Friday,
September 30 - The Second Day of Dressage
Advanced
Division II
Nineteen
Advanced competitors completed their Dressage on Friday, at the Morven Park CCI*
and Advanced Horse Trials.
Once
again America's favorite Australian Phillip Dutton led the pack, this time 
with
R. Bruce Duchossois' Hannigan, on a score of 32.5.
Phillip and Hannigan
are pictured at the right.)
Darren
Chiacchia claimed
the second spot with Claremunt Dannis et al's chestnut mare Huronia. Huronia is
new to the Advanced level and was sometimes distracted by the men working nearby
with a genetator and a nailing gun. (Can you blame her?) It was more or less a
case of when she was good she was very, very good; but when she was bad
- - - , well you know the rest. Darren persevered and Huronia scored 37.5,
5 faults adrift of the far more experienced leaders. (Darren and Huronia are
pictured at the left below.)
Buck
Davidson rode Idalgo to a tie for third place with Sara Davis and Dexter Wong.
Both pairs scored 38.3.
The
top 10 in Division II after Dressage:
1.
Phillip Dutton (AUS),
Hannigan - 32.5
2. Darren Chiacchia, Huronia
- 37.5
3T. Buck Davidson, Idalgo
- 38.3
3T. Sara Davis, Dexter
Wong - 38.3
5. Dornin North, Lion
Display - 38.7
6. Adrienne Iorio-Borden, Urban Legend - 40.0
7. Ralph Holstein, Arctic
Dancer - 42.2
8. Leslie Chelstrom, Brio
- 43.7
9T. Melissa Hunsberger, Just For Fun - 44.8
9T. Mikki Kapaun, Allstar
- 44.8
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Advanced Championship
It's
mighty close at the top in the Advanced Championship in which eighteen horse and
rider combinations completed their Dressage on Friday - the top eleven are separated
by 4.4 faults.
Peter Green, of nearby Upperville, VA, rode the grey Magical to a score of
30.4 and a tie for first place with a second grey, Platinum, ridden by Amy Barrington.
(Peter and Magical are pictured at the right.)
Mara
Dean scored 31.3 with Good Stuff to sit in third place, just .9 of a fault out
of the lead. (Mara and Good Stuff are pictured at the left below.)
Corinne
Ashton and Dobbin, who led after the Dressage phase two weeks ago at the American
Eventing Championships, is in fourth on a score of 31.7.
The
Top 11 in the Advanced Championship are:
1T. Peter Green, Magical
- 30.4
1T. Amy Barrington, Platinum
-30.4
3.
Mara Dean, Good
Stuff - 31.3
4. Corinne Ashton, Dobbin
- 31.7
5. Holly Hepp, Damien
- 32.2
6. Lauren O'Brien, Dunrath
Alto - 32.5
7. Jonathan Holling - Lion
King II - 32.6
8. Stuart Black, Fleeceworks
Starlight - 32.9
9. Clarissa Wilmerding,
Mystery Man II - 33.5
10T. Molly Hooper, Kiltartan
- 34.8
10T. Kristin Schmolze, Cavaldi
- 34.8
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CCI* - Division II
Thirty-two riders completed their Dressage in Division II of the CCI* on Friday.
Emily Beshear, the second last to go on the day, leads the pack with a score of
46.8. Lauren Kieffer and Woodrow were the only other pair to score in the forties,
having achieved a score of 49.3, good for second place.
Barry
Thomason and The Irish Rogue stand third on a score of 50.7.
Unofficially,
the Top 10 in CCI*, Division II are:
1.
Emily Beshear, Carrig
View - 46.8
2. Lauren Kieffer, Woodrow
- 49.3
3. Barry Thomason, The
Irish Rogue - 50.7
4. Laura Vandervliet, Magic
Man - 52.5
5. Alfred Rayne, Tonka
Toy - 52.9
6. Sam Clement, Benjamin
Boot - 53.2
7. James Alliston, Connelly
Road - 53.6
8. Bobby Costello, Foolish
Games - 54.0
9. Fanny Lee, Hadley
Harbor - 55.4
10. Andrea Waldo, Curious
George - 56.4
The
CCI* begins Saturday at 7:30 AM. The first horse goes on the Steeplechase Phase
at at 7:47 AM and on the Cross Country Phase at 8:30 AM. CCI* competition continues
until shortly afer Noon and will be followed by the Advanced Cross Country.
