2023 Maryland 5 Star: Day 3: Cross-Country

ED 26 RIDERS COME FORWARD, ITS TAILGATERS ARE IN PLACE TO WATCH SOME OF THE WORLD'S VERY BEST HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS IN PESH EFFECT CONDITIONS, A 59 DEGREES, 58% HUMIDITY, A LIGHT PRIZE WHICH WE HOPE WILL STAY UNDER THE 20 MILE AN HOUR MARK.

WE'VE BEEN THREAT EPP-- DLETENNED WITH GUSTS OF OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR BUT LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T.

I'M JOINED ONCE AGAIN IN THE COMMENTARY POSITION, IT IS ALICE PLUNKETT HERE.

EVEN WITH THE OPENING MUSIC I WAS GETTING BUTTERFLIES IN MY TUMMY, IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE THIS.

>> IT REALLY IS, IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE OUT HERE, WE HAVE 26 STARTERS AS YOU SAID BUT THEY HAVE WON 265 STARS BETWEEN THEM, TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS AND WE ARE ON A SITE THAT HAS SEEN HORSE SPORT SUPPORTED SINCE 1955.

THIS IS A PLACE STEEPED IN EQUISTRIAN HISTORY THROUGH HORSE RACING, THROUGH HUNTING, AND THEN OF COURSE THROUGH HOSTING THE PANNAL GAMES IN 2003, AND THE FIRST 5 STAR.

THIS PLACE VERY MUCH DESERVES TO HAVE A COMPETITION OF THIS CALIBER HERE IN MARYLAND.

IT IS VERY MUCH AN EQUISTRIAN HISTORIC HORSEPLAYS, A HORSE AREA FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, I KNOW WHEN I WAS RIDING I DREAMED OF RIDING IN THE MARYLAND HUNT CLUB AND THAT IS A RACE STEEPED IN GREAT HISTORY WE HAVE HE GOT THE AMERICAN GRAND NATIONAL, GORDON ELLIOTT BROUGHT HORSES OVER, WE ARE FOCUSED ON A COURSE THAT IAN STARK BUILT TO REALLY TEST THE BEST OF THE BEST AND A FEW TWEAKS FROM LAST YEAR.

>> A FEW TWEAKS BUT LET'S GO, TO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AROUND, A LOOK AT THAT COURSE PREVIEW.

IT IS YEARS 3 OF THE MARYLAND 5 STAR THIS THIS YEAR SERVES UP ANOTHER, FIRST FENCES BEFORE THE FIRST WATER AND THEN GETTING READY TO HEAD UP TOWARDS THE MAIN ARENA.

THEY WILL COME IN AND EXIT AS QUICKLY AS THEY ENTERED BEFORE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE CECIL COUNTY TIMBER RAILS, THE SUNK INROAD IS A BOUNCE, ONE STRIDE TO A BOUNCE THIS YEAR AND THEY WILL ALSO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE IF THEY NEED IT.

AT THE BROWN ADVISORY WATER COMPLEX, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THREE STRIDES FOLLOWED BY ONE BEFORE GALLOPING OFF.

A BIT OF A LETUP GALLOP AS THEY COME TO THE MAGAZINE THAT WAVE HOLLOW WHERE THEY HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN THE DIRECT ROUTE OR A LONGER ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.

TAIL DWAITERS ONSITE WILL GET TO ENJOY THE ACTION AT THE BALTIMORE FAIR CASE AND FOX CUL VERT.

AND THEN IT'S THE LONG GALLOP UP TO THE BACK FIELD.

ACCURACY WILL BE TESTED AT THE CECIL COUNTY BEFORE THEY HEAD UP TO THE MARS EQUISTRIAN WATER, ONCE THERE COURSE DESIGNER IAN STARK SET A BOUNCE IN THISSIER AND THEY WILL NEED TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN THE C AND D ELEMENTS ON THEIR STRIDING.

THE BIGGEST RIDER ON COURSE COULD DEFINITELY BE THAT FOXCATCHER DITCH AND THEN COMES THE THRILL OF THE FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL ROLLER COASTER AND DROP.

ANOTHER GALLOP FENCE AND THE FOX MILL FARM OSCARS AND THE FENCE THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR, THE FINALE SPLASH AND THOSE FINISH FLAGS.

THEY WILL HAVE 11 MINUTES, 10 SECONDS TO GET IT ALL DONE.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THE ACTION UNFOLD.

HUGE THANKS TO FRANKIE AND ALSO TOIANMAR FOR THAT CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW, WE ARE JUST SECONDS AWAY FOR OUR FIRST RIDER OUT ON COURSE, NO BETTER MAN TO START THAN IRELAND'S AUSTIN O'CONNOR.

TOKYO, HE WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST THERE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

THIS IS A WREEL TEST AND A REAL TEST OF WHAT IS BRAVERY.

IAN STARK ONE OF THE BEST COURSE DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD BUT ONE OF THE BEST CROSS COUNTRY RIDERS AS WELL.

AND HE HAS SET AN AMAZING TEST.

>> IT IS SO EXCITING TO HAVE AUSTIN O'CONNOR AS PATH FINDER, THE FASTEST COMBINATION IN THE WORLD AND THESE GUYS BRING A WHOLE HOST OF EXPERIENCE, THIRD OF COURSE AT BADMINTON IN THE SPRING.

WE CAN PUT THE BURGHLEY BEHIND HIM, FORGET ABOUT THAT, IT WAS A BAD WEEKEND BECAUSE THE WORLD GAMES LAST YEAR, THEY WERE PHENOMENAL AS THEY WERE AS LAST MINUTE CALLUPS FOR THE TOBLG DWRO OLYMPICS, HE IS GETTING INTO THAT LOVELY RHYTHM.

FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN MARYLAND, ITS TOPOGRAPHY MIRRORS THAT THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT BURGHLEY AND THAT EXPERIENCE WILL REALLY COME INTO PLAY.

WE HAVE GOT 28 FENCE, 49 JUMPING EFFORTS IN A TRACK THAT RUNS JUST UNDER FOUR MILES LONG.

>> 6,365 METERS TRAVELING ON AVERAGE 70 METERS BY MINUTE, A LOT OF TIME TRAVELING FASTER, THAT FIRST COMBINATION COMES UP.

THE MARYLAND SPORES COMMISSION SPLASH, 3A AND 3-RBGS B AT THE MARS BUCKEYE CED AR DOUBLE BRUSH AT 4 AND THEN INTO THE ARENA.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK QUICKLY AT THE STANDINGS FROM THE DRESSAGE OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS.

IT WAS TWO VERY, VERY GOOD DRESSAGE DAYS, HIGH STANDARD OF DRESSAGE AND IT WAS OLIVER TOWNEND, 23.1, WENT TO THAT LEADERBOARD, PIGGY MARCH, BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE IN SECOND, WILLIAM FOX-PITT IN THIRD, MONICA SPENCER IN FOURTH, BOYD MARTIN 5, CAROLINE POWELL IN 6th.

BUT BACK TO THE ACTIONnd AND LET'S CATCH UP WITH AUSTIN O'CONNOR AS HE COMES UP TOWARDS THE MAIN ARENA FOR OUR SECOND COMBINATION.

A BIG ONE IN THE MAIN ARENA HERE.

>> SO FRUSTRATING.

>> FOR AUSTIN IT IS SO FRUSTRATING THAT 33.7 COULD HAVE BEEN AN AWFUL LOT BETTER.

HE DID A PERSONAL BEST UP TO THAT POINT AND HALTED IN THE WRONG PLACE, TWICE ON THAT LAST CENTER LINE WHICH MADE IT VERY EXPENSIVE.

HE'S REALLY MAKING PROGRESS ON THE DRESSAGE.

BUT THE RHYTHM THAT HE FINDS WITH THIS HORSE, THE SCOPE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THEY'VE GOT, JUST MAKING THAT.

TAKING A FLAG, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY THE HORSES SHOULDER, RIGHT AND BACK END RIGHT IN THROUGH OVER THE MAIN PART.

THEY COME OUT OVER THE 3 STAR, THEY WERE SPOOKY LEAVING THAT ARENA.

IT STILL COMES RELATIVELY EARLY BUT NO PROBLEMS FOR AUSTIN.

>> NO PROBLEM, THE WALK ON THE 3 AND 4 AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW AUSTIN ROAD THAT, AS HE GOES TON THE TIMBER TRACK RACE COURSE, FOR CECIL COUNTY TIMBER RAILS AT 6A AND 6B.

COUPLE OF STRIDES IN BETWEEN THESE TWO TIMBER RAILS BUT THEY ARE VERY SHORT STRIDES.

THEY TURN OFF A CORNER SO THAT IAN STARK HOPES WILL SLOW THESE RIDERS DOWN.

>> REPLICATING THE HISTORIC MARYLAND HUNT CUP I WAS TALKING ABOUT DOWN THE ROAD, THIS IS VERY MUCH THE FENCE THAT WE WOULD SEE, ONE, TWO, YOU CAN SEE HOW SHORT, THE RIDERS CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE, THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.

THEY GIVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION BUT IAN STARK WAS LOOKING AT THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN MARYLAND AND THE CLEAR RATE AND THE TIME RATE TO THE OTHER 5 STARS IN THE WORLD.

AND THOUGHT HANG ON A MINUTE, WE'VE GOT TO SHOW SLOW THESE RIDERS DOWN.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS TO BE THE SORT OF TEST WE WOULD EXPECT.

WE'VE GOT 26 COMPETITORS HERE.

THE PAU 5 STAR RUNNING NEXT WEEK.

THERE IS ONLY A-- OF HORSES THAT CAN COMPETE AT THIS LEVEL.

IT TAKES 7, 8 YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT.

WE SEE THE FIRST RUN GET IN ON THE SHORT STRIDE, AND STRAIGHT OUT.

>> 7A, B, C, D, ONE 16 GOING IN, ONE AT 10 IS A STOAP DOWN, A BOUNCE ONE STRIDE, BOUNCE BACK OUT, THAT LOG COMING OUT AT D IS ONE METER 18 AS WELL.

BIG FENCES, IT'S THE MAIN-- A COUPLE OF LETUP FENCES AT IAN SAYS, STILL ENORMOUS FENCES, BIG OAKS OVER A DITCH THERE, ON 8 AND OUT TO THE GROUND ADVISORY, CHESAPEAKE BAY CANOE WHICH IS A UPTURNED CANOE WITH WATER RUNNING OUT OF IT, BEFORE THEN TOO CANAL BARGES IN THE WATER, THE SECOND OF THE WATERS.

>> SECOND OF THE WATERS AS AUSTIN COMES UP.

I THINK THE RIDERS WILL BE TAKING NOTE THAT THIS IS AN EXPERIENCED CROSS COUNTRY HORSE AND THAT IS JUST ROAD QUITE SHORT BUT THOSE ARE TWO MASSIVE BOATS IN THERE, HE MADE IT LOOK EASY.

THEY KEPT THE WATER NICE AND SHALLOW THERE BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO KEEP MOVING UP TO THE DISTANCE BECAUSE THOSE FENCES ARE BIG IN WATER.

>> JUMPING 9, 10, HE GOES NOW TO 11.

HE JUMPS ABOUT 2, REACHES 5 MINUTE MARKER ON THIS 11 MINUTE AND 10 SECOND CROSS COUNTRY COURSE.

DOUG PAYNE IS BEHIND THE TREES.

YOU CAN JUST SEE HIM BEHIND THE LONG FENCE BANNER.

HE WILL BE NEXT UNDER WAY.

WITH QUANTUM LEAP, ANOTHER VERY EXPERIENCED HORSE.

OWNED BY-- BREAD BRED BY ELIZABETH KAL A NAN AND OWNED BY ELIZABETH AND DOUG PAYNE.

>> IT IS THE 6th 5 STAR, THIS HORSE REALLY EXPERIENCED, TOP TEN IN FOUR OUT OF THE 5, 9th HERE LAST YEAR.

AND IN FACT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND A NATIONAL CHAMPION LAST YEAR AS WELL.

THIS IS A HORSE WITH A HUGE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE.

AND THE RIDERS REALLY WILL BE TAKING NOTE OF AUSTIN BUT THEY CAN'T BE LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.

BECAUSE THESE TWO FIRST OUT ON THE COURSE ARE SOME OF THE BEST YOU SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY'RE GOOD MARKERS FOR IAN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS TO TEST.

HE WANTS TO TEST THE BEST.

AND WE LOOK LIKE AUSTIN, FOR THIS FIRST TIME FOR THE COURSE VERY MUCH ON HIS MINUTE MARK.

