MPT Presents
Maryland 5 Star: Day 4: Show Jumping and Awards
Special | 2h 11m 18sVideo 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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Maryland 5 Star: Day 4: Show Jumping and Awards
Special | 2h 11m 18sVideo 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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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WELCOME BACK TO THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STARS AT IF I REMEMBER HILL BROUGHT TO YOU BY BRAND ADVISORY FOR THE 2022 SECOND EDITION.
12 MONTHS AGO WE WERE HERE LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A FINAL SHOW JUMPING SESSION WHEN IT HAD BEEN 2008 THE LAST TIME A U.S. RIDER WON A NORTH AMERICAN 5 STAR.
BOYD MARTIN GOT MARYLAND OFF IN EXACTLY THE WAY THAT THE U.S.
HOST WANTED BY BEING A HOME WINNER AND HERE TODAY, 21 HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS WILL COME FOREWITH THE LEAD STILL IN THE HANDS OF THOSE TOURISTS, VISITORS, TIM PRICE IN THE LEAD WORLD NUMBER ONE, OLIVER TOWNEND SITS IN THIRD.
BUT LET'S REMIND OURS HOW WE GOT TO THIS FINAL DAY OF SPORT.
DAILY PULSE SO FAR IN THE MARYLAND 5 STARS STARTS WITH DRESSAGE IN THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WORST OF THE FAIR HILL WEATHER, WOODS BAUGHMAN NATIONAL 3 STAR AND 4 STAR CHAMPION WITH C'EST LA VIE PUT HIMSELF INTO THE DRIVING SEAT OF THE 5 STAR, HIS THIRD ATTEMPT AT THE LEVEL THIS YEAR AND REALLY HOPING IT WAS GOING TO BE THIRD TIME LUCKY.
ON FRIDAY THEN, THE ONE WE WAITED TO SEE, OLIVER TOWNEND CURRENTLY WORLD NUMBER 3 PART OF THE GOLD MEDAL TEAM FOR GREAT BRITAIN, FIRST TIME 5 STAR HORSE WITH AS IS AND HE STEERS HIM AROUND SUCCESSFULLY FOR A TOP 10.
STRAIGHT AFTER OLIVER WE WELCOME FOURTH TO THE U.S., ALEXANDER KNOWLES LAYING DOWN A PERSONAL BEST FOR THEMSELVES TO GO INTO SECOND JUST BEHIND WOODS BAUGHMAN.
BUT THEN SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE, THE CURRENT WORLD NUMBER ONE TIM PRICE WITH COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN, ANOTHER FIRST TIME 5 STAR HORSE TIM PRICE RECENTLY PICKED UP A WORLD BRONZE MEDAL, GOES SECOND HERE IN THE DRESSAGE PHASE.
THEN ALL ABOUT CROSS-COUNTRY AND SILVER MEDALIST FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE U.S.
TEAM, TAMMY SMITH WENT OUT EARLY IN THE SESSION AND SHOWED THE WAY AROUND WITH DANITO.
DANITO ALSO COMING TO THE HORSE'S FIRST 5 STAR COMPETITION BEAUTIFUL CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE LAID OUT.
C'EST LA VIE AND WOODS BAUGHMAN HAD PROBLEMS.
C'EST LA VIE WAS NOT GIVING THE RIDABILITY HE WANTED AND JUST HAD A COUPLE OF AND HERE WE ARE WOODS BAUGHMAN HAD A FULL 20 PENALTY OFF THE SEA ELEMENT.
OLIVER TOWNEND ON THE OTHER HAND, WITH AS IS, HE REALLY COAXED THIS HORSE.
THIS HORSE WENT FROM GOING A 4 STAR HORSE TO A 5 STAR AS OLIVER RODE HIM AROUND THE TRACK DESIGNED BY IAN STARK.
OLIVER AND AS IS ONE OF 12 TO COME HOME INSIDE THE TIME.
TIM PRICE, TIM, TOWARDS THE END OF THE DRAW WITH HIS HORSE COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN AND THIS IS THE ONLY MOMENT WHERE TIM NEARLY LET IT GO.
AND TIM SAID HIMSELF, HIS HORSE STEPPED IN AND SAVED HIM.
TIM PRICE AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN CAME HOME INSIDE THE TIME TO BE THE LEADER GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY.
THANKS SO MUCH, IF YOU ARE HERE ON SITE, THEY'RE GIVING AWAY A MACHINE AT THE END OF THE WEEKEND.
YOU CAN STOP BY THE BOOTH AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
BRAND ADVISORY STANDINGS HAVE TIM PRICE IN FRONT.
PHILLIP WAS HAVING A FLAG PENALTY INVESTIGATED BUT HE HAD THOSE MARKS TAKEN AWAY.
SO DID BUCK AND CARLEVO.
LIFESTYLE SITTING SIGHTSDZ BEST.
THE BEST OF OUR 20 ODD COMING FORWARD AND CATCHING UP WITH THE VERY BEST OF THEM, TIM PRICE IN THE LEAD OVERNIGHT AS OUR REPORTER FRANKIE.
>> TIM PRICE, YOU WILL BE THE LEADER GOING INTO TODAY'S FINAL PHASE OF COMPETITION AND THIS IS A YOUNG HORSE.
YESTERDAY WAS HIS FIRST TIME AT THE LEVEL.
HE WILL HAVE A LOT TO NAVIGATE TODAY AND FIRST HOW DOES IT FEEL TO COME INTO THE RING ON A HORSE LIKE THAT?
YOU'VE DONE IT SO MANY TIMES WITH THE FIRST 5 STAR, DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT YOU ARE USED TO EXPECTING.
>> STILL JUST AS NERVE RACKING.
IN A WAY, IT'S ALMOST A DEPRESSURIZING OF THE SITUATION BECAUSE MY POLICY HAS BEEN TO LOOK AFTER HIM AND GIVE HIM A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.
I JUST WANT TO COME IN, SUCH AN ATMOSPHERE, HE WILL GET DISTRACTED SO I'LL JUST GO TO THE MOTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, RELAXING HIM AND STARTING THE COURSE WELL AND BUILDING UP A NICE ROUND.
IF IT'S CLEAR, IT'S VERY NICE, BUT IF IT'S EDUCATIONAL WITH A BIT OF A MISTAKE, THAT'S ALSO BEEN A GREAT WEEK.
>> WELL, SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE HORSEMAN, AN UNBELIEVABLE YEAR FOR YOU.
THE CURRENT WORLD NUMBER 1 AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEAL THE VICTORY AGAIN WITHOUT BUT AWR BACK HERE FOR YOUR SECOND TIME.
YOU WERE HERE AT THE INAUGURAL LAST YEAR AND YOUR REASONS FOR COMING ACROSS THE POND WITH YOUR HORSE?
>> A SPECTACULAR EVENT AND THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE IN THE YEARS TO COME AND VERY PROUD TO SAY WHEN I'M AN OLDER MAN, THAT I CAME TO THE FIRST ONES AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ENDEAVOR TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR: JUST THIS PLACE.
LOOK AT IT.
IT'S GOT THIS STADIUM AND AMAZING SCOPE CROSS-COUNTRY TERRAIN OUT THE BACK BEHIND US HERE.
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN FROM THE FACILITY AND THE WAY IT'S RUN TO JUST EVERYTHING THAT AMERICA DOES SO WELL FOR DIG STAGE COMPETITIONS.
>> IT'S INCRED TIGHT AT THE TOP.
GOING TO BE AN UNBELIEVABLE FINISH.
WE SAW IT IN THE 3 STAR, PEOPLE SHAKING THE LEADERBOARD ALL THE WAY AROUND.
NO DIFFERENT IN THE 5 STAR.
THIS MAN WILL BE LOOKING TO COME OUT ON TOP AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK TIM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GREAT TO HEAR IF TIM THERE AHEAD OF THE DAY AND AS FRANKIE RIGHTLY POINTS OUT, THE HORSEMAN'S ANSWER THERE BUT I KNOW SECRETLY THERE'S $100,000 FOR FIRST PRICE AND BIG STEP DOWN FOR SECOND.
HAYLEY FREILICK WILL BE FIRST.
BABYLON WILL COME NEXT.
SARKS AR CRAWFORD, HARRY MEADE AND SUPERSTITION TOP 10 LAST YEAR, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SCORE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
ALLIE KNOWLES AND MORSWOOD PICKED UP TIME PENALTIES TO DRIFT HER BACK.
WILL COLEMAN, DAN DANTE SITS IN 10th.
DOUG, THE CURRENT NATIONAL 5 STAR CHAMPION.
UP FROM TENTH TO THIRD, OLIVER TOWNEND, FROM SIXTH TO SECOND, TAMMY SMITH UP FROM SECOND TO FIRST, TIM PRICE COLD FRONT COLD FRONT.
YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT WITH TWO INSIDE THE TIME, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A SHAKEUP BUT WHEN WE GET THROUGH IT UNDERSTAND WE DESCRIBE THE MOVES AROUND THE DRESSAGE SCORE AND THE SCORE OVERNIGHT, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN QUITE A DYNAMIC COMPETITION.
21 TO COME.
9 SECONDS IS THE TIME ALOUD-- IS THE TIME ALLOWED ON THE TRACK.
YOU KNOW SOME OF THE STRIDES AND YOU FINISH TOP 10.
FIRST OF ALL, TELL ME HOW YOUR COURSE RODE IN COMPARISON TO HOW IT WALKED?
>> I THOUGHT IT WALKED OKAY.
THE JUMPS WAS BUILT PROPERLY AND WAS INTERESTING IT WAS A COURSE DESIGNER WE DON'T SEE VFN IN THE SPORT BUT I THOUGHT IT RODE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT.
IT WAS HARD TO GET DOWN THE LINES.
THE ATMOSPHERE HELD THE HORSES BUT A SOLID COURSE AND I THINK WE ARE IN FOR A TREAT WATCHING THIS CLASS AND MORE EXPERIENCED HORSES WILL MAKE MORE SENSE OF THE RING THAN THE YOUNGSTERS DID.
WE ARE IN FOR A TREAT.
>> HALEY FREILICK COMES TO US.
FIRST TIME RIDING IN THIS ATMOSPHERE.
THEY SIT ON AN OVERNIGHT 60.5 AS THEY START THEIR JUMPING ROUND.
I THOUGHT THIS HORSE WAS HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE AND I THINK EVEN WITH THE PROBLEMS PICKED UP, SHE WILL HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO HAVE JUMPED AROUND THE TRACK AND GONE THE DISTANCE ON AN IAN STARK COURSE OF THAT CALIBER.
>> THIS IS A REVERSE OF THE LINE WITH THE MARS DOUBLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT FIVE STRIDES AND FIVE STRIDES IS PROBABLY SHORT AT THE END.
THEY CHANGED THE DISTANCE TO REPLICATE THE PATTERN SET UP EARLIER ON, FORWARD FIVE, WITH UNSTRIDE IN THE DOUBLE AND ONE HOLING DOWN TO THE FENCE.
>> INTERESTING NOW THAT THEY FLIPPED THAT AROUND.
I THOUGHT THE CROWD WAS HOLDING THEM ON THE WAY DOWN THERE AND BY THE TIME YOU GET THEM UP AND INTO THE BRIDLE, A CHIP FOR HAYLEY, THAT'S A BUMMER BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A TEST THE WHOLE WAY AROUND.
YOU HAD TO BE ON THE REIN REACTING THE ENTIRE TIME.
ON A GREEN OR TIRED HORSE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT GAME.
A LOT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW DO IT UNTIL THEY HAVE DONE IT HORRIBLY WRONG.
>> TRIPLE COMBINATION COMING MUCH LATER IN THE DIVISION.
SHE HAS THE SECOND TWO ELEMENTS OF THAT DOWN JUST AS WE WERE SAYING AT THIS END, THEY HAD TO BE CONSCIOUS IN THEIR APPROACH OF THE CAMERA AT THE OTHER END AND CONSCIOUS OF THE END GATE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE POWERING AWAY FROM THAT.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS HORSE LOOKS TIRED.
I THINK HAYLEY IS REACTING BEST SHE CAN BUT ISN'T QUITE SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
CERTAINLY BIG THINGS TO COME IN THE FUTURE.
>> NOT THE REACTION OF COURSE WE SAW FROM HAYLEY FREILICK WHEN SHE FINISHED CROSS-COUNTRY YESTERDAY.
THAT WAS A HUGE MOMENT FOR HER ON THE HORSE.
TODAY IS A BIG SCORE.
90.38 FOR HALEY AND DUNEDIN BLACK WATCH.
SHE HASN'T STOPPED PETTING THE HORSE.
