COURSE.
>> FIGHT YOU DID AND SO DID LONG TIME PARTNER, CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK TOMORROW WATCHING JENNY BRANNIGAN WITH FE LIFESTYLE, 3.5 WAS HER SCORE AND TIM SAID THE OWNERS OF THIS HORSE ARE EXACTLY THE RIGHT ORDER.
NINA AND TIM GARDENER.
>> AND WHAT A SUPER HORSE AND CLAYTON FRED RICKS AND COMPETED FOR TEAM USA.
>> BUCK DAVIDSON LAST OF THE DAY, CARLEVO ON COURSE 15-YEAR-OLD OWNED BY KATHARINE O'BRIEN EIGHTH AFTER DRESSAGE 29.8.
BUCK COULD GO AS HIGH AS THIRD IF HE GETS CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME ON THIS ONE.
>> IN THE BACK SEAT GETTING IT DONE.
THIS IS SECOND HORSE KATHARINE O'BRIEN ALSO OWNED OR OWNS ALEX-- ALLIE KNOWLES HORSE THAT JUMPED AROUND CLEAR EARLIER TODAY.
EXCITING DAY FOR HER.
NERVE RACKING DAY FOR HER.
>> AT LEAST SHE DIDN'T HAVE THEM BACK TO BACK LIKE MISS MARS.
>> AND HERE IS THE LAST AND AMAZING AMAZING DAY FOR HER TWO HORSES, DOUBLE CLEAR IN THE 5 STAR.
VERY NOT GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR JENNY AND F.E.
LIFESTYLE.
I REMEMBER SUCCESSFUL AND WOULD WIN EVERYTHING AND COULD NOT GET THAT FIRST 5 STAR COMPLETION FOYE LOOK AT HER, TOP 10 HERE TWO DIFFERENT HORSES THIS YEAR, BOTH CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME FOR JENNY BRANNIGAN.
MOMENTS AGO BUCK DAVID SON WE SAW HIM THROUGH THE BALTIMORE BEAR BARRICADES FROM THE FINISH LINE AND BUCK'S 16 SEED FLAG IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
HE MIGHT HAVE 15 PENALTIES WOULD WOO CHANGE THINGS I THINK PERHAPS THE VIDEOS ARE GOING TO BE WAIT UNTIL THE END AND BE BROUGHT TO THE GRAND JURY IN A SINGLE PACKET RATHER THAN BROUGHT IN AS THE COMPETITION PROGRESSES.
IF WE HAD A 50 HORSE FIELD, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONE TO KEEP THE SCORING UP TO DATE BUT WITH 24, 25 HORSES I THINK THEY'RE LETTING THE RECORDINGS RUN AND WILL LOOK AT THE ONES NECESSARY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL HAVE A PROVISIONAL LEADERBOARD IN A FEW MINUTES TIME AND THAT LEADERBOARD COULD STILL CHANGE BECAUSE BUCK NOW, I THINK ALREADY MAYBE THEY'VE HAD A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
BUCK IS NO LONGER UNDER INVESTIGATION.
HE COULD GO INTO THIRD.
TIM PRICE, TAMMY SMITH, OLIVER TOWNEND AND JENNY BRANNIGAN ARE THE TOP FOUR.
THAT IS THE REASON IT WAS ON SCREEN TO SHOW US JENNY BRANNIGAN IS FOURTH BEST ON HER 31.5 AND JENNY UP FROM 12th ON TO FOURTH AND FINISH THE DAY NO LOWER THAN FIFTH.
BUCK'S TIME IS RIGHT ON IT.
2:30 JUMPING THE LANDSCAPE FENCE.
>> CARLEVO STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE TIRED AT THIS CLIMB SO BUCK NOT HUSTLING HIM BECAUSE HE HAS GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE IN THIS WATER AT THE TOP OF THE FIELD.
THEY JUST LAND ON THAT GRAVEL.
DECIDING TO GO LONG.
>> THIS IS BUCK'S HORSE AT THE NATION'S CUP THIS SUMMER AND THEY RECENTLY WON THE 4 STAR AT PLANTATION.
>> CLEVER RIDING THERE.
I MEAN I'M SURE HE IS FEELING THE HORSE IS TIRED AND NOT QUITE LOCKING ON SO DECIDED TO JUST SWIVEL THAT LINE AROUND TO NOT GET A 20 PENALTIES AND KNOWS THAT THIS BIG HILL GOING DOWNHILL THAT HE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER, CATCH HIS BREATH AGAIN AND NAVIGATE THESE LAST FEW QUESTIONS.
>> MIGHT HAVE JUST THROWN AWAY HIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE INSIDE THE TIME THOUGH BY TRYING TO GUARANTEE THE CLEAR.
OF COURSE IT'S A TRADE-OFF 20 PENALTIES IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN FIVE SECONDS OVER THE TIME WHICH IS ONLY TWO PENALTIES.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY JUST LOOKING OFF A LITTLE TIRED I THINK HE IS GOING FOR A TEAF CLEAR AND IT MATE JUST BE A COUPLE SECONDS DOWN.
>> IT COULD STILL BE POSSIBLE BUT BUCK IS NOT GOING TO GET THE RED MIST.