>> COMING TO THE WAVE FENCE IS AN ENORMOUS FENCE, UP THE HILL, TO WHAT IS A VERY SMALL LOG AND DOWN TO THIS BRUSH SHOULDER.

TWO SIDES FROM THAT, THERE IS A LONG-- IT IS A VERY LONG RIDGE OF THE MAGAZINE THAT WAVE HOLLOW AT 13AABC.

>> THE CONTROL TO LAND, TURN, GO UP, YOU JUST SEE THE AGILITY OF THESE HORSES AND AUSTIN, HE HAS ALWAYS FOUND THE FIRST PHASE QUITE TRICKY BUT A GREAT RIDER TO WATCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> THESE ARE TWO VERY BIG FENCES AT 14AB AND 15.

IT IS A VERY BIG JUMPING EFFORT.

BUT AGAIN COLORADO BLUE AND AUSTIN FOR IRELAND MAKING THAT LOOK EASY AGAIN.

UP TO THE PARKLAND PAL SAID AS DOUG PAYNE WITH QUANTUM LEAP.

>> WHAT A PARTNERSHIP, HE IS NOW 12 YEARS OLD.

THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL, AND PARTNERSHIP INTERVENTING WE TALK B NO LONGER THAN THIS ONE, THESE TWO TOGETHER AS THEY HAVE HAD 11 CROSS COUNTRY CLEARS AT THE LEVEL FOR DOUG.

BUT INTERESTINGLY, THE TIME HAS ALWAYS CAUGHT THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT WHICH IS A SURPRISE AS THEY COME INTO THE ARENA.

>> DOUG COMING TOO THIS MAIN ARENA.

WILL GO AROUND ON THE RIGHT HAND LOOP.

HE WILL BASICALLY GO PAST WHAT HE IS ABOUT TO JUMP OUT AT THE C ELEMENT OF THE AT 5 KRRKS.

THESE ARE TWO BIG BRUSH OBJECTIONS, CLOSE TO THE RED FLAG MAKING THAT 3 STRIDE DISTANCE VERY ACHIEVABLE.

AND THEN JUST HAVING TO COME BACK DOWN THROUGH THE GEARS TO GET THE FOUR SIDES TO DO THE C ELEMENTS.

>> WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY RIDING AT 5 STAR LEVEL BEING A-- HE COULD PROBABLY JUMP EACH INDIVIDUAL FENCE BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE BIG GUYS GOING THEY REALLY MAKE THE LETUP FENCES THE LETUP FENCES.

US MERE MORTALS WHO COME DOWN AND GET THEM A LITTLE BIT OFF OR DEEP, YOU START TO LOOSE THE CHIPS OUT OF THE POT AND ONCE THOSE CHIPS START TO GO, THAT CUMULATIVE EFFECT AS THEY COME DOWN TO THE TOUGH BITS OF THE COURSE, YOU THINK THAT THE BIG WATER IS AROUND ABOUT THE 8 AND A HALF, 9 MINUTE MARKER, WE HAVE A TOUGH INTENSE SECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURSE.

>> AUSTIN COMING UP FOR THE CECIL COUNTY.

>> THERE IS A LONG ROUTE HERE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT BUT THESE CORNERS ARE OVER THE WATER.

BIG FENCES, BIG CORNERS OVER THE WATER AND IF THE HORSES LOOK DOWN THEY MIGHT NORTHBOUND TROUBLE.

GIVES A RED FLAG A BIT OF A RUB BUT TAKING THE DIRECT ROUTE AS WOULD YOU EXPECT SO FAR AND NOW HE MAKES HIS WAY UP TO THE LANDSCAPE ROLL AND THEN THE MARS EQUISTRIAN CRAP WATER 21ABC, 22ABCD, IT'S A TOUGH WATER UP THERE.

AND A LOT OF RIDERS HAVE, WERE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS.

>> THEY HAVE, VERY MUCH BEEN THE TALKING POINT IN THE STABLES AS TO WHAT PEOPLE THINK, WHAT THEY THINK WE COULD DO.

LET'S SEE WHERE AUSTIN TAKES IT.

WE GOT THE BIG BOUNCE IN, THE WATER IS RELATIVELY DEEP, YOU CLIMBED ALL THE WAY HERE, AUSTIN ON THE TV.

YOU JUST CANNOT GET THE FEEL OF THE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE CLIMB SO HERE HE COMES.

>> POISED, EVERYBODY WATCHING.

BOLDLY IN, IS HE GOING DIRECT.

HE'S UP THE STEP, A BIG RAIL IN FRONT AND THEN A COUPLE OF STRIDES ON THE TOP ONE.

THERE IS ROOM TO GET ROUND.

HE IS TAKING ALL THAT ROOM, TO JUMP OUT OF THE BRUSH.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR IS USING EVERY BIT OF HIS EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE COME COL BLUE AROUND.

AND AS ALICE SAID THE TOPOGRAPHY HERE, YOU DON'T REALLY GET TO SEE JUST HOW STEEP THOSE UPS AND DOWNS ARE.

AND HOW ENERGY SNAPPING THEY ARE TO THESE HORSES.

COLORADO BLUE NOW JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF AIR BACK IN THE LUNGS.

>> THE OTHER THING IS WHAT IAN IS TRYING TO DO BY SLOWING THEM DOWN ALSO TIESES THE HORSES.

THE MORE YOU CHANGE THE GEARS AND BRING THEM BACK IS WHERE YOU START TO TAKE THE ENERGY OUT.

WHEN YOU SEE THE GREAT RIDERS UP TOP AND THEY GET INTO THAT RHYTHM AND SAME WITH AUSTIN, WHEN THEY GET INTO THAT RHYTHM, THEY ARE ALL THE TIME TRYING TO DO AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE STRIDE PATTERN OF THE HORSES TO JUST CONSERVE THAT ENERGY, KEEP IN THAT RHYTHM.

THE MORE RHYTHM YOU CAN FIND, THE LESS YOU TAKE OUT OF THE WATERS.

>> HE NEEDS TO JUMP THIS FENCE, THE THIRD HILL INTERNATIONAL ROLLER COASTER, JUMP 25ABCD, 1 MINUTE 11 ON THE CLOCK, MONICA SPENDS CERTIFICATE AWAY, ARTIST, VERY GOOD DRESSAGE FOR THEM, 28.4, THEY LEAD THE DRESSAGE IN ADELAIDE IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

THEY HAD A VERY EARLY FALL AT ABOUT FENCE 56 ON THE CROSS COUNTRY SO IT WAS AN EARLY END TO THEIR ADELAIDE EXPERIENCE BUT THEY COME HERE WITH A LOT TO PROOF.

JOHN AND SAM THE TRAINERS BEHIND THEM, THEY REALLY HAVE TRIED TO DOT THE IST AND CROSS THE TST FOR THEIR RUN HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

VERY KINDLY POWERED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

THIS IS RUPERT LANDSCAPE CROSS COUNTRY DAY.

>> VERY MUCH BURST ON TO THE SCENE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, MONICA SPENDS WE ARE THAT WIN, HAVING BOUNCED OFF THE WIN OF-- IN THE BIGGEST TEST IN NEW ZEALAND.

IT IS OFFEN TRICKY FOR THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE BASED RIDERS TO BREAK ON TO THAT TEAM BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THE KI-W-I RIDERS HAVE COME TO THE U.K. BASE BUT SHE DID IT, SHE DID IT REALLY WELL, ADELAIDE DIDN'T GO SO WELL SO HERE A CHANCE FOR HER TO PUT THE MARKER DOWN FOR PARIS AND MAKE SURE SHE COULD GET A PLACE ON THAT TEAM.

SHE HAS RELOCATED TO THE U.S. AUSTIN O'CONNOR COMING TO THE END OF THE COURSE, HE HAS 5 SECONDS TO GET HOME.

HE'S NOW OVER THE TIME.

AND HE FINISHES 6 SECONDS OVER THE TIME, AUSTIN O'CONNOR.

>> FINISHED 36.1, 6 SECONDS OVER.

AND TIME PEP ATS BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS HE IS HOME AND WITH 6 TIME IAN STARK SAID THERE WOULD BE NOBODY HOME INSIDE THE TIME.

AND IF WE LISTEN TO ALICE IN OUR OPENING GAMBIT HE SAYS THAT ECORATINGS SAY HE IS ONE OF IF NOT THE FASTEST COMBINATION IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT.

AND CERTAINLY IN THIS FIELD.

SO IF HE IS 6 SECONDS OVER, WHAT IS IT GOING TO SAY FOR THE REST OF OUR FIELD.

MONICA SPENCER.

>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT TIME WILL PLAY A HUGE PART IN THIS.

>> MONICA SPENCER SITTING IN FOURTH PLACE OVERNIGHT AFTER THAT REALLY STUNNING DRESSAGE.

THIS IS A PURE THOROUGHBRED WITH HUGE CADENCE AND PRESENCE, YOU WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HIS OUTLINE, HIS LOOK, HOW SOLID HE IS, HOW HE COPES WITH THE ATMOSPHERE.

>> THIS IS ANOTHER HORSE THAT HAS COME OFF THE RACE TRACK AS WELL.

ERASED UNDER-- FOR A SHORT WHILE IT IS LOVELY TO SEE.

WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF EX-RACEHORSES HERE IN THE FIELD.

YOU THINK RACIAL HORSE, YOU THINK CAN'T MOVE, CAN'T DO DRESSAGE BUT THEY CAN MY GOODNESS ME, THE ARTIST IS A PURE TESTAMENT.

WE LOOK AT THE LIKES OF THE LATE ARCTIC SOUL, ONE OF THE GREATEST HORSES ON THE EVENTING CIRCUIT.

>> ANOTHER GREAT BIG HORSE HE WAS BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS GREAT TO SEE THEM HAVING ANOTHER CAREER AND REALLY ENJOYING IT.

>> WHEN YOU GET TO THE 5 STAR, THE STAMINA AND THE GALLOP AND THOROUGHBRED, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE MOVE, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT CLASSIC JUMP BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE ENGINE OF A THOROUGHBRED OVER A COURSE LIKE THIS, IT IS A MASSIVE ADVANTAGE FOR SURE.

THE WAY THEY CAN JUST LAND AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE FENCES, THAT IS WHERE SHE IS REALLY TRYING NOT TO LOSE TIME.

>> HERE COMES DOUG PAYNE UP TO THE TWO CORNERS.

THE TWO CORNERS, UP, A COMBINATION AT 18 AND 19.

AND A GOOD RUN ON THE FIRST ONE, THE SECOND ONE.

>> IAN STARK WILL BE THRILLED, HAVING THAT FIRST HORSE AROUND HOME PROVED THAT THE DISTANCES HAVE THE GOOD, GETTING THAT ONE BACK INTO THE CLUBHOUSE, JUST A REAL RELIEF FOR THE COURSE DESIGNER.

>> YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THAT THE YOUNG MARS SUNKEN ROAD HOW MUCH IAN STARK HAS MADE THESE RIDERS SLOW DOWN.

YOU SAW MONICA AT THE FENCE BEFORE, THE RAILS, HOW MUCH SHE HAD TO COME OFF THE SIDE OF THE RACE COURSE, SLOW DOWN, STEDDY, JUMP THOSE TWO, MOVE UP THE HILL, THEN CHANGE UNDO AGAIN.

AS DOUG PAYNE COMES UP TO THE MARS WATER.

>> THAT SUNKEN ROAD WAS A NEW FENCE THIS YEAR.

SO DOUG BOUNCING IN OVER THE CRAB.

IS HE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT, GETS THE ONE STRIDE AND THEN HAS TO PULL OUT WIDE.

>> NOW HE CAN NOT CIRCLE HERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABCDE.

>> WE DO.

>> SO THE JUBLGS WILL BE WATCHING REALLY CAREFULLY.

>> THAT LOOKS LIKE HE GOT AWAY WITH IT THERE BUT IT WILL HAVE JUST WASTED A FEW SECONDS.

DOUG PAYNE, QUANTUM LEAP PROVING THAT ON THE ONE STRIDE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE BEST PLAN.

AUSTIN O O'CONNOR GAVE THE TWO, LANDED SHORTER, GAVE HIM MORE ROOM TO COME BACK TO THE BRUSH SHOULDER.

>> MONICA SPENCER COMING, THE SECOND OF THE WATER AS THE DOUG PAYNE COMES TO THAT LOG, FAIRLY INNOCUOUS LOG AT THE TOOTHPICK THEN THE FOX WATCHER DITCH AND ENORMOUS FENCE.