HORSES CAN GET UPSET, THE MORE POLES THEY TOUCH, THEY KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND THEY GET TENSE IN THEIR MIND.
>> I THINK IT'S HARD.
YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY GETTING HERE.
IT REALLY SHOWS WHO YOU ARE WHETHERY WALK OUT OF THE RANGE WHETHER IT GOES GONE WELL OR A DISASTROUS ROUND.
THE HORSE WAS TIRED.
HAYLEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST DAY SHE HAS HAD IN THE SHOW JUMPING RING BUT SHE LOVES HER HORSE AND WOULD TAKE CARE OF HIM THE WAY SHE WOULD IF SHE JUMPED A DOUBLE CLEAR.
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS IN THIS SPORT.
>> 85.3 IS THE SCORE.
20 JUMPING, 4.8 TIME.
GIVINGS THAT 85.3 COMPLETION SCORE.
QUITE A LOT OF OUR TOP 10 HORSES AND RIDERS RETURN TO US THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE TOP 10 IF YOU JUST COUNT RIDERS BUT THE COMMUNICATION FOR THE 5 STAR TOP 10 LAST YEAR ASTIER NICHOLAS,ASTIER WILL BE DISAPPOINTED TO HAVE HAD ONE OF THE ONLY JUMPING PENALTIES ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY YESTERDAY AS HIS HORSE WENT SO WELL FROM LAST YEAR IN HIS FIRST 5 STAR AND THEN TO COME BACK A YEAR OLDER, A YEAR STRONGER, OFF THE BACK OF A VICTORY AT THE BLAIR CASTLE 4 STAR SHORT OVER THE HILLS.
>> IT WAS INTERESTING WATCHING HIM, JOHN.
I WATCHED THIS HORSE GO LAST YEAR AND I KNOW HE IS A TOUGH JOCKEY BUT THAT HORSE JUST JUMPED OUT OF HIS SKIN LAST YEAR.
HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE AND CAME OUT OF NOWHERE FINISHING SO WELL.
ASTIER HAD TO BE REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT HE RAN INTO THAT TROUBLE BUT IT IS A SPORT.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AND WHEN YOU WATCH ASTIER RIDE, HE IS SO DILIGENT AND DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB IT GOES TO SHOW YOU ANYTHING THE HAPPEN THAT WAS UP AT THE CORNERS HIS HORSE LOOKED DOWN INTO THE BASE OF THE SECOND ONE AND DIDN'T TAKE OFF TWEBILITY PENALTIES.
HE IS ON 49.1 THIS WILL BE A GREAT ROUND TO WATCH FOR EVERYBODY.
GETTING READY TO JUMP SHORTLY.
THE HORSE HAS A PRETTY GOOD LENDS OF STRIDE.
NATURALLY CAREFUL AND HE IS VERY ACCURATE, VERY SOFT.
HAD WILL GIVE US A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT IS TO COME PART OF THE FRERN TEAM THAT WON GOLD.
YOU CAN SEE HIM RIDING THE HORSE LEVEL BUT HE IS NOT BAITING HIM INTO JUMPING CAREFUL BY BURYING HIM TO THE JUMPS, JUST PUTTING HIM ON A LEVEL STRIDE, KEEPING HIM SOFT IN BETWEEN AND TO ME THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO RIDE THESE TRACTION AND THEN YOU GO THE TO MAKE UP FOR WHATEVER YOU ARE FEELING UNDERNEATH YOU IN TERMS OF THE SPORT BEING TIRED.
>> YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT KENNY WAS ASKED TO MOVE THE WATER TRAY TO THE EVENTING OFFICIALS FORWARD IN THE 3 STAR TO CREATE MORE OF A LINE AND MORE OF AN ARCH FOR THE HORSES OVER THE FENCE.
HERE IN THE 5 STAR, THERE IS NONE OF THAT.
IT IS RIGHT LEVEL WITH THE FRONT RAILS.
>> AND THAT'S ALWAYS A DID I QUESTION ON THESE TIRED HORSES.
YOU ARE TRYING TO HOLD THEM OFF THE FRONT RAIL BUT THE LIVERPOOL DRAWS THEIR EYE UNDERNEATH IT AND YOU GET BAITED A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE YOU TO KIND OF BE THE EYES FOR YOUR HORSE THAT YOU ARE SITTING ON.
>> INSIDE THE TIME OF 79 SECONDS.
NUMBER ONE GOES TO ASTIER AND BABYLON de GAMMA.
HOW DIFFERENT IT MIGHT BE IF THEY WERE STILL ON THEIR 29.1 SCORE.
>> WE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE AT THE END HERE, BUT THIS HORSE WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF MY PICKS TO BE AT THE TOP ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN BUT ASTIER GAVE US A COURSE ON HOW TO JUMP A 5 STAR.
HE LOOKED HAPPY THE WHOLE WAY AROUND.
INTERESTING JOHN, I SAW HIM WHEN I WAS WARMING UP A HORSE EARLIER MY GYMNASTIC THIS MORNING, LOW PRESSURE AND IT REALLY LOOKED LIKE A YOUNG HORSE HE WAS SCHOOLING.
HE WAS JUMPING MAYBE LESS THAN A METER BUT HE WAS PETTING HIS HORSE AND WAS PUTTING SOME SHAPE BACK INTO IT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WORK REALLY PAID OFF.
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE SENSE TO ANYBODY WATCHING BUT HE KNOWS HIS HORSE AND HE DID A GREAT JOB JUST THEN FOR US.
>> AS I SAY, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IF HE FINISHED ON HIS 29.1, HE WOULD BE BREATHING DOWN THE NECK OF TIM PRICE FROM SECOND PLACE IN OUR ORDER.
SEE HOW USEFUL THAT CLEAR IS BRINGING UP THE ORDER.
QUITE A FEW MONTH, IN FRONT OF HIM.
INCLUDING THIS ONE, ONLY 1.1 PENALTY IN FRONT OF HIM.
AND AGAIN, HOW DIFFERENT MIGHT THIS.
>> THIS IS JENNY, OF COURSE.
>> ABOUT TO SAY WOODS BUT THIS IS IN ORDER.
THIS IS JENNY COMING OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE SHE HAS TWO WELL RANKED IN THE COMPETITION.
JENNY BRANNIGAN AND TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM SITS 11th ON 35.2.
JENNY HAD TWO CLEARS INSIDE THE TIME YESTERDAY.
SHE WAS TOP 10 LAST YEAR WITH STELLAR'TWAS.
THIS ONE NOT ONLY OWNED BY NINA GARDENER BUT BRED BY NINA GARDENER AND YOU JUST FINISHED TOP 10 ON A HOME BRED.
IT HAS TO BE EXCITING.
>> AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE HAVE YOU DONE SO MUCH WORK TO THIS POINT AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE THERE AND BE IN IT, BUT WHEN IT GOES WELL, IT'S ALL THAT MUCH MORE SPECIAL.
AND NINA GARDENER, UNBELIEVABLE SUPPORTER OF THE SUPPORT SPORT.
UNBELIEVABLE SUPPORTER OF JENNY AND PHILLIP IN HIS EARLY DAYS.
VERY FORTUNATE THAT JENNY HAS A HORSE SHE HAS HAD FOR SO LONG IN THIS BIG RING.
I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH HER RELATIONSHIP GOING INTO THIS.
>> NAILS IT DOWN THERE ALL THE SPOTS DEAD ON.
THE FIRST OF OUR THOROUGHBRED FIELD, LIKE SHE WAS PLANNING TO GIVE HIM SPACE AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE IS USE USED TO THAT AMADING TO SEE A THOROUGHBRED IN THE TOP STANDING OF THE SPORT.
SO MUCH ON TOFER AND EVERYBODY SHE IS DAYS SEEMS TO HAVE SPORT BRED HORSES WITH THOROUGHBRED BLOOD BUT THOROUGHBREDS HOLD THE PLACE IN THE SPORT.
>> INTERESTINGLY.
>> IF IT WAS ANYTHING BUT EASY.
A COUPLE TIME PENALTIES COMING INTO PLAY FOR JENNY OF COURSE WITH THE RAIL SHE IS GOING TO DROP BEHIND ASTIER NICHOLAS.
>> JENNY'S HORSE TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM STARTING ON THE 35.2 WITH 48.8, SHE JUST STAY IN FRONT OF ASTIER.
>> INTERESTING, JUST HEARING THAT THEY ARE CONFIRMING THE 79 SECONDS TIME ALLOWED, ALTHOUGH ASTIER DID GO AROUND IN 78.77.
LOOKED LIKE A SLICK ROUND THAT THEY'RE HOLDING FIRM ON THAT.
>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING, JOHN I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, I DIDN'T RIDE.
MY HORSE WAS RIDING A COUPLE OF HORSES BUT I FOUND THAT RING TO BE VERY SMALL AND VERY BUZZY AND WE ARE USED TO THE KENTUCKYS AND THE JOCKEY CLUB WAS AN EVENT THAT WAS POPULAR FOR A BIT BUT THERE IS SO MUCH FACE AND IT FEELS LIKE IT LETS THE AIR OUT OF THE BALLOON, AND LETS THE PRESSURE DIE DOWN BUT THERE IT WAS INTERESTING.
I FOUND MYSELF... >> INCREDIBLY CLEVER THAT THEY MADE THE RING SO INTIMATE BUT AND PUTTING THE 5 STAR INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND IT.
OUR LENGTH COMES NOWHERE NEAR THE SIZE UP IN KENTUCKY.
SO THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE SPECIFICATION OF THE SPORT AS IT IS TODAY.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER AS WELL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO DO A HALF METER APPROACH WHICH OF COURSE YOU CAN DO AND THEY'RE LIKE NO THIS ARENAS GOING TO BE 75 METERS ACROSS AND THAT'S JUST PART OF THE MARYLAND TEST AND IT'S GOING TO BE MARYLAND'S PERSONALITY AS A 5 STAR.
>> IT DOES FEEL I MEAN IT THE JUMPS ARE 130 FOR THE CLASS AND JUST WALKING AROUND IT AND SEEING IT FEELING THE LINES FEELS LIKE A REAL JUMPING COMPETITION IT FEELS MORE AND SQUARE WITH A DESIGNER WE DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN INTERESTING THAT WE ARE HAVING TO TEST OURS AROUND A TRACK WITH SOMETHING WE DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN.
I THINK IT'S GOOD.
KEEPS EVERYBODY ON THEIR TOES AND KEEPS IT AN INTERESTING SPORT.
THE LAST THING WE WANT IS EVERYBODY HAVING PRACTICED WHAT THE COURSE DESIGNER IS GOING TO ASK BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SPORT.
THAT'S JUST PRACTICE AND REPETITION AND THIS IS A GOOD DAY.
>> IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE REMINDED ME THAT KEN KENNY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP U.S.
DESIGNERS TO KEEP HIS CARD UP ON THE SPORT.
FIRST MET KENNY DESIGNING THE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER IN LEXINGTON KENTUCKY AND SUBSEQUENTLY WHERE HE WAS THE HUNTER DESIGNER AND SO SOROCAIMA AND BUCK DAVIDSON, FIRST OF TWO FOR BUCK.
BUCK'S CARLEVO IS RIGHT IN THE HUNT AFTER THE QUESTION OVER THE FLAG AT FENCE 16 WAS ADDRESSED LAST NIGHT AND CAME AWAY WITHOUT ANY PENALTIES.
>> BUCK ABSOLUTELY ADORES THIS HORSE.
HE SAYS IT FEELS LIKE HE HAS DONE IT HIS WHOLE LIFE EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE TO GO OFF OF.
HE HAS A GREAT TEMPERAMENT, A FULL THOROUGHBRED, RACED A BUNCH, MADE OF IRON, LOVES HIS JOB.
AND I KNOW BUCK, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE TODAY, I KNOW HE THINKS THE WORLD OF THIS HORSE.
>> SO BUCK AGAIN COMING FROM FURTHER UP THE ORDER.
13th OVERNIGHT TO THIS ONE.
TESTED THE FIRES 5 STAR IN KENTUCKY THIS YEAR THIS HORSE THREE YEARS AGO WAS DOING HIS FIRST THREE STAR LONG.
A KID HAD DONE TRAINING LEVEL IN PRELIMINARY AND BUCK MOVED HIM UP EVERY FEW EVENTS VERY QUIETLY BUT IT HAS BUM ALONG UNBELIEVABLY QUICK DUE TO BUCK'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE HORSE.
>> JUST A BIT CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE JUMP AND HELD THE HORSE TOO MUCH ONE OF THOSE THINGS, DO YOU RIDE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OR REACT TO WHAT YOU SEAL BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ANOTHER GREAT EVENT HE IS ONLY GOING TO BE BETTER FOR IT.
