Sir Mark Todd and NZB Campino were the best of the Kiwis at the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* Three Day Event in the United States this morning, finishing in seventh place.
Rain again played its part on the final day of North America’s only 4* event. Rails fell freely from combinations throughout the field, however those in the top half of the field certainly had far less – if any – time faults. Just four combinations were clear and inside time.
Todd had an early fence down in the final phase, but rode a beautiful round to add just four faults to his score and finish on 60.4 penalty points.
Jock Paget and Clifton Signature had three down but were inside the time allowed and he finished in 14th place on 69.1.
Michael Jung (GER) and FischerRocana FST cruised to victory despite a rail in the showjumping, to finish on 39.2 penalty points.
Fifty-four horses started the showjumping, the final phase of the event.
Running in reverse order, the lower half of the field struggled to go clear and inside time over the course – that was until Blyth Tait and Xanthus III entered the arena.
A former winner of the prestigious event who has won gold medals at both World Champs and Olympic Games, among many other accolades, Tait brought all his experience to the arena and was the first to go clear and inside the time allowed. Tait ended up in 44th, with Joe Meyer and Clip Clop 51st.
The horse details -
NZB Campino (owned by NZ Bloodstock and Sir Mark Todd), Xanthus III (owned by Jane Lovell-Smith and Blyth Tait), Bango (owned by Numero Uno Syndicate), Clip Clop (owned by Madison and Theresa Foote and Joe Meyer) and Clifton Signature (owned by Frances Stead and Russell Hall).
What: Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event When: April 28-May 1, 2016 Where: Kentucky, United States For more information: www.rk3de.org For full results and live scoring: http://startbox-real-time-scoring.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/leaderBoard.html
