Saturday,
November 4, 2006 - CCI** Show Jumping
Three
of the top four leaders
after the Cross Country Show Jumped double clears on Saturday. The odd man
out was Allison Springer who had one rail and one time fault with Arthur to
drop to fourth place.
Canada's
Mike Winter moved from eighth place to fifth place on a clear Show Jumping round
with one time fault added.
Fanny
Lee and Hadley Harbour rose five places from fifteenth after Cross Country to
a final tenth placing on their double clear Show Jumping round.
The
Show Jumping was held in the Coliseum - an indoor ring. The Virginia Horse Trials
is perhaps the only competition in the United States which holds the show jumping
phase of a Three Day Event indoors routinely. Morven has done it in the case of
inclement weather, though never at the CCI** level. There is some question as
to how appropriate it is to run the Show Jumping phase of a CCI** indoors, when
outdoor arenas are available.
The
Top Ten in the CCI** Final:
1.
Corinne Ashton, Dobbin
- 51.8 (DCSJ)
2. Sally Cousins, The Robber Baron - 54.3 (DCSJ)
3.
Fanny Lee, Paddy The Pooh - 55.3 (DCSJ)
4. Allison Springer, Arthur
- 60.2 (4 Jumping and 1 time SJ)
5. Michael Winter (CAN),
Wonderful Will - 61.9 (1 time SJ)
6. Carol B. Kozlowski, Mr. Snuffleuffagus
- 63.1 (4 Jumping SJ)
7. Dornin North, Lion Display - 65.3 (3 time SJ)
8.
Kim Severson, Tipperary Liadhnan - 70.7 (12 Jumping SJ)
9. Wendy Lewis,
Galway Blazer - 71.8 (8 Jumping SJ)
10. Fanny Lee, Hadley Harbour
- 74.0 (DCSJ)
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The
Top Four in the Open Intermediate Section:
1.
Phillip Dutton, Loose n' Cool - 39.0 (.4 time XC)
(Phillip and Loose N'Cool are pictured at the right in the
Big Water Jump.)
2. Kristin Schmolze, Surprise Party - 46.2 (9.6
time XC)
3. Sally Cousins, Troy - 48.6 (5.6 time Xc; 4 faults SJ)
4.
Kim Severson, Tsunami - 52.3 (13.2 time XC; 4 jumping, 3 time SJ)
(13
competitors)
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The
Young Rider CCI**:
Madeline Blackman and Gordonstown led throughout
to win the YR/CCI** adding only 7.2 time faults to their Dressage score to finish
on a score of 58.1.
Blair
King and King's Whisper placed second in a seven competitor field on a score of
72.9, 14.8 faults adrift of the winners.
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The
Chronicle of the Horse Reports the Following:
Kildonan
Tug Euthanized At Virginia Horse Trials
Kildonan
Tug broke his leg on the cross-country course at the Virginia Horse Trials, Lexington,
Va., on Nov. 4 and was euthanized. He was 14.
The Australian
Thoroughbred competed through the three-star level with Tim Boland in Australia
before being sold to Abigail Lufkin of the United States in 2003.
Lufkin
placed third with him at the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** in 2004. Most recently, young
rider Gillian King had been competing Kildonan Tug at the preliminary level. She
won her last two preliminary events.
Unusually cold weather
in Virginia for the horse trials weekend may have contributed to the accident;
Kildonan Tug slipped and fell between fences 5 and 6 on the preliminary cross-country
course.
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