THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARS EQUESTRIAN AND THE MARS FAMILY OF BRANDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

MARS EQUESTRIAN.

BUCKEYE NUTRITION.

ETHEL M CHOCOLATES.

NUTRO * * HELLO AND WELCOME TO FAIR HILL FOR THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BRAN ADVISORY, THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS COMPETITION.

ONE OF JUST SEVEN FIVE STAR LEVEL EVENTING COMPETITIONS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND ONLY THE SECOND HERE IN THE AMERICAS.

WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE FOUR DAYS OF WORLD CLASS COMPETITION.

WITH DRESSAGE TAKING THE FIRST TWO DAYS AND CROSS-COUNTRY SATURDAY AND SHOW JUMPING FINALE ON SUNDAY.

I'M JIM ALONGSIDE ME JESSE PHOENIX TRAVELING US THROUGH SOME OF THE EARLY RIDES HERE IN THE 5 STAR DIVISION OF THIS MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

AND LET'S LOOK AT WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE COMPETITORS THIS AFTERNOON, LIDS HALLIDAY-SHARP AND COOLEY QUICKSILVER, BIG WINNERS THIS SPRING IN KENTUCKY, FOR THE USA, WE'VE GOT BUCK DAVIDSON, FORMER NATIONAL CHAMPION AS WELL.

TAMMY SMITH RECENTLY HONOR-- ON THE SILVER MEDAL OLYMPICS AND WIL COLEMAN WHO RIDES DON DANTE.

BABYLON de GAMMA.

THE Z AND PHILLIP DUTTON GO IN SEVENTH IN OUR ORDER TODAY.

LISA MARIE FERGUSSON, CEC SARA, DUNEDIN BLACK WATCH WITH HALEY FREILICK HAVING PREVIOUSLY CONTESTED THE 5 STAR.

DIRECT ADVANCE AND THREE STAR AND FOUR STAR C'EST LA VIE,.

IT'S BEEN A TRADITIONAL FAIR HILL AFTERNOON THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY RAIN BUT LOOKS LIKE IT IS PICKING UP.

CERTAINLY LOOKING LIKE WE WILL BE RAIN FREE FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR 5 STAR THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WEATHER OF THE REST OF THE WEEKEND, IF YOU ARE NARE NEARBY AND HAVE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST THOUGHT OF COMING DOWN AND JOINING US HERE AT FAIR HILL, DO SO.

WE ARE SET FOR A WONDERFUL WEEKEND OF SPORT AND FROM TOMORROW ONWARDS, WONDERFUL WEATHER AS WELL TO GO WITH THE BRIGHT SCENES WE ENJOYED LAST YEAR.

SO HERE IS OUR FIRST READY TO COME DOWN THE CENTER LINE RIDING THIS TOP LEVEL TEST, 5 STAR TEST.

LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP, LIZ AND COOLEY QUICKSILVER, LIZ HAS BEEN TWICE MEDALIST.

SHE WAS AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN LIMA AS WELL.

WON THE 4 STAR IN KENTUCKY WITH THIS HORSE AND WON THE 4 STAR AT GREAT MEADOW IN VIRGINIA.

THIS IS A GRIT ONE TO GET GOING.

SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING TO WARM THE JUDGES UP.

THEY'VE HAD A TEST RIDE.

SEEN SOMEBODY ALREADY.

HAVE A FEEL HOW THEY WANT TO JUDGE.

>> THE JUDGES PAY ATTENTION.

SHE IS A FIERCE COMPETITOR.

INCREDIBLY ACCURATE AND HER HORSES ARE SO WELL TRAINED.

>> JUST TELL BUS THIS TEST AS WELL BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT SORT OF BUILD, YOU ARE COMING UP THE CENTER LIKE IN THE LATERAL WORK GOING INTO THE 8-METER CIRCLE WHICH TRANSITIONS INTO LATERAL BUT COMING BANG, BANG, BANG ARE VERY DIFFICULT AND INTENSE TO RIDE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT LOVELY EXPRESSION ON ITS FACE AND HE IS NOT SURPRISED THESE MOVEMENTS COMING UP.

THE CHANGES OF MOVEMENT HE IS JUST DOING A GREAT JOB HERE.

>> SHE IS ACCURATE IN THAT IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED AS YOU WATCHED IT.

>> THE WALK IS ABSOLUTELY THE HARDEST MOVEMENT ASK A HORSE TO DO AT THE FIVE STAR LEVEL THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND HE IS WALKING WELL.

A BEAUTIFUL OVER TRACK THERE IN THE EXTENDED WALK IN THE MEDIUM WALK.

YOU CAN SEE HIM REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT MADE THE NEXT MOVEMENT IT IS ONE OF THE TELLING SIGNS OF A 5 STAR.

VERY GOOD SQUARE THERE.

YOU LOOK AT THAT OVERALL PICTURE, JESSICA IS THERE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE SQUARENESS OF THE HALT, I WAS AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING AT THE OUTLINE OF THE HEAD AND NECK.

JUDGES HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH AND OUTLINE OF THE HEAD AND NECK HAD COOLEY QUICKSILVER LOOKING UP, TAKING IN THE VIEW OF THE GRAND STANDS HERE.

>> QUITE THE GRAND STAND AND THERE IS A LOT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FLAGS WAVING.

LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON.

THERE IS A CAMERA OVER THERE THAT HE WAS POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT.

BUT HE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF STAYING FOCUSED AND MOVING INTO THE CANTER WELL.

HIS EXTENSION WAS BEAUTIFUL.

HIS FINE CHANGE VERY WELL PERFORMED.

YOU START TO SEE THE PENALTY SCORES BUILDING UP.

WE WERE SITTING AT 27-28 PENALTIES WHICH IS VERY SIMPLY THE PERCENTAGE THAT SHE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM 100.

GIVES US OUR PENALTY SCORE WHAT AN UPHILL EXTENSION HE HAS.

COVERING TONS OF GROUND, LIZ IS GIVING A VERY CONFIDENT RIDE IN THE RING THEN STRAIGHT OUT OF AN EXTENSION, YOU ARE COMING INTO THE STRETCH CIRCLE AT THE TOP OF THE RING DITCH DEFINITELY ASK ALL OF THE THINGS IN THIS FIVE STAR LEVEL TEST, ANOTHER GOOD QUALITY CHANGE.

>> IT'S BEING A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS BECAUSE THE HORSE WAS PREPARED TO BARREL DOWN THE CENTER LINE SAYING I'M FORWARD AND ENGAGED AND LIZ SAID WE NEED TO STOP.

OH MAYBE I GOT A LITTLE TOO MUCH POWER FOR THAT AT THE MOMENT.

HE DID A GREAT JOB AND CAME TO A SQUARE HALT.

>> LIZ HALLIDAY START-UP AND-- LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP AND COOLEY QUICKSILVER ARE OFF AND RUBBING.

HAVE THE JUDGES WARMED UP ENOUGH TO GIVE THIS A MARK THAT IS GOING TO KEEP HER THERE OR THEREABOUTS FOR THE WHOLE DIVISION?

FITNESS TO COMPETE,.

HE IS SO STEADY IN THE RING AND I THINK THEY HAVE GIVEN HIM A GOOD SCORE THERE.

WE WILL GET CONFIRMATION OF THE SCORE IN JUST A MOMENT.

ACROSS THE THREE JUDGES, KRISTIN WHO HAS JUDGED MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

FOR SWITZER LAND IS OUR PRESIDENT.

GRETCHEN, U.S. TOP LEVEL JUDGE.

GRETCHEN IS ALSO A TECHNICAL DELEGATE IN THE SPORT AND HAS JUDGED IN TIMES AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.

JUDY IS OUR JUDGE.

LET'S THROW IT DOWN TO OUR ROVING REPORTER.

>> YEAH, HI, IT IS A WET SOGGY DAY OUT HERE BUT STARTING TO CLEAR IN A FEW.

YOU JUST WATCHED LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP, SHE HAS MORE WINS THAN ANYBODY IN THE WORLD.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE WORLD NUMBER IS AND WORLD NUMBER 3 AND HEAVY HITTERS TO GO IN THE FIRST EARLY GROUP.

BACK TO YOU.

TOP 10 HERE LAST YEAR 29.1.

THIS SUMMER.

WE JUST SAW WITH TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM.

SHE RIDES THIS FOR NINA GARDENER AND HER HUSBAND TIM ON THE BOARD HERE AT MARYLAND AND THE 12-YEAR-OLD AND TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM, WINNER OF THE LEVEL BELOW MONTREAL THIS SUMMER COMES TO THE HORSE'S FIRST 5 STAR.

BASED IN THE NEAREST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA, AROUND CHESTER COUNTY, KENNETH SQUARE.

UNIONVILLE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD GALLOPING HORSE.

I KNOW SHE THINKS A LOT OF THIS HORSE AND IT KEEPS IMPROVING ON THE FLAT.

SIGHTS WONDERFUL THAT JENNY HAS A COUPLE OF HORSES AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL NOW.

>> WE GOT INTO A FEELING THAT WE HAD A LOT OF HORSES STEPPING UP TO 5 STAR FROM 4 LEAF.

THE TEST IS BROADLY SIMILAR.

WE WERE LOOKING AT A TWO AND A HALF MARK DIFFERENCE.

YOUR BEST, IF YOU RODE PRETTY MUCH THE TEST YOU WOULD AT 4 STAR, YOU WOULD BE TWO AND A HALF MARKS LOWER AT THE FIVE STAR LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE INTENSITY, THE WAY THE MOVEMENTS ARE STRONG TOGETHER UNTIL YOUR HORSE GETS USED TO PERFORMING THOSE.

YOU.

>> YOU NOTICE A DIFFERENCE.

IT TAKES A SEASON TO GET INTO IT AND GET TRULY COMPETITIVE AT THIS LEVEL GETTING 6.5S ON AVERAGE FROM THE THREE JUDGES.

THIS IS A FULL THOROUGHBRED AND OFTEN FOR THEM, THIS IS ANOTHER TICK DOWN FOR AN EVENT TO BE A FULL THOROUGHBRED MEANS YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT TOO INTERESTED IN WALKING.

>> IT'S TOUGH FOLLOWING LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP.

AND WHEN YOU FOLLOW ON A THOROUGHBRED THAT IS READY TO RUN CROSS-COUNTRY THE NEXT DAY, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.

JENNY IS DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.

THIS HORSE IS WALKING REALLY WELL.

IT'S MORE THAN DOING A GOOD BE JO SHE IS GETTING ALL THE MARKS SHE CAN GET IN HERE.

SHE IS RIDING A VERY ACCURATE TEST.

MAYBE A SHADE EARLY,.

>> 100% FOLLOWED UP BY A BEAUTIFUL REIN AND SUPER BALANCE.

>> SHE IS RIDING CONSERVATIVELY BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LENGTH OF THE STRIDE THE HORSE IS TAKING, TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM HAS MORE TO OFFER IN TERM OF CANTER BUT SHE IS BEING CONSCIOUS THAT SHE NEEDS TO PROJECT A FINAL CHANGE AND DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE IT TOO MUCH BEANS.

SHE HAS A REALLY GOOD RHYTHM GOING.

IT'S LOOKING REALLY CONFIDENT, HAPPY, CONSISTENT.

I THINK SHE IS DEFINITELY DOING THE RIGHT THING AND KEEPING EVERYTHING UNDER WRAPS UNTIL THEY LEAVE THE STARBUCKS TOMORROW.

>> IT IS LIKE GYMNASTICS.

YOU COME FOR THE FLYING CHANGE, MOVING SIDEWAYS AND ACTUALLY REQUIRED FOR THE TOP MARK TO RIDE ASTRIDE A TWO STRAIGHT RATHER THAN SWINGING YOUR AND THE HORSE'S BODY THROUGH TO THE OTHER REIN AND USING THAT.

THE JUDGES WANT TO SEE THE STRIDES OF STRAIGHTNESS TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE RIDING STRAIGHT AND HAVE YOU THE HORSE BALANCED AND TRULY SHOWING A MOVE ON TO THE OTHER BALANCING LEAD.

>> A REALLY GOOD STRETCH CIRCLE FOR THIS HORSE.

HE GOT HIS NECK DOWN AND CAME OVER HIS BACK.

JENNY DID A GOOD JOB KEEPING THE RHYTHM.

GOOD FLYING CHANGE KEEPING IT CLEAN.

>> JENNY, I DON'T THINK WILL BE TOO UPSET AND IF SHE HAS WATCHED THIS MORNING, I HOPE SHE REALIZE IT IS ERROR ON THE SCREEN.

WE DON'T HAVE HER SCORE YET.

[ APPLAUSE ] SHE IS GOING TO BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH A 35/34 IN A MOMENT.

>> A GREAT WAY TO SPIN ISSUE THE TEST TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM LOOKS VERY PLEASED.

>> AND CALM.

JENNIESY IS LETTING THE HORSE SETTLE IN THE RING RATHER THAN DASHING OUT.

BEING CALM AND DELIBERATE WHAT THEY DO AT THE END OF THE TEST AS WELL.

THEY'RE NO LESS THAN THE HIGHLIGHT.

ANYONE SCORING IN EXCESS OF 65% OUT A 5 STAR TEST HAS TO BE PLEASED WITH THEIR DAY AND HAS TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE WEEKEND BECAUSE BECAUSE WE WILL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THIS BUT IAN STARK'S LONG BEEFY CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE HERE, THE HILLS AND THE SHOW JUMPING ON SUNDAY, WHICH IS A REAL TEST OF RECOVERY AND ACCURACY, MEAN THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A DRESSAGE COMPETITION.

IT WASN'T LAST YEAR AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN LESS SO THIS YEAR.

>> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.

WE GOT OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE COURSE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND IT IS DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE A DRESSAGE SHOW.

THERE IS LOTS OF TERRAIN OUT THERE.

THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF PUTTING THE FENCES TOGETHER AND THESE HORSES ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE THEIR FITNESS TESTED ON SATURDAY.

JUST A LOVELY IMAGE THERE OF JENNY REACHING FORWARD AND PATTING TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM DOWN THE NECK AS SHE GAVE HER FINAL SALUTE.

YOU SEE THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH JENNY'S HORSES.

SHE REALLY LOVES THEM.

THEY'RE BIG, BIG PARTNERS FOR HER.

JENNY AND TWILIGHTS LAST TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM SCORE, THE PERCENTAGE AVERAGED ACROSS ALL THREE JUDGES.

THEY'RE GOOD MARKS THERE OUT OF A STOAT TOTAL OF 273.

THAT'S 64.490 AND DELIVERS US A 35.1 PENALTY SCORE.

DAVIDSON WILL HAVE TWO IN OUR DIVISION HERE THIS YEAR.

LEVEL RIDER FOR THE UNITED STATES, HE HAS BEEN NATIONAL 5 STAR CHAMPION, FIRST 5 STAR THIS SPRING AND THIRD IN THE LONG FORMAT THIS TIME LAST YEAR ANOTHER THOROUGHBRED.

RACED 43 TIMES AND WON $82,000, ABOUT $2,000 A RACE WHICH IS NOT IDEAL ON AVERAGE.

>> IT'S HARD WHEN YOU START DOING THE MATH LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT OVER AT THE INTERNATIONALS AND BIGGER INTERNATIONALS BUT QUITE OFTEN THERE ARE SEVEN OR 12 HORSES IN A SINGLE DAY LIKE AT PLANTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> BUCK IS AN ABSOLUTE MACHINE.

HE IS GIFTED AT BEING ABLE TO PUT A TEAM AROUND HIM THAT CAN PRODUCE TOP HORSES AND MULTIPLE TOP HORSE WHEN YOU SEE MINIMUM WAGE AT THESE EVENTS RIDING THESE MULTIPLE HORSES, YOU KNOW THAT THE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND HIM IN THE BARN ARE JUST PHENOMENAL THERE ARE THERE ARE A DOZEN WHO REFER TO HIM EXCLUSIVELY AS COACH.

>> ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IS DEVELOPING RIDERS FOR THE FIRST.

WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO HAVE THEM LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THE SPORES AND IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE SPORT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

>> BUCK FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS, BRUCE DAVIDSON, WON MANY OF THE BIGGEST ACCOLADES IN THE SPORT TWICE INCLUDING WORLD CHAMPION.

THE HORSE TOOK A STUMBLE AT THE END OF THE LINE THERE.

>> HE DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THE HORSE THROUGH THE TROT WORK, ANGLES WERE VERY ACCURATE.

>> A BIT OF A LOTTERY WHEN HAVE YOU TWO HORSES.

YOU MIGHT GET THEM DRAWN, BUCK HAS HIS LESS EXPERIENCED 5 STAR HORSE FIRST.

THAT MEANS HE CAN PICK UP A HUGE AMOUNT OF DATA ON CROSS-COUNTRY TO SHAPE HIS RIDE AND HIS PLAN AND REFINE HIS PLAN WITH CARL QARL CARLEVO, HE COMES HERE OFF THE BACK OF A VERY GOOD INTERNATIONAL WIN IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL.

YOU CAN FINE TUNE THE LINES AND SEE HOW THE FOOTING IS HOLDING UP.

GET A FEEL FOR THE COURSE AND WHAT THE DESIGNER IS TRULY ASKING YOU FOR.

SEE HOW BUCK WAS RIDGESIDLY ON 35.0 THERE IN THE CHIP IN THE LOWER CORNER FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE TEST BUT CLEARLY GOT A FEW 7S, BETTER FROM THE JUDGES.

WE SEE THE SCORE IMPROVING, GETTING CLOSER, DRAWING CLOSER TO 30.0 ALL THE TIME.

>> VERY GOOD CANTER RHYTHM, UPHILL FRAME.

WE HAVE THESE CHANGES, THE MEDIUM CABTER, THE STRETCH CIRCLE, SO AS A PACE, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE 5 STAR HORSES AND TO TRY TO DO ALL THE DIFFERENT EXERCISES AT THE COUNT OF 2, 8, 910 STANDARD IS NOT POSSIBLE NEARLY FOR ANY HORSE.

>> ITS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO STRING TOGETHER EVERY MOVEMENT IN THIS TEST.

THIS HORSE GOES TO THE LEFT AND IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO THE RIGHT.

AND WITH THE CHANGES IN THE TEST, IT IS UNCREDBLY IMPORTANT TO GET, YEAH, HE GOT IT.

THAT'S GREAT.

>> SO BUCK IS JUST, FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING AT THE MOMENT, HE HAS ONE MARK THAT WE WON'T SEE COME IN, WHICH IS THE HORSE PARK WHICH IS A MARK OUT OF 10 THAT IS ALSO DOUBLED SO IT CAN MAKE A TWEAK WHEN WE LOSE THAT SCORE JUST NOW BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE HE IS GOING ON TO OUR LEADERBOARD BEHIND JENNY BRANNIGAN.

FIRST TIME WE WILL SEE BUCK DAVIDSON.

THIS IS WITH THE THOROUGHBRED SOROCAIMA WELL, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT HERE IN MARYLAND AND FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND OUR WONDERFUL SUPPORT HERE FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

>> THE SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION MARYLAND PRESIDENT JOINING ME NOW, TERRY, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EVENT YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED.

TALK TO US ABOUT KIND OF SOME OF THE BACK HISTORY AND ALL THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

>> THIS IS A VISION OF 10 PLUS YEARS COMING TO REALITY.

YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL HERE WAS TO CREATE THE OUTDOOR EQUESTRIAN EPICENTER AS PART OF THE GLOBAL HORSE PARK SYSTEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.

HOSTING THE 5 STAR IS LIKE BUILDING A CITY FROM SCRATCH EVERY YEAR BUT WE HAVE INVESTED OVER $30 MILLION IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE SURFACING HERE.

SO EVERYTHING FROM THE ARENAS TO THE CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE, TURF AND TIMBER AND THE TURF COURSE, YOU SEE JUST A HUGE INVESTMENT INTO MAKING HER EQUINE SAFETY AND ASSEMBLING A TEAM AND THE MASS OF PEOPLE IT TAKES TO PUT ON AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING THE EVENT AND TENS OF THOUSANDS WILL BE WATCHING OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS.

>> FAMILY FUN, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE THIS HERE IN CECIL COUNTY AND PEOPLE, AS YOU SAID, COMING FROM ALL OVER TO GET TO BE HERE.

SO FOR YOU, FINALLY SEEING THIS EVENT COME TO FRUITION NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR, WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT STAND OUT IN YOUR MIND?

>> THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE PANDEMIC, AND SHOWCASE THE EVENT LAST YEAR AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REPLICATE AND ELEVATE IT IN YEAR 2 IS A BIG WIN FOR EVERYBODY WE SET THE FOUNDATION THIS IS HERE TO STAY AND BEYOND OUR TENT POLE EVENT LIST FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

IF YOU ARE NOT HERE, IT NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR BUCKET LIST.

IF YOU ARE A 5 STAR QK PERSON AND YOU DON'T COME HERE, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR CARD AWAY.

>> SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TERRY, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS WEEK.

>> BUCK IS WITH A SCORE OF 36.1.

THE PERCENTAGE ACROSS THE THREE DUDGES TRANSLATING TO A 36.1 SO IT GO IS INTO THIRD PLACE BY A SHORT HEAD BEHIND JENNY BRANNIGAN.

TAMRA SMITH, GOLD MEDALIST IN LIMA 2019, WORLD SILVER MEDALIST IN ITALY.

TAMRA IS RIDING DANITO OWNED BY RUTH.

FIRES 5 LEGISTAR THE HORSE INDIVIDUALLY TOP 10-- FIRST 5 STAR THIS IS A SUPER CLASSY LOOKING HORSE AND TAMMY ALWAYS DOES A FANTASTIC JOB IN THE DRESSAGE RING.

YOU CAN SEE THE HORSE JUST SO HAPPY UNDERNEATH HER AND SUPER BALANCED.

AT TOKYO THE SUMMER BEFORE, SHE HAD THE TOUGHEST JO BE IN THE SPORT.

SHE WENT THERE WITH ONE OF THE BEST HORSES IN THE WORLD, AND ENDED UP BEING THE RESERVE EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW, EVERY MORNING.

I'M WREAD COACH, PUT ME IN BUT THE OTHERS WERE STILL ON THEIR FEET.

SO THERE WAS NOTHING FOR HER TO DO.

INCREDIBLY TOUGH AND SHE DID IT WITH A LOT OF GRACE.

>> YEAH, SHE TRULY DID.

SHE IS SUCH A COMPETITOR AND SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF THE TEAM.

AND SHE WAS THERE EVERY DAY IN TOKYO CHEERING EVERYONE ON.

IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE HER WITH THE INCREDIBLE HORSE.

>> LOOK AT THE SCORES AS WELL.

THE TROT WORK OFF TO A VERY POSITIVE START.

WILL THE CANTER WORK AND WALK MATCH UP TWO GOOD RESULTS OF THE SHORT FORMAT WE WOULD GO CROSS-COUNTRY.

IT IS A DIFFERENT BEAST BUT THEY WERE THIRD AT REBECCA FARM IN MONTANA AND TAMMY, LIKE A LOT OF THE TOP RIDERS, GREAT SUPPORTER OF THAT EVENT, REAL DESTINATION EVENT IN MONTANA, FIFTH AT GREAT MEADOW DOWN IN VIRGINIA.

THIS IS A MOMENT HERE, AND EATS WONDERFUL TO SEE THIS HORSE SO CALM AND STEADY BECAUSE YOU ARE GATHERING UP THE REINS NATURALLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE WALK, YOU HAVE TO TRANSITION THE WALK TO A MORE ACTIVE WALK AND PREPARE FOR THE HALT.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF HORSES THAT WOULD JIG JOG AROUND THE CORNER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS A VERY TELLING MOVEMENT THERE.

