Saturday, May 5 - Cross Country Day

Lucinda Fredericks, who rides for Australia, and is the wife of the Rolex Kentucky winner Clayton Fredericks, still leads on a score of 35.6.

Kim Severson who ran double clear Cross Country with Winsome Adante is in second place, a mere .2 of a fault behind the leaders. (Kim and Winsome Adante are pictured at the right jumping into The Lake. Photo courtesy of Robert Futh.)

Hinrich Romeike, for Germany, and Marius Voight-Logistik are in third place, 4 faults behind the leaders.

The highest placed Brit is Sarah Cohen, formerly Cutteridge, in seventh place with Hide and Seek II on a score of 45.4.

In the top ten there are three Germans, three Aussies, two New Zealanders, a Brit, and an American.

There were eighteen double clears Cross Country, or 40%, from forty-three finishers, a very high number for Badminton. Because the ground was hard due to lack of rain, it was fast.

Twenty-two competitors were withdrawn after Dressage, this from seventy-seven competitors who completed Dressage. 28% were non-starters on Cross Country.

Final Results After Cross Country:

1. Lucinda Fredericks (AUS), Headley Britannia - 34.8 + 0.8 = 35.6
2. Kim Severson (USA), Winsome Adante - 35.8 + 0 = 35.8 (DCXC)
3. Hinrich Romeike (GER), Marius Voigt-Logistik - 36.4 + 3.2 = 39.6
4. Andreas Dibowski (GER), FRH Serve Well - 41.6 + 0 = 41.6 (DCXC) 5. Frank Ostholt (GER), Air Jordan - 42.2 + 0 = 42.2 (DCXC)
6. Andrew Nicholson (NZL), Henry Tankerville - 45.2 + 0 = 45.2 (DCXC)
7. Sarah Cohen, Hide and Seek II - 45.4 +0 = 45.4 (DCXC)
8. Matt Ryan (AUS), Bonza Katoomba - 46.2 + 0 = 46.2 (DCXC)
9. Andrew Nicholson (NZL), Lord Killinghurst 46.2 + 0 = 46.2 (DCXC)
10. Paul Tapner (AUS), Inonothing - 47.2 + 0 = 47.2 (DCXC)
11. Joe Meyer (NZL), Snip 48.2 + 0 = 48.2 (DCXC)
12. Viktoria Carlerback (SWE), Ballys Geronimo - 44.0 +4.8 = 48.8
13. Jeanette Brakewell, Over To You 49.0 + 0 = 49.0(DCXC)
14. Peter Thomsen (GER), The Ghost of Hamish - 49.4 + 0 = 49.4 (DCXC)
15. Nicola Wilson, Opposition Buzz - 50.8 + 0 = 50.8 (DCXC)

19. Gina Miles (USA), McKinlaigh - 48.0 + 5.6 = 53.6
(Gina and McKinlaigh ares pictured at the left. Photo courtesy of Robert Futh.)
40. Jan Byyny (USA), Task Force 54.8 + 40 +29.6 = 124.4

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Bulletin Details on Withdrawals:

The condition of the Cross Country Course, due to lack of rain, has been a bone of contention between competitors and organizers all week long. Latest results show TWENTY horses, or 25% were withdrawn after Dressage. Among the later withdrawals were Clayton Fredericks, last weeks winner at Rolex Kentucky, who withdrew Nullabor (=21st). Fourteen horses, or 18%, from the 77 who completed Dressage were withdrawn before the start of Cross Country.

The following riders withdrew their horses:

Zara Phillip, reigning World Champion, withdrew Toytown (6th)
Andreas Dibowski (GER) withdrew FRH Little Lemon (17th)
Daisy Dick withdrew Spring Along (=56th)
Mary King withdrew both Call Again Cavalier (=8th) and Cashel Bay (=54th)
James Robinson withdrew Comanche (=30th)

Eight others also withdrew:

Oliver Townebd, Flint Curtis (=42nd)
Antoinette McKeowen, Two O Two (=33rd)
Sharon Hunt, Tankers Town (=14th)
Claire Phillips, Ginger Charlie (64th)
Julie Tew, Sir Roselier, (35th)
Matthew Wright, Cermont (=54th)
Polly Stockton, Regulus (=33rd)
Samantha Albert (JAM), Before I Do It (=60th)


Some of the withdrawn horses are candidates for the British Team for the European Championships.