>> 46.5 IS THE COMPLETION SCORE AFTER THREE DAYS OF COMPETITION FOR SOROCAIMA AND BUCK DAVIDSON.
THEY WILL STILL HANG ON TO BE OUR LEADERS AT THE MOMENT.
BUT THEY HAVE COME FORWARD QUITE EARLY.
WE WILL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY CLEARS.
THE HORSE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT UNTIDY, MUCH BETTER BEHIND THERE THROUGH THE MARS DOUBLE.
I THINK THAT IS DIFFICULT BUT IN THAT MOMENT, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU TAKE YOUR LEG OFF AND THEY HALFWAY PUSH OFF THE GROUND SAW IT ALL DAY LONG EVERYBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THERE EASY AND THE JUMP FIZZLED OUT.
YOUNG WOODS BAUGHMAN WITH C'EST LA VIE.
WOODS WAS THRILLED WITH HIS FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION AND YESTERDAY HE WAS UPSET ABOUT THE WAY IT WENT THIS HORSE HAS A BIT OF HISTORY OF RUNNING OFF WITH HIM.
I FEEL BAD FOR HIM.
I KNOW WOODS IS A GREAT GUY TRYING TO GET BETTER AND THIS WON'T BE AN EVENT THT DEFINES HIM BUT MAN, IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF HORSE... AND HE KNEW IT.
IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS RUNNING OFF... TWO DOWN ALREADY.
EARLY STAGES FOR WOODS HIS PARENTS SAT THE WHOLE WEEKEND OUTSIDE MY COMMENTARY BOX SO I WENT SPENT THE WEEKEND CHITCHATTING WITH HEM.
IF WOODS IS ANYTHING LIKE THEIR PARENTS, THEY STAYED SO INCREDIBLY POSITIVE AFTER HE HAD A DISAPPOINTING DAY ON CROSS-COUNTRY IN BURLY.
I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE WAY THEY THINK ABOUT THE SPORT.
>> HE IS A GREAT GUY AND IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL.
WHAT YOU LEARN WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THINGS GO WRONG, YOU SEE WHO IS SUSTAINABLE AND WHO IS NOT.
WOODS IS GOING TO BE HERE AT THE NEXT EVENT AND NEXT YEAR.
HE JUST JUMPED A GREAT JUMP.
THIS WON'T BE THE END OF IT.
>> A COUPLE TIMED PENLTSD, ONLY ONE INSIDE THE TIME WITH THE CLEAR ROUND AS WELL AND THAT WAS ASTIER NICHOLAS.
57.2 IS THE COMPLETION SCORE FOR WOODS BAUGHMAN AND C'EST LA VIE.
57.2, HE DROPS A COUPLE OF PLACES ON OUR RANGING.
RANKING.
JENNY AND BUCK HAVING COME OUT OF ORDER.
WE WILL RESET ALL THAT WITH WE GET PAST THEM INTO THE TOP 10.
AND INTERESTING JOHN, THAT HORSE IS THE SAME STALLION AS MICHAEL YOUNG'S HORSE FOR TONY THIS YEAR.
REALLY PROLIFIC EVENTING SIRE AND THEY ALL GO THE WAIM SAY, NICELY SET NET JUMPING WITH THE SAME STYLE.
HOPING THAT WOODS WILL GO FORWARD NEXT YEAR AND FINE TUNE THE CROSS-COUNTRY BECAUSE HE WILL BE A REAL FORCE.
>> NOBODY WAS EXPECTING HIM NOT TO WIN NO PROBLEM WITH HIM BEING THE DRESSAGE LEADER AND GOING ON AND DOING IT.
WE WERE HOPING FOR THIRD TIME LUCKY AND WOODS IS DONE WITH CHARACTER BUILDING EXPERIENCES.
HE JUST WANTS A NICE EVENT COMING UP.
>> TIME FOR HIM TO KICK SOME ASS.
JESSE PHOENIX JESSE AND WABBIT.
RODE IN THE 4 STAR AT KENTUCKY LAST YEAR COMPLETED AT THE TOP LEVEL, FIRST YEAR FOR THE HORSE.
COULD BE THE FIRST 5 STAR COMPLETION BOUGHT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH ON THE FINAL DAY.
39.8 WAS THE SCORE THEY CAME FORWARD WITH AND ADDED AT THE FIRST IT'S REALLY INTERESTING LINE BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE OPTICS OF IT AND HOW THE HORSES READ IT.
YOU FIND YOURSELF WORKING THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH IT THE OTHER THING IS THEY RESET THE DISTANCE BUT THIS TIME YOU ARE HOLDING AND I WONDER WHEN THE HORSE JUST TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE LIKE HE LOST FOCUS.
>> YOU CAN SEE JESSE PICKING UP THE HORSE AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPERIENCE SHE HAS.
I KNOW HE IS A 12-YEAR-OLD BUT THIS HORSE HAS COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS VERY QUICK.
A BIT OF A SURPRISE COMING OUT OF COVID THAT HE WAS GOING AT THIS LEVEL.
I HADN'T SEEN HIM MUCH AT ALL.
SHE WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE COMPLETION.
>> TIME PENALTIES COMING IN PLAY FOR JESSE AND WABBIT AS WELL.
52.6 WILL BE THEIR FINAL SCORE.
AND THEY WILL DROP A COUPLE PLACES.
THEY'LL GO BEHIND ASTIER NICHOLAS.
HIS CLEAR ROUND PROVING VALUABLE.
JUST THIS MOMENT AGAIN YOU CAN SEE SORT OF LOOKS OVER MAYBE TO HIS LEFT JUST READ IT A BIT LATE AND LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE FOUR AND A HALF EARLY ON AND JESSE KNEW IT BUT WASN'T QUITE IN TUNE WITH HER TO PULL THAT OFF.
STILL PLENTY FIT, JIG JOGGING HIS WAY OUT OF THE RING.
ZOE WITH K.E.C.
ZARA.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER AND SHE IS STANDING UPHILL AND WEARING SOME GOOD HEELED SHOES, SHE IS MAYBE 5'2" AND THIS THING PULLS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN.
UNBELIEVABLE HOW SHE RIDE IT.
I COULDN'T DO A BETTER JOB IF I TRIED.
SHE IS SO TACTFUL.
SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH THIS MARE.
>> JUMPED CLEAN ON THE FINAL DAY AT MARYLAND LAST YEAR.
>> AT 16, I THINK SHE IS GETTING MORE WOUND UP AS SHE GOES.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST YEAR SHE ASKED HER MISSION TO JUMP EARLY IN THE WARMUP BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF EVERYBODY.
JUST A WILD MARE YOU CAN SEE SHE GETS KEEN TO THE JUMP, HAS A JUMP THAT HITS THE ARC A LITTLE BIT BUT IN GENERAL, SHE HAS JUMPED A LOT OF CLEAR ROUNDS AND THERE SHE JUST GOT A LITTLE TOO DEEP.
COULDN'T GET OUT OF TROUBLE THERE.
HOLDING HER OFF EVE ELEMENT.
GIVING HER THE SUPPORT SHE NEEDS.
NOT FAR TO GO.
79 SECONDS TIME ALLOWED, A LITTLE RUB THERE.
GOOD RUN FOR ZOE.
SINGLE RAIL, 84 SECONDS IS THE ROUNDED UP TIME TAKEN.
THAT WILL GIVE THEM 45.6.
AND 45.6 WILL BE OUR LEADER AT THE MOMENT.
STAYS IN FRONT OF BUCK DAVIDSON AND JENNY BRANNIGAN AND ASTIER NICHOLAS WITH HIS CLEAR ROUND.
THAT MEANS ZOE WILL BE TOP 15 OR BETTER THE WAY THE MATH BREAKS DOWN.
SO FROM K.E.C.
ZARA, THE EQUINE CENTER, THE STUD QUALITY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME BUCK DAVIDSON'S FIRST RIDE, JENNY BRANNIGAN'S FIRST RIDE SINCE THIRD AND ASTIER NICHOLAS WITH THE ONLY CLEAR ROUND SINCE FOURTH.
ABOUT TO ENTERS THE RING LCC BARNABY.
16th AFTER CROSS-COUNTRY BUT AS THE COMPETITION HAS DEVELOPED THEY WOULD BE RIDING FOR 14th OR BETTER HERE.
>> ANOTHER 16-YEAR-OLD K.E.C.
ZARA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND BEEN A REALLY SOLID HORSE FOR LILIAN.
>> THEY DID THEIR FIRST 5 STAR LEVEL COMPETITION IN 2016 AND SUBSEQUENTLY OF COURSE THEY HAVE BEEN TO KENTUCKY AND BURLEY AND BAB IPGHTINGTON-- BABBINGTON THIS SPRING AS WELL AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.
YOU CAN SEE OVER THE FIRST TWO JUMPS LILIAN HAS A VERY AMERICAN SOFT WAY OF RIDING AND I THINK THE HORSES TAKE TO IT.
SHE HAS SUCH GOOD EYES, REALLY ACCURATE.
JUST GOT THERE A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE.
SHE IS A VERY TALL GIRL AND CAN RIDE STRONG WHEN NEEDED BUT SHE HAS A VERY LIGHT POSITION AND I THINK THE HORSES IN GENERAL JUMP VERY WELL OUT OF IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE A BIT TIRED.
THEY CAN JUMP THROUGH THE BACK AND NOT GET SO STRONG AGAINST HER.
>> RIDE REALLY POSITIVE UP TO THAT FENCE WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ON HOW THE MARS FENCE BOTH HAVE A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY BECAUSE THERE IS NO STRIPES ON THE RAILS.
>> RIGHT.
ARE INTERESTING.
I ABOUT SENT THAT POLE INTO ORBIT TWICE.
IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL.
I DID NOT LIKE IT AT ALL BARNABY IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT KEEN TOWARD THE END HERE AND LILIAN IS TRYING TO SETTLE HIM DOWN A BIT.
VERY GENTLE.
.4 OF A TIME PENALTY 42.3 IS THE SCORE 14th OR BETTER FOR ZOE.
BUMMER SHE GOT DOWN THE FIRST FIVE STRIDE RAIL BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE RODE IT WELL.
I JUST THINK THE HORSE DIDN'T HOLD AS WELL AS THE OTHERS WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE ILLEGALLION DID A GREAT JOB DOWN THE LINE BREAKING IT DOWN HOW SHE MIGHT HAVE OPENED THE DOOR BECAUSE THE CLEAR MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT HER UP TO THE TOP 10 BECAUSE THE SCORE FROM ASTIER INSIDE THE TIME NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPLANTS HERE, OR VISITORS.
HARRY MEADE, RIDING SUPERSTITION AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS DISAPPOINT AND DRAMA WITH HARRY'S DRESSAGE WARM UP.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
>> I WASN'T THERE.
>> HARRY LIKES TO KEEP THIS HORSE VERY CALM AND IN A QUIET ENVIRONMENT PARTICULARLY BEFORE THE DRESSAGE.
THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE YOU WOULD LOVE ALL THREE PARTS TO COME TOGETHER THE SAME WEEKEND.
HE HAS DONE THE DRESSAGE TWOIS OVER HERE.
KENTUCKY AND MARYLAND HERE LAST YEAR.
HE JUST WANTED A LITTLE QUIETER TIME AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS ALL PRE-APPROVED AND THEN THE NEXT THING DIDN'T SEEM TO BE SET UP AND HE LOST 10 MINUTES OF THE WARMUP HARRY AND SUPERSTITION TOP 10 LAST YEAR.
THEY DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THE SCORE THEY WANTED ON DAY ONE.
37.4.
BUT WENT OUT YESTERDAY AND FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THIS HORSE'S CAREER, IN NORTH AMERICA, ALONE, HE WENT CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME AT 5 STAR.
THIS IS A VERY HANDY LITTLE HORSE.
THE SAME STATURE OF THE HORSE RIDDEN IN THE MOST RECENT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
VERY ATHLETIC IN HIS TYPE.
VERY QUICK FOOTED.
INTERESTING WATCHING THIS HORSE.
HE COULD HAVE GONE AROUND AGAIN YESTERDAY.
HE LOOKS NOT TIRED AT ALL.
JUST GAVE HIM THE KISS OF DEATH.
THIS HORSE CULLLY QUITE CLOSELY RELATED TO TWIZ WILL HERE IN NORTH AMERICA AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL AS WELL.
>> THE AVERAGE TEEN?
GERMAN BRED.
>> ON THE DAM SIDE ANYWAY THAT THEY'RE RELATED.
VERY EFFICIENT TIME.
INSIDE THE 79 AND FASTIER THAN-- FASTER P ASTIER, HARRY MEADE STAYS AND COMPLETED ON HIS DRESSAGE SCORE.
13th OR BETTER.
WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO BRING HIM INTO THE TOP 10?
AGAIN WILL YOU SIT AND GO WHAT IF FUTURE IF HE COULD COME HOME WITH TOP 10, MAKES UP FOR THE DISAPPOINTING START OF THE WEEKEND.
FOR THIS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL HORSE >> SO ERIN KANARA WITH ANOTHER NEW 5 STAR HORSE.
THIS TIME CAMPGROUND.
WE ARE ALL PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH CAMPGROUND BUT FOLLOWS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NO BOUNDARIES, PATTY THE CABBY FOR A RIDER WE HAVE SEEN AT KENTUCKY AND BURLEY AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.
ANOTHER FULL THOROUGHBRED IN THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STARS.
SCORE OF 35.9.
JUST IN FRONT OF MARRY MEADE.
>> ANOTHER GREAT LOCAL RIDER THAT LIVES IN THE AREA.
HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS AT THE 4 AND 5 STAR LEVEL.
GOT MARRIED RECENTLY.
HAS A NEW BABY.
AND IS RIDING AS GOOD AS EVER WHICH WE ALL LOVE TO SEE.
IS THAT WAS TEXTBOOK DOWN THAT STRAIGHT LINE.
A GREAT RIDE EASY.
THAT LOOP RIDES WIDER THIS WAY.
WOULD I SAY THIS NEXT LOOP RIDES WIDER GOING THIS WAY BACK.
>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT ON.
INTERESTING, TOO SOMETIMES WE GET OURSELVES INTO TROUBLE THE DIRECTION AND THE ENERGY CHANGES THINGS ARE BUILT THAT MUCH BIGGER EASY TO SECOND GUESS WHATEVER YOU THINK IS GOING TO HATCH BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN WHEN MAYBE THE BEST PLAN IS TO WALK AND LEAVE IT.
JUST GOT THERE ON THE WRONG STRIDE 43.9 TIME PENALTIES COMING IN SO EARN ERIN KANARA AND CAMPGROUND WILL CEDE THEIR POSITION DROPPING FIVE PLACES DOWN THE ORDER.
MARRY MEADE MOVES UP.
HARRY UP INTO 12th NOW WITH HIS CLEAR ROUND WAS THE LOOP BACK TO THE BRAND ADVISORY A TOUCH THERE COMING OUT OF THE TRIPLE COMBINATION BUT THIS-- ALMOST OVER PAST BEYOND IT SO THEY'RE COMING BACK AT AN ANGLE AND THE HORSE WAS WONDERING ARE WE GOING ALONG THE FRONT OF THIS LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE?
>> IT'S INTERESTING THAT'S WHERE THE TURN WAS OFF GOING INTO THE TRIPLE IN THE 3 STAR AND THE HORSES JUST GOT A LITTLE BUZZED OUT THERE AND I THINK GOING THE OTHER WAY IN THE 5 STAR, THEY'RE JUST GETTING STUCK IN THE CORNER AND THEN FINDING IT TO BE A BIT OF A DEEPER DISTANCE AND EFFORT TO JUMP OUT OF IT.
WILL WE WILL TAKE ONE MORE BEFORE WE TAKE A PAUSE AND RESET BEFORE OUR TOP 10 SHOULDING ALLIE KNOWLES AND MORSWOOD THIS WAS A FORMER-- SHE HAD ANOTHER HORSE THAT I THINK HAS GOT AN EASIER JOB NOW BUT-- THIS IS ANOTHER-- MORSWOOD KATHARINE OWNS CARLEVO LATER FOR BUCK.
SHE HAS RIDDEN 5 STAR IN NORTH AMERICA AND GERMANY AND POE IN FRANCE.
ON THE U.S. NATION'S CUP TEAM IN THE SPRING IN GREAT BRITAIN.
>> THEY'RE AMAZING SUPPORTERS OF THE SPORT, PARTICULARLY ALLIE AND BUCK A LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE JUST THE NICEST PEOPLE.
THEY COME TO NEARLY EVERY BIGGIE VENT AND THEY JUST LOVE IT ALLIE WORKS REALLY HARD TO DO THEM JUSTICE, AT EVERY SHOW COMPETING OLDER AND YOUNGER HORSES.
A GOOD RIDE DOWN THE LINE.
YOU CAN SEE HER HOLDING THE HORSE OFF THE GROUND IN THE AIR GETTING THERE WITH ENOUGH TO COVER THE BACK RAIL AND QUICK ENOUGH WITH THE FRONT LEGS.
>> ONE OF OUR BEST DRESSAGE TESTS OF THE WEEK.
AND COULD TRANSLATE TO THE RIDABILITY TO BE CLEAR HERE.
>> I'VE SEEN THIS HORSE QUITE A BIT.
TOUCH WOOD, HE IS JUMPING VERY, VERY WELL AND LOOKS TO BE FRESH AFTER THE CROSS-COUNTRY.
>> A LITTLE ABOUT BIT OF A RUB.
ALLIE HELD ON TO HIM AND SAID COME ON, STAY WITH IT.
>> GOING TO BE COMPARABLE TO HARRY MEADE'S TIME.
SHE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT TIME WISE.
WELL DONE.
39 WILL BE THE SCORE.
SO DROPS HER ONE PLACE BEHIND HARRY MEADE.
MEADE MOVES UP TO 11th KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THE TOP 10 WITH SUPERSTITION.
MORSWOOD STILL HAS TO BE DELIGHTED WITH THAT.
KICKING HERSELF A LITTLE BIT FOR THE RAIL ON THE WAY HOME BUT OVERALL, A GREAT WEEK FOR THE HORSE AND THE DRESSAGE SCORE A NEW PERSONAL BEST.
AND EVERY TIME THE HORSE GOES 5 STAR, THE DRESSAGE SCORE GETS BETTER.
WE HAVE SEEN OUR FIRST 50% OF THE FIELD.
WE'VE GOT 10 REMAINING TO DECIDE THE SECOND YEAR OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.
CLUBHOUSE WITH SUPERSTITION OVERTAKING ALEXANDER KNOWLES.
LILLY HEARD IS THIRD.
WE WILL SEE BUCK ONE MORE TIME WITH CARL LOW HOPING TO NAIL DOWN A TOP 10 RESULT BUT WILL HARRY MEADE'S CLEAR ROUND WITH SUPERSTITION CARRY HIM INTO THE TOP 10?
ONLY TWO CLEARS THE OTHER ONE FROM ASTIER NICHOLAS.
ONE OF SEVERAL HORSES CONTESTING THEIR FIRST 5 STAR WITH US AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A VERY SHORT BREAK BEFORE WE COME BACK WITH THE FINAL 10 IN THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THE CULMINATION OF THIS CLASS.
WELCOME BACK TO FAIR HILL HERE, THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT IF I REMEMBER HILL.
PRESENTED BY BRAND ADVISORY.
LOOK AT WHO WE STILL HAVE REMAINING TO GO.
10 REMAIN.
WILL COLEMAN, DON DABTY SILVER MEDAL MEDALIST, HARBOUR PILOT'S VAL DICTRY RUN.
MONTE CARLO RUNNING FOR JACKIE MARS.
JENNY BRANNIGAN, F.E.
LIFESTYLE.
WE SAW JENNY IN THE RING ONCE.
THIS ONE IS SITTING TOP SIXTH.
ABOUT YOU CAN DAVID SON WILL HAVE A SECOND RIDE WITH CARL LOW AND PHILLIP DUTTON AND Z, THE MOST RECENT WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY EVENT AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.
OLIVER TOWNEND PODIUM LAST YEAR, TAMMY SMITH DANITO AND TIM PRICE COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN JUMPS LAST.
WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT OUR SUPPORTERS AS WE HAVE BEEN MENTIONING, PRESENTING SPONSORS ARE FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THEM I'M JOINED BY PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
OF BRAND ADVISORY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US A VERY EXCITING EVENT IN ITS SECOND YEAR.
YOU GUYS HAVE STEPPED UP IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT AND YOUR REASONING FOR DOING THAT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT AND IT IS REALLY GOING WELL.
AND HOW CAN YOU BE FROM MARYLAND WITHOUT ENJOYING THE OUTSIDE AND TODAY IS A DAY, THE LAST THREE DAYS, IS A WEEKEND WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENJOYING THE MARYLAND COUNTRY SIDE.
LOOK, WE THINK A LOT ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK.
AND ONE WAY IS TO SUPPORT EVENTS LIKE THIS, THAT HAVE, BRING IN THE BEST RIDERS, HORSES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING HERE TODAY.
LOOK AROUND.
YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND IT'S HUGE AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PTS LIKE US OR DOES IT MEAN TO PARTNER WITH THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AND STEP UP ALONGSIDE MARS WELL, MARS IS A COMPANY THAT I THINK INSPIRES US AND INSPIRES OTHERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE CARED ABOUT THE WORLD.
THEY'VE CARED ABOUT THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD, WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS IS FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I THINK COMPANIES LIKE MARS SET A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW AND WE ARE VERY, VERY UNFORTUNATE AND HONOR TO BE ALONGSIDE THEM I KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE RIDERS.
AND EVERYONE HERE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT MORE THAN WE CAN SAY AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE PRESENTING SPONSORS HERE ALONGSIDE MARS OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NEXT FEW RIDERS WARMING UP THAT WILL BRING US OUR FINAL RESULT.
WE ARE 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE SECOND AND FINAL SESSION OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BRAND ADVISORY.
WELCOME BACK TO FAIR HILL, MIDWAY THROUGH THE JUMPING FINALE OF OUR FRAR, ONE OF SEVEN COMPETITIONS AT THIS LEVEL IN THE WORLD.
JUST BEFORE THE BREAK WE WELCOMED FORWARD FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALLIE AND MORSWOOD AND THEY'RE ON A REAL UPWARD RUN IN THIS SPORT THEY WERE THIRD AFTER DRESSAGE, PICKED UP TIME PENALTIES TO SIT JUST OWED SIGHT THE TOP DOZEN AND HAD ONE SINGLE UNLUCKY RAIL HERE TODAY.
A FANTASTIC WEEK AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH HER AFTER HER ROUND A FRUSTRATING FOR YOU BUT TALK US THROUGH THE RIDE OUT THERE AND TAKE US THROUGH THE COURSE.
IT LOOKS REALLY HARD.
>> A LOT OF TURNS THAT COME UP QUICKLY AND THE JUMPS ARE BIG ENOUGH OUT THERE AFTER THE EFFORTS YESTERDAY.
MORSWOOD JUMPED PHENOMENALLY WELL.
THE DISTANCES CAME UP VERY EASY FOR HIM.
AND TO BE HONEST, I GOT LAZY WITH MY UPPER BODY FOR THE SECOND TO LAST FENCE.
THINKING ABOUT THE TIME AND JUST LET HIM CUT IN AND THAT RAIL WAS ON ME BECAUSE HE WAS READY TO JUMP A CLEAN ROUND.
THAT WILL HAUNT ME FOR A MINUTE BUT I I CAN'T ASK TOO MUCH MORE OF HIM.
HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS SHOES TODAY.
I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM.
>> THERE WILL BE SOME ONLOCKERS HERE ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEAT AS WE GET TO THE FINAL 10, IT IS SO, SO CLOSE.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON ALL THE EXCITEMENT.
>> IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE TOP 10 NOW.
THE STRESS IS OFF OF ME.
I'M DONE FOR THE DAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LETTING THEM SWEAT IT OUT.
AS ALLIE HEADS INTO MOM MODE, WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS AND FINISH THIS ONE OUT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLIE.
WE HEAR FROM THE RIDERS, THEY WOULD LORE IT TO BE A LITTLE BETTER AND 10 RIDERS HOPING IT CAN BE AS BEST AS IT GETS, TAKING A 5 STAR VICTORY WHEN WE RETURN TO THE SHOW JUMPING ACTION HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL BROUGHT TO YOU BY BRAND ADVISORY.
THIS HORSE HAS GOT A HEART OF GOLD.
SHE KEEPS TRYING AND TRYING AND TRYING.
AND DOING THE BEST SHE CAN WITH YOUR OWN HORSE.
OLIVER AND TIM HAVE BEATEN ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THEY'RE ON FANTASTIC JUMPING HORSES BUT EVEN TOP, TOP HORSES CAN HAVE A POLE DOWN AND I DIDN'T WANT TO WATCH.
I JUST STAYED OUT THE BACK AND I HEARD THE GASP OF THE CROWD AND I THOUGHT, TO HAVE IT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD WITH THIS GREAT CROWD IN AMERICA AND WONDERFUL SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO RIDE HERE.
>> JUST A REMINDER OF OUR U.S.
WINNER HERE LAST YEAR.
U.S. OLYMPIAN BOYD MARTIN ABOUT 35, 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM HIS BASE IN PENNSYLVANIA TAKING VICTORY HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR AT FAIR HILL.
BOYD, WHO HAS BEEN WELL PLACED IN THE NATIONAL 3 STAR CHAMPIONSHIPS EARLIER ON IS NOT REPRESENTED IN THE 5 STAR.
HE HAS BEEN BUSY ENOUGH RIDING FOR THE TEAM INCLUDING ON THE SILVER MEDAL WINNING TEAM AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RECENTLY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW WINNER BUT IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE TWO ALONG ALONGSIDE HIM ON THE PODIUM LAST YEAR OF COURSE A VERY GOOD CHANCE IT COULD BE TAMMY SMITH OR PHILLIP DUTTON FOR THE USA.
IT IS ALL TO PLAY FOR WE GO THROUGH NAME AFTER NAME HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG AND HARBOUR PILOT, HARBOUR PILOT'S LAST RUN AT THE LEVEL.
31.8 FOR HEM.
LAUREN NICHOLSON LANDMARK'S MONTE CARLO IN FRONT, .1 OF A PENALTY BETWEEN JACKIE'S HORSES.
JENNY GRAN BEGAN, CARLEVO, IS YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO SEE BUCK AND CARLEVO AND DID YOU TELL ONAND Z SO HIGH UP.
THEY WERE LOOKED AT FOR POTENTIAL FLAG PENALTIES.
WE PUT THE PENALTY ON AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY SO EVERYONE KNOWS THE WORSE THAT COULD BE HAPPENING.
AS IS FIRST TIME 5 STAR HORSE THIRD PLACE.
FIRST TIME 5 STAR HORSE COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN AND DANITO.
TOP 5 COVERED BY THE COST OF A SINGLE RAIL VERY, VERY CLOSE WE START WITH WILL COLEMAN.
DON DANTE OWNED BY GREAT OWNERS IN THE SPORT AND BEFORE THAT, ON TO MY CO-COMMENTATOR KAREN O'CONNOR.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL WEEKEND WITH AMAZING WEATHER BRIGHT WILL YOU SKY, THE FOOTING IN THE ARENA AND CROSS-COUNTRY WAS HARD TO BEAT BUT TODAY IS A DIFFERENT DAY AND IT'S A COMPLICATED HORSE FOR ACCURACY.
WILL BRINGS FORWARD A SCORE FOR TENTH PLACE.
LUCKY BECAUSE THE HORSE TOOK A SHILLLY SHALLY WE SEE THEIR FOCUS DRAGGED OFF TO THE LEFT SOMEHOW.
THE HORSE IS COVERING SOME GROUND NOW WILL ALLOWED HIM TO GET IN THE AIR AND COVER THAT BACK RAIL.
IT'S AMAZING THESE HORSES LOOK REALLY FRESH AND JUMPING QUITE WELL AND SEIZE EASILY.
THE RAILS ARE VERY LIGHT.
AND THEY'RE PLACED TELL CATTILY THAT MAKES IT SO HARDS YOU CAN'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEDDEST TOUCH OR IT GOES DOWN.
>> WILL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FASTEST AROUND THE COURSE, A LITTLE FASTER THAN HARRY MEADE WITH 77 SECONDS.
78 FOR ASTIER.
WILL IS OUR FASTEST.
HE PAYS THE PENALTY OF A RAIL BUT WILL FINISH NO LOWER THAN TENTH PLACE.
OUR LEADER AT THE MOMENT BUT THAT IS WITH A RAIL ARE WE GOING TO SEE 67 OF A CHANGE INSIDE OUR TOP 10 WILL HAS PUT A TOP TO THE RISE OF HARRY MEADE AND SUPERSTITION THANKS TO THEIR CLEAR AND MIGHT JUST HAVE DENIED HARRY A PLACE INSIDE THE EVENTUAL TOP 10.
>> WILL IS SUCH AN IMMACULATE RIDER AND THIS HORSE REALLY TRYING HARD.
FIRST 5 STAR, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE PROBABLY HAD HIM A LITTLE BIT BETTING READY FOR THE NEXT JUMP BEFORE HE FINISHED THE VERTICAL RAIL.
YOU CAN DO IT 100 TILES AGAIN AND IT WOULD BE CLEAR EVERY TIME WHAT A CROSS-COUNTRY DAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CAMERAS THEY HAD OUT THERE BUT THERE WERE SO MANY CAMERAS YOU COULD SEE THE ENTIRE ROUND OF THE RIDE WHICH IS SPECIAL.
UNDULATING AND LOTS OF TERRAIN AND A LOT OF WOODS AS A SPECTATOR IT WAS HARD TO GET AROUND BECAUSE OF HOW VAST IT WAS WEARING HIS VOTE AS A TEAM RIDER.
DOUG PAYNE WORLD NUMBER 5.
WILL COLEMAN TO WORLD NUMBER 15 DOUG PAYNE.
PUTTING THE CALIBER OF THE RIDERS WE HAVE IN CONTEXT FOR YOU.
QUANTUM LEAP, THE REIGNING NATIONAL 5 STAR CHAMPIONS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AFTER A PODIUM, THIRD PLACE FINISH AT THE KENTUCKY THREE-DAY THIS SPRING.
>> AND DOUG DOES A LOT OF SHOW JUMPING IN NORTH CAROLINA SO HE GETS TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE GREAT GROUND THEY HAVE AT TRYION HE HAS BECOME QUITE PROFICIENT.
WHAT DID I JUST SAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIDING A PURE SHOW JUMPER AND RIDING YOUR EVENTING HORSE AS WELL.
SIX SECONDS.
HE HAS DROP A FEW PENALTIES BUT STILL IN FRONT OF WILL COLEMAN A LONG COURSE IF YOU HAVE THE FIRST JUMP DOWN.
HE WILL KNOW THAT AND HAS THE HORSE REALLY PACKAGED.
WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT, THE HORSE TO BE PACKAGED AND AS MUCH PUSH AS POSSIBLE THAT IS THE SPORT, THE ENDURANCE PHASE OF THE SPORT THAT RAIL DROPS HIM BEHIND HARRY MEADE AND KNOWLES.
TIME IS GOOD.
39.9 WITH A FEW DOWN FOR DOUG PAYNE.
BECOMES RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE.
COSTS HIM THREE PLACES, DROPS TO FOURTH BEST IN THE ORDER OF THE MOMENT.
WILL COALMAN TO NINTH AND HARRY MEADE TO THE TOP 10.
SORT OF FEELS LIKE MAYBE THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUND I COULD HAVE TAKEN BUT TO HAVE THE FIRST DOWN, DOUG ACTUALLY WON THE INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED COMPETITION AT TRYION IN THE EVENTING AND THE NATIONAL GRAND PRIX IN PURE SHOW JUMPING IN THE SAME DAY, IN THE SPRING OF 2021 HE DID THAT.
>> COMMENDABLE.
AMAZING.
TWO WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE TOP 10 SO FAR HAVE BOTH MADE THE TIME LOOK SO EASY WHEN ONLY TWO RIDERS BEFORE THE BREAK, I THINK GOT INSIDE IT, BOTH WITH THEY JUMPED CLEAR ROUND.
I THINK EVERYONE ELSE WAS PICKING UP THE TIME PENALTIES, I MIGHT BE DOING SOMEBODY A DISSERVICE ONLY TWO RIDERS JUMPED CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME LILLY HEARD HAD A TIME PENALTY AND I THINK I AM RIGHT.
>> YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT, JOHN.
>> ALLIE KNOWLES.
>> SO IN COMS HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG WITH HER OLD PARTNER HARBOUR PILOT AND HE IS AN OLDER HORSE.
AND THIS IS HIS LAST COMPETITION, THIS IS HIS LAST ROUND AT THIS LEVEL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, HARBOUR PILOT, SAY 2011 IN GUADALAJARA, INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS IN THE PAN PAN AMERICAN GAMES.
125 STARS LATER AND HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT A 19-YEAR-OLD IRISH BRED HORSE BY CRUISING.
I WAXED LYRICAL ALL WEEKEND.
I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT AGAIN, THE SON OF CRUISING, FLEXIBLE, WAS THE OLDEST EVER WORLD CUP JUMPING FINALS WINNER AND FOUR YEARS LATER WHEN HE WAS 18 OR 19, HE WON ANOTHER SHOW CUP QUALIFIER.
AND BUT I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU BECAUSE HAVE YOU NEVER TOLD ME IN ALL THE TIMES WE HAVE COMMENTATED ON WILLIAM TOGETHER THAT SHANNON WAS YOUR WINNER.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW SHAFN ON-- SHANNON WAS A LOVELY RIDE, LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE WILLIAM.
I WAS LIVING IN ENGLAND AND SHE GAVE ME ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER.
>> 31.8 IS THE SCORE THAT HANNAH SUE BRINGS FORWARD.
A COUPLE TIME PENALTIES ON THE CARD AGAIN, HAVING A LOOK AT ONE OF THE FLAGS BUT WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE VIDEO THERE, WAS NO QUESTION, NO PENALTIES ON THE COURSE SO HE HAS A CROSS-COUNTRY JUMPING CLEAR AT HIS LAST 5 STAR.
>> SHE HAS GIVEN HIM A GREAT RIDE.
THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON HIS SHOW JUMPING.
I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.
BETWEEN HANNAH AND HER HUSBAND MAT.
>> TRICKY.
I PROBABLY RIDES A LITTLE EASIER AROUND THAT LOOP.
I THOUGHT LOOPING BACK IN THE 3 STAR TO THE DARK NAVY BLUE RAILS WAS REALLY TOUGH FOR THE YOUNGER HORSES BUT ANY OF THESE 270° OR MORE LOOP BACKS, TOUGH.
SECOND RAIL GOES, UNFORTUNATELY, SO SHE WOULD HAVE HELD HER POSITION WITH A RAIL.
SECOND RAIL COSTS.
[ CHEERING ] >> HANNAH SUE AND HARBOUR PILOT WILL FINISH THEIR TWELFTH START AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL , TWO DOWN ON THE FINAL DAY BUT 39.8 PENALTIES, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE TIME PENALTIES AS WELL 40.6.
FOR ENDING A PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS VERY MAGICAL ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT DROPS HER BEHIND DOUG PANE FIFTH OF THOSE WHO HAVE FINISH AND ALLIE KNOWLES INTO THE TOP 10.
WILL COLEMAN MOVES UP AND TAKES OVER THE EIGHTH POSITION.
PRETTY DARNED GOOD FOR A HORSE THAT IS 19 YEARS OLD AS THESE RAILS ARE SO LIGHT AND THE CUPS ARE SHALLOW.
A GREAT ROUND SHOW JUMPING HAS BEEN HIS NEMESIS BUT HE HAS BECOME A VERY COMPETITIVE HORSE.
>> AND HANNAH SUE'S HUSBAND'S MAT WORKING WITH QUITE A FEW OF THEY EVENTERS HERE IN NORTH AMERICA.
>> AND HANNAH DID AND THEN MARRIED HIM CUT DOWN ON THE BILLS.
VETERINARIAN, TOO SOMETHING LIKE 31.7 FOR LAUREN WITH LANDMARK'S MONT CAR OWE, ONE OF TWO THAT JACKIE MARS BRED BY FORMULA ONE AT THE TOP OF THE SPORT AND STILL OWNED BY JACKIE WHAT A LOYAL SUPPORTER OF THE SPORT AND MARS HAVE BEEN TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE BRANDS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO OUR EQUESTRIAN AUDIENCE AND THEY ARE VERY BIG SPONSORS IN OUR SPORT NOW BUT THEY'RE ALL PURE HARD NOSED BUSINESS DECISIONS ABOUT THE EVENTS THEY BECOME INVOLVED WITH LIKE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA, PRESENTING SPONSORS, KENTUCKY 5 STAR, THEY WILL BE THE SPONSORS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TIME OF THE 5 STAR INDOOR WORLD CUP JUMPING SHOW AT WASHINGTON.
THERE ARE TITLE SPONSORS HERE AND ALSO NOW INVOLVED IN BABBINGTON HORSE TRIALS AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL IN GREAT BRITAIN.
IT'S A REMARKABLE ACCOMPANYING MARS EQUESTRIAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE WITHOUT THE MARS FAMILY BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR SPORT AND OTHER EQUESTRIAN SPORTS AS WELL.
LAUREN HAS BEEN ON QUITE A ROLE THIS YEAR.
SHE HAS HAD LOTS OF HIGH FINISHES AND HAS REALLY CAUGHT, YOU KNOW, CAUGHT HER GROOVE, RISE IN VEHICLE RIDS I AM.
-- RHYTHM.
>> THIS PAIR ALSO ONE OF OUR RETURNING TOP 10, SIXTH HERE LAST YEAR WHEN YOU TURN THE COURSE AROUND TURNING BACK TO THAT SKINNY JUMP IS DIFFICULT IF YOU COME OUT ANY WAY SHORT ON THE TURN, THE HOFORTER RAILS ARE MUCH LIGHTER THAN ANY RAIL ON THE COURSE.
GETTING USE OF THE RUBS.
>> INTERESTING BECAUSE SHE WAS WAITING A LONG TIME.
LOOKS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT HER START SIGNAL, HER 45 SECONDS COUNTDOWN CLEARLY RAN THROUGH SO WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF TILE PENALTIES FOR LAUREN WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE EXACT OFFICIAL ANSWER IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF HER ROUND.
>> A SINGLE RAIL FOR LAUREN.
KEEP AN EYE AND SEE WHAT THE DECISION IS ABOUT TIME.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE LAUREN TO MAKE THAT KIND OF AMATEUR MISTAKE AND I'M SURE THERE IS SOMETHING BEHIND THERE.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE SUGGESTING SHE CROSSED THE START LINE DURING HER 45 SECONDS BUT IF SHE DIDN'T CROSS IT WITH INTENT, SHE SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED.
WE HAD THIS HAPPEN AT AN INTERNATIONAL JUMPER SHOW RECENTLY.
>> SHE IS PUZZLED.
>> I NEVER HEARD A BELL.
SITTING IN SIXTH PLACE... >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT LAUREN NICHOL SON THE TIME PENALTIES STANDING FOR EXCEEDING HER 45 SECOND COUNTDOWN.
JENNY BRANNIGAN ASKS IF THE CROWD CAN JUST KEEP A LITTLE QUIET FOR FE.
LIFESTYLE AS SHE PRODUCES THIS ONE FORWARD.
>> THEY GOT THE WORD BY HER BODY LANGUAGE AND EVERYONE IS AS QUIET AS CAN BE.
IT CAN BE A DISTRACTION TO THE HORSES.
>> SO AS WE GO INTO THE TOP SIXTH WITH JENNY, JENNY'S SECOND RIDE.
12-YEAR-OLD OWNED BY NINA AND TIM GARDENER NINA AND TIM HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE SPONSORS FOR JENNY BUT WHAT IS SO LOVELY ABOUT THEM IS THEY THEY ROOT FOR EVERYONE AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY LOYAL TO JENNY AND AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HORSES THEY'VE ONED-- OWNED WITH JESSE BUT IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE AND SHE IS GETTING GREAT RESULTS.
>> AND WE MENTIONED TIM IS THE KIND OF LINKING UNIT.
THERE ARE THREE BOARDS OF GOVERNORS HERE OF THE VARIOUS PARTS THAT COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS EVENT AND TIM IS THE COMMON MEMBER OF ALL THREE BOARDS.
THEY'RE STILL ON THAT OVERNIGHT SCORE OF 31.5 HERE.
JUST WATCHING THE CLOCK.
[ CHEERING ] >> HALF A SECOND INSIDE.
JENNY BRANNIGAN JUMPS CLEAR.
SHE HOLDS ON TO SIXTH OR BETTER.
>> THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
AND IT IS ONLY CLEAR ON ROUND NUMBER 3 OF THE ENTIRE DIVISION AS WELL.
>> IMPRESSIVE.
>> THAT'S NICE COMPANY TO BE PART OF AS WELL.
ASTIER NICHOLAS, HARRY MEADE, JENNY BRANNIGAN.
>> GETTER DONE.
AMAZING.
JENNY JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND IS STARTING TO REALLY SHOW.
>> JENNY WAS IN SIXTH PLACE AND WE HAVE THE TOP FIVE COMING IN THAT'S THE LOVE SIGNAL SHE GAVE HER HORSE.
REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
JENNY A LOT MORE RELAXED THAN SHE WAS TOP FIVE WE ARE GOING TO SEE BUCK DAVIDSON, OLIVER, TIM PRICE, REALLY, REALLY TOP NAMES AND AT THE MOMENT BREEDING DOWN THEIR NECK IS JENNY BRANNIGAN AND F.E.
LIFESTYLE.
JENNY IS 4.1 PENALTIES BEHIND TIM PRICE SO IF EVERYONE FROM NOW ON HAD A RAIL, JENNY WOULD END UP SECOND BY .1 OF A PENALTY THIS IS THE EXCITING PART OF THE SPORT AS A SPECTATOR TO WATCH HOW THESE RIDERS, THEY KNOW THE TIME THEY NO WHAT TURNS TO MAKE AND THEY KNOW THE SCORES ARE CLOSE SO THEY'LL CALCULATE THAT ALL IN THEIR HEAD BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE MOMENT CARLEVO AND BUCK DAVIDSON ABOUT TO JOIN A SECOND RIDE FOR BUCK WITH CARL CARLEVO HERE.
PLENTY OF RUNS AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL FOR THIS PAIR THEY WON THE 4 STAR SHORT JUST UP THE ROAD IN UNIONVILLE PENNSYLVANIA IN RECENT WEEKS TO SET THEMSELVES UP FOR THE 5 STAR AT MARYLAND TWO SECONDS OVER THE OPTIMUM YESTERDAY ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY.
IS BUCK WHO HAD SOME TIME FAULTS EARLY ON WITH SOROCAIMA, THE FIRST OF HIS TWO RIDES.
SOROCAIMA AND CARLEVO HAVE STAYED IN THE SAME ORDER.
YOU GO IN NUMBER ORDER IN DRESSAGE AND CROSS-COUNTRY.
CARLEVO HAS THE RANKING TO STAY AS HIS SECOND HORSE FOR SHOW JUMPING AS WELL CARLEVO WAS SOURCED IN GERMANYMENT BUCK HAS HAD A GREAT RUN WITH THIS HORSE.
HE IS HOW OLD?
HE IS A 15-YEAR-OLD.
THAT WAS A SCUFFLE.
AND HE THOUGHTED-- HE LOT TOED THAT ONE.
THAT WAS A BIG EFFORT.
HE HAS SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.
THAT'S BETTER.
ALL RIGHT BEHIND JENNY.
GENERAL IS IS UP TO THE TOP 5 ASHED THAT COULD KEEP GOING.
THE NATURE OF THESE THINGS, THE FIRST RAIL NOT TOO EXPENSIVE THE SECOND RAIL MOVES YOU DOWN THAT HAS BROUGHT HANNAH SUE AND HARBOUR PILOT INTO TENTH PLACE TIME PENALTY AS WELL.
THEY'RE ON THE CLOCK.
JENNY BRANNIGAN MOVES UP TO FIFTH, SHE IS THE LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE BASED ON THE RANKING.
BUCK HAS DROPPED EIGHT PLACES.
OUTSIDE THE TOP DOZEN FOR BUCK ON THAT STORE NOW AFTER HIS FINAL DAY WITH CARLEVO.
>> HEART BREAKING WHEN IT HAPPENS, HORSE WAS SO GREAT YESTERDAY.
I ASKED HIM THIS MORNING, HOW DO YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO DO IT.
HE SAID WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE HIS STRONGEST PHASE.
SO YOU HAVE SEEN TOKYO RIDERS BUT OUR NEXT HORSE AND RIGHTER COMBINATION ARE OUR ONLY TOKYO OLYMPIC COMBINATION IN THE FIELD.
>> LAUREN AND DAVID ARE TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND ABOUT HER TIME FAULTS.
THEY'LL SORT THAT OUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WAITING FOR PHILLIP DUTTON AND Z TO JOIN US IN THE MAIN RING.
>> DO YOU LIKE WAITING AROUND OR ACTION ALL THE TIME.
>> I DON'T GET THE CHOICE.
THEY GIVE ME A HORSE AND I TALK ABOUT IT EX.
>> EXACTLY.
FACING DAVID O'CONNOR WHO HAS JUST TAKEN UP THE ROLE WITH THE UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION ONCE AGAIN CHIEF OF SPORT.
AND OF COURSE LAUREN TALKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN HER ROUND WHERE THE JUDGES HAD GIVEN THE TONE AND SHE HAD NOT STARTED WITHIN HER 45 SECONDS SHE HAD GONE THROUGH THE FLAGS WOULDN'T SHE HAVE-- I JUST WENT AND QUICKLY ASKED WHETHER IT WAS TO DO BECAUSE I WASN'T WATCHING.
THEY THOUGHT SHE CROSSED THE LINE OR RAN OUT OF HER 45.
THEY SAID IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF HER 45.
SO THE CLOCK NATURALLY STARTS SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T HEAR IT PHILLIP DUTTON AND HIS TOKYO PARTNER Z. THOMAS TIERNEY, PHILLIP AND Z 30.5 FOR FOURTH PLACE FOR THE SEVEN-TIME OLYMPIAN FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE STILL SITS FRANKED TOP 25 IN THE WORLD.
PRETTY QUICK BUT I KNOW HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.
LOOKS LIKE THE HORSE BEING A LITTLE LISTENING TO PHILLIP WHETHER IT GOES FORWARD OR BACK A GOOD THING DOING A GREAT JOB.
>> PHILLIP, WHO HAS SPENT A COUPLE OF RECENT WINTERS RIDING DRESSAGE AND PURE SHOW JUMPING RATHER THAN WINTER EVENTING.
A LOVELY CLEAR EARLIER ON TO END UP JUST INSIDE THE TOP 10 IN THE 3 STAR WITH THE YOUNGER HORSE AS WELL.
IS IT GOING TO BE A CLEAR?
A NICE RIDE.
32 IN THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BRAND ADVISORY AND WE KNOW.
>> THAT SURE PUTS THE PRESSURE ON THE TOP THREE, DOESN'T IT?
WITH ONLY LESS THAN.
WE KNOW TOP FOURTH MINIMUM AND WE ARE RIGHT WITHIN A RAIL OF VICTORY.
MATHEMATICALLY PHILLIP COULD BE OUR WINNER IF THE NEXT THREE ALL RIDING FIRST TIME 5 STAR HORSES ENDED UP PLUCKING A RAIL OUT OF THIS KENNY CROW COURSE VERY CUTE.
>> PHILLIP DUTTON IS OUR LEADER.
HE CANNOT FINISH LOWER THAN FOURTH IN THIS COMPETITION.
JENNY BRANNIGAN, 31.5 SECOND AT THE MOMENT NO LOWER THAN FIFTH.
WILL COLEMAN AND HARRIED MEADE BEHIND THAT.
HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG IS TENDS.
THREE TO SEE, THREE TO DECIDE.
U.S., BRITAIN OR NEW ZEALAND.
WHO WILL BE OUR VICTORIOUS.
WHEN HE CAME HERE LAST YEAR, HE WAS WORLD NUMBER ONE OLYMPIC TEAM GOLD MEDALIST IN TOKYO.
OLIVER FINISHED SECOND BEST HERE LAST YEAR, RETURNS THIS YEAR WITH THE FIRST TIME 5 STAR HORSE AS IS AND SITS THIRD ON 29.9.
IT WAS SO CLOSE.
HE WAS TENTH AFTER DRESSAGE, MOVING HIM UP TO THIRD BECAUSE THE COUPLE OF RIDERS GETTING .8 OR 2.4 PENALTIES, THE RANKINGS WERE SO CLOSE, IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE ANYONE WHO PICKED UP TIME FAULTS.
>> AND SHUFFLED AROUND AND MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AT THE RIDERS ARE THINKINGS, I COULD HAVE MADE THOSE SECONDS UP SOMEWHERE THIS HORSE IS JUMPLING REALLY WELL OLIVER GIVES AN IMMACULATE RIDE OLIVER TALKING THROUGH HIS PLAN WITH LAUREN HUFF.
THEY WERE OUT WALKING THE COURSE EARLIER ON THIS AFTERNOON.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> LIVING DANGEROUSLY.
ONE TO GO.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS THE TIME IS FINE.
[ APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERING ] EXEMPLARY ROUND.
WHAT A YOUNG HORSE THIS IS, JUST 11 YEARS OLD.
OLIVER'S TIMING AND THEY FINISH ON THE DRESSAGE SCORE AND THEY'RE GUARANTEED A PODIUM.
BUT SECOND TIME PUTTING A HORSE ON A PLANE AND COMING OVER TO MARYLAND, SECOND TIME ON A PODIUM.
THE QUESTION IS NOW WHETHER IT WILL BE THIRD, SECOND OR CHAMPION.
>> WHAT A RIDE HE GAVE THAT HORSE.
>> HE SURE DID.
YOU KNOW, HE JUST REALLY WILLS IT AND TRIES SO HARD FOR HIM AND THE THERE IS NO DENYING HE HAS WON SO MANY COMPETITIONS WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT HORSES.
HE IS A MASTERFUL RIDER IS MARYLAND ABOUT TO JOIN KENTUCKY AND BURLEY AND BABBINGTON AS THE 5 STAR EVENTS HE HAS WON?
THERE REALLY IS NOTHING IN HAND NOW FOR TAMMY SMITH OR TIM PRICE.
>> LET'S WELCOME THE HIGHEST PLACED U.S. ATHLETE, LET'S WELCOME TAMMY SMITH.
>> AND HERE COMES TAMMY SMITH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TAMMY RODE ON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM THIS YEAR THAT PICKED UP SILVER IN ITALY KEEPING HER HORSES HERE IN THE U.S. ON THE GO.
SHE RODE THIS ONE FOR A TOP 10 INDIVIDUALLY IN THE NATION'S TOP 10 IN THE MERTSDZ LANDS LAST YEAR.
THEY COME HERE WITH GOOD RESULTS AT REBECCA FARM AND GREAT MEADOW, A FIRST 5 STAR FOR THIS HORSE UNDER SUCH AN EXPERIENCED RIDER 29.4.
THEY HAVE LITERALLY NOTHING IN HAND OVER OLIVER TOWNEND IN THE CLUBHOUSE WITH 29.9.
>> SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHY I PUT MYSELF UNDER THIS STRESS.
I'M A GRANDMOTHER FOR GOD'S SAKE.
>> EVERYONE WAS MAKING A BIG THING OF HER BEING THE GALLOPING GRANNY: SHE IS RIDING AGAIN.
PEOPLE NEED TO LAY OFF YOU THEN TAMMY.
>> RIGHT.
>> GETTING VERY GOOD RIDE VERY SOFT.
THERE IS SOMETHING WHETHER IT'S MAYBE SEEING THEMSELVES ON THE BIG SCREEN, THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE WAY TO THAT FENCE AND THE RIDERS ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING THEM FOCUSED.
>> THAT'S RINGING AROUND VERY CAREFUL HORSE.
TONS OF SCOPE.
SHE SHOULD BE DELIGHTED WITH HER WEEKEND SO FAR.
>> MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER DRIFT A LITTLE BIT OFF THE LINE.
ALMOST CERTAINLY DELIBERATE TO CREATE A LITTLE SPACE FOR THE HORSE.
CLEAN OVER THE BUCKEYE ONE TO GO.
A LITTLE STEADY ON THE GROUND SHOW LOOK AT THE TIME 79.85, 29.8 FOR TAMMY SMITH.
THAT IS THE TIME SHE COULD AFFORD, THAT'S IS ALL SHE HAD IN HAND.
SHE WILL BE .1 OF A PENALTY IN FRONT OF OLIVER.
IF THERE IS A U.S.
WINNER THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE TAMMY AND IT WILL COME DOWN TO THE NEXT AND FINAL ROUND OF JUMPING.
>> WHAT A GREAT RIDE TAMMY IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON, HUGELY POPULAR ON THIS SCENE.
>> LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN, TAMMY SMITH, USA!
[ CHEERING ] >> THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
BECAUSE TAMMY HAD A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTING WHERE SHE KNEW HER HORSE USUALLY JUMPS CLEAR BUT LOST BOTH FRONT SHOES ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY.
HE WAS NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS SHE HOPED HE WOULD BE.
I WOULD BE BITING MY NAILS BECAUSE SHE KNOWS... >> TAMMY SMITH LEADS 29.8, 29.9 FOR OLIVER TOWNEND, .1 OF A PENALTY LAST YEAR AS WELL BETWEEN BOYD MARTIN AND OLIVER TOWNEND.
WHERE WILL WE FIND THIS NEXT MAN'S NAME WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FINAL RESULTS OF MARYLAND 2022?
AGAIN, IT IS A FIRST 5 STAR FOR THIS HORSE.
COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN.
OWNED AND BRED BY JOHN LOUIS.
TOP GUN SEMI-IS THE SIRE BUT THE PRINCE IS THE DAM SIRE WHO WE KNOW IS A 5 STAR EVENTER IN HIS OWN RIGHT SO COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN AND TIM PRICE BRING FORTH THE BEST OVERNIGHT SCORE 27.4 AND RIDE FOR THE WIN.
NOW HE CANNOT AFFORD A RAIL BUT HE CAN AFFORD A COUPLE OF TIME PENALTIES SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT DOES TIM DO?
I THINK TIM IS TRYING TO GO ZERO HERE.
I DON'T THINK HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT HE COULD AFFORD TIME PENALTIES.
>> BECAUSE IF HE GOES FOR TIME AND HAS ONE DOWN, HE HAS MOVED HIMSELF OUT OF THE ORDER HE WANTS TO BE THEY'RE PLAYING THAT MUSIC SO LOUD.
>> I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE EVERYONE IS BALANCED ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEAT.
YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP.
♪ WE WILL, WE WILL ROCK YOU ♪ >> HE IS JUMPING REALLY WELL.
THIS IS A NAIL BITER, THAT'S FOR CERTAIN THIS HORSE, THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE EVENT HORSE THIS WEEK, TWICE TOP 10 AT THE WORLD YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
10 YEARS OLD NOW FIST HISSER 5 STAR BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED BY CHRIS BURTON AND SUBSEQUENTLY LAST SEASON BY TIM'S WIFE JANELLE WHO IS THE WORLD'S CURRENTLY NUMBER TWO IN THE SPORT.
>> SHE THREE TO GO.
IF HE GETS THAT DONE, HE HAS JUMPED REALLY WELL LAST FENCE.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS CLEAR IS THE WIN A RAIL IS FOURTH PLACE HE IS INTO TIME.
28.2 FOR TIM PRICE ON THE FINAL DAY.
FIRST PENALTY ALL WEEKEND FOR THIS HORSE COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN AND NEW ZEALAND TAKE AWAY THE BIG PRIZE.
THE WORLD NUMBER ONE TIM PRICE OF NEW ZEALAND, VICTORIOUS HERE IN MARYLAND.
I THINK THE ORGANIZERS, I THINK THE U.S.
THOUGHT MARYLAND WAS GOING TO BE OUR 5 STAR.
TAMMY SMITH AND PHILLIP DUTTON COULD NOT HAVE TRIED HARDER.
JENNY BRANNIGAN TOP FIVE AS WELL.
TAMMY COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYMORE STAYING ON HER DRESSAGE SCORE TOP SIXTH IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND DAY ONE AND TIM PRICE OF 28.2 TAKES THE BIG PRIZE AND A $100,000 CHECK AS WINNER HERE OF THE 5 STAR.
YOU GOT TO LIKE THAT.
PRETTY GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE.
>> STAY WITH US AS WE GET READY.
>> HARRY MEADE AMONG THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE.
IT'S AN EXPAT COMMUNITY.
THE FOUR RIDERS ARE BRITISH BASED BUT COME OVER HERE, THE FOUR EUROPEANS AND FORM THEIR OWN TEAM HERE, ALL HELPING EACH OTHER AND LOOKING AFTER EACH OTHER BUT TIM PRICE IS THE WINNER TO WATCH.
EVERY SINGLE FENCE WAS A HIGHLIGHT THE WAY HE HAD THIS HORSE JUMPING.
>> WHAT AN EXCITING FINISH.
TIM, YOU KNOW, HE RODE BEAUTIFULLY BUT HAVE I TO SAY THIS HORSE HAS SO MUCH SCOPE.
HE IS VERY CAREFUL.
WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR THE THIRD DAY.
AND 50 PUMPS THE AIR, SO EXCITED AND FIST PUMPS THE AIR.
SO VERY EXCITED.
>> SO THERE WE ARE, THE WINNER OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT IF I REMEMBER HILL FOR 2022 TIM PRICE OF NEW ZEALAND.
WELCOME BACK.
WE HAVE JUST CONCLUDED THE SECOND EVER EDITION OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT IF I REMEMBER HILL PRESENTED BY BRAND ADVISORY AND IT HAS BEEN VICTORY FOR THE WORLD NUMBER ONE.
TIM PRICE AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN TAKING THE WIN.
JUST ADDING A COUPLE OF TIME PENALTIES IN SHOW JUMPING TO FINISH OFF 28.2, BETTER THAN ANY OTHER RIDER IN OUR FIELD OF WORLD CLASS COMPETITORS TIM IS CATCHING UP WITH OUR REPORTER FRANKIE.
>> EVERYONE WAS ON THEIR FEET FOR THE LAST FEW HORSES BUT WORLD NUMBER ONE SHOWING WHY YOU ARE THAT TODAY AND DELIVERING WITH THIS YOUNG HORSE TO BE OUR 2022 CHAMPION, HOW DOES IT FEEL.
>> THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING FEELING.
IVE HAD SOME FUN DAYS AT THE OFFICE BUT I THINK THINK BEATS THEM ALL HE IS A FANTASTIC HORSE, ISN'T HE.
HE TRIED SO HARD AND NOT KNOWN AFTER A BIG DAY YESTERDAY, HE WAS SUPER WHAT A STAGE TO DO IT ON AND HE TRIED SO HARD.
>> THIS IS A HORSE THAT AS YOU ALLUDED TO IS VERY UNESTABLISHED AT THE LEVEL BUT NO LONGER UNESTABLISHED AS HE IS 5 STAR CHAMPION HERE TODAY HIS BREEDER IS HIS OWNER, MADE THE THRIP WITH YOU ACROSS THE POND.
HOW EXCITED ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THIS FOR HIM.
>> IT'S ALL FOR HIM HE BREAD THE HORSE.
HE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THIS HORSE ON MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS THANKS TO HIM WE ARE EAR TO ARE SURE HE REMAINED POSITIVE WITH THE NOTION OF MOPPING L OF COMING AND REVEL IN THE GOOD CHOICES.
THIS IS MY LAST EVENT OF THE YEAR AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO PUT MYSELF ON THE BENCH FAIRWAY A FEW MONTHS.
>> THIS EVENT HERE IN IT'S SECOND YEAR, AN AMAZING VENT FOR THE SPORT AS A WHOLE.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST VENUES.
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE?
>> THIS PLACE IS A CLASS ON ITS OWN AND HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AS IT BECOMES A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED EVENT ON THE CALENDAR.
GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE JEFF PUTS IT TOGETHER BRILLIANTLY AND TO GET THE QUALITY OF RIDER YOU SEE IS ONLY GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE BUT DEFINITELY AN EVENT STAMPED ON THE CALENDAR FOR EVERY YEAR.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR 2022 MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR CHAMPION TIM PRICE.
>> FANTASTIC COMBINATION.
TIM ON THE PODIUM FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE TWO-YEAR HISTORY OF THIS MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT IF I REMEMBER HILL.
THIRD LAST YEAR.
WINNER THIS YEAR AND WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT TIM OR OLIVER OR TAMMY OR PHILLIP OR BOYD, LETH NOT FORGET THESE WONDERFUL ORSES, COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN, THE 10-YEAR-OLD AND AS WE HEARD THERE ON THE INTERVIEW AS WELL,OWNER BREEDER JOHN LOUIS, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE HORSE OR THE BREERDZ AND ESPECIALLY THE OWNERS WHO SUPPORT THESE HORSES FOR THE TOP LEVEL OF SPORT AND ALSO THOSE WE SEE OUT THERE AMONGST THE VERY BEST GROOMS LOOKING AFTER THESE HORSES DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND OF COURSE BEHIND THESE TRAVELING GROOMS, THERE ARE THE GROOMS LOOKING AFTER THE REST OF THE STRING AT HOME, HELPING TO EXERCISE THESE HORSES, WORK EXERCISE THEM AND WORK WITH THEM ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
THE NATIONAL EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION PARTNERED TO RECOGNIZE THE GROOMS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
TIM CRIES COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN ON OUR STANDINGS TAKES THE WIN AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.
TAMMY SUBMITTED WILL BE THE BEST OF THE U.S.
IN SECOND PLACE WITH DANITO, OLIVER TOWNEND AND AS IS THIRD.
HARRY MEADE AND SUPERSTITION COMING TO THE TOP 10 CANADA SEE THEM IN FRONT OF HIS OTHER RIDE BEST OF THE U.S. WAS WORLD SUSTAINING MEMBER MEDALIST AND SHE IS WITH FRANKIE.
>> YOU HAVE A SILVER MEDAL AND SECOND PLACE FINISH TODAY.
AND THIS LITTLE HORSE DA DANITO IS THE HORSE THAT COULD AND HE ANSWERED IS HE A 5 STAR HORSE.
>> I'M THRILLED WITH HIM TO BE ABLE TO FINISH WITH HIS SHOW JUMPING PHASE WOULD NOT BE THE STRONGEST BUT HE GAVE ME 150%.
I'M JUST OVER THE MOON.
>> IT HAS BEEN QUITE A YEAR FOR YOU.
THIS WILL CULMINATE THINGS.
HOW DO YOU WRAP THAT UP AND PUT THAT INTO WORDS?
>> THE LATTER HALF OF MY YEAR HAS BEEN BETTER THAN THE BEGINNING HALF OF MY YEAR.
IT HASN'T BEEN THE FAIRY TAIL EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS.
IT WAS A ROUGH START BUT FOR BOTH ME AND DO NEAT OWE-- DANITO, BROKEN BONES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND TO FINISH SECOND BEHIND TIM PRICE AND TO BE BETWEEN OLLY TOWNEND AND OTHER LEGENDS IN THE SPORT IS AWESOME AND TO BE HERE AT MARYLAND, I WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN THE 4 STAR AND THIS WEEKEND IS A VERY EMOTIONAL WEEKEND AND SO IT'S AWESOME.
>> WELL, YOU HAVE JOKED FOR QUITE SOMETIME YOU CALL MY BOMB YOUR HORSE EVERYONE KNOWS AS THE BLACK STALLION AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A RED STALLION.
>> I THINK WE DO.
I THINK HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS SKIN AND HE HAS WANTED THIS MOMENT TO MOVE LITTLE BLACK STALLION OFF TO THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT AND GET HIS OWN SHINING MOMENT.
I'M PROUD OF HIM AND HAPPY FOR HIM.
>> THANKS.
>> THERE IS DANITO.
AWARDS COMING UP.
BUT AS WE GET THERE, LET'S HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE WINNING ROUND FROM TIM PRICE AND COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT, KAREN, DOES IT LOOK NAILED ON FROM HERE, HE JUST LOOKS SO RELAXED.
>> THE HORSE LOOKS VERY RELAXED AND QUITE ELASTIC IN HIS BODY.
YOU CAN SEE HIS HIND END FLIP UP OVER THE BACK RAIL.
AND THE LOSSER IS REALLY USING HIS UP TOP LINE, I LOVE HOW TIM KEEPS THE HORSES A BIT ROUND AND FROM LEG TO HAND, AND THEN HE ALLOWS THEM TO COME UP.
JUST HELPS THE HORSE JUST ENOUGH, NOT EVERY RIDER IS ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> TIM RIDES VERY INSTIJTIVELY.
HE DOESN'T COME IN HE REFERS NOT TO REALLY WALK THE DISTANCES HE WILL DROP HIS HORSE, GATHER UP THE BIT OF DATA AND SAY THAT HELPS ME PLAN THE WAY I'M GOING TO RIDE WHENEVER HE HELPS THE HORSE, HE DOESN'T DISTRACT THE HORSE.
HE WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE END.
IT WAS ENOUGH TO STAY OUT IN FRONT OF TAMMY SMITH AND OLIVER AND PODIUM FINISHES IN THE 2022 EDITION OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.
WHAT A GREAT FINISH VERY HAPPY FOR TIM, SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM BACK IN ENGLAND.
JANELL AS WELL.
SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THIS HORSE AND RIDER, HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
>> TIM WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HAD THE JUMPING CLEAR, OF COURSE HE HAD THE SINGLE RAIL HERE LAST YEAR THAT HELPED OPEN THE DOOR TO THAT EVENTUAL BOYD MARTIN VICTORY.
>> HARRY MEADE, CONGRATULATING HIM ALL THE RIDERS WILL BE CONGRATULATING HIM.
IT WAS BITE A FEAT AND THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY 5 STARS TO GO AND WIN A 5 STAR.
IT'S AN ELITE CLUB.
ONLY SEVEN OF THEM IN THE WORLD AND THIS IS THE NEWEST OF THEM AND IT ARRIVED WITH A BANG LAST YEAR AND CONSOLIDATED SO SUCCESSFULLY 12 MONTHS LATER AND WHAT A WINNER.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE WORLD NUMBER ONE AT YOUR EVENT, HE GOES AND DOES IT AND PROVES WHY HE IS WORLD NUMBER ONE ON THE MONTHLY ROLLING RIDER RANKINGS.
TAMMY SMITH IN SECOND, GOING TO HELP HER RANKING TOO, WITH OLIVER TOWNEND IN THIRD.
CURT WORLD NUMBER 3 BECAUSE THE NUMBER TWO AT THE MOMENT IS TIM PRICE'S OWN WIFE JANELL PRICE.
NEW ZEALAND'S RIDERS ONE AND TWO IN THE WORLD.
OUR PRESENTATION IS JOINING US HERE AND WE ARE GOING TO HAND OVER TO THE HOUSE FOR AWARDS IN THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BRAND ADVISORY.
THE STAGE IS SET, THE ATHLETES MAKING THEIR FINAL PREPARATIONS AND THEY WILL BE OUT TO JOIN US IN A MOMENT OR TWO.
OUR THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND STAYING WITH US AS WE GET READY TO CELEBRATE AND CONGRATULATE OUR TOP ATHLETES OUR ATHLETES ARE GETTING READY TO COME UP AND JOIN US.
PLENTY OF CELEBRATIONS HAPPENING BACKSTAGE AND WE ARE ABOUT TO JOIN IN WITH THOSE IN JUST A MOMENT.
WHILE WE AWAIT AND DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENT AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER AND THAT TEAM IS LED BY PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
JEFF KNEWMAN WHO IS WITH US ON THE ARENA FLOOR AND WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS JEFF NEWMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE MARYLAND 5 STAR COMMITTEE.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING TERRY WITH THE SPORT CORPORATION OF MARYLAND AND CHAIRMAN OF OUR COMMITTEE.
FIRST OFF, CAN WE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THE COMPETITORS THIS WEEK.
IT WAS A GREAT WEEK.
CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SECOND EVENT.
ALSO WANT TO THANK SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS.
YOU CAN SEE THE SPONSORS ON THE SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE ARENA BUT IN PARTICULAR, MARS EQUESTRIAN FOR BECOMING OUR TITLE SPONSOR.
PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF PLAWS FOR MARS AND I WANT TO THANK MIKE AND BROWN ADVISORY.
PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
OUR HOST SPONSORS, CECIL COUNTY WITH OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BEAUTIFUL FACILITY HERE IN FAIR HILL.
AND OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND OUR GOVERNOR WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THEY VENT THANK YOU LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
ALSO WANT TO THANK FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL.
THEY LAID THE TRACKS HERE AT FAIR HILL TO CREATE EVENTING AND HOW IT IS.
PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO TRISH AND MARY OUR COMPETITION DIRECTOR.
ALSO WHAT A FANTASTIC CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE WE HAD WITH IAN STARK AS OUR COURSE DESIGNER AND OUR COURSE CONSTRUCTION.
HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR CROSS-COUNTRY DESIGNER AND CONSTRUCTION, THANK YOU, TYSON AND IAN AND THE FBI OFFICIALS WHO TRAVELED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO PARTICIPATE HERE IN FAIR HILL ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FANS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO THE EVENT.
GREAT SUPPORT THIS WEEK AND WANT TO YOU KEEP COMING OUT TO CECIL COUNTY YEAR AFTER YEAR AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE IN PARTICULAR BUT MARISSA, OUR EVENT DIRECTOR IF WE CAN PLEASE GET HER OUT HERE, I WOULD LOVE TO GET HER RECOGNIZE.
PUSH HER OUT IF SHE IS THERE.
HERE SHE COMES.
PLEASE EVERYBODY GET MARISSA A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SHE HAS WORN ABOUT 10 HANTS THIS YEAR AND SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH.
COME ON MARISSA.
SHE IS A LITTLE TIRED.
THAT WILL DO IT FOR ME.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT I WANT TO BRING UP OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMPETITORS, ALL FANS, EVERYBODY COMING OUT TO THIS WORLD CLASS FACILITY ON THIS WORLD CLASS DAY AND WEEK SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN AND WE'LL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR EVEN BETTER AND WE ARE ABOUT TO WELCOME FORWARD OUR TOP 10 IN REVERSE ORDER.
THAT STARTS IN THE TENDS PLACE POSITION, HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG AND HARBOUR PILOT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IN NINTH PLACE TODAY, WE WELCOME BACK FOR THE USA, DOUG PANE, QUANTUM LEAP.
WE HEAD INTO EIGHTH PLACE FOR ALLIE KNOWLES, USA, MORSE MORE WOODS, SEVENTH PLACE GOES TO GREAT BRITAIN, HARRY MEADE SUPERSTITION.
FINISHING IN SIXTH BACK TO THE HOME NATION, WILL COLEMAN USA, DON DANTE.
CONTINUING ON TO FIFTH PLACE, JENNY BRANNIGAN USA F.E.
LIFESTYLE.
FOURTH PLACE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PHILLIP DUTTON, Z.
NOW WE GO TOWM OUR TOP THREE WORLD NUMBER 3, THE GREAT BRITAIN OLIVER TOWNEND, AS IS!
YOUR HIGHEST PLACE USA RIDER TAMMY SMITH, DANITO!
AND THEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME FORWARD YOUR WINNER FOR NEW ZEALAND, WORLD NUMBER ONE, TIM PRICE, COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN.
[ APPLAUSE ] WELL, AMAZING AN AFTERNOON OF SPORT.
WE CAN SEE OUR TOP 10 ARE NOW ASSEMBLED CENTER STAGE AND THE GROOPS ARE JOINING US FOR OUR TOP THREE AS WELL NOW WE INVITE OUR TOP THREE AND THEIR PARTNERS AND TO TAKE THEIR PLACES BEHIND OUR PODIUM AND WE ARE GOING TO INVITE THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY AND AGAIN IN REVERSE ORDER THAT MEANS IN THIRD PLACE TAKING HIS PLACE ON THE PODIUM WORLD NUMBER 3 FOR GREAT BRITAIN, OLIVER TOWNEND AND AS IS!
HE GETS FLOWERS AND WE INVITE SECOND PLACE FOR ITSELF USA JUST MISSING OUT TAMMY SMITH, DANITO!
AND THEN HE HAS DONE IT AGAIN, HE IS WORLD NUMBER ONE, TIM PRICE, YOUR WINNER, NEW ZEALAND!
AN AMAZING AMAZING COMPETITION.
IT WENT RIGHT TO THE WIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GET READY TO HONOR OUR WINNING ATHLETE.
PLEASE RISE AND REMOVE COVER FOR THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR TIM PRICE NEW ZEALAND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER TIM PRICE, COUP DE COEUR DUDEVIN.
AS OUR PRIZE WINNING CEREMONY CONTINUES NOW, WE INVITE FORWARD GROUP 1 OF OUR PRIZE GIVING PARTY PRESIDENT OF THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, HEADS OVER AND ALSO JOINING HIM TO PRESENT OUR BRONZE, LUM OF MARYLAND WE CAN SEE THE TROPHY HOISTED HIGH, MEAF BRONZE-- HEAVY BRONZE.
WORLD NUMBER ONE AND OUR WINNER HERE AT FAIR HILL.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLOWERS, THE BRONZE LOTS OF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN HERE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS AT MARYLAND 5 STAR.
FINAL INTRODUCTIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS MADE BY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TRISH THERE IS AS WELL.
NOW TO JEFF NEWMAN PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
OF 5 STAR FAIR HILL.
HE GIVES HIS CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
OF BRAND ADVISORY REPRESENTING GREAT TO HAVE HER WITH US AS WELL.
ED OF COURSE SO MANY MORE ACCOLADES TO BE GIVEN TO THESE RIDERS AND THE SPECIAL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AND WE'LL CAR CARRY THAT ON USEF NETWORK AND HORSE AND COUNTRY TV.
BUT IF YOU ARE LEAVING US NOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING OUR FOUR DAYS OF COVERAGE FROM THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BRAND ADVISORY.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE RIDE.
LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU TO YOU AGAIN IN 12 MONTHS TIME.
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