IF THE WAY THE HORSE IS GOING TO COME HOME FIVE SECONDS UNDER, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE BUCK HAS LING THIS HORSE TO TRY AND GET TWO OR THREE SECONDS CLOSER TO THE TIME GOING TO RIDE THE HORSE HE IS ON ALL THE WAY HOME NOT TOO MUCH LEFT TO DO, JUST NEEDS TO STAY INSIDE THE STREAM BUT BUCK HAS TWO SIMPLE FENCES WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS PARTICULARLY WITH A HORSE THAT HAS COME A LITTLE OFF THE BRIDLE.
HE NEEDS TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND LOOK AFTER THIS HORSE AND NO ONE BETTER THAN BUCK TO BRING THE SECOND ONE HOME AFTER SOROCAIMA WENT WELL BUCK WITH THE POSSIBILITY.
LOOKS LIKE HE GOT THE SECOND WIN, BUCK HAS PLAYED IT REALLY WELL HE IS NOT QUITE GOING TO GET THERE, I DON'T THINK HE HAS TO GET OVER THIS AND A COUPLE YARDS BEYOND.
TWO SECONDS OVER .8 OF A PENALTY.
NOT THEIR, IT'S FOURTH FOR BUCK DAVIDSON I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TOP FOUR ARE ALL COVERED BY THE COST OF A SINGLE RAIL.
27.4 FOR TIM PRICE.
IF HE HAD A RAIL AND THE OTHERS WERE CLEAR, HE WOULD DROP THREE PLACES.
IT IS INCREDIBLY CLOSE HERE.
HAVE A LOOK AT ALL THE RESULTS IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS TIME BUT BUCK DAVIDSON AND CARLEVO, 30.6 TO SIT FOURTH GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY.
THE BEST OF BUCK'S TWO RIDES BUT OUR LEADER AFTER THE CROSS-COUNTRY DAY HERE, THE LANDSCAPE CROSS-COUNTRY DAY IS TIM PRICE AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN FOR NEW ZEALAND AND I THINK TIM IS WITH FRANKIE.
>> YOU LOOK LIKE YOU MIGHT BE DOWN BUT CASUALLY SHOWING WHY YOU ARE NUMBER ONE, OUR JOB IS TO GIVE HIM A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND LET THEM KNOW HE IS UP FOR IT AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE CLOCK IN THE PICTURE BUT HE WAS GREAT ALL THE WAY AROUND LIKE I SAY, HE IS VERY INEXPERIENCED BUT I JUST BELIEVE IN HIM SO MUCH THAT HE DEALT WITH EVERYTHING VERY WELL, INCLUDING SAVING MY BACON AT THE TOP YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE NO BREATHING ROOM BUT WILL YOU HAVE THE LEAD AND YOU'VE GONE WHAT WILL BE YOUR MENTAL GAME.
>> DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER I PREFER TO WATCH IT UNFOLD.
BUT YEAH, IT'S GOOD FUN JUST TO BE AT THE TOP AND I'VE LEARNED TO TRY AND ENJOY IT.
AGAIN, HE IS A YOUNG HORSE SO IT IS ALL ABOUT A GOOD UP TONIGHT AND FEEL FRESH AND WANTING TO WORK FOR ME TOMORROW AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE CAN HAVE A GOOD GO.
BUT THE SCHEDULE IS NOT EASY.
IT'S A PROPER UP TO HEIGHT AND IT'S LIKE YOU ARE IN A CAULDRON IN THERE.
A LOT TO ACHIEVE BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE IN THE MIX.
>> A HECK OF A DAY FOR YOU TODAY.
THANKS SO MUCH.
WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU OFF TO BREAK.
BACK TO WRAP UP THE DAY.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT OUR DAILY PULSE IN THE 5 STAR AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STARS FROM OUR LANDSCAPE CROSS-COUNTRY DAY AND IT IS LEADER AFTER CROSS-COUNTRY TIM PRICE AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN, THE WORLD NUMBER 1 MOVES INTO THE DRIVING SEAT OF THE SECOND EDITION OF THE 5 STAR IN MARYLAND WITH AN EXEMPLARY CROSS-COUNTRY CLEAR ON A HORSE FIRST TIME AT THIS LEVEL.
TIM HIMSELF SAID THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN STEPPED IN TO TRY AND HELP HIM WIN THE EVENT.
THE REST OF THE TIME IT WAS VERY MUCH TIM COACHING THIS HORSE AND GIVING HIM THE TIME TO LEARN AROUND THIS BIG IAN STARK TRACK IN THE HILLS OF FAIR HILL IN MARYLAND.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT OUR BRAND ADVISORY RESULTS.
TIM PRICE OUR LEADER, TAMMY SMITH SECOND, OLIVER TOWNEND THIRD, BUCK DAVIDSON AND CARLEVO ACTUALLY NO LONGER RIGHT OR IS POTENTIALLY NOT RIGHT BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK THE 15 PENALTIES LAST OF OUR RANKED RIDERS.
12 OF THE 24 GO CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME AN EXCITING DAY OF CROSS-COUNTRY IN MARYLAND, EXCITING CONCLUSION AS WELL.
SHOW JUMPING COMING UP TOMORROW HERE FROM THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STARS TO SEE WHO WILL BE THE SECOND EVER CHAMPION OF THIS WORLD CLASS EVENT RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND
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