>> IT IS HUMUNGOUS AND WHEN YOU WALK IT IT IS YOUR CLASSIC IAN STARK FENCE.

YOU WALK IT AND YOU THINK HOW ARE THE HORSES GOING TOED READ IT BUT THE FIRST TWO LITERALLY POOP POPPED OVER LIKE IT IS NOTHING, SUCH A CLEVER FENCE BECAUSE IT IS WHAT YOU CALL THE RIDER FRIGHTENERS, OLD-FASHIONED, THE SORT OF FENCE THAT MURPHY HIMSELF, HIS GREAT GRAY, THE 8 CROSS COUNTRIES WOULD HAVE EATEN FOR BREAKFAST.

>> HE CERTAINLY WOULD.

WELL, ONE MINUTE 11 HE NEEDS OP THE CLOCK, DOUG PAYNE IS WELL BEHIND THE CLOCK, BUT WE SHOULD REALLY BE GOING ON THE JUMPING.

BECAUSE IT'S THE JUMPING THAT MATTERS TODAY.

AND AS DOUG AND QUANTUM LEECH, THIS FABULOUS 12 YEAR OLD GOES AWAY, DOWN HILL AND THE BIG TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS HILL, PRETTY MUCH UNDERESTIMATE T IS THE FOXCATCHER, THE OAK TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, JUST SEE HIM JUMP IT THERE.

>> BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL TERRAIN HERE.

AND THE FOOTING HAS BEEN IMAK LAT LEE PREPARED.

IT REALLY IS A STUNNING VENUE.

THIS IS A TOUGH FENCE AND NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE RIDERS BEING QUITES PHYSICAL BECAUSE THE RIDERS ARE OPENING OUT OF THAT SCROLL TOP BEFORE TURNING, TO BE SO NIMBLE AND THE RIDERS SO QUICK WITH THEIR BODY TO BE BACK IN POSITION TO GET THAT TURN.

>> BODY POSITION IS SO CRUCIAL.

AND MONICA USING HER BODY TO ALL OF ITS ADVANTAGE THROUGH THAT COMBINATION AS SHE MOVES AWAY FROM THE WAVE AND ON TO EVEN MORE, YOU OPEN THEM UP, YOU CLOSED THEM, YOU OPEN THEM UP AND CLOSED THEM.

HE HAS OPENED THEM UP AGAIN HERE TO THIS COMBINATION.

>> SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A TURN IN THERE.

>> HERE COMES PHILLIP DUTON, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS, A HORSE-- SHE SOLD HIM AS A 4 STAR I TASK WALKING TO PHILLIP'S WIFE AND SHE SAYS AT 60, JUST HAD HIS 60th BIRTHDAY, THIS IS THE KIND OF HORSE YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR HUSBAND GOING OUT ON.

EARS PRIKED, LITT ME AT THEM.

>> THERE IS DOUG PAYNE, HE HAS COMPLETED 11 MINUTES AND 44 SECONDS.

SO 34 SECONDS OVER THE OPTIMUM TIME.

WILL PICK UP 13.6 TIME PENALTIES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT IS A CLEAR MARYLAND PAYNE THERE, MOTHER GIVING A HUG, JUDGING THE 4 AND 5 YEAR OLD, A 5 STAR JUDGE HERSELF AS WELL.

>> LOOK AT HER FACE.

>> PHILLIP DUTON, SEVEN TIME OLYMPIAN, HE HAS RIDDEN AT EVERY OLYMPICS SINCE 1996 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO TOKYO TWO YEARS AGO.

>> THE TOUGH MORNING FOR HIM WATCHING HIS LITTLE GIRL GO ROUND AND DOING SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB.

>> SHE POPS THE TWO STRIDES, THAT IS SHORT IN THERE.

>> IT IS SHORT IN THERE, A VERY SURPRISING SHORT BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN IAN, ON THOSE FORWARD STRIDES BUT HE HAS MADE THEM REALLY THINK.

WE THINK WE MIGHT SEE THE ODD ONE GO ON THE ONE STRIDE THERE AS WELL.

>> WHO?

REALLY?

>> YEAH, WE DO THINK THAT.

>> MONICA SPENCER AND ARTIST COMING THROUGH, EATING UP THE GROUND HERE.

>> COMING AROUND, JUST UNDER THREE MINUTES TO GET HOME.

>> SHE IS JUST ABOUT TO JUMP THESE CORNERS.

THERE SAY LONG ROUTE WHICH INVOLVES JUMPING THE OWLS BEEK BUT IT IS A VERY LONG ROUTE.

>> THE HORSES ARE READING THIS SO FAR REALLY WELL.

IT SORT OF HAS A BIT OF A FEEL AT THE BADMINTON THE CORNERS OVER THE DITCHES.

AND AGAIN VISUALLY YOU CANNOT BELIEVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE THINGS THAT THE HORSES READ THEM BUT IAN STARK A TRUE HORSEMAN.

HE REALLY HAS A FEEL FOR WHAT IS WITHIN THE REACH OF THESE HORSES BUT WHAT WILL TEST THE RIDERS.

>> JUMPING THOSE CECIL COUNTY CORNERS AT PHILLIP DUTON-- DUTTON PINGS OUT OVER WHAT IS A VERY MAIN AND TAIL OXEN, AND THE BROWN ADVISORY CHESAPEAKE BAY CANOE AND CANAL BARGES AT 9, 10.

>> AND THE MORON FAMILY, THIS LOVELY MARE, AND WHAT A HORSE TO GET AT THIS STAGE.

>> THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THE 55-- THE FIRST 5 STAR HERE.

>> MONICA SPENCER NOW IN THE MAR.

>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RIDERS GOING TO NORWAY.

>> OH, SHE LANDED.

>> SHE DID IT.

>> WE DIDN'T QUITE SEE HER JUMP T YOU AND I WERE TRYING TO LOOK AROUND THE CORNER AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY WAS.

WHAT A RIDE.

>> ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, THE ARTIST, NOT THE ARTIST, JUST ARTIST.

>> HERE WE GO.

ONE, TWO-- ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

GREAT REACTION.

>> YEAH.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> HERE SHE COMES DOWN TO THIS ENORMOUS DITCH AT THE BOTTOM AND ARTIST TAKES NOTICE OF THAT.

>> SHE IS ABSOLUTELY LOVING THIS RIDE.

>> AND AWAY FROM THE START T IS NEW COLORS, BUCK DAVIDSON.

>> I WAS CHATTING TO BUCK BECAUSE HIS KIDS WERE RIDING IN THE PONY RACE EARLIER, HI A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM, AN INCREDIBLE HORSE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE AS WE GO BACK.

>> MONICA COMING TO THE THIRD HILL INTERNATIONAL ROLLER COASTER, STEP DOWN AND AGAIN IAN STARK HAS PUT THESE FENCES ON AN ANGLE SO THEY CAN'T GO STRAIGHT.

THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOME RIDING.

THEY CAN'T JUST LET GRAVITY TAKE OVER.

HE HAS MADE THEM REALLY THINK ABOUT THEIR LINE.

AND SHE SHOULD BE THERE.

SHE IS NOT QUITE GOING TO MAKE THE TIME, PHILLIP DUTTON, AZURE, TIGHT LINE BACK AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.

>> SHE IS BRAVE THIS MARE.

>> WHAT A LINE THAT WAS, THAT WAS I CREDIBLE.

I MEAN HE MUST HAVE TURNED ABOUT THREE STRIDES TIGHTER THAN MOST PEOPLE WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.

THAT IS A GUY WHO IS GOING TO REALLY PUSH TO MAKE THE TIME.

THE WAY HE'S RIDING THIS NOW, HE IS FOCUSED ON GETTING THE TIME AND THIS IS THIS LITTLE MARE FIRST 5 STAR.

A JUMPING MACHINE.

>> SHE WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE, IF SHE ASKED YOU OUT TO A PARTY YOU WOULD THINK TWICE BECAUSE SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE WOULD BE A STAY TO THE EARLY HOUR, MONICA SPENCER COMING HOME, SHE IS ALREADY OVER THE OPTIMUM TIME OF 11 MINUTES AND 10 SECOND T IS NOW DAMAGE LIMITATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS IS HER FIRST 5 STAR.

SHE IS HAD A SMILE ON HER FACE SINCE THE MARS WATER, HER CHEEKS MUST BE ACHING, THE MUSCLES HURTING.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HAVE I SEEN A LAST FENCE IN WATER, NEVER SEEN THIS ANYWHERE AND IT IS TO SLOW EVERYBODY NOW DOWN T DOES T WHAT A PERFORMANCE.

SHE WILL BE, LOOK 28 SECONDS OVER THE TIME, SHE WILL PICK UP 15.2 TIME AND COMPLETE HER 43.6, FANTASTIC ROUND.

BUCK DAVIDSON IN THE MAIN ARENA.

LET'S HEAR ITS STORY OUT.

>> THIS WAS EXTRAORDINARY, WE TALKED ABOUT RACEHORSES COMING OFF THE TRACK.

THIS HORSE RAN 60 TIMES ON THE RACE TRACK.

THERE WAS A PLACE IN HIS FIRST 20 TIMES AND THEN MOVED HIM TO A NEW TRAINER ON TO THE TRACK TO SURFACE PRODUCED BY THE DIKENSON'S, LEGENDARY MICHAEL DIKENSON WHO HAD THE FIRST GOLD CUP.

AND THIN HE WAS NEVER OUT OF THE FIRST 3.

BUCK HAS ONLY HAD HIM FOR THREE SEASONS AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS A GAL OPING MACHINE.

LAST YEAR HE FINISHED 40 SECONDS INSIDE THE THE TIME HERE AT MARYLAND.

THE FIRST PHASE, OF THIS THIRD PHASE ARE TRICKY BUT LET'S ENJOY THIS HORSE TODAY WHERE HE IS ABSOLUTELY MADE TO BE.

>> ANOTHER ONE THAT COULD BE VYING FOR THAT OPTION AND TIME OF 11 MINUTES AND 10 SECONDS.

LET'S GET A CHECK ON THAT CLOCK UP AT THE CECIL COUNTY CORNERS 18 AND 19, TWO MINUTES 55 ON THE CLOCK, 2:55, AND WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THREE MINUTES.

I THINK MR. DUTTON IS Z UP AND AHEAD OF THE CLOCK AT THE MOMENT.

THIS IS-- Z Z Z THIS IS A SPHUNNEE ANGLE, OH WHAT A SHAME, COULD YOU SEE IT WAS GOING WELL.

>> SHE WAS DRIFTING OUT THROUGH THAT RIGHT SHOULDER.

HORSE AND I HOPE THE HORSE AND RIDER ARE OKAY THAT IS A SHAME BECAUSE THOSE TWO DON'T DESERVE THAT.

>> BUCK DAVIDSON TO THE SUNKEN ROW AT 7, UP AND OUT AND NOT MAKING IT LOOK THAT EASY COMING OUT OF THAT COMBINATION.

BUCK DAVIDSON IS RIDING.

FOOSHED, I STHI 80,000 DOLLARS THIS HORSE WON ON THE TRACK, DIDN'T HE?

>> YEAH, 80,000.

YOU VERY RARELY GET A HORSE THAT HAS RAISED AS MUCH AS HE HAS, THE MUSCLE MEMORY AND GALLOP AND TO THEN CHANGE THAT FOR THE DRESSAGE IS A REAL CHANGE EDGE.

BUCK WAS SAYING THE ONLY REASON THEY KEPT RACING IS BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES RIDING, GOOD TO SEE THE HORSE AND RIDER UP ALL RIGHT, PHILLIP DUTTON UP OKAY AFTER THAT NASTY FALL AT THE CORNERS.

>> BUCK DAVIDSON COMING DOWN PAST THE RESIDENTIAL AREA TO THE BROWN ADVISORY WATER, IT IS THE CANOE IN AND THE TWO BARGES ON THE ONE STRIDE.

>> I LOVED IT.

DID YOU SEE THE WAY HE JUMPED IN THERE, SO BOLD BUT THE TECHNIQUE WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

AND THEN MOVING AWAY AND JUST THAT BEAUTIFUL THOROUGH BRED GALLOPING STRIKE.

>> REALLY GOOD TO SEE THEM UP.

>> THIS IS THAT LINE AGAIN IF WE WATCH IT CLOSELY, HE PULLS OUT TO THE RIGHT, FAR MORE THAN HE WANTED TO.

TRIED TO TURN BACK LEFT AND UNFORTUNATELY AZURE DIDN'T REALLY TURN WHEN HE WANTED TO, CALL A LEG, FAIRLY SOFT LANDING FOR THEM BOTH AND THEY ARE WALKING AWAY, THEY WILL LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE TWO IN THE FUTURE.

>> YEAH, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY.

DON'T JUDGE THEM ON THAT FOR SURE.

>> HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG LEAVES THE START BOX.

>> CAPITOL H I M, THIS STUNNING YOUNG RIDER.

>> I ALWAYS CALL HER A YOUNG RIDER.

SHE IS A YOUNG RIDER COMPARED TO ME I SUPPOSE.

HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, 16 YEAR OLD ON CAPITOL H I M HAD A REALLY GOOD DRESSAGE, 32.4, BY CON AIR, AND OWNED BY KRISTA SCHMITT, GREAT SUPPORTER.

>> SIT INSIDE THE TOP TEN AS WE PICK UP BUCK, GREAT TO HAVE-- THEY JUST GOT HIM INVOLVED WITH THIS HORSE, THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH HIM.

>> AT THE WAVE FENCE AND TURNS RIGHT, THE MAGAZINE THAT WAVE HOLLOW 13ABC ON TWO, OFF THE BACK TO THE BRUSH, THAT 13 HE SHOULD LEAVE 5 MINUTES 10 ON THE CLOCK AND IT IS 5 MINUTES AND 10 ON THE CLOCK.

>> THIS IS, MUST BE JUST A LOVELY FEELING WHEN YOU GO OUT OP A COURSE LIKE THIS, KNOWING YOU HAVE GOT THE KIND OF CLASS AND FUEL IN THE TANK THAT BUCK HAS GOT WITH THIS HORSE.

YOU WON'T BE WORRYING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TOMORROW OR YESTERDAY, YOU WILL JUST BE ENJOYING THE MOMENT.

>> HE'S GOT ON 5 THERE, THIS IS A SEPARATELY NUMBERED FENCE, 14AB AND 15.

INTERESTING DECISION TO COME BACK TO THAT BRUSH CORNER.

BRUSH OVER, THAT A DECISION HE MADE, VERY QUICKLY MADE THAT DECISION TO PULL OUT LEFT AND COME BACK.

>> YEAH, INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, HE'S PRETTY GOOD ON A LIE.

BUT HE OBVIOUSLY FEELS HE CAN THEN GALLOP, MAKE UP SOME TIME BUT WE KNOW AUSTIN O'CONNOR IS SECONDS OVER THE TIME, THE FASTEST RIDER IN THIS LINE-UP.

SO DO WE THINK ANYONE CAN MAKE THE TIME?

WE'LL SEE IT WITH BUCK.

>> IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING.

HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG WITH CAPITOL H I M. THREE STRIDES AND MORE STRIDES.

COUNT THEM WITH US.

ON THAT LINE.

ONE, TWO, THREE-- ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, NICE.

>> THE KEY WITH THIS, WITH TRYING TO GET THIS TIME IS NOT TO LAND AND REFLECT ON WHAT IS BEHIND YOU BUT LAND AND MOVE, LAND AND MOVE.

GET THAT FIRST STRIKE.

GET AWAY FROM THE FENCE.

YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GIVING YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK THREE STRIDES AWAY FROM THE FENCE BUT LAND AND GET AWAY.

>> WE SAW YESTERDAY AFTER THE DRESSAGE, MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN THURSDAY, WERE YOU WITH ME AND WE SAW BUCK'S FATHER HERE WATCHING, BRILLIANT TO SEE HIM HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

BUCK AND HIS MOM.

>> PROCEDURE LEGEND OF THE SPORT.

>> FANTASTIC.

I WENT TO SEE HIM, IS HE A GREAT FRIEND OF WILLIAM'S MOM.

>> THERE IS PIGGY MARCH, ALICE HAD MENTIONED IN THE OPENING PROGRAM THAT THOSE 26, 5 STAR WINS IN THE FIELD.

PIGGY MARCH HAS TWO OF THEM, AS BUCK DAVIDSON COMES NOW TO THE DOUBLE CECIL COUNTY CORNERS AT 18 AND 19.

>> I ALWAYS THINK WITH PIGGY RIDERS HAVING THEIR TIME AND SHE IS HAVING THEIR TIME, SHE IS RIDING ABSOLUTELY TOP OF HER GAME.

BUCK MAKES THAT TURN.

>>, THAT WILL COME DOWN TO A HEAD-ON CAMERA.

>> I THINK HE WAS GOOD, I THINK HE WAS GOOD.

>> IT IS INTERESTING.

THE RIDERS ARE TAKING A STRAIGHTER LINE THERE T IS COMING UP.

THE TURN SEEMS TO BE AT THIS STAGE, JUST THE HORSES AREN'T AS MANEUVERABLE.

AND IT IS JUST CAUSING A MUDDLE.

>> I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE SEE 11, 15 PENALTIES GO ON THERE BUT THEY WILL BE TAKEN OFF I SHOULD THINK.

THE SHOULDERS, PUT THEM ON RATHER THAN LEAVE IT AND LET THE GRAND JURY WHO IS MADE UP OF JUDY HANCOCK, ROBERT STEPHENSON AND-- PENNY WHO WILL REVIEW THAT ON CAMERA.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CLEVER, FROM A RIDER PERSPECTIVE, IN IS THE FIRST HORSE WE HAVE SEEN GO LONG, TWO STRIDES ON THE TOP OF THE BANK.

>> IS HE TAKING THE ONE.

>> AND THEN TURN BACK TO THE BRUSH.

>> YOU CAN SEE IT WASTES A LOT OF TIME, EVEN IF-- IT IS AN INTERESTING ONE.

EVEN THE RIDERS THAT COME DOWN AND PULL LEFT AND THEN COME BACK RIGHT, WE'VE ONLY SEEN ONE GO STRAIGHT ON THAT TWO STRIDE OFF THE TOP OF THE BANK AND THAT WAS MONICA SPENCER, PUNCH AT THE ENDS.

>> RIGHT INTO BUCK'S HAND.

>> AND AS AS HE COMES DOWN TO THIS LOG ON THE TOP OF THE BANK, THE TOOTHPICK AT 23, HE SHOULD HAVE WON 41, ABOUT 40 SECONDS DOWN.

MARCH IS AWAY WITH BROOK BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, THIS HORSE A BRILLIANT DRESSAGE TEST.

OWNED BY ALICE AND SWIN DOM, JOHN AND CHLOE PERRY OF THE BROOKFIELD START, TEN YEARS OLD, IRISH SPORT HORSE AND THE ONLY STAL YOM-- STALLION IN THE 5 STAR FIELD.

>> HE DON'T SEE MANY STALLIONS.

IT IS VERY RARE TO SEE STALLIONS.

THEY HAVE ARE OFTEN NOT COMFORTABLE JUMPING THE BRUSH FENCES.

WE DON'T SEE THEM STEEP EL CHASING EITHER FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

>> BUT THIS HORSE IS A VERY BRAVE, PIGGY ONLY PICKED UP THE RIDE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

HE WAS PRODUCED BY HARRY MEAD AND TOM KUHN, SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

QUITE A BIG HORSE AND HE HAS BEEN VERY GENTLY CAMPAIGNED TO PRODUCE AT THIS LEVEL.

HIS FIRST 5 STAR AND RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED AT THE 4 STAR LEVEL BUT THERE IS NO ONE BETTER ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAN PIG.

SHE IS UNBELIEVABLE.

AND I THINK SHE WILL BE SETTING OUT POSITIVE THAT POTENTIALLY MIGHT GIVE HER THE OPTION TO TAKE A LONGER ROUTE LATER ON, BELL'S SEE.

BUT SHE ISN'T SOMEBODY THAT TENDS TO TAKE LONG ROUTE.

>> THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR WOULD LIKE TO THANK: AS PIGGY MARCH TURNS RIGHT, EYES ON EARLY.

CHANGES DOWN THE GIVE, LOOK AND LOVE.

WATCHING PIGGY MARCH GO CROSS COUNTRY IS JUST A PRIVILEGE.

SHE IS ALWAYS BALANCED.

HER BODY IS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

SHE RIDES WITH A RELATIVELY LONG STEP AND I KNOW THAT THE ENGLISH TEAM CHANGED THERE WAS TALK ABOUT TRYING TO GET HER TO CHANGE THE STIR UP LENGTH, PULL THEM SHORTER BUT WHY WOULD YOU CHANGE WHAT HAS WORKED SO WELL.

SHE JUST IS ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HORSE.

>> HERE WE HAVE UP AT THE MARS LAKE GOES ON-- DOWN TO THE ARROWHEADS.

>> SHE MADE THAT LOOK EASY.

>> I THINK THAT WILL GIVE A LOT OF RIDERS CONFIDENCE.

>> IT WILL.

>> GIVE IT A GO.

>> AGAIN THOSE TWO BOATS, REALLY BIG IN THE WATER.

GOT TO MOVE UP TO THAT DISTANCE.

YOU CAN'T BE LANDING AND JUST THINKING OH, IT'S WATER, YOU HAVE TO LAND AND GO.

HANNAH SUE PUT ONE MINUTE 30 TO GET HOME.

SHE LANDS AND TURNS.

THIS CAMERA ANGLE DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A FEEL, THIS IS A CHEVRON FENCE, WHEN YOU COME DOWN YOU HAVE THE DITCH TO A POINT TO IT AND YOU WALK IT AND THINK HOW ARE THEY GOING TO READ IT.

BUT SO CLEVER OF IAN STARK.

THEY ARE READING IT ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY.

AND THIS COURSE IS RIDING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ANXIETY ABOUT JUST HOW STRONG IT IS.

AND I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING TIME FALLS, HEY, IT DOESN'T MATTER, THE HORSES ARE JUMPING SAFELY, THEY ARE READING THE QUESTIONS, TIME IS TIME.

BUT THE HORSES ARE GOING TO COME AWAY FROM THIS.

THE ONES THAT JUMP ROUND, THE HORSES WILL FEEL BOLD.

I THINK HE HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB SO FAR.

OKAY, HERE COMES PIG.

>> SHE IS FLYING TOM HAS BEEN HELP SOG MUCH ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, THIS WILL BE TOUGH FOR HER, I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR HER, GOING TO HAVE TO GO LONG, SHE DIDN'T PLAN TO BUT RUNNING THROUGH THE BRIDLE.

THAT FENCE COMING DOWN THE HILL, JUST OPENS THEM UP SO MUCH.

YOU HAVE TO RIDE IT STRONG BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG.

BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT TO BE MINDFUL OF TURNING.

SHE REALLY HAD A GOOD CHOICE.

>> SHOULD WE LOOK INTO THAT CLEAR ROUND THOUGH THAT'S FOR SURE.

AS WE GO TO HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, CAPITOL H I M AT THAT FINAL FENCE.

JUST A FEW SECONDS OVER.

YEAH ABSOLUTELY WHAT A ROUND.

17, 18 SECONDS OVER.

SHE WILL PICK UP THE 7.2 TIME, FINISH IT ON 39.6.

>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL ROUND.

THE HIGHLIGHT WAS AS SHE ROAD THROUGH THE WATER.

POPPED UP TO THE STEP, POPPED THE HEADS AT THE TOP WHICH GAVE HER TIME TO JUST RIDE VERY SAFELY AND STRAIGHT COMING DOWN THE BANK.

THAT IS EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD BE RIDDEN.

>> SO AND WE HAVE-- IT COMES INTO THE ARENA.

THE FIRST TIME WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE HER ON THIS INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE GRADE.

>> SHE HAD A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE IN THE DRESSAGE.

PICKED UP A SCORE OF 39.0, 21S PLACE.

>> SHE CLEARS NUMBER 5 WELL.

STRAIGHT ON AND OUT OF THE ARENA AS PIGGY IS MOVING ON.

SHE IS CHECKING HER WATCH.

THREE MINUTES 47 TO GET HOME FOR PIGGY MARCH.

CAN SHE MAKE THAT TIME.

NO ONE YET MADE IT.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR THE FASTEST SO FAR, 6 SECONDS OVER THE TIME.

PIGGY MARCH GALLOPS ON, OPENING UP THAT STRIDE, USING THIS HORSE'S STRIDE TO ITS FULLEST BECAUSE HE REALLY DOES GALLOP FORE FUN.

BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE CRUISING ON, UP THE HILL AND A LONG PULL TO WHAT IS NOW THE CECIL COUNTY CORNERS.

PIGGY WILL LOOK LEFT, CAVALIER CRUISE WILL LOOK LEFT AND CONCENTRATE ON THESE TWO ENORMOUS RIGHT-HANDED CORNERS.

>> THIS IS HIS 5 STAR DEBUT AND YOU SEE PIGGY'S SKILL WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER RIDE HORSES, LIKE THE LITTLE HANDY MARE, NOW ON THIS ENORMOUS 17.2 HORSE, NOT THE NATURAL HORSE FOR HER BUT GETS A BEAUTIFUL LINE THROUGH THERE, STAYED ON THAT INSIDE LINE, I THINK THAT IS THE KEY, YOU HAVE TO STAY ON THAT INSIDE LINE, TRUST YOURSELF TO PICK UP THE DISTANCE AND STASHTD-- START TO START GOING WIDE, USE THE SHOULDER, THAT IS WHERE YOU SAW IT GO WRONG THERE.

>> REALLY NICE, 2 MINUTES 34 SHE NEEDS, SHE IS ABOUT 3 SECONDS.

THAT IS ALL, DOWN ON THE CLOCK.

AND THAT IS WITH TAKING A LONG ROUTE AS WELL, ALICE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE REALLY KEEPING AN EYE ON NOW.

PIGGY MARCH AND BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE HAS GOT TWO FIVE STAR WINS UNDER HER BUILD,-- BELT, REALLY HUNGRY FOR AN AMERICAN WON.

>> I WOULD LOVE IT FOR THESE OWNERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL SUPPORTERS OF OUR SPORT, SHE'S GOING TO GO LONG.

SHE'S GOING TO GO LONG.

THAT WILL MAKE IT, BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST FOUR START AND WE SAW HOW HE OPENED UP, JUMPING OUT EARLIER ON IN THE COURSE, HE JUST IS NOT A MANEUVERABLE HANDY HORSE, WE SAW IT A LITTLE BIT IN THE BRESSAGE.

SHE IS A-- GIRL THROUGH AND THROUGH, THIS IS PIGGY AT HER BEST.

YES, SHE IS A COMPETITOR BUT SHE IS ALL ABOUT THE HORSE.

AND THIS IS A HORSE ON HIS FIRST 5 STAR.

DEFINITELY A BIGGER CHALLENGE THAN PERHAPS WE HAD ANTICIPATED COMING OVER HERE AND SHE IS JUST GIVING HIM AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE.

LET'S SEE HOW HE GALLOPS HOME.

>> I SAID THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE.

HE IS OVER 17.2, A BIG HORSE TO MANEUVER.

WHEN SHE WANTS TO GO STRAIGHT, SHE TRIES AS MUCH AS SHE CAN TO GO STRAIGHT BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

AND WHEN SHE CAN'T QUITE GET THERE TO GO LONG IS ACTUALLY QUITE ENERGY-ZAPPING FOR BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE HE IS A HARD HORSE.

>> IS HE IMPRESSIVE ISN'T HE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THAT IS ALSO, WE WERE WORRIED THAT THESE HORSES, BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN, THEY ARE FINISHING VERY WELL EVEN IF THEY ARE OVER THE TIME.

IT HAS BEEN SO FAR VISUALLY THE WATERS HAVE REALLY COOKED WELL.

>> YOU SEE HOW HE LANDS AND KEEPS RUNNING.

HE PULLS PIG OUT OF THE SADDLE, PULLS IT DOWN, OVER AND INTO A STRIDE NOT NECESSARILY THAT SHE WANTED TO BE ON.

>> HE HAS HAD-- CURED, HE HAS HAD MARRY MEAD IN THE SADEL.

SOPHIE DAN KANARA HAD TO RIDE ON HIM FOR A BIT.

BUT PIGGY REALLY CAPITALIZING ON WHAT HAS BEEN A BRILLIANT START IN EDUCATION.

AND NOW USING IT ALL TO BOTH OF THEIR ADVANTAGES.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

>> THIS IS A MASTER CLASS.

YOU KNOW, AND A HORSE HE'S REALLY UP FOR IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, HE IS A TANK ISN'T HE, AN ABSOLUTE TANK.

SO SHE IS HITTING THE TIME NOW SO SHE IS GOING TO BE OF COURSE OVER THAT OPTIMUM TIME.

SHE CAME INTO THIS ON 24.1.

SHE HAS GOT THESE TWO BIG BOXES.

>> AGAIN ANOTHER SPEED BUMP JUST TO SLOW THEM DOWN.

THEY ARE VERY BIG AND NARROW.

BIG AND WIDE, NARROW IN THEIR DIMENSION, WIDE AS IN VERY, VERY BIG FENCES, TO JUMP.

AS PIGGY MARCH AND BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE COME TO THE FINAL FENCE, FIRST 5 STAR AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPRESSIVE ONE FOR THIS YOUNG LADY.

WHAT A ROUND FOR THEM.

AND THEY WILL STOP THE CLOCK, 33 SECONDS OVER.

AND THAT WILL INCUR 13.2 TIME.

A BRILLIANT ROUND FOR PIGGY MARCH AND QUALITY CAVALIER CRUISE AND THEY ARE AMAZING.

WILL MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARS EQUESTRIAN A BETTER WORLD FOR HORSES, PETS AND PEOPLE.

BROWN ADVISORY INVEST IN THE PRESENT TO RAISE THE FUTURE.

ARMSTRONG CONNECTING YOU TO WHAT MATTERS MOST.

GREAT WOLF LODGE, BRING YOUR PACK TOGETHER AT THE NEAREST AND LARGEST GREAT WOLF LODGE NOW OPEN AT PERRYVILLE MARYLAND.

AND BY THE MARYLAND SPORTS COMMISSION, THE SPORTS COMMISSION FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

>> WELL, JUST JUMPING INTO THE MARS WATER, EMILY HAMEL AND CORVETT.

I MEAN THEY'VE GOT SOME FANTASTIC 5 STAR EXPERIENCE BEHIND THEM, JUST CHIPS IN A THIRD STRIDE BUT GOES DIRECT.

BUT SHE'S HAD TROUBLE.

SHE HAD A REFUSAL AT THE 13th.

THAT WAS UP AT THE MAGNAWAVE HOLLOW.

THEY HAD A RUN OUT THERE.

AND ALSO BOOLI SELMAYR JUST PICKED UP 20 PENALTIES AS WELL AT THE BROWN ADVISORY CANAL BARGES.

>> SO OUT ON COURSE GOES ANDREA McCONNON, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS INCREDIBLY TALENTED RIDER MAKE HIS 5 STAR DEBUT, A GUY WHO CAME OVER TO BE BASED WITH WILLIAM.

HE WAS A SPONGE FOR KNOWLEDGE.

AND SO TALENTED FROM THE MOMENT HE WALKED ON THE BARN, SO UPPINGRY FOR KNOWLEDGE, AND SUPPORTED THROUGH A FAIRLY TRICKY TIME AND IT WAS BRILLIANT TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR TEAM.

HE CAME BACK TO THIS USSMENTS.

IS AND IT HAS TAKEN HIM A LONG TIME TO ABOUT BUILD UP A TEAM, TO GET OWNER'S CONFIDENCE.

BUT NOW IT IS EXCITING TO SEE HIM, HE.

GREAT TO SEE HIM START HIS FIRST 5 STAR HERE.

>> EMILY HAMEL AND CORVETT DROPPED DOWN AT THE FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL ROLLER COASTER AND STEP.

PUTTING 20 PENALTIES BEHIND THEM THAT THEY PICKED UP.

AT THE 13th AT THE MAGNAWAVE HOLLOW.

>> SHE JUST HITS THE TIME THERE SO SHE IS SNOW GOING INTO TIME FAULTS AS WE, SHE COMES DOWN TO THIS BIG OXER AT THE BOTS OM, HEADING FOR HOME.

HERE SHE COMES, BIG GALLOP, BOOLI SELMAYR, THIS WAS EARLY WITH HER.

WE MENTIONED TO YOU SHE HAD A PROBLEM.

>> SHE HAD A PROBLEM EARLIER ON, NAILS THROUGH THERE.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM THOUGH EARLIER ON, UP AT THE FIRST OF THOSE WATERS, SECOND OF THE WATERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WATER AT 3 AS WELL.

BUT JUST GRINDING TO A HALT AT FIRST, THE BARGES PICK UP 20 PENALTIES BUT CLEAR ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND ON THEY GO.

>> IT IS INTERESTING THAT FENCE BECAUSE RIDERS MADE IT LOOK EASY, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO >> HERE COMES ANDREW McEM.

McCONNON INTO THE MAIN ARENA.

AND BEAUTIFULLY THROUGH AS EMILY HAMEL FINISHES.

>> ONE MINUTE AND TWO SECONDS SO SHE WILL PICK UP 24.8 TIME PENALTIES.

>> ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR BOOLI.

BUT SHE TAKES A TURN AND CONTINUES.

THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE BRAND SO FAR.

LET'S PICK UP ANDREW.

>> HE MAKES HIS WAY AROUND THE BACK OF THE COURSE.

AND DOWN TO THE MARYLAND RAILS.

THE CECIL COUNTY TIMBER RAILS AND AT 6A AND B.

BEAUTIFUL BALANCE.

HE HAS BEEN SELLING HORSES AND OFTEN RIDERS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO START, TO ESTABLISH A TEAM THAT YOU CAN KEEP UP TO THIS LEVEL.

WE'VE GOT TO SELL THEM TO FUND THE REST OF THEM.

BUT HE'S JUST STARTING NOW.

HE HAS ANOTHER LOVELY 4 STAR HORSE THAT WENT VERY LOVELY LAST WEEK, THIS IS A GUY ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND SO HE SHOULD BE BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE FOCUS.

HE HAS GOT THE INTENT.

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE UTMOST PROFESSIONAL.

AND LET'S HOPE NOW HE'S GOT THE CHANCE TO SHOWCASE HIS TALENT ON THE BIGGEST STAGE HERE IN MARYLAND.

>> WELL, ANDREW McCONOR MAKING HIS BAY TO THE SUNKEN ROAD 7ABCDE.

>> YOU CAN TELL YOU'RE A FAN.

>> I AM, HE HAD ME, UNTIL THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN.

>> LOOK AT HIS BALANCE THROUGH THERE, JUST SITS ABOVE THE HORSE.

KEEPS THE LEG THERE.

I HOPE THIS HORSE CAN GALLOP ALL THE WAY HOME, WE'LL SEE.

WE'VE GOT THE BLOOD, HE WENT TO KENTUCKY, HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SHOULDER AND ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN PRESENT AT THE FIRST TROTTER BUT HAD A GOOD SEASON CAMPAIGNING WITH HIM, REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW HE HAS GOT IT NOW AND NOT A BAD TEST, 33.4, HE HAS WORK TO DO ON THE CHANGES BUT ONCE THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED I THINK WE SURELY HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR SUB 30.

>> LOVELY EXPRESSION ON THIS HORSES' FACE AS WELL.

REALLY HAPPY, COMFORTABLE GALLOPING WITHIN THEIR CAPABILITY, A REMINDER BEHIND THE SADDLE AS THEY COME UP THE HILL TO WHAT IS CONSIDERED A VERY BIG FENCE AT THE MAGNA-- THE BROWN ADVISORY THE CANOE AND THE DOUBLE BARGES.

BEAUTIFUL, THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

>> AND LANDING POSITIVE THAT IS, BOOLI, SHE LANDED AND WAS A LITTLE STILL.

>> WE MANAGED TO SEND FRANKIE OUT ON THE GROUNDS AND CATCH UP WITH RIDER WHO HAS BEEN AROUND BEFORE, WITH BUCK DAVIDSON.

>> BUCK ANOTHER 5 STAR FOR YOU AGE NONE OF THEM ARE REALLY EASY.

THIS ONE DEFINITELY NO EXCEPTION BUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON IAN STARK'S TRACK.

>> YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN IT WAS, THAT'S FOR SURE.

SUNKEN ROAD I THINK BACKS THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.

MY HORSE WAS AMAZING EVEN WHEN I RODE HIM LIKE A MUPPET HE WAS FANTASTIC.

HE FOUGHT THE WHOLE WAY AND COULDN'T BE PROUDER.

>> YOU ELECTED TO GO LONG AT THAT MUCH ANTICIPATED CRAB WATER, TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE JUST-- HE IS STILL A LITTLE GREEN AND HE JUMPED IN THE SECOND ROAD AND ALMOST WENT TO BOUNCE IT AND THEN WANTED TO GET HIS FEET BACK ON THE GREUND QUICK, I WENT AROUND THERE, AND HE WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS OF THAT WATER.

AND BUT GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE JUMPED THAT HEDGE ON TOP OF THE BANK, HE HAD NO SHOT, OKAY, DAD WE'RE GOING, FANTASTIC.

>> AMAZING, CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR WHOLE FAMILY IS HERE, YOUR DAD OF COURSE, YOUR KIDS AND YOUR MOM WAITING FOR YOU IN THE BOX SO IT MUST FEEL REALLY GOOD.

>> YEAH, I'M GLAD TO BE DONE, THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATS.

>> ANDREW McCONNON COMING DOWN TO THE ALWAYS-- OH, HE CHANGED HIS MIND VERY LATE AND LAST MINL.

>> BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT FENCE ENCOURAGES THE HORSES TO DO, THIS SAY BEAUTIFUL BOLD HORSE, HE JUST JUMPED STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX AND THERE WAS NO WAY UNLESS IT IS QUICK THINKING FROM ANDREW THAT IS CROSS COUNTRY RIDING, THAT IS THE TEST THAT IAN HAS POSSED T IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE HAPPEN.

CAN THEY LAND AND TURN, IF NOT HE'S GIVEN THEM A REALLY REASONABLE OUT.

I THINK IT'S A VERY CLEVER EVENT ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME, THAT LONG WAY.

BUT IF IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, THEN YOU HAVE GOT IT IN FRONT OF YOU THAT LONG WAY, I THINK IT IS A VERY FAIR OPTION.

>> FOR SURE.

>>OVER THE BIG BOXES NOW ON TO THE CORNER.

>> BEAUTIFUL, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RIDE.

>> LOVELY BALANCE.

>> SUPER THROUGH THERE, AND AS THE SUN CONTINUES TO SHINE THROUGH THE LEADERBOARD, WELL, IT'S EVER CHAPPING BUT AT THE MOMENT IT'S COLORADO BLUE, OUR TRAIL BLAZER WITH AUSTIN O'CONNOR.

HERE COMES CORNELIA FLECH WE ARE DAYTONA BEACH 8, NOT THE DRESSAGE THEY WANTED.

48 WAS THE DRESSAGE.

FORMER RIDER OF-- FROM THE GERMAN TEAM.

SOURCED FOR CORNELIA BY-- AND THAT WILL BE THE DRESSAGE TEST THEY WILL WANT TO FORGET.

>> BEAUTIFUL FOOT WORK THERE THROUGH THE ARENA.

AS WE PICK UP ANDREW McCONNON.

STILL TO MAINTAIN THAT GOOD RHYTHM AND I THINK HE HAS STILL GOT GALLOP.

HE HAS THREE MINUTES AND AND 38 TO GET HOME.

>> WELL, 3 MINUTES AND 38, HE'S GOING UP TOWARDS THESE TWO VERY, VERY LARGE CORNERS NOW.

AT 17 AND 18, 17, 18, 18, 19AB.

SO JUST MAKING THAT TURN NOW, AWAY FROM THE PODIUM BOXES.

AT 17, A RELENTLESS STRIDE THIS HORSE BUS HE'S NOT REALLY PUSHED THE HORSE ODD OF THE COMFORT ZONE YET, REALLY GALLOPING WITHIN THEMSELVES, FIRST 5 STAR.

IS HE WANTING IT TO BE A NICE EXPERIENCE.

>> I THINK THE CLEVER RIDERS CRUISE UP THE HILLS, TRY AND MAKE UP THE DISTANCE DOWN THE HILLS, YOU CAN'T PUSH THEM OUT OF THEIR RHYTHM UP THESE HILLS.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, LET THEM GET THEIR BREATHE BACK AND KEEP THAT BIG RHYTHM.

LET'S SEE HOW THESE CORNERS RIDE FOR HIM.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FENCES ON THE COURSE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY HAVE BEEN READ.

TAKES THE TBLAG.

I THINK HE WILL BE OKAY.

WE'LL WAIT TO SEE.

WE'LL WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT, WHAT THE JUDGES SAY ABOUT THAT BUT I WOULD SAY HE IS CLEAR, ANDREW THROUGH THERE AS HE MAKES HIS WAY ON UP THE HILL.

>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT BOOLI SELMAYR HAS BP PULLED UP ON COURSE.

JUST SLIPPED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE GRAND JURY, THEY HAVE EYES OUT THERE, WHETHER IT HAS BEEN THE 5 STAR GRAND JURY OR 3 STAR GRAND, JR., THEY ARE ALL WORKING AS A TEAM, HAD TWO REFUSALS AND THEY THOUGHT IT WASN'T WORTH HER CARRYING ON.

>> SO HE HAS GONE ALONG ALL THE WAY, FIRST RIDER WE HAVE SEEN TO DO THIS.

NOT JUMPING THE BOUNCE COMING IN.

BUT HE HAS STILL GOT TO JUMP THAT CRAB COMING IN, TOPS THAT WELL.

>> THIS IS A TIME CONSUMING OPTION.

BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST 5 STAR FOR HIM.

CLEAR AND POSITIVE RIDE.

>> KEEP THE LEG THERE.

JUST SEE THE HORSES, WILLIAM WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU WALK THE COURSE.

WHEN YOU GET TO 8, 9 MINUTES AT A FENCE LIKE THIS, YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE NIMBLENESS THAT WE SAW THIS HORSE EARLIER ON.

HE IS LOOKING TIRED.

SO ANDREW WILL HAVE TO USE ALL OF HIS EXPERIENCE TO NURSE HIM HOME BECAUSE THE COMPLETION WILL BE SO IMPORTANT FOR HIM Z.

>> MIA FARLEY JUMPS OUT OF THE START BOX WITH PHELPS, 32.9 DRESSAGE SITING IN 10th PLACE MIA.

>> AND GUYS, I THINK I'M GOING TO HEAD OUT NOW BECAUSE IT IS GETTING QUITE CLOSE TO WILLIAM'S TIME AND I'M GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE FINISH.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND REALLY ENJOYED AND WILL LEAVE NEW THE CAPABLE HANDS OF SINEAD.

>> THANKS VERY MUCH, TO ALICE, ALICE, GOOD LUCK, EVERYTHING CROSSED AND LET'S HOPE WE CAN SHARE A BEER AT THE IND OF THE CROSS COUNTRY AT THE END OF THE DAY.

VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD LUCK TO YOU, TO WILLIAM AND THE TEAM.

ANDREW McCONNON HEADING TOWARDS HOME.

AND AGAIN JUST TAKING THAT LONGER ROUTE DOWN THERE, NO JUMPING PENALTIES.

SINEAD BACK IN THE HOT SEAT, CLEAR SO FAR.

>> WHAT A DAY.

WHAT A SHAME THERE FOR ANDREW WHO HAS HAD SUCH A BRILLIANT ROUND BUT YOU CAN SEE THE WIND OUT OF THE HORSE AT THE TOP OF THE WATER AND ANDREW VERY, VERY RESPONSIBLY WENT LONG BUT HIS LUCK RAN OUT DOWN THERE AT THE BIG DITCH, NOW HIS ONE GOAL IS GETTING THIS LOVELY HORSE HOME SAFE AND SOUND.

EXCITING DAY SO FAR.

>> REALLY EXCITING DAY SO FAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER MY NERVES CAN TAKE IT.

I STOPPED DRINKING ALCOHOL SIX MONTHS AGO.

I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO TAKE IT UP AGAIN, ANDREW McCONNON HEADING TOWARDS THE BIG TABLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CORNER.

AND WE'RE JUST WAITING.

HE HAS JUST JUMPED THAT.

HE HAS ONLY GOT A COUPLE MORE FENCES, GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

THIS IS NOW COMING INTO THE MAIN ARENA.

MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS.

>> THIS, A YOUNG HORSE, A TEN YEAR OLD OWNED BY DAVID O'CONNOR.

BOUGHT FOR A DOLLAR FROM JOANIE MORRIS.

I THINK HE HAS MORE VALUE NOW BUT MIA FIGHTING IN THE ARENA TO GET THAT DONE.

AND WHAT A SCRAPPY JOB SHE DID AS SHE GALLOPS OUT.

HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THESE TWO.

A SMALL BUT MIGHTY FIELD, THIS IS A FAST THOROUGHBRED HORSE, IT WILL BE INTERESTING, WE ALREADY KNOW THERE IS TROUBLE AROUND THE TRACK.

THE TIME HAS NOT BEEN GETTABLE.

SO RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR AS SHE HEADS OUT INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL FIELD.

THERE WE HAVE ANDREW McCONNON COMING TO THE LAST JUMP.

YOU KNOW, A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE HAS GOT HIMSELF A 5 STAR HORSE.

>> YEAH, AND THERE IS NOT MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN SAY THAT, THAT THEY JUMPED CLEAR AROUND THEIR FIRST 5 STAR BECAUSE IT IS CLEAR YES THERE IS A FEW TIME PENALTIES.

NOTES CLEAR.

>> I THINK HE HAD HIS WAY.

>> OKAY.

WE'VE GOT MIA DOWN HERE AT THE STEEP EL CHASE RAILS.

NICE JOB UP AND AROUND SHE COMES TO ITS SUNKEN ROAD.

CATCHING UP WITH CORNELIA.

>> JUST TRYING TO WORK OUT SO YOU CARRY ON.

>> I STEPPED RIGHT IN AT THE END OF ANDREW, MIGHT HAVE TAKEN THE OPTION AT THE END.

>> HE DID TAKE THE OPTION.

>> GOT YOU, I AM CLEAR ON THAT 5 STAR.

>> CLEAR ON HIS FIRST 5 STAR.

NO JUMPING PENALTIES.

BUT HE PICKS UP.

>> JUST SO TOO BAD THERE FOR CORNELIA, TAKING THOSE PINS DOWN, DIDN'T COVER THE FRONT OF THE RAILS, THOSE ARE SAFETY DEVICES, UNFORTUNATE THERE, BUT THEY ARE THERE IN PLACE TO KEEP THE HORGS AND RIDERS SAFE.

THAT COMBINATION PROVING MORE INFLUENCE-- INFLUENTIAL THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WHEN WE WALKED THE TRACK.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO ON THE TRACK AND HERE THE TEAM IS FIXING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN TO GET THOSE POSTS BACK IN PLACE.

MIA FLYING DOWN TO THAT OXEN-- OXER, BUT ON THIS TRACK IT IS A-- FENCE, TAILGATERS THERE, GREAT SPOT TO BE WATCHING AS WE'VE GOT CORNELIA TAKING THE LONG WAY, THE EXTRA LONG WAY, WILL ARE TONS OF OPTIONS HERE AT THE WATER.

BUT HAVING HAD THOSE PINS DOWN, SHE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH TO CHANCE OUT HERE IN THE FINAL PARTS OF THIS COURSE.

>> TO ITS LONGER ROUTE UP THE STEP, ONE STRIDE.

>> SUPER RIDE THERENESS SHE COMES AROUND TO THE D ELEMENT, AND IT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

SHE WILL PICK UP SOME STEAM COMING DOWN THE HILL AND IT'S SO TOUGH SPENCER BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THAT ON COURSE AND IT TAKES THE WIND OUT OF YOUR SAILS BUT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE YOUR FOCUS.

YOU HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO AS WE ARE GALLOPING AROUND THE REST OF THE TRACK T IS DISAPPOINTING SHE HAD THAT CLIP DOWN, STILL A LOT OF JUMPING TO DO.

>> IAN CLEVERLY SETS THIS UP ON ALMOST A RELATED DISTANCE.

THAT FENCE I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ABSOLUTELY MASS FRIF THIS ANGLE.

IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE IT THE JUSTICE THAT IT DESERVES T IS INCREDIBLE.

BUT HORSES READING IT REALLY WELL.

AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES IAN STARK SUCH A MAGICIAN IS THAT WE ARE WALKING THIS THING GOING ARE THE HORSES GOING TO UNDERSTAND THIS, AND THEY REALLY, REALLY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

WFERTION.

>> BEAUTIFUL JOB, IT GOES TO SHOW HOWE WELL PREPARED THESE HORSES ARE READING THAT, NO PROBLEM AS WE COME BACK TO MIA PHELPS.

SHE FIGHTS FOR THE TURN HERE, RIDES UP, AMAZING FOOT WORK THERE.

