<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><strong>Mark Todd is out of touch with the top of the field in
the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event after a late run-out aboard NZB Grass Valley
during the all-important cross country phase this morning.</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Joe Myer is the best of the Kiwi duo. He and Snip were
clear but picked up 17.6 time faults over the cross country, leaving them in 14<sup>th</sup>
spot on 69.4 points with Todd and NZB Grass Valley picking up both faults and
time, finishing on 83 points in 18<sup>th</sup> spot.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-style:normal"><br>"He was really going up until the third to last. I felt
he might have been a little tired, and I was maybe a bit too relaxed at that
point on the course. You can never disregard a course, there are a lot of big
jumps," he said.</span></em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Mary King (GB) is sitting sitting pretty at the top of
the field, leading on 47.7 points aboard Kings Temptress and in second spot
with 49.7 on Fernhill Urco.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Very few of the field went clear and inside time over the
course, with 15 of the field eliminated or retired during the cross country, or
withdrawn before starting.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif""><br>The showjumping phase starts in the early hours of Monday
morning (NZ time).</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>Meanwhile,
the hopes of the nation hang on Katie McVean who early tomorrow morning will
start in the final round of the Wold Cup showjumping final. She goes into the
class in fourth spot, and making her New Zealand's best-ever performer at World
Cup level.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Just 27 of
the original 43 strong field have made it through, and McVean and Dunstan
Delphi will follow superstar combo Eric Lamaze and Hickstead towards the end of
the field.</span></p>