THAT HORSE WAS JUST CLEARLY WAITING FOR HER TO GIVE HIM THE INDICATOR FOR THE HALT.

A LOVELY REIN BACK, REALLY GOOD DEPART INTO THE CANTER.

WHAT A CANTER HE HAS.

BEAUTIFUL CLEAN CHANGE.

SEE HOW SUP WILL HE IS.

HE KNOWS THESE MOVEMENTS.

HE'S CONFIDENT IN THEM.

HE WASN'T CONFIDENT TO SWING THROUGH AND PICK UP THE OTHER LEADING LEG.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT LEGS OF THE HORSE, YOU'VE GOT THE NEAREST TO THE CAMERA LOOKS LIKE IT'S LEADING THE CANTER, GOING OUT FURTHEST.

>> THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE, BUT THEN FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL CHANGE AFTER THE SECOND HALF PASS SO HOPEFULLY SHE CAN GET THE LAST CHANGE AS NICELY.

>> AND AGAIN, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE CASE, I'M NOT SURPRISED AT TAMMY, ALL OF THIS CANTER WORK HAS LOOKED LIKE I'M FORWARD IN MY CANTER BUT THERE IS MORE TO COME WHEREAS WE HAVE EVEN OTHER PEOPLE, JENNY BRANNIGAN, SHE WAS KEEPING A LID ON THE CANTER A LITTLE BIT.

>> TAMMY LOOKS LIKE SHE IS ENJOYING THE RIDE.

THIS WILL BE TOUGH TO BEAT.

>> A LITTLE ANTICIPATION BUT A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN CHANGE AFTERWARDS.

IT MIGHT HAVE JUST BE BEEN A SHADE EARLY FOR SOME OF THE JUDGES' TASTE AND THEY TAKE THAT MARK INTO CONSIDERATION.

IT IS A COL PET TIFF SCORE.

IF IT IS GOING TO BE 27/28.

>> SO ELASTIC IN HIS MOVEMENT.

TAMMY SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT TEST.

>> LOOKING BACK TO SOME HIGHLIGHTS, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THE VIDEO OPERATOR TO CHOOSE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

WE HAVE TO SEE THE ONE OR TWO LITTLE FAULTS BUT IN REALITY, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR LEADER, THE ONLY QUESTION IS HOW LONG WILL THEY BE LEADERS FOR GIVEN THE QUALITY OF THE FIELD.

I MEAN WE ARE GOING TO GO FROM TAMMY WHO IS ONE OF OUR TOP RANKED RIDERS TO ONE OF THE TOP RANKED RIDERS IN THE WORLD NEXT.

OLYPMIC MEDALIST, AND PHILLIP DUTTON COMING UP EVEN BEFORE OUR JUDGES BREAK HERE.

JUST STANDING BY FOR THE SCORE.

29.3 WAS THE MARKER LAID DOWN BY HIS HALLIDAY-SHARP AS THE FIRST TO GO.

WAITING TO BE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC MARKS.

WE SAY THESE ARE PROVISIONAL SCORES BECAUSE THEY'RE BASED ON THE ELECTRONIC INPUT.

THERE IS A PAPER RECORD KEPT THAT IS THE OFFICIAL SCORE AND THAT COMES IN AND IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ONE AND THE OTHER, IT'S THE PAPER SCORE SIGNED BY THE JUDGES.

IT ALSO HAS THE JUDGES REMARKS ON THEM.

LISA WALLACE WAS SAYING IS AN IMPORTANT LEARNING ASSET FOR YOU GUYS GOING FORWARD.

29.0, 70.99%.

WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A BIT LOWER.

LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP SECOND, JENNY BRANNIGAN AND DAVIDSON.

U.S. OLYMPIAN AT THE LONDON GAMES IN 2012, CURRENT WORLD NUMBER 5, RIDES DON DANTE DON DANTE WAS TOP 15 HERE LAST YEAR AND TOP 10 AT KENTUCKY THIS SPRING.

THEY WON THE CAROLINA INTERNATIONAL THIS SPRING.

SUSTAINING MEMBER WINNING TEAM-- SILVER MEDAL WINNING TEAM.

THIS IS A TALL HORSE TO LOOK ALL IN BALANCE LIKE THIS.

THE FIRST EXTENDED LINE OR THE FIRST LONG DIAGONAL WHERE YOU ARE ASKED TO OPEN UP THE HORSE'S FRAME A LITTLE BIT.

AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT SPOOFING HIM BUT THE HORSE IS MORE RUNNING THAN EXTENDING.

>> IT IS DEFINITELY LACKING CADENCE IN THE EXTENDED MOVEMENTS TODAY BUT AGAIN WILL IS SUCH A GREAT RIDER ON THE FLAT.

HE REALLY HAS LEARNED THIS CRAFT AND HE IS USING ALL OF HIS EXPERIENCE TO KEEP THIS HORSE IN BEAUTIFUL BALANCE, BEAUTIFUL FRAME, AND AGAIN RIDING SUCH A SUPER ACCURATE TEST DON DANTE 12 YEARS OLD, OWNED BY TEAM REBECCA OF MONTANA, WITH A NUMBER OF LOVELY HORSES IN THE SPORT.

>> LOOKING VERY RELAXED IN THE WALK.

GIVING HIM A GREAT WALK TOUR.

>> NOT REALLY GOING TO BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUDDENLY BE DROPPING DOWN TO 28/27.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

THE WAY YOUR TEST STARTS, IS HI HOW IT WILL CONTINUE IN THE MAIN.

AND SOMETIMES HORSES JUST COME IN AND THEY GET INTO A RING AND YOU'VE WARMED THEM UP THINKING ONE THING WILL HAPPEN THAT THEY MIGHT BECOME A LITTLE SHY SO YOU HAVE THEM READY FOR THAT AND THEY SUDDENLY GET EXCITED OR VICE VERSA AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE UNPREDICTABLE IN THAT AS WELL.

THE HORSE THAT COMES IN AND DO IS DOES THE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE TIME IS WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD.

>> DRESSAGE IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE SPORT, ESPECIALLY ON THE 5 STAR HORSES.

AND THE LEVEL OF ACCURACY AND DIFFICULTY WITHIN THIS TEST IS VERY DAMAGING-- VERY CHALLENGING.

IT MAGNIFIES EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE HORSES.

GOT A GREAT CANTER GOING HERE.

SUPER EXTENDED CANTER, GREAT TRANSITION BACK.

SEE THE ANTICIPATION BEHIND, SO EARLY BEHIND PROBABLY WOULD BE.

>> VERY RARE THEY CHANGE EARLY BEHIND.

NICE WAY TO FINISH THE TEST TODAY.

WILL AS HE AND DON DANTE COMPLETE THEIR TEST.

THAT'S THE SCORE THEY WILL CARRY THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AHEAD AND IT WILL BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THEY WERE HOPING FOR.

IT'S GOING TO SLOP RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF OUR FIELD.

ABOVE 30 BUT NOT THE 35S THAT WE ARE SEEING WITH JENNY BRANNIGAN AND BUCK DAVIDSON.

>> DEFINITELY NOT THE EASIEST DAY IN THE OFFICE FOR WIL TODAY BUT HE REALLY RODE THAT MASTERFULLY.

WATCHING SOME OF THE REPLAYS HERE AS WE WAIT FOR THE FINAL SCORE TO COME THROUGH FOR THE U.S.

PAIR.

WILL AND DON DANTE.

U.S. HAVING BROKEN THEIR DUCK HERE LAST THEIR INAUGURAL VICTORY AT THE 5 STAR MARYLAND.

TO HAVE A U.S.

WINNER, 33.0, THIRD AT THE MOMENT FOR WILL AND DON DANTE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STARS.

UP INTO THE RIMMING GOES BABYLON de GAMMA WITH ASTIER NICHOLAS.

ASTIER WHO HAS BEEN A 5 STAR WINNER TAKING VICTORY IN FRANCE, ONE OF THE SEVEN IN THE WORLD AND IN THE RIO OLYMPIC GAMES AND RECENTLY ON THE FRENCH TEAM AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ITALY AS WELL.

THIS HORSE BABYLON de GAMMA TOP 10 LAST YEAR, THE HORSE'S FIRST 5 STAR FORMER BRONZE MEDALIST AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THIS YEAR BABYLON de GAMMA AND ASTIER WERE WINNERS OF THE 4 TAR SHORT IN SCOTLAND, A VERY HILLY TRACK.

SO THEY WILL HAVE NO FEAR OF THE TERRAIN HERE AT THE FAIR HILL IN THE MARYLAND 5 STARS.

>> THIS WAS A FUN TIME LAST YEAR.

REALLY INCREDIBLE TO WATCH IT GO AROUND THE FIRST 5 STAR LAST YEAR.

8 ASTIER SPENT A BIT OF TIME IN THE U.K. WITH ANDREW NICHOLSON.

QUITE OVER THE FRENCH TEAM ARE MYSTERIOUS.

THEY COMPETE AT HOMIE VENTS AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE TEAM YOU DON'T KNOW AND THEN THEY WIN THE FRENCH GOLD.

IT HAS BEEN PLEASANT IN THE DAY TO HAVE ASTIER BACK IN THE U.K. AND KNOW HIM A BIT AND TO UNDERSTAND WHERE HE WAS SO HE APPEARED ON A TEAM, WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

YOU SEE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THE HORSE MOVES AND THE FRAME AND THE LONG DIAGONAL AND GOING ON THE SHORTENED OF THE RING.

SO BETWEEN THE MEDIUM TROT AND THE RETURN TO COLLECTED TROT.

>> THEY ARE LIKING THIS HORSE FROM THE JUDGES BOOTH.

>> YOU JUST SAW PARTICULARLY IN THE HEAD AND NECK, THE HORSE WAS STRUGGLING A MOMENT OR TWO FOR BALANCE IN THE SMALL 8-METER CIRCLE.

WATCH THE NEXT 8-METER CIRCLE.

IT MIGHT BE LEFT REIN WORKS A LITTLE BETTER FOR THIS HORSE.

>> REALLY NICE BENDING AND CROSSING OVER THERE AT THE HALF PASS.

BUT THEN TAMMY'S OPEN SCORE FELL BACK TO 29.0 AS THE TEST WENT ON.

SO I MEAN, AGAIN IF NICHOLAS OR AFTER THE-- IF ASTIER WOULD STAY ON THE HIGH 20S OR LOW 28S CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE WHOLE TEST, IT WOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR HIM AND OFFER HIM THE LEAD.

>> AND HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB IN THIS WALK.

HE IS REALLY COVERING GROUND.

YOU CAN SEE THAT OVERSTEP FROM THE HIND LEG TO THE FRONT.

>> A NICE RHYTHM GOING.

HOPEFULLY WHEN HE GETS INTO THIS CANTER, HE CAN JUST PUSH THAT SCORE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

STILL COMPETITIVE AS HE FINISHES THE WALK WITH THE HALT AND REIN AND MOVES BACK TO THE CANTER PROGRAM OF THIS 5 STAR B TEST.

>> SUPER CHANGE, IT'S GOT A GREAT RHYTHM IN THIS CANTER, REALLY COMING UPHILL NICELY DIDN'T LOOK QUITE AS CLEAN AND SMOOTH AS THE FIRST CHANGE.

TAKE YOUR HATS OFF TO THE SCWUMS WHO ARE WATCHING ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS US.

>> SO HARD AT THAT ONE ANG WHEN WILL THEY'RE COMING STRAIGHT AT YOU.

>> NEARLY OVER ANTICIPATED THE DOWN WARD TRANSITION OFFERED.

AS GOOD AS A TROT THERE FOR A MOMENT.

>> A LOSS OF RHYTHM BUT THEN A NICE CHANGE.

GOOD WAY TO FINISH THIS TEST HERE.

THE HORSE REALLY DID HOLD A LOVELY RHYTHM ALL THE WAY THROUGH IN THE CANTER WORK.

MAYBE OVER ANTICIPATED A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT ON THE WHOLE, DID A GREAT JOB.

>> IT'S A VERY, VERY CONSISTENT TEST FROM BEGINNING TO END SO BABYLON de GAMMA AND ASTIER NICHOLAS WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE THEY COME IN.

WEIGH WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SEE THE FINAL SCORE.

WE SAW HIM AT ABOUT 29.3 WHICH WOULD BE LEVEL WITH LIZ HALLIDAY-SHARP AND TAMRA SMITH.

BABYLON WAS LIKE, CAN I HAVE A LOOK AROUND?

NO!

>> REALLY ENJOYING THE RING.

>> ONLY ONE MORE TO GO BEFORE WE TALK A SHORT JUDGES BREAK AS WELL AND THAT IS GOING TO BE USA PHILLIP DUTTON AND Z.

WE'LL GET THE SCORE FOR ASTIER IN A MOMENT OR TWO.

29.1 FOR ASTIER NICHOLAS, INTO SECOND.

.1 OF A DIFFERENCE AT THE MOMENT.

TAMMY SMITH IS ALSO A SCORE NAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE JUDGES.

THE JUDGES WILL REVIEW WHETHER THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE MARKS GIVEN FOR THE FLYING CHANGE.

THEY WILL GO AND ASSESS THE MARKS AND DISCUSS AMONGST THEMSELVES THE FLYING CHANGE AND AT THE JUDGING BREAK AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT TAMMY SMITH'S SCORE COULD GET A SHADE BETTER, UP TO 28.9, 28.8.

BUT AT THE MOMENT, IT'S 29.0.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL GET WORSE THAN THAT AND THAT IS LEADING THEY MOMENT BUT IT WILL BE UNDER REVIEW AND MIGHT HAVE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE JUDGING BREAK TO COME.

BUT ASTIER AT THE MOMENT SITS .1 BEHIND.

PHILLIP DUTTON WITH EDIE AND SUES ANN AND CAROLINE MORAN, PATRICIA VOS.

Z WAS TOKYO HORSE THAT COMPLETED BADMINTON THIS SPRING, FOURTH AT THE KENTUCKY THREE DAY 5 STAR LEVEL A FEW YEARS AGO, TOP 10 AT KENTUCKY LAST YEAR.

A HORSE THAT ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LEON AS WELL.

>> THIS HORSE JUST LOOKS SO FIT.

I WAS WATCHING PHILLIP TRAIN HIM YESTERDAY AND HE LOOKS SO READY TO RUN CROSS-COUNTRY.

PHILLIP WAS THE ORIGINAL BROBZ MEDALIST JUST ONE STEP LOWER THAN ASTIER WHO WAS THE SILVER MEDALIST.

SO FAR WE ARE WATCHING THE ABSOLUTE CREME de LA CREME OF THE SHORT AS SPORT AS WELL.

WHEN YOU GET A BIGGER FIELD OF 5 STAR RIDERS, WATCHING AT BURLEY, HOW MANY OF THEM WENT NEARLY TO THE BOARDS.

>> YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A TEST OF ACCURACY AND IT IS DIFFICULT HAVING THOSE MOMENTS IN THAT SEQUENCE, GOING FROM YOUR HALF PASS, CHANGING BEND SMALLER 8-METER CIRCLE AND DIRECTLY TO THE SHOULDER IN THE CENTER LINE.

ASKING A LOT OF HORSES AND RIDERS.

YOU SEE MANY VARIATIONS OF THE MOVEMENTS.

>> BECAUSE IT IS A BALANCE TEST, IS IT ACTUALLY EASIER TO COMMIT AND HOLD YOUR HORSE TO BALANCE ON A SURFACE LIKE THIS REGARDS THAN ON RATHER THAN ON GRASS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

RIGHT IN THE HUNT AT THE MOMENT, LEADER IS AT 29.

NOTHING IN IT IF THEY CAN STAY PERFORMING LIKE THIS.

HIS PROTEGE BOYD WON HERE LAST YEAR.

>> WOW.

I THINK THAT'S THE BEST HALT WE'VE SEEN ALL AFTERNOON.

>> YEAH, ACCURATELY POSITIONED.

GREAT HALT.

NICE SORT OF UPWARD FRAME THROUGHOUT THE REIN BACK AS WELL.

QUITE INTERESTED, THE HORSE WAS SORT OF, HAD THIS REAL GRABBING OF THE BROWNED IN FRONT IN THE WALK AND I WAS WONDERING IF THE JUDGES WOULD LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A GAME OF TWO HALFS BECAUSE THE HIND END WAS NOT NECESSARILY WORKING THE SAME WAY.

HE WASN'T LOSING ANY MARKS.

WE WON'T SEE IT DRIFTING, BUT WE MAY SEE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF THE HALT AND REIN COMING IN ON THE SCORE WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW.

>> LOSES STRAIGHTNESS ON THE CHANGES.

SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY TO SEE FROM OUR PRESIDENT'S POSITION.

>> SUPER EXTENDED CANTER THERE, COVERING LOTS OF GROUND AS WELL.

BEAUTIFUL CHANGE THERE.

VERY COMPETITIVE START TO THE WEEK.

PROBABLY THE MOST EXPERIENCED 5 STAR HORSE IN THE FIELD.

DEFINITELY OUR MOST EXPERIENCED 5 STAR RIDER.

MORE THAN 10 TOP FIVE FINISHES IN HIS CAREER, FOR A LONG TIME THE WORLD NUMBER ONE AS WELL.

7-TIME OLYMPIAN.

TWICE TEAM GOLD MEDALIST, PAN AM CHAMPION AND INDIVIDUAL BRONZE% FOR THE USA.

IT'S NOT A HALF HOURS DRIVE FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE CORNER OF MARYLAND.

THAT IS GOING TO GIVE OUR JUDGES THEIR FIRST SHORT BREAK TODAY.

SO WE HAVE OUR 5 STAR SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS.

SLIGHTER SMALLER GROUP.

10 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR WE ARE GOING TO SEE A GROUP OF FIVE STARTING WITH CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RIDER LISA MARIE FERGUSSON BUT BEFORE THEM, WELL ON' GET THE SCORE FOR PHILLIP AND Z.

WE MIGHT HAVE JUST LOST LIVE SCORING.

IT MIGHT BE A MOMENT OR TWO BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THE SCORE.

IT MIGHT BE AFTER OUR BREAK BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU APPRISED AT THE MOMENT.

TAMMY SMITH IS OUR LEADER.

ASTIER AND DEGAMMA ARE SECOND.

I THINK PHILLIP WILL GO INTO FOURTH BUT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONFIRMED, WE ARE KNOT GOING TO GET A LIVE UPDATE OF HIS SCORE.

BEFORE WE TAKE THIS SHORT BREAK.

SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE SO FAR.

Y SMITH 29.0, LEADS VERY CLOSELY 29.1 FOR ASTIER, LIZ 29.3, 30.4 IS VERY PROVISIONAL FOR PHILLIP DUTTON.

WE DON'T THINK IT'S FAR OFF THE MARK BUT DON'T BE SURPRISED IF IT DOES CHANGE SLIGHTLY.

WILL COLE AND DON DANTE IN FIFTH.

SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS VERY SHORT BREAK.

JOIN US FOR THE REREMAINDER OF THE DRESSAGE ACTION THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE MARYLAND 5 STARS WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM A RIDER OF HIS CALIBER AND WHY MARYLAND IS ON HIS CALENDAR FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

NOT FAR AWAY FROM REJOINING THE ACTION BUT AT THE MOMENT IT IS TAMMY SMITH AND HER FIRST TIME 5 STAR PARTNER WHO LEAD HERE ON 29.0.

IT'S ONLY A .1 OF A PENALTY MARGIN BUT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DRESSAGE LEADERBOARD HERE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STARS FAIR HILL.

DON'T MISS THE REST OF THE DRESSAGE THIS AFTERNOON.

WELCOME PACK 25 FAIR HILL, THE MARYLAND 5 STARS FAIR HILL.

IT IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF SHOWCASING WORLD CLASS SPORT.

VALERIE, FROM MARYLAND, VALERIE RODE 5 STAR HERE LAST YEAR.

SHE IS JUDGING THE NATIONAL 3 STAR CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEK.

A GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE HER ALONGSIDE ME FOR THE REMAINING FIVE HORSES THIS AFTERNOON.

THOSE FIVE HORSES ARE GOING TO BE LISA MARIE FERGUSSON AND HONOR ME.

, ZOE CRAWFORD AND CEC SARA, HAYLEY FREE LIKE BOUGHT A ONE WAY TICKET FOR HERSELF AND TWO HORSES TO NORTH AMERICA.

THIS WILL BE HER FIRST 5 STAR.

SACK BRANDT DIRECT ADVANCE AND LESLIE LAW AND VOLTAIRE de TRE TRYING TO REALLY LAY DOWN THE 5 STAR RESULT THAT WE KNOW THAT HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATION HAVE WITHIN THEM.

WE HAVE SEEN ONE SESSION OF DRESSAGE AND TAMMY AND DANITO ARE OUR LEADERS.

ASTIER NICHOLAS, BABYLON de GAMMA .1 BEHIND AT THE MOMENT.

PHILLIP DUTTON NOW 30.4.

WE ARE ABLE TO STAND BEHIND THAT SCORE OF 69.57%.

IT IS GOING TO BE STRUCTURED IN RING BUT WON'T BE DECIDED IN THIS RING.

SATURDAY IS GOING TO HAVE ITS INFLUENCE, THIS RING WILL HAVE THE INFLUENCE WHEN WE PUT SHOW JUMPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL WOO.

WE SAW THAT LAST YEAR WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE JUMPING TO DECIDE IN FAVOR OF BOYD MARTIN TO BE THE U.S.

WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL MARYLAND 5 STAR.

VALERIE, TO BRING YOU IN, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE, FIRST OF ALL, HAVING RIDDEN HERE LAST YEAR, YOU ARE ON POACHER TURNED GAME KEEPER BUT THE RIDERS SAY IT FEELS NIGHT AND DAY.

IT FEELS LEAK A VETERAN 5 STAR.

THEY LEARNED SO MUCH AND REALLY IMPROVED IT.

>> THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING.

JUST THE UNDERTAKING OF STARTING A 5 STAR IS OVERWHELMING AND WHO KNOWS WHERE TO START.

BUT THE WHOLE COMMITTEE HERE JUST RAN WITH IT.

THEY TOOK FEEDBACK LAST YEAR AND IT REALLY FELT LIKE THEY WANTED TO LISTEN.

AND THEY HAVE, THE REMARKABLE ARE EVERYWHERE AROUND-- REMARKABLE CHANGES ARE EVERYWHERE.

THEY REALLY CHANGED THINGS FEATURING THE CROSS-COUNTRY THROUGH THE MAIN ARENA, HUGE.

AND THE 3 STAR, IT'S IN THE FIRST MINUTE AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO THE BIG TIME FOR THESE 3 STAR HORSES AND EVERYTHING HAS A 5 STAR FEEL.

>> SOME OF THE 3 STAR HORSES ARE GOING TO COME IN THE RING SATURDAY 7 YEARS OLD.

>> GALLOPING INTOTHE ARENA THEY WERE JUST COLLECTING THEIR TROT AROUND.

VERY FUN TO BE PART OF SOMETHING SO NEW AND EVERYONE-- I'M FROM MARYLAND AND I'M SO PROUD TO HEAR THE VISION AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE REALLY WANTS THIS TO BE BIG TIME FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RIDER LISA MARIE FERGUSSON WITH HER PARTNER HONOR ME.

16 YEARS OLD NOW THIS HORSE.

THIS ONE IS GREAT BREEDING.

THIS IS THE ONE I BRING UP WHEN YOU SAY YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING IF IT HAS THE RIGHT BRAIN TO BE AN INVENTOR, IT CAN BE AN INVENTOR, A WELSH CROSS THOROUGHBRED.

>> IT IS ABOUT EMBRACING THE SPIRIT AND THIS ONE CAN BE THAT WAY.

WE WILL SEE.

CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT WILL BE GREAT FOR CROSS-COUNTRY TOMORROW BUT IT IS HARD TO KNOW HOW YOUR HORSE IS GOING TO BE FEELING THE ELECTRIC AT PUSS FEAR AND THE STORMS ARE TRYING TO CRANK UP FOR THE AFTERNOON.

>> DON'T GET TOO CONCERNED YOU INTO ED TO HOP IN THE CAR TOMORROW.

CROSS-COUNTRY SATURDAY IN OUR MIND, DRESSAGE IS A SINGLE DAY OF COMPETITION.

BUT SATURDAY CROSS-COUNTRY.

DON'T COME TOO EARLY IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE COMING TO SEE.

THIS IS A COMBINATION TO COME BACK.

TOP 20 IN KENTUCKY AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.

WHAT IS QUITE NICE IS THAT NORTH AMERICA HAS TWO 5 STARS NOW.

THEY HAVE A REALLY DIFFERENT PERSONALITY TO EACH OTHER.

AND AGAIN, THE TWO BRITISH ONES ARE QUITE DIFFERENT TO EACH OTHER.

MY THING AT THE MOMENT THAT I KEEP SAYING TO PEOPLE WHO ASK THEM.

IT'S LIKE A WEDDING.

WEDDINGS HAVE THE SAME BUILDING BLOCKS BUT EVERYONE ADDS THEIR OWN PERSONALITY TO IT SO THEY SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.

>> IT'S EXCITING HERE IN THE STATES TO HAVE A CHOICE.

IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR 5 STAR IN THE SPRING AND WONDER WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO DO IN THE FALL AND NOW WE HAVE A REAL DESTINATION.

BUT LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

>> SO FROM A JUDGES PERSPECTIVE AND ATHLETE'S PERSPECTIVE AT THIS LEVEL, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE SECTIONS OF THIS TEST AND IT'S REPEATED.

THIS HORSE AND RIDER ARE SHOWING THEIR PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER.

HE IS STAYING WITH HER, HE IS FOCUSED, A LITTLE FOAMY, A LITTLE MOWTDY, IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT, YOU KNOW HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERLYING TENSION HERE ABOUT THE INTENSITY, BUT SHE IS DEALING WITH IT.

I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE IN HER TACTICS AND DRESSAGE IS A LOT ABOUT STRATEGY.

SHE KNOWS THIS HORSE VERY WELL SO SHE IS GOING TO TRY TO WALK THAT LINE OF GETTING THE MOST OUT OF HIM.

BUT TEAM KEEPING HIM FOCUSED AND WANTING TO WORK WITH HER.

>> I'M QUITE INTERESTED IN WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE AS A HORSE PERSON OR SOMETHING YOU ARE TRAINED AND FOR ME WHEN I LOOK AT THE HALT, IN THE REIN BACK, JESSE ALONGSIDE A MOMENT AGO, WONDERFUL SQUARE HALT.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE TOP LINE AND THE TOP LINE BROKE.

BUT THE JUDGE HAS TO LOOK AT BOTH THINGS AT ONCE.

>> AND SOMETIMES THAT'S WHY THERE ARE THREE OF US JUDGING BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT REALLY HAVE NOTICED ONE THING WHILE SOMEONE ELSE WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRY TO DO THEIR PART OF SORTING OUT ANOTHER PART OF IT.

SO IT'S A BIG THING ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE JUDGES SCORES TO ALL ALIGN BUT WE ARE ALL THERE TO SEE THINGS AND SOMETIMES YOU SEE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT SHOULD ALL GO INTO THE RIDE'S SCORE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> THERE IS NO PRESSURE ON YOU.

AGAIN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE JUDGES POSITIONS AND INTERESTING WE HAVE ONE FLYING CHANGE COMING RIGHT TOWARDS US HERE WHERE OUR CAMERA IS BETWEEN CHRISTIAN AND GRETCHEN.

GOSH, WE CAN'T TELL A LOT ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S WHY THE JUDGES ARE SO GOOD BUT YOU ARE NOT UNDER PRESSURE TO TRY AND BE GIVING THE SAME MARK.

YOU ARE MARKING WHAT YOU SEE FROM WHERE YOU ARE SITTING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WHEN YOU ARE THE JUDGE ON THE CORNER, LIKE I LAUGH WHEN I'M THERE.

YOU OWN SOME SHOULDER IN AND SOME HALF PASS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FRONT ROW SEAT TO THAT.

AND THEN THE JUDGE ON THE SIDE HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE REALLY THAN THE OTHER TWO.

SCH THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DIFFERENT.

SOMETHING FROM THE FRONT LOOKS SO STRAIGHT AND YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT THE HIND LEGS ARE DOING.

HONOR ME AND LISA MARIE FERGUSSON TURNING IT 6.5S ACROSS THE BOARD.

A COUPLE OF 6S KEEPING THEM AWAY FROM THE 35.0.

>> FOR ME AS A COMMENTATOR 7 AND 8S ARE EASY TO COMMENTATE, 6.5 IS DIFFICULT TO COMDATE.

DIFFICULT TO JUDGE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

>> IT'S SO TRUE AND YOU ARE TRYING TO THINK, BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR, THE SCORES ARE SO TIGHT.

SO YOU REALLY ARE TRYING TO FIND EVERY LITTLE PLACE TO REWARD A HORSE WHEN YOU CAN, BUT YOU ARE TRYING NOT TO JUST LET IT SOUND MUNDANE AT THE SAME TIME, TO GIVE SOMEONE A BUNCH OF 6S & 6.5 IS UNINSPIRING.

YOU ARE HOPING TO FIND A GOOD MARK TO GO UP WHEN THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WELL, TO HELP SEPARATE ALL THIS PACK.

TEND OF THE DAY, THERE IS A LOT OF PRIZE MONEY ON THE LINE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO GET IT AND YOU WANT TO DO YOUR BEST TO REALLY REWARD EVERYONE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH THE MARKS.

>> SHAPES UP FOR HER FINAL LINE.

TO BE READY TO POWER DOWN THERE AND LIZ WAS LIKE, WE NEED TO HALT, BY THE WAY.

HONOR ME WAS A LITTLE MORE READY FOR THAT.

>> ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO DECIDE HOW MUCH TO PRACTICE A TEST.

YOU WANT TO KNOW IT YOURSELF BUT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT THE HORSE TO KNOW IT OR SOMETIMES MAYBE YOU DO WANT THE HORSE TO KNOW IT.

>> WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, LISA WALLACE AND SAID, YEAH, SOME HORSES YOU CAN'T RIDE THE TWO MOVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE TOGETHER TOGETHER BEFORE.

OTHER HORSES THEY DRAW REAL CONFIDENCE FROM THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NEXT.

SOMETIMES THE GRAND PRIX RIDERS SAY THAT ABOUT THEIR MUSIC AS WELL.

IT HELPS THEIR HORSES FEEL COMFORTABLE.

THIS IS MY MUSIC.

I KNOW IT.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE ATHLETES AND PERFORMERS JUST LIKE THE REST OF US AND IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO TALK TO THEM IN THE MORNING ABOUT, DID YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP AND HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR DAY.

BUT HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF YOUR WARM UP, YOU HAVE A SENSE FOR THAT, AMAZING THE PREPARATION PEOPLE HAVE LEADING UP TO IT FROM WHAT THEY DID THIS MORNING.

SOME OF THEM GALLOPED AND THIS THEM WALKED.

IT'S REMARKABLE.

IS HONOR ME, WE'LL GET THE SCORE.

>> VERY NICE HOW THE RIDERS ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH THE OTHERS AT THE END OF THE DAY MUCH.

WE ARE COMPETING AGAINST THE COURSE, NOT EXACTLY EACH OTHER.

YOU FEEL THAT IN THE EVENTING COMMUNITY.

>> 36.9 FOR LISA MARIE.

THAT WILL GO INTO EIGHTH PLACE JUST BEHIND BUCK DAVIDSON AND SOROCAIMA ON 36.1 AND BUCK IS THE OTHER SCORE THAT WILL COME UP FOR REVIEW.

CLEARLY THE JUDGES JUST HAD QUITE A SHORT BREAK SO THEY DIDN'T GO OVER AND LOOK AT THE MARKS DURING THAT TIME.

SO THERE ARE TWO CHANGE REVIEWS.

TAMMY SMITH AND BUCK.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE RESULTS AT THE END OF THE DAY AND I'M SURE YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LINK THROUGH THE WEBSITE, YOU MIGHT FIND TAMMY SMITH AND BUCK DAVIDSON'S SCORES CHANGE EVER SO SLIGHTLY.

HERE IS ZOE CRAWFORD.

5 STAR DEBUTANTE LAST IMREER AND COMPLETED BOATED KENTUCKY AND MARYLAND WITH THIS HORSE CEC SARA CEC SARA-- P CEK AND YOU ARE JUDGING WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS MOMENT TODAY.

YOU ARE TRYING NOT TO BRING HISTORY WITH YOU.

SHE ENJOYS CROSS-COUNTRY, A GREAT JUMPER AND THAT MEANS THAT ZOE HAS ALL OF HER DAYS SPENT WORKING ON THE SAND BOX AND WORKING ON ALL THOSE THINGS.

AND YOU DO, YOU WANT TO BE READY TO REWARD SOMEONE WHO LAS WHO HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD AND NOT HAVE A PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF WHEN YOU SAW A HORSE A YEAR OR TWO AGO.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU CAN SEE NOT AS SUP WILL AS THE OTHERS ON THE TURN.

A TAIL SWISH, A LITTLE MOWTDY.

ALL OF THAT WHITE FOAM, YOU WANT A HORSE TO BE ACCEPTING THE BIT, THE RIDERS TALKING TO THE HORSE KIND OF THROUGH THEIR HANDS, BUT YOU NEVER WANT TO BE DOING THAT TOO MUCH.

ALWAYS A FUNNY WORD TO USE THE WORD HAND.

YOU WANT TO USE YOUR REIN OR ELBOW, BE SOFT.

SOMETIMES WHEN A HORSE GETS TENSE, THEY GET ULTRASENSITIVE AND HAVE YOU TO SOMEHOW NAVIGATE THAT AS A RIDER.

>> YOU AND PETER IN THE 3 STAR WERE VERY MUCH IN AGREEMENT THAT WHEN YOU SAW A HORSE LIKE THIS, THAT WAS A LITTLE TENSE OR OVER EXCITED, SITTING BEHIND THE VERTICAL, SITTING IN THE RIDER'S HAND, YOU SAW THE WAY THEY WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP INTO A BIG EXTENSION A MOMENT AGO, BUT HERE , SITTING BEHIND, BETWEEN YOU, WHETHER IT WAS TEST RIDE, THE WAY YOU ARE TRAINING BUT YOU ARE VERY STRICTLY IN AGREEMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE 33, 34, RATHER THAN 28.

>> THE THOUGHT IS THAT YOU ARE ALLOWING A HORSE TO DO DRESSAGE AND SOMETIMES YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT DEFENSIVE AND THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST POSITION THAT PEOPLE TAKE AND THAT SHOULD TELL A LITTLE BIT OF THE STORY BETWEEN THE PAIR THAT'S IN THERE OPERATING WITH HARMONY AND, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY EVER SAYS THAT ABOUT DRESSAGE, BUT THAT VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE NOW A LITTLE BIT DEFENSIVE, A LITTLE BIT QUESTIONING, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE HORSE TO START CHANGING YOUR POSITION AND THEY'RE REACTING TO YOU CHANGING YOUR POSITION AND IT'S BETTER, THE BIG MARKS IS WHEN YOU CAN KEEP IT POSITIVE AND EVERYBODY LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE MIND READERS OUT THERE.

>> ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT OUR SPORT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE AN AMATEUR RIDING AN INTERMEDIATE AND BUCK DAVIDSON OR LAUREN NICK NICHOLSON, YOU ARE RIDING AGAINST THEM.

FOR YOU AS A JUDGE, YOU ARE JUDGING NOW AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL BUT IT MUST BE VERY EXCITING TO BE ON A JURY WITH PETER BRANDT.

THREE WEEKS AGO HE WAS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> I COULDN'T WAIT TO CATCH UP WITH HIM AND 25 TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT ALL THE PLACES THE HORSES TAKE YOU.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT YOU ARE WORK TOGETHER AS COLLEAGUES BUT CERTAINLY HE HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE CAN TEACH OTHERS WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAS HAD NOW FROM JUDGING AT THAT QAL CALIBER.

HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB KEEPING THE HORSE TOGETHER THROUGH THE CANTER.

SOMETIMES THAT'S THE QUESTION.

ONCE THEY START TO CANTER, THEY EQUATE THE CANTER WITH THE GALLON GALLOP WITH THE CROSS-COUNTRY.

SHE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB KEEPING HER GATES, WALK, TROT AND CANTER, I HOPE I DON'T JINX HER.

>> IT IS A THROWAWAY FOR US AND NOT A HUGE CONSOLATION TO THE RIDERS IF THEY WATCH THE LIVE STREAMS BACK, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMBINATION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY SUNDAY.

DOUBLE JUMPING CLEAR AT RED HILLS, JUMPING CLEAR AT CAROLINE A.

TWO VERY PRESTIGIOUS 4 STAR COMPETITIONS THAT ARE A LADDER TO KENTUCKY IN THE SPRING.

>> SHE IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT SETS OUT OF THE BOX KNOWING SHE CAN FINISH WITH HER DRESSAGE SCORES.

SHE IS TRYING TO MAKE THAT AS LOW AS SHE CAN.

BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.

SHE IS GOING THINK ABOUT AFTER HER TEST TODAY, WALK THE COURSE TOMORROW, FIGURING OUT WHERE THOSE MARKERS ARE AND RIDING TO THEM ON SATURDAY.

A TOUGH BALANCE KNOWING SHE WANTS TO BE COMPETITIVE AND THE HORSES ARE SO FIT.

THE FITTER THEY ARE, IT BECOMES AN EXTRA CHALLENGE KEEPING THEM PATIENT AND RELAXED WHEN THE PRESSURE IS ON.

A HORSE IS NATURALLY A FLIGHT ANIMAL AFTER ALL AND THE DRESSAGE, YOU ARE NOT REWARDING THEM FOR DOING THAT.

BUCK DAVIDSON, LISA MARIE FERGUSSON AND AND ZOE CRAWFORD.

K.E.C.

ZARA.

ZOE COMPLETES HER TEST AND WE WILL STAND BY FOR HER STORE.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE BACK HERE IN MARYLAND AND PARTICULAR IN CECIL COUNTY WHO ARE OUR HOSTS HERE IN MARYLAND.

EARLY ON, FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM CECIL COUNTY.

>> COUNTY EXECUTIVE DANIEL HORNBURGER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN BUT IT'S GOING TO CLEAR AND BE A MAGICAL WEEKEND AND FIRST FOR YOU, DANIELLE, TALK TO US ABOUT WHEN THIS EVENT MEANS TO CECIL COUNTY.

>> IT IS REALLY, I CAN'T PUT IT INTO WORDS.

THE PEOPLE OF CECIL COUNTY ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.

GOVERNOR HOGAN HAS SUPPORTED IT, THE MARYLAND STADIUM AUTHORITY, THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH SUPPORT, AND THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY HERE IN CECIL COUNTY IN EVENTING, IN THE HORSE INDUSTRY AND SO TO SEE THIS SO MUCH LOVE PUT INTO THIS, AND IT JUST, EVERY YEAR, CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL.

>> THIS IS A SPECIAL AREA TO HOST.

YOU HAVE FANTASIC INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND HERE.

IT REALLY IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO BE FROM HOTELS TO RESTAURANTS, TO EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

>> YEAH, IT'S FANTASTIC.

I MEAN IT'S GORGEOUS HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, FRANKIE.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER AMAZING ASPECTS, TOO, IF YOU VENTURE OUT INTO THE COUNTY.

WE ARE HERE ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

GREAT LITTLE TOWNS WITH MAIN STREETS AND QUAINT RESTAURANTS AND REALLY GOOD EATING.

SO ANYWAY, IT'S A GREAT PLAY PLACE TO VISIT AND HAVE FUN HERE BUT ALSO VENTURE OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING FROM VERY FAR AWAY TO BE HERE AND A LOT OF LOCAL PEOPLE COMING OUT TO JOIN US THIS WEEK.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO JOIN US AND THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US AND FOR HAVING US HERE IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL REGION.

>> SURE, THANK YOU.

>> THANKS SO MUCH.

>> CECIL COUNTY EXECUTIVE THERE CATCHING UP WITH FRANKIE.

WE HAVE THE SCORE IN FOR ZOE CRAWFORD, 39.7, 60.32 THE PERCENTAGE ACROSS THE THREE JUDGES.

WE JUST HEARD THE BELL GO UP IN THE MAIN RING FOR THE NEXT.

THERE'S ZOE SCORES.

THE JUDGES PERCENTAGE.

NINTH AT THE MOMENT.

SO ONE FROM NEW ZEALAND, TIM PRICE FOR NEW ZEALAND COMES ACROSS FROM THE U.K.

THIS COMBINATION ARE BASED UP THE ROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA NOW.

HAYLEY REPRESENTS NEW ZEALAND, MOSTLY COMPETED IN AUSTRALIA UNTIL THIS SPRING, GAVE UP HER JOB IN THE BANK.

BOUGHT A ONE WAY TICKET FOR HERSELF AND HER TWO HORSES TO NORTH AMERICA.

A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE ADELAIDE 5 STAR WHICH WAS NORMALLY NOVEMBER TIME DEFERRED TO NEXT APRIL AND IT MEANT THAT HAYLEY'S HORSE WOULDN'T GET A 5 STAR THIS COMPETITION YEAR AND SHE WENT, I DON'T THINK-- HE IS READY.

I THINK I WANT TO GO AND GET SO MARYLAND BECAME HER TARGET WHEN SHE RANG UP THE HORSE SHIPPERS, THEY SAID YOUR HORSES CAN GO IN TWO WEEKS OR FOUR MONTHS.

THOSE WERE THE TWO OPTIONS.

OKAY, WE ARE GOING.

>> TRULY EMBRACING THE EVENTING SPIRIT, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THESE HORSES.

AND IT'S TABLING YEARS TO TRAIN AND QUALIFY, MULTIPLE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE HORSE AND THE RIDER TO GET TO A 5 STAR.

IF IT MEANS CROSSING A COUPLE OF OCEANS OR CONTINENTS TO DO IT, GOOD FOR HER.

I THINK EVERYBODY IS WISHING HER THE BEST OF LUCK THIS WEEKEND IT'S A BIG DEAL TO BE A ROOKIE AT A 5 STAR.

>> ROOKIE HORSE.

>> SHE HAS RID ESPECIALLY ADELAIDE HERSELF PREVIOUSLY.

>> I'VE NEVER BEEN OUT HERE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR HER THOUGHTS.

ADELAIDE IS IN A PARK, A LOT DIFFERENT THAN BEING OUT HERE.

>> YOU CAN-- IT'S IN A SERIES OF PARKS AND YOU CAN SIT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB, WHICH I SADLY ALWAYS DO, ONE OF THE LUCKY TIMES I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE YOU CAN SIT AT THE BALCONY OF THE BAR AND WATCH THE WATER COMPLEX WITH A BEER IN YOUR HAND.

>> FANTASTIC.

>> I'VE NOT SEEN MUCH OF HER RIDES AND THIS IS FUB, THE NERD IN ME LIKING THIS DRESSAGE.

SHE LOOKS VERY FOCUSED.

SHE IS VERY CONFIDENT, LOOKING RIGHT INTO THE JUDGES BOX AND ASKING FOR GOOD MARKS YOUR MINDING RACING, YOU ARE FEELING ALL THESE THINGS BUT A LITTLE BIT OF CHIN UP EYES UP CONFIDENCE SMILE.

GOES A LONG WAY.

SHOWING THE FOOTWORK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WALK.

I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY EXCITING BUT IT'S EASY FOR A HORSE TO GET A LITTLE BIT HURRIED IN ITS WALK AND THOSE MARKS CAN COME DOWN VERY QUICKLY .

INTO THE HALT, YOU ARE TRYING TO ONLY SEE TWO LEGS, NOT 4.

HE IS VERY WILLING TO DO ALL OF IT PERHAPS A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE AS SHE IS GOING AROUND.

SHE IS GETTING READY NOW FOR A SERIES OF-- MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF THE CHANGES.

THAT IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE HORSES.

THEY'RE USED TO DOING TWO AND IN THE 5 STAR THEY DO TWICE AS MANY.

IN TERMS OF THOROUGHBREDS, THIS IS BRED BY DYLAN THOMAS, RAISED UNDER THE NAME STORM IN AFRICA.

NOT SURE IF HISTORY RELATES HIS PRIZE WINNINGS QUITE OVER OUR 5 STAR EVENT IS LESS THAN $6,000 IN THEIR ENTIRE RACING CAREER.

>> THEY TELL YOU EARLY ON IN THEIR RACE CAREER, MAYBE IT'S NOT FOR THEM AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO TRANSITION TO THE SPORT HORSE WORLD INSTEAD.

HERE HE IS AT A 5 STAR.

SO ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

FREE LIKE RACED SEVEN TIMES NO WINS, $700.

AGREE REMARKABLE TO FIND ALL THE DIFFERENT HOMES FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT RACE HORSES AND FOR THEM TO STILL HAVE THE SOUNDNESS AND ABILITY TO GO ON AND WORK AND TRAIN SO HARD AND KNOW THE DISCIPLINE.

YOU WANT A THOROUGHBRED OTTER RAIN.

THE COURSES-- ON THE TERRAIN, THE 3 STAR AND 5 STAR ARE ON THE LONGER SIDE FOR THE LEVEL SO THE MENTALITY OF KNOWING YOU ARE SITTING ON A THOROUGHBRED DOES GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA CONFIDENCE, MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD PUSH THAT PEDAL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SATURDAY.

A LITTLE LOSS OF BALANCE BUT GOOD RECOVERY.

ALWAYS GREAT WHEN THEY PAT THE HORSE AFTER THE TEST.

BROWNIE POINTS FROM THE JUDGE FOR DOING THAT.

FIRST 5 STAR FOR THEM AS A COMBINATION AND A LONG JOURNEY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AS WELL.

HIGHWAYLEY AND DUNEDIN, WE SAW THEM JUST OVER THE 40 MEANT MARK EARLY ON IN THE TEST AND THEY JUST KEPT PLUGGING AWAY.

WE SAW THEM FINISH AWAY ON THE 38, MIGHT TURN INTO 37.

FOR SURE I KNOW THEY HOPED FOR MORE THEY HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF RIDES SINCE THEY ARRIVEED.

>> BRAVE PERSON TO GO SOMEWHERE.

IT'S UNNERVING BEING SOMEWHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

CAN I SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

I JUSTED GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER TO ENGLAND AND COMPETE AND LIVE FOR TWO MONTHS AND IT'S FUNNY TO NOT KNOW WHERE ANYTHING IS AND EVERYONE ELSE, THEY KNOW LITTLE THINGS LIKE WARMUP, HOW YOU GET TO THE ARENAS AND FOR HER TO DO THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, VERY BRAVE.

>> I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO THE KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND YOU GO TO THE COMPETITORS BRIEFING AND YOU CAN WATCH THE EUROPEANS THEIR FIRST TIME IN KENTUCKY BEING TOLD AT NINA BONNY IS CLOSE.

AND THEY'RE LIKING IS THAT A ROAD, A PERSON, A SCHOOLING AREA?

I DON'T KNOW.

SCORE FOR HAYLEY, NINTH BEST AT THE MOMENT.

SNEAKS IN FRONT OF ZOE CRAWFORD SO TWO MORE TO SEE THIS AFTERNOON AND WE WILL BE HALFWAY THROUGH THE 5 STAR DRJ WHICH IS A SHAME WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN MORE ATHLETES WITH US HERE THIS YEAR BUT I THINK THE FEEDBACK ALREADY GOING BACK FROM THE STABLES AND CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE NOW WHICH IS REALLY MEATY AND UP TO THE LEVEL OF 5 STAR, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A FEW MORE COME OVER AND TRY THE CHANCES FROM EUROPE NEXT YEAR AND I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS, WE ARE STILL PAYING A LITTLE BIT THE COVID PENALTY OF HORSES, HAVING THAT MIDDLE GROUND EXPERIENCE IN THEIR CAREERS TO TRULY BE READY FOR THIS AND ACTUALLY, IN A SPORT WHERE SOMETIMES MAYBE PEOPLE UPGRADE THEIR SOURCE HORSES TOO QUICKLY, AS LONG AS THE EVENTS CAN BE SUSTAINED TO SUPPORT THOSE ATHLETES WHEN THEY'RE READY, I THINK THAT'S ONLY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SPORT.

>> I THINK THAT THIS WAS INTERESTING TIMING, WITH THE WORLD, AND YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T THINKING YOUR BACKUP PLAN WAS TO FLY YOUR HORSE OVER TO THE STATES AS ANOTHER COMPETITION.

>> DIRECT ADVANCE AND ZACH BRANDT.

COMPLETED THE AWE TUM 5 STAR TWICE THIS SPRING.

THEY WERE 12th ON THAT OCCASION WITH A CLEAR CROSS-COUNTRY.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST 5 STAR HERE MEMORABLE, STARTED A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN: DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAS NOTICED.

HE IS VERY FOCUSED.

HE REALLY BELIEVES IN THIS HORSE.

IT'S A BIG HORSE, BIG MOVING HORSE.

THEY'RE QUITE A GOOD PAIR.

YOU THINK AFTER DOING A BURCH OF BUNCH OF 4 STARS THAT YOUR HORSE IS READY BUT THIS IS 5 STAR, THIS IS ELITE.

THEY HAVE TO BE THE YOU UTMOST COLLECTION THAT A HORSE CAN DO.

ITE TAKES A LOT OF STRENGTH AND TIME TO BUILD THAT, SOMETIMES A LOT OF PRACTICE JUST BEING AT THE LEVEL.

I THINK HE WOULD BE PLEASED WITH HOW THIS HAS STARTED.

>> TO MY MIND, SHOW JUMPING, CROSS-COUNTRY AND DRESSAGE, WE ARE ASKING THE SAME THINGS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MAYBE THE SAME HEIGHTS AND SPECIFICATIONS IN THE JUMP AND SAME MOVEMENTS BUT TO ME IT'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP AND INTENSITY THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 4 AND 5 AND AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THIS REALLY INTENSE LINE HERE.

IT'S NOT SO INTENSE IN THE 4 STAR ASKING FOR SHOULDER IN AND HALF PASS.

>> INTENSITY IS THE PERFECT WORLD.

THERE IS NO MOMENT TO REGROUP.

P YOU GET A LITTLE BEHIND, IT'S ALMOST STARTED A SERIES OF NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO PREPARE AND OF COURSE YOU ARE NOT GROWING TO GET AS GOOD OF A MARK AND YOU MENTALLY START TO FEEL THAT AND THE HORSE DOES, TOO BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T ASK CLEARLY, NOW THE HORSE IS KIND OF GUESSING WHICH ONE DID YOU MEAN AND THE RIDER FEELS IT'S NOT LISTENING, SO TO FEEL THAT YOU CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH, THE POINT OF THIS, IT IS CALLED A DRESSAGE TEST.

IT'S A TEST.

YOU ARE BEING TESTED ON THINGS.

AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PUT THE SERIES TOGETHER THAT REALLY DOES REWARD THE HORSE AND RIDER THAT ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS.

AND THEN EVERY FEW YEARS, THEY MAKE NEW TESTS AND RAISE THE BAR BECAUSE EVERYBODY TRAINS AND MAKES IT LOOK SO NICE AND THEY COME UP WITH NEW WAYS, NEW CHALLENGES.

>> WE GENUINELY ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO PAY SOMEBODY TO TELL US HOW GOOD WE ARE DOING IT.

>> THAT WAS VERY GOOD HALT AND REIN BACK.

I HOPE HE GETS REWARDED FOR THAT.

THOSE MOVEMENTS ARE PLACEDS WHERE A HORSE IS IN AN EXTRAVAGANT MOVE OR FLAMBOYANT IN THE PACES, HALT, REIN BACKS IF THEY'RE OBEDIENTS AND WILLING, THEY CAN SCOOP UP MARKS.

AND HE DID.

HE IS TRENDING BETTER ON THE SCORE.

>> 32.8.

WOULD GO TOP 5 AND PIT COALMAN FLYING CHANGES ARE GOING TO COUNT AGAINST THEM.

SO WE WERE PROMISED RAIN AT 4 P.M. AND I THINK THE WEATHER FORECASTERS ARE GOING TO TAKE 20 MINUTES EARLY AS A WIN.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THAT'S THE RAIN WE ARE HEARING, OH MY.

CONSISTENT BUT A LITTLE HEAVY WHICH IS HARD TO GET A CHANGE OUT OF AND THERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT.

YOU WANT THEM TO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE EXPRESSIVE IN THEIR CHANGES AND THEY JUST KIND OF LOOK LIKE THEY GOT TO THE END THERE AND STOLE IT A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY: WHEN THAT SORT OF THING HAPPENS, THE FRONT LEGS CHANGE.

THE HORSE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE TROT TO FIX IT AND THAT'S KIND OF, YOU DEFINITELY ARE MARKED DOWN HEAVILY FOR THAT SORT OF THING.

CHANGES ARE THE ESSENCE OF THIS ADVANCED LEVEL.

THIS IS THE ONE MOMENTS WHERE IN THE STRETCH THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE A BREATH AFTER THE CHANGES, SHOW THAT IT CAN HELP A HORSE RELAX A LITTLE BIT.

HIS HORSE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WANTED TO DO A TON OF STRETCH THERE.

MAYBE HE IS READY TO BE OVER WITH THE REIN, JUST SKIPPED THROUGH A CHANGE THAT'S IN THE THREES MARK THERE.

CERTAINLY NOT WHAT ZACH WANTED BUT HE IS GOING HAVE A LITTLE FUN CHANGE.

>> IT HAS NOT BEEN THAT EXPENSIVE BECAUSE HAVING BEEN ELIGIBLE TO GO IN FRONT OF WILL COLEMAN, HE WILL PROBABLY GO JUST BEHIND IT.

AND TOUCH TOUCH AND GO WITH JENNY BRANNIGAN WHERE HE END UP FOR ZACH AND DIRECT ADVANCE.

YOU SAW THAT.

I THINK THE HORSE WAS CONSCIOUS OF THE GRAND STANDS AND MAYBE THERE WERE PEOPLE AND EYES BECAUSE AS SOON AS HE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE, HOOEY WAS STRAIGHT OUT NEARLY FROM UNDER ZACH'S SEAT.

>> I THINK IT SHOWED HOW FOCUSED THEY BOTH WERE BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO PET HIS FUR OFF.

IT'S ADORABLE.

SO PLEASED.

EXCITING HORSE FOR THE FUTURE FOR HIM.

I MEAN THIS IS KIND OF JUST THE START AND HORSES CAN GO 5 STAR FOR A LONG TIME.

WE HAVE SEVERAL IN THE FIELD THAT HAVE PROVEN THAT SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR THEM.

>> JUST AN 11-YEAR-OLD AS WELL: WE HAVE SEEN YOUNGER 5 STAR HORSES BUT IN TERMS OF CONSOLIDATION AND LONGEVITY, YOU KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY ON A VERY NICE SLIDE PATH AS A PAIR.

NIGHT CRUISE IS THE SIRE OF THIS ONE WHICH GOES BACK TO CRUISING, 5 STAR WINNER AND Mr. CRUISE CONTROL FOR SHORT FOR ANDREW NICHOLSON.

AND SEACREST HAD A 5 STAR WIN FOR CAROLINE BURLY A FEW YEARS AGO.

WELL BRED STALLION.

>> GETTING PATS FROM HIS GROOM THERE AS THEY GET ACCOMPANIED BACK.

IT'S QUITE A WALK WAY, MAYBE NOT WITH THE RAIN BUT THE GRASS IS LIKE CARPET.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

>> 35.4 FOR ZACH BROWN AND DIRECT ADVANCE.

7th SO JUST BEHIND JENNY BRANNIGAN AS WELL.

I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE GROOMS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK FOR THE GROOMS NOW WITH WET HORSES BUT THEY WILL BE LOOKING AFTER THESE TO THE NNTSDZ GLE RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE.

>> ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT IS REMARKABLE IT'S TRUE, STANDING IN THE RAIN, DOING ANYTHING THAT THAT HORSE NEEDS.

IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT OF FUN, BUT FOR THEM, THAT IS THE BOND THAT THEY HAVE.

IT'S VERY SPECIAL AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT A HORSE AND RIDER HAVE TOGETHER.

>> FORMER WINNERS OF THE NATIONAL 3 STAR CHAMPIONSHIPS AT IF I REMEMBER HILL, LAST AWE TUM WON THE 4 STAR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 5 STAR CONTENDERS AT KENTUCKY AND AT BURLEY IN GREAT BRITAIN.

WOODS BAUGHMAN AND C'EST LA VIE.

AND WOODS WHO TRAINS OUT AT SOMER POINT WEST VIRGINIA DOES A LOT OF WORK PARTICULARLY WITH THIS DRESSAGE.

>> HE IS A HARD WORKER SO POSITIVE AND JUST THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING HORSE AND, ATTEMPTED HIS FIRST 5 STAR AT BURLEY.

HAD SOME ISSUES ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY.

HE HAS CHANGED HIS BIT AND FEELING VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THIS WEEKEND FOR THAT.

THIS IS AN EXCITING PAIR.

YOU FEEL ALREADY BIG THINGS IN THE FUTURE FOR THESE TWO.

THEY'RE BOATED EXTREMELY TALENTED.

AND HAVING BETINA HELP YOU.

SHE IS FIERCE TO HAVE A LESSON WITH HER.

SHE DOESN'T MISS A THING.

SHE MAKES EVERYBODY WORK VERY HARD BUT IT FEELS VERY GOOD BECAUSE YOU DO.

YOU FEEL THE DIFFERENCE.

DOING MORE AND MORE WORKING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM RIDERS AND AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPING RIDERS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND SASS YOU SAY, HERE WITH A LOT OF RIDERS IN NORTH AMERICA NOW.

SCH I THINK SHE WOULD BE PLEASED.

RIDING A VERY ACCURATE TEST.

DOESN'T LOOK CONSERVATIVE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE JUST SO MUCH MOVEMENT AT THAT WALK.

HE IS REALLY DOING EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN TO PRESENT THIS HORGS.

IT'S SUCH A NICE HORSE AND THAT'S I GOOD WORD TO USE.

HE IS PRESENTING THIS TO THE JUDGES.

AND HOPING THAT THEY GIVE HIM GOOD MARKS, WHICH RIGHT NOW THEY CERTAINLY ARE.

>> IT WOULD BE KISS MET FOR KISMET FOR IT TO ALL COME TOGETHER FOR WOODS.

IT HAS BEEN A PAIN OF THE YEAR.

WE KNOW THE DRESSAGE THIS PAIR CAN DO AND THEY DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IN KENTUCKY THIS SPRING.

THERE WAS AN INS DID ENT IN THE WARMUP MOMENTS BEFORE THEY CAME DOWN THE WASM AND AT BURLEY, THEY WENT THERE EVERYTHING WAS SO EXCITED.

WOODS PARENTS SAT AND WATCHED EVERY MOMENT OF BOTH DRESSAGE DAYS JUST OUTSIDE MY COMMENTARY BOOTH.

SHE HAD DISDRESSAGE VERY COMPETITIVE.

CROSS-COUNTRY, IT WAS SO UNCHARACTERISTIC AND WOODS, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE HE WAS LIKE-- AND HE HAD TROUBLE FLYING THERE.

THE HORSE'S JOURNEY WAS QUITE TOUGH.

>> HIS FLIGHT GOT IT CANCEL FIVE TIMES AND EVERY DA I COUNTS AND EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY COUNTS THAT IS A LOT TO JUST HAVE TO KIND OF MENTALLY STAY TOUGH AND STAY PREPARED.

>> THE MENTAL THING IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR A YOUNG MAN, AT BURLY, LET'S KEEP GOING.

AND NO, THE HORSE ISN'T RIGHT.

I CAN'T GIVE HIM THE POSSIBLE RIDE.

I CAN'T DO RIGHT BY HIM TODAY.

AND IT ALSO COMES BACK TO THE FACT THAT IT PROVIDES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

MARYLAND PROVIDES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

THIS HORSE HAS EXPERIENCED, THR GRADES WITHIN THE 5 STAR AND TO STAY IN EUROPE AND GO TO TO POE, WOULD NOT HAVE PROVED ANYTHING WITH THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE UNDER THEIR BELT.

>> I THIS I HE DID IT RIGHT.

HE CAME HOME.

DID SOME HOME WORK.

GOT SOME THINGS SORTED AND IT'S EASY TO GET INTO THE MENTALITY THAT YOU ARE JUST GOING TO CHASE THE NEXT ONE AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY TO DO TO BE PART OF THE TRULY INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

BUT LUCKILY MARYLAND HAS BROUGHT THAT HERE TO THE STATES.

THAT'S SAD A LITTLE BIT.

SO STRETCHY AND SO SOFT AND THE HORSE SO RELAXED THAT IT TOOK A COUPLE TROT STEPS THERE.

KIND OF A GOOD MISTAKE BUT STILL A MISTAKE STILL ALL TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

RECOVERY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL CHANGE THERE.

>> HE STILL HAS HIS NOSE JUST IN FRONT WITHOUT THAT PROBLEM IN THE FRONT.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE FURTHER THERE HE IS STILL MAKING THE GROUND SOLID FINISH.

HE KNOWS IT.

HAVE WE SAVED THE BEST FOR THE LAST AS OUR FINAL HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATION DAY ONE OF THE 5 STAR HERE AT MARYLAND, THE MARYLAND 5 STARS FAIR HILL HE IS LOOKING AT THAT BOARD: ALL HOPING BEAUTIFUL WALK ON THE WAY OUT.

LOOSE REIN.

FUN TO SEE.

BIG THUMBS UP FROM THE VOLUNTEERS.

THEY WERE HAPPY.

THEY DIDN'T MIND STANDING IN THE RAIN FOR A TEST THAT GOOD.

HOPED HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT BUT I'VE DESCRIBED HIM AS JIMMY WAFORD'S GRANDSON BECAUSE JIMMY TRAINED SHARON.

IT YOU WILL GOES BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED SET OUR SPORED UP THE WAY IT IS TODAY AND JIMMY VERY MUCH ONE OF THOSE.

I HOPE WE WILL SEE HIM AT MARYLAND.

>> JIMMY USED TO HAVE THE WHO DIS AWARD?

I THINK THAT COULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE.

I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT ABOUT WOODS.

AF SEEING THIS TEST.

CERTAINLY SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND FANCY FOOTWORK.

THAT WAS THE ONE LITTLE BAUBLE.

IT'S INTERESTING.

YOU WANT TO LIKE A HORSE LIKE THAT AFTER A TEST.

YOU GET EXCITED JUDGING A TEST LIKE THAT.

>> THAT MIGHT BE SHARON ALNG SIDE.

SHE IS IN HER RIDING CLOTHES BECAUSE I THINK SHE IS IN THE YOUNG EVENT HORSE.

>> YES.

>> NOT REALLY ENOUGH ORANGE ON HER TO BE SHARON.

WOODS AND C'EST LA VIE.

27.2.

THE YOUNG MAN IS IN THE LEAD 73.7.

OVERALL THE JUDGES PERCENTAGE IS 72.78.

AND HE TAKES THE LEAD ON DAY ONE BY 1.8 PENALTIES OVER TAMMY SMITH.

AND DA NEAT AWHO SITS DANITO, A VERY DIFFERENT SHAPE TO THE COMPETITION ON 2022 AFTER DAY ONE OF DRESSAGE.

Y LET'S TAKE THE DAILY PULSE FOR THE 5 STAR AND REMIND OURSELVES OF THE TOP 3.

ASTIER BABYLON, THEY PUT THEMSELVES RIGHT IN THE HUNT.

NOT ONLY FOR TOP 10 BUT MAYBE TOP 5, MAYBE PODIUM, MAYBE VICTORY ON 29.1.

TAMMY SMITH.

FRESH OFF HER TEAM SILVER MEDAL PERFORMANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TAMMY WITH DANITO, FIRST 5 STAR FOR DANITO.

GREAT FOUNDATIONS IN THIS HORSE'S PRODUCTION TO THIS LEVEL SHOWS THROUGH AND 29.0 IS THE SCORE FOR SECOND PLACE FOR TAMMY HERE IN MARYLAND.

BUT THE SOMEWHAT TRADITIONAL FAIR HILL WEATHER WE ARE PROMISED WE WON'T BE ENJOYING TO PUT IT THAT WAY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND, RAINED WHILE THIS MAN REIGNED SUPREME.

WOODS BAUGHMAN AND C'EST LA VIE THE LAST TO GO, 1.8 TO THE GOOD OVER THEIR NEAREST COMPETITOR TAMMY SMITH.

NATIONAL 3 STAR CHAMPION AND 4 STAR CHAMPION LOOKING TO LAY DOWN THE BEST 5 STAR RESULT AS A PAIR AND THEN MAYBE PROPEL THEMSELVES TO THE NATIONAL 5 STAR CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT SPRING.

AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE A RED JACKET IN THEIR FUTURE.

THERE IS WOODS.

GOING TO TALK TO THE ASSEMBLED MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA IN THE MIX ZONE AND CHAT TO THEM AND THEY WILL BE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO CATCHING UP WITH HIM.

IT'S A NEW STORY FOR THEM, A NEW NAME TO BE LEADING THIS EVENT AND THAT IS SO EXCITING FOR OUR SPORT AND SO EXCITING FOR OUR MEDIA AS WELL.

SO, WOODS BAUGHMAN LEADS OUR ADVISORY STANDINGS AFTER DAY ONE OF 5 STAR DRESSAGE.

LIZ HALLIDAY SLARP P DANCED DOWN THE CENTER LINE AND HOLDS ON FOR FOURTH PLACE AND THE TOP FOUR ALL UNDER 30 PENALTIES.

OUR LEADER UP TO THAT LAST HORSE AND RIDE COMBINATION WOODS BAUGHMAN LONG TIME LEADER WERE THE FIRST TIME 5 STAR DANITO FOR TAMMY SMITH AND SHE CAUGHT UP WITH FRANKIE A LITTLE EARLIER.

>> VERY GOOD TEST AND THE JUDGING MAY BE A LITTLE TOUGH BUT HE DID A GREAT JOB FOR YOU TODAY.

>> HE IS VERY CONSISTENT IN THIS PHASE AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF HIM.

>> THIS IS DO NEAT OWE'S FIRST 5 STAR.

YOU HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEEN ABLE TO SECURE A SILVER MEDAL FOR THE U.S.

TEAM AND FOR TONY AND YOU ARE BACK EAST NOW AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A CRACK AT THE 5 STAR HERE THIS WEEKEND WITH DANITO, BUT FOR YOU, THIS VENUE, YOU HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST AND BEST IN THE WORLD.

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

>> HAVE I TO SAY I WAS HERE AS A SPECTATOR LAST YEAR AND I CAN'T REALLY COMPLIMENT THE CREW ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.

THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY HAVE MADE.

IT'S A WORLD CLASS EVENT.

ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD, THE STANDARD IS JUST, THEY REALLY HAVE SET A GREAT STANDARD FOR EVERY EVENT IN THE WORLD.

IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

>> WELL, IAN STARK HAS PUT FORTH A HECK OF A TRACK AND IT'S GOING TO BE NO EASY TASK TO GET IT DONE ON SATURDAY.

THERE IS A LOT TO DO OUT THERE.

HAVE YOU HAD A WALK AROUND AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> YEAH, I LIKE THE TRACK BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, WHICH IS SAYING A LOT SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE TO RIDE IT LAST YEAR.

IT'S VERY OPEN AND GALLOPING.

THE TERRAIN REMINDS ME OF WHAT FAIR HILL WAS BEFORE, WHICH IS NICE.

SO IT'S MORE CONSISTENT ROLLING HILLS.

I THINK THAT IT'S BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR.

THE FENCES ARE BIGGER, BUT I THINK THE RIDERS ARE GOING TO SEE A REAL TEST OF HOW THE RIDERS RIDE AND HOW THE HORSES RESPOND WHEN YOU WATCH ON SATURDAY.

>> THE TOP IS VERY, VERY TIGHT AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE REST OF THESE HORSE DOZEN TODAY AND IN THE FINAL PHASE OF DRESSAGE TOMORROW.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> JUST SHOWING THE QUALITY OF THE FIELD IN OUR 5 STAR HERE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN MARYLAND.

TAMMY SMITH AND DANITO SIT SECOND AT 29.0.

WITH OFFICIAL TO HAVE TAMMY HERE.

SHE WAS HERE AS A SPECTATOR LAST YEAR, ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SILVER MEDAL WINNING TEAM FOR THE U.S.

RIDING HERE WITH US THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE 3 STAR AND 5 STAR CLASSES.

BUT WOODS BAUGHMAN AND C'EST LA VIE ON 27.2 HOLDING THE LEAD AT THE MOMENT.

IT HAS BEEN A VERY MIXED DAY WEATHER WISE HERE BUT WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH DRESSAGE IN BOTH THE 3 STAR THAT HAPPENS IN THE MORNING AND THE PRESTIGIOUS 5 STAR ONE, 7 IN THE WORLD HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

WE'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN TOMORROW.

WE'LL TAKE THE SECOND HALF OF THE DRAW.

2 P.M. ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH THE 5 STAR AND THEN ON SATURDAY.

LOOK AT THAT.

THE BEAUTIFUL GREEN CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE HERE AT FAIR HILL AWAITS OUR COMPETITORS.

THEY WILL GO OUT THERE, HOPING TO ADD AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE JUMPING ALL TIME FAULTS TO THE PENALTY SCORE THEY PICK UP HERE IN DRESSAGE AND BACK TO THE RING ON SUNDAY FOR THE ACCURACY SHOW JUMPING TEST.

ALL AROUND TEST OF HORSE AND RIDER, ONE OF JUST 7 AT THIS LEVEL IN THE WORLD AND WE ARE ALREADY OFF AND RUNNING IN THE SECOND EVER MARYLAND 5 STARS AT IF I REMEMBER HILL.

JOIN US TOMORROW.

BYE BYE FOR NOW.