I MEAN IT REALLY IS A ROLLER COASTER AND SUCH AN INTENSE PART OF THE TRACK AS SHE COMES AROUND, DOESN'T HAVE A SECOND TO REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT SHE HAS JUST DONE BECAUSE HERE WE HAVE TWO MASSIVE CORD WOODS DOWN TO, I WANT TO JUST SAY IT, A HELL OF AN ANGLE.

>> SO WE'LL SEE WHAT SHE DOES HERE, POPS THERE, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

ONE, TWO, THREE, AMAZING.

AND AS WE WATCH THAT, IT HAS GONE IN FOURTH, IN FIEF, IT'S GONE IN FOUR AND THREE.

IT IS REALLY, THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN AND IT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN RIDING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

AND SHE IS FLYING.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING.

I SPOKE TO DAVID WHO IS THE OWNER OF THIS HORSE AND THEY KNOW THEY'VE GOT A REAL CROSS COUNTRY MACHINE AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO FIND THE DECISIONS WE MADE AS WE ARE BACK HERE WITH CORNELIA JUMPING THE LAST JUMP, HAVE THE PINS.

45 SECONDS OVER THE TIME.

BUT ANOTHER 5 STAR COMPLETION UNDER THIS IMPRESSIVE PAIRS BELT.

IS WE'VE GOT BOBBY GALLOPING INTO THE MAIN ARENA.

YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN INTERESTING SINCE WE ARE WATCHING FROM OUR ANGLE HERE, WATCHING THE LINES THAT A LOT OF THESE RIDERS HAVE BEEN TAKING TO FENCE NUMBER 5, YOU KNOW, FOR ME EARLIER PHILLIP WAS ON SUCH AN INSIDE LINE HERE.

MORE INSIDE THAN ANYONE ELSE WE HAD SEEN.

AND UNFORTUNATELY HAD THAT FALL LATER ON IN THE COURSE.

BUT WAS PROVING TO BE RIGHT ON THE MARKER.

SO VERY INTERESTING THERE, WE'VE GOT THE GUYS BACK IN THE BARN WATCHING THE LINES THAT ARE BEING RIDDEN.

IF ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THE TIME HERE YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE DIRECT ROUTES, YOU HAVE TO FIND INSIDE LINES, PLACES TO SHAVE OFF THE TRACK.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE MASTER IAN HAS SET UP SOME PLACES HERE WHERE YOU COULD JUST GET LOST A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE ON THIS BIG TRACK.

BUT HERE WE ARE BACK ON MIA.

3 MINUTES 16 SECONDS TO GET HOME, STILL A LOT OF JUMPS LEFT TO BE JUMP.

STILL JUST A TEN YEAR OLD AS SHE COMES AROUND TO ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL QUESTIONS O ON THE COURSE HERE FIRST ONE.

GREAT JOB.

THE FIRST FLAG WENT, SHE CAME AROUND ON THE 8th STRIDE, VERY INTERESTING WHERE WE SAW IAN WHO IS NOT ONE FOR COUNTING NUMBERS T IS A NICE 7 HERE.

THE ONLY PERSON I HAVE SEEN DO THE 7 WAS PIGGY MARCH.

WE SAW A COUPLE RIDERS DOWN ON THE 9 STRIDES, MIA WENT DOWN THERE ON EIGHT AND YOU HAVE GOT TO RIDE OFF FIELD BUT WE HAD A COUPLE RIDERS TRYING TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT EASIER BY SWERVING OUT AND ENDED UP MISSING A LINE THERE.

SO INTERESTING QUESTION THERE.

KIND OF A SNEAKY QUESTION AS SHE IS COMING AROUND TO THIS MARS MARYLAND WATER.

SHE IS STARTING THE STRAIGHT ROUTE.

BOUNCES ON THE WAY DOWN.

EYES ON THE FENCE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM THIS ANGLE BUT THERE IS A DITCH IN FRONT OF THAT, HOLD THAT RIGHT LANE, STAY IN, STAY IN.

>> INCREDIBLE.

TWO MINUTES FOUR SECONDS TO GET HOME AND SHE HAS GONE STRAIGHT.

AND SHE IS FLYING.

COULD THIS BE THE RIDE OF THEDAY.

GALLOPING DOWN THE LINE THERE.

SUPER TURN.

REALLY GOOD JOB, VERY EXCITING.

SPENCER, WHERE IS SHE COMING TOO THIS TRACK.

WHERE IS SHE ON OUR LEADERBOARD?

>> MIA, SHE COMES FORWARD WITH A DRESSAGE SCORE OF 32.9, IN 10th PLACE.

>> WORKING FORWARD A LITTLE BITS THERE.

>> WE'VE GOT JACOB FLETCHER HEADING OUT ON THE COURSE RIGHT NOW, CORNELIA OUT AND ABOUT.

BUT I THINK HE WON'T KNOW HOW SHE FINISHED UP, WARMING UP STAYING TO HIS OWN TRACK SO IT'S SURELY SOMEBODY GAVE HIM A THUMBS UP, HOW HE GOES TACKLING WHAT IS HIS FIRST 5 STAR.

>> .

>> BASED IN THE U.K. WITH KEVIN McNAB AND AS YOU SAY, FIRST 5 STAR, GOOD DRESSAGE FOR THEM, REALLY IMPRESSIVE IN THE DRESSAGE, 2-9D-- 29.3, NOT MANY SUB30S IN ITS DRESSAGE.

>> HERE WE'VE GOTTEN MIA 11 SECONDS TO GET HOME.

I DON'T THINK SHE IS QUITE GOING TO MAKE IT OH, BUT SHE IS CLOSE, SHE IS OVER THE LAST.

>> SHE IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST-- IS SHE, BANG ON THE OPTIMUM TIME.

WOW, WOW, WOW.

THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.

MIA FARLEY, OUR FIRST INSIDE THE OPTIMUM TIME OF 11 MINUTES 10 SECONDS.

SHE STAYS ON 32.9, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE SCORE TO BEATS.

WE'RE BACK HERE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR T IS CROSS COUNTRY DAY, LOTS TO DO, THE ORCHARD KRIDDERS, ALWAYS A TREAT.

FRANKIE IS OUR ROVING REPORTER DOWN THERE ENJOYING THAT, AND WHY DON'T YOU COME AND ENJOY US AND ENJOY SOME OF THE FUN TOO.

BOBBY, I KEEP SAYING BOBBY MEYERHOFF, ONE DAY SOMEBODY WILL MESSAGE IN SAYING YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT, WELL DONE.

THE PHONE HASN'T STOPPED.

BOBBY MEYERHOFF, SO APOLOGIES, BLAME THE BRIT, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THIS SOMETIMES, BOBBY MEYERHOFF COMES TO THE DOUBLE CORNER, THIS TIME WE DO SEE SOMEBODY TAKING THAT LONGER ROUTE.

>> AND YOU KNOW, SPENCER, YOU AND I WERE OUT HERE WALKING THE THE COURSE.

AND THE LONGER ROUTE ISN'T ACTUALLY THAT LONG.

>> NO, IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT VERY MANY SECONDS AT ALL.

AS BOBBY GALLOPS AWAY FROM THAT.

HE MAKES HIS WAY NOW TO THE MARS WATER AS JACOB FLETCHER WITH FLETCHER FARMS, FABIAN COMES ON TO THE CANOE INTO THE WATER.

THAT IS GOT RUNNING WATER IN FRONT OF IT.

THEN THE TWO, SO THAT HAS TWO STRIDE, THAT WAS INEVITABLE I'M AFRAID BECAUSE HE GOT SO CLOSE TO THE BARGES.

I THINK SO ANYWAY.

GOT QUITE CLOSE TO THE FIRST OF THE BARGES.

AND HAD NO WAY OF JUMPING THAT ON ONE STRIDE.

I THINK THERE'S A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN COMING DOWN.

AS THE CLOUDS START TO GET A LITTLE GRAYER OVERHEAD AND JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THAT DITCH AND HEDGE.

JACOB FLETCHER.

AND FABIAN, THE GRAND JURY WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON HIM AS THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO STOP HIM IF THEY WISH TO DO SO.

IF THEY THINK THAT FABIAN IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT TIRED.

BUT BOBBY MEYERHOFF JUMPING BRILLIANTLY THROUGH THE LAKE, AT THE MARS LAKE AND COMES DOWN NOW TO THE TOOTHPICK LOG, BEFORE THE FOX CATCH DITCH DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE VALLEY AT 23 AND 24.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT D IS ACTUALLY, IF YOU ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STAY IN, THE HORSES ARE READING IT.

THEY ARE JUMPING TOO THAT LINE WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONCERN WAS.

THE DISTANCE WALKS PERFECTLY ON TO AN APP, BOBBY BEING VERY CLEVER ABOUT THE LONG ROUTE HERE AGAIN NOT A ROUTE THAT IS WAY TOO LONG BUT INTERESTING HE CHOSE TO GO LONG HERE, AND DIRECT AT THE WATER.

WHERE YOU KNOW TO EACH HIS OWN, HE KNOWS HIS HORSE AND MAYBE SHE SAY LITTLE DITCHY AND HAPPY AT THE WATER.

BUT SO FAR I THINK HE'S WORKING ON A CLEAR ROUND.

>> HE IS.

I THINK YEAH, WORKING ON A CLEAR ROUND.

AS HE GOES TO THE FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL IT IS THE ROLLER COASTER DROP DOWN.

JUST SETS UP AND SITS BACK, WAITS FOR THAT STEP TO COME TO HIM AND THE MAYOR HAS A GOOD LOOK DOWN.

SEES WHERE SHE IS LANDING AND THEN TURNS IN THE AIR ON THE 3 STRIDE TO THAT BRUSH ARROWHEAD.

AND GALLOPS AWAY.

ACTUALLY DOES DO WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN.

HE IS HIGH FIVING SOME KIDS AND FANS ON THE WAY AROUND.

THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFIDENT ISN'T IT?

>> IF ARE YOU DOING THAT, I DON'T THINK ARE YOU HERE FOR MAYBE THE PODIUM FINISH.

WILL YOU WASTE A FEW SECONDS THERE.

I REMEMBER I'M SURE YOU DO TOO, OLLIE WAIVING AND GIVING A HIGH 5, I THINK IT WAS EARLY SHALL, ONE SECOND OVER THE TIME, LOST THE WIND.

>> WE HAVE JUST SEEN CAROLINE POWELL GO THROUGH THE MAIN ARENA WITH GREENACRES, FORMER BURGHLEY WINNER, MEMBER OF THE BRONZE-- SILVER MEDAL WINNING TEAM AT THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES.

SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE RIDER, THIS ST A LOVELY HORSE AS WELL IN GREENACRES.

BY ITS WONDERFUL CAVALIER ROYALE, TEN YEARS OLD, OWNED BY CHRIS MANN AS BOBBY MEYERHOFF COMES DOWN TO THE FINAL FENCE.

>> WELL OVER THE TIME BUT WHAT A ROUND.

AND HE REALLY DID SEEM TO ENJOY HIS TIME OUT THERE.

QUITE A SHOWMAN, GIVING THE CROWD SOMETHING.

AND THE MARE LOOKS FULL OF RUNNING FINISH, LOOKS SUPER.

>> CAROLINE POWELL HAS JUST BEEN HELD DOWN AT THE RAILS, I WOULD THINK THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO REBUILD THE FENCE.

SHE'S HELD DOWN THERE AT THOSE HUNT CUP RAILS.

I ANY JACOB FLETCHER, HE WENT THROUGH THE END OF THAT FENCE.

I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY TRYING TO REBUILD THAT FENCE, THE BRUSH FENCE WITH THE DITCH IN FRONT OF IT, THAT SORT OF PART OF-- TYPE STAR FENCE, I SUSPECT THAT IS WHERE COURSE BUILDERS ARE DOWN THERE, BUILDING THAT FENCE AS THE RAIN COMES DOWN.

JACOB FLETCHER HAS BEEN STOPPED ON COURSE.

THEY ARE REBUILDING THAT FENCE.

THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE DOING, CAROLINE POWELL HAS BEEN STOPPED AS WELL.

>> I THINK FRANKIE HAS GOT MIA AFTER HER FABULOUS DOUBLE CLEAR.

SHE HAS GOT A SECOND TO CATCH UP WITH HER.

>> MIA FARLEY YOUR FIRST 5 STAR, THE FIRST RIDER HOME, DOUBLE CLEAN.

DAVID O'CONNOR STARTED ABSOLUTELY CRYING WHEN YOU MADE IT THROUGH THAT TOP WATER AND HE COULD NOT CONTAIN HIMSELF WHEN YOU GOT BACK HERE.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TALK, I AM GOING TO CRY TOO, FELL RPS HAS PROVEN US ALL THAT HE IS-- PHELPS HAS PROVEN US ALL THAT HE IS THE WORLD.

>> AND HE IS JUST A SPECIAL HORSE.

I FEEL LUCKILY-- LUCKY TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL STO HAVE HIS JOCKIE AS WELL.

JUST TAKE A MOMENT, YOUR FIRST 5 STAR, THE FIRST ONE HOME TODAY, HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY DAY.

YOUR BOYFRIEND WOODS WAS IN THERE HE LOOKED LIKES HE WAS GOING TO THROW UP, DAVID WAS IN TEARS AND ABSOLUTE HUGE MOMENT IN WHAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE AN UNBELIEVABLE CAREER, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU MIA FARLEY.

>> THANK YOU, AND EVERYONE, IT WAS FUN.

>> IT WAS FUN.

WORDS THAT YOU SAY AFTER YOU FINISH A 5 STAR DOUBLE CLEAR T IS AMAZING A DIFFERENCE 10 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS CAN MAKE FROM SCARED TO FUN BUT SO EXCITED FOR HER, EXCITED FOR DAVID AND PHELPS AND THEIR WHOLE TEAM.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING CREW DOWN THERE, REBUILDING THIS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE RIDERS HAVE AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD.

SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS JUMP LOOKS EXACTLY AS IT DID THUS FAR.

WELL, CAROLINE POWELL IS HELD OUT ON COURSE.

WE'LL BE BACK THOUGH HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> WELL, EVERYBODY ENJOYING THEIR DAY HERE, WE ARE ON A SHORT HOLD HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR INTERNATIONAL POWERED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

AND WE ARE ON THE RUPERT LANDSCAPES CROSS COUNTRY DAY.

AND WHAT A DAY WE'VE HAD SO FAR.

CAROLINE POWELL IS BEING HELD WHILE THIS FENCE IS BEING REPAIRED.

JACOB FLETCHER RAN STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BACK SIDE OF THAT FENCE, CLAYTON FREDERICKS WAS DOWN THERE EARLIER HELPING FIX IT.

I THINK HE MILE EVEN BE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT FRIENDS RIGHT NOW TRYING TO HELP FIX IT.

FORMER WINNER OF A 5 STAR.

AND HE ALSO IS THE MAN BEHIND FBI STABLING THAT HAS PROVIDED THE STABLING HERE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR THERE IS CAROLINE POWELL CHOTTING AROUND WITH GREEN GREERN.

THIS STUPING MARE, SHE HAD TWO REFUSALS, ONE OF THOSE RIDERS SHE SAID I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH THIS MARE HAS GOT, HOW MUCH SHE WILL DIG.

I WANT TO SEE HOW DEEP SHE WILL GO FOR ME.

AND YES SHE HAD TWO REFUSALS, THERE IS WILLIAM FOX-PITT JUST TROTTED THROUGH OUT OF SHOT, IN THE WARMUP AREA.

AND CAROLLINE, HAD ANOTHER REFUSAL IN THE COURSE, SHE WENT RIGHT, THE MARE NOW I WILL PULL HER UP, SHE HAS DONE ENOUGH, IN THAT DEEP N THAT TOUGH GOING.

SHE KNOWS SHE HAS A GOOD MARE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE MARE BEFORE.

IF YOU HAVE A GOOD MARE THEY WILL REALLY DIG DEEP FOR YOU.

WE'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL PIECE COMING UP.

AND THAT IS WITH TO 23 AND 2022, AND 2021 CROSS COUNTRY COURSE DESIGNER, IT THE ONE AND THE ONLY IAN STARK.

>> WELL, IT'S TAKEN QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS TO GET TO THIS STAGE.

IN THE PAST I HAVE HAD TWO YEARS OF RIDERS GETTING TOO MANY RIDERS GETTING INSIDE THE TIME.

BUT THIS YEAR I THINK THE RIDERS HAVE GOT A LOT OF RESPECT.

THEY FEEL THE 3 STAR AND THE 5 STAR RIDE UP TO SCRATCH.

AND PROBABLY GONE A LITTLE BIT-- -- IT IS BEAUTIFUL, I MEAN IT'S JUST IMPROVED EVERY YEAR.

I DON'T MEAN THE CROSS COUNTRY, I MEAN IN GENERAL, THE WHOLE EVENT HAS JUST IMPROVED BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION AND PEOPLE WERE COMPARING THIS T THIS YEAR TO BURGHLEY WHICH IS SOMETHING BECAUSE BURGHLEY HAS BEEN RUNNING A LONG TIME.

THE WHOLE CROSS COUNTRY ASPECT I LOVE GETTING INVOLVED, I LOVE PLANNING IT.

I HATE THE-- DAY OF COMPETITION BECAUSE I'M TERRIFIED ANYTHING GOES WRONG BUT LOVE GETTING IT READY AND COMING UP WITH THE IDEAS.

I FEEL THAT EVERY PLACE IS DIFFERENCE AND WHAT IS BRILLIANT HERE, FAIR HILL IS THAT THE TERRAIN TALKS TO YOU T SORT OF SAYS THIS IS WHAT I NEED HERE AND THAT IS WHAT I NEED THERE.

I COULD GET CARRIED AWAY AND OVERUSE THE TERRAIN BUT IT IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO DESIGN.

I COULD BE HERE 20 YEARS AND NOT GET TIRED OF IT.

IT BECOMES PART OF THE FAMILY, YOU LIVE, EAT, BREATHE, SLEEP IT, YOU LIVE IT.

AND SO IT IS MY BABY.

AND I GET PROTECTIVE, DEFENSIVE.

I HAVE LEARNED TO GROW A THICK ERSKINE THANKS TO THIS PLACE.

YOU TAKE THE KNOCKS AND ENJOYMENT WHEN IT COMES.

>> IT'S ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE COURSE DESIGNER BUT EVEN BETTER TO HEAR FROM IAN STARK HIMSELF.

A MAN THAT WE ALL RESPECT AND WE REGARD IT SO HIGHLY AS A COMPETITOR ON THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT WHETHER HE WAS RIDING AROUND THE 5 STARS, WINNING THE 5 STARS, THE BADMINTONS, THE BURGHLEYS OF THE WORLD EVEN WHEN HE WAS BECOMING A ONE TWO AT BADMINTON OR JUMPING AROUND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COURSES WITH MURPHY HIMSELF, BOUNCING DISTANCES THAT PEOPLE COULD ONLY IMAGINE ITER WAS SCARY TO WATCH.

LET ALONE BE IN THE SADDLE.

I REMEMBER HIM TALKING, WE WERE VERY LUCKY HE WAS TALKING TO US ON WEDNESDAY, WE WERE WALKING AROUND.

HE SAID HE WAS A A BOUNCE, A COMBINATION, A SUNKEN ROAD OR SOMETHING AND HE CAME IN AND TOOK A PULL.

AND MURPHY SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE YOU DOING.

AND FELL UP THE STEP AND IAN SHOT OFF THE SIDE.

IT WAS IN THE DAYS WHERE YOU GET BACK ON IN.

AND IAN SENT STRAIGHT UNDER THE RAILS ONE STRIDE, A BOUNCE AWAY FROM THE STEP AND HE CAME AROUND AGAIN, GOT BACK ON AND SAID I'M GOING TO GO STRAIGHT AGAIN.

HE SAID HE HAD NEVER BEEN SO SCARED.

I WON'T USE THE LANGUAGE THEY USED.

NEVER BEEN SO SCARED IN HIS LIFE, CAME THE STRAIGHT WAY, LEFT THE HORSE ALONE ON THE BUCKLE AND MURPHY JUST WENT PING PING PING PING STRAIGHT THROUGH.

THERE THE WOLF.

IS WE HAVE BEEN WEAR THE WOLF IS, THE GREAT WOLF LODGE WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN STAYING IT IS MORE FOR KIDS THAN IT IS FOR ADULTS.

I HAVE MY WOLF EARS ON.

READY, IN SUPPORT OF, THEY HAVE BEEN SPONSORING, I HAVE MY WOLF EARS ON.

>> NOT I.

AND IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE WHICH IS MUCH MORE GEARED UP FOR KIDS.

>> WE ARE YOUNG AT HEART.

>> THERE ARE MORE WOLF EARS OUT THERE.

>> GREAT SHOT RIGHT, ITS RAIN IS COMING DOWN, WE HAVE CAROLINE STARTING OUT AGAIN, AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS OPTIMAL TO HAVE A HOLD.

IF YOU HAVE A HOLD A LITTLE LATER ON COURSE MAYBE.

BUT THIS IS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.

>> IT IS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.

BUT SHE GIVES A SECRETARY OF THOSE ROUNDS A RUB BUT IT DOES STAY UP AND WE UNDERSTAND JACOB FLETCHER AND FABIAN HAD A FALL AT THE ARMSTRONG TRIPLE OXER AT 12, BOTH HORSE AND RIDER HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS OKAY.

IF THERE IS ANY OTHER NEWS WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU BUT THAT IS THE NEWS THAT HE IS OKAY.

SO FAR.

>> SO CAROLINE COMING AROUND, HAVING TO HAVE HAD THAT HOLD AND NOW AROUND TO THE SUNKEN ROAD.

IF ANYONE CAN GET THE FUEL BACK GOING AGAIN IT IS CAROLINE AND THE SCRAPPY LITTLE MARE THAT SHE IS COMING TO US, OFF THE WIN, OFF OF A FOUR STAR SHORT IN IRELAND.

>> BRAMHAM, A REALLY GOOD WIN, AS THIS GUT SEE MARE AND GUT SEE RIDER, YOU COULDN'T GET A TOUGHER COMBINATION IN CAROLINE POWELL.

AND THIS-- I MEAN LOOK AT THE EXPRESSION ON THIS MARE.

SHE IS LOOKING FOR HER NEXT FENCES.

GREENACRES COMING DOWN THE HILL, HARDLY TAKES A PULL TO THE OXER, GOES AIRBORNE AND GETS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HER EFFORTS.

THE TAILGATERS ARE OUT VIDEOING AND ENJOYING ALL OF THE CROSS COUNTRY ACTION.

WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING IT TOO.

IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT THRILLS O SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY.

WHETHER IT BE THE THREE STAR OR THE 5 STAR, IT CERTAINLY BROUGHT US ALL TO THE ACTION AND IT CONTINUES WITH SOME VERY GOOD COMBINATIONS STILL TO COME EASY ACROSS ON THE 3 AND 1-RBGS BOOLI HAS THE STOP THERE AND LOOKS LIKE CHILD'S PLAY FOR KAL OLDINE AND THIS INCREDIBLE MARE.

THERE IS A MASSIVE OXER AROUND THIS CORNER.

YOU AND I WALKED AROUND AND THOUGHT YOU ARE INSANE.

THERE IS THE BRUSH AND THEN THE OXER AFTER THIS, JUST MASSIVE SCOPE QUESTIONS, PATS THE GROUND A LITTLE BIT.

SHE LANDS LOWER THAN SHE TOOK OFF AND UP THE HILL WE GO TO ANOTHER FRANGIBLE.

>> THIS IS THE OX THARY SINEAD TALKED ABOUT, I HAVE A PICTURE, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON FACEBOOK.

I THINK SINEAD POSTED IT AS WELL.

AND HER PAGE, IAN SAID IT MEASURED ONE METER 10 FROM TAKEOFF.

>> I SAID YOU ARE INSANE.

>> WHERE.

>> WHERE ARE YOUR CLASSES.

>> ANYWAY THERE IS MR. CASH VAN DE START AND SARAH KUHN, ANOTHER FIRST TIME 5 STAR.

11 YEARS OLD.

>> AND YOU KNOW, FUNNY ENOUGH SHE BOUGHT THIS HORSE OFF OF A VIDEO FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC.

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR STORY, RIGHT.

AND AND IT'S JUST SO WILD TO SEE THEM HERE, THEIR FIRST 5 STAR.

THERE WE HAVE ANOTHER SHOT OF CAROLINE, THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN BUT SHE WILL BE NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN.

>> NO HAVING JUMPED AROUND BADMINTON IN THE MUD, THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED HER ACTUALLY WITH THE TURN.

>> 110%.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THAT WAS THE THING, WALKING THE COURSE, THAT JUMP WHEN YOU COME UP TO IT IT IS SO BIG T ASKS YOU TO ATTACK IT AND YOU CAN'T, TOPPING THE GROUND, WRAPPING AROUND SHE TOOK AN INSIDE TRACK, ABSOLