<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; ">Jonathan Paget and
Clifton Promise are the best placed of the Kiwis at the end of the dressage
phase at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event in the United States this morning
(Saturday).</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Paget and Promise (owned
by Frances Stead), who were seventh in the World Champs in 2010 at the same
venue, are sitting in fifth place after finishing with 44..8 penalty points
from their 69.33% dressage test.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Andrew Nicholson and
Calico Joe (owned by the Twenty Twelve in Mind Syndicate) are in 10<sup>th</sup>
with 48.7 points and the bronze medallist from the 2010 World Champs is also 24<sup>th</sup>
on Qwanza (owned by Rosemary and Mark Barlow) on 55.8 points. Both of
Nicholson’s horses are having their first start at this level.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Lucy Jackson and
Kilcoltrim Ambassador (owned by Jackson and the Sprout Syndicate) are in 30<sup>th</sup>
with 58 points in their first United States start.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">American Allison
Springer aboard Arthur leads on 39.8.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The high-ranking event
continues tomorrow (Sunday NZ time) with the exciting cross country phase,
followed by the showjumping on Monday.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Lexington event has
attracted a record 73 combinations, including some of the super-stars of
eventing from the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and
Canada, with the Americans using it as selection trials for the London
Olympics.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Kentucky is the only
four star three day event held in the United States, and is the third leg of
the six part HSBC FEI Classics – in which Nicholson is sitting third – with
riders vying for part of the $250,000 prize purse and a shot at the $350,000
Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing which goes to any rider who wins Kentucky,
Badminton and Burghley in succession..<br><em><br>Diana Dobson, ESNZ Media Liaison</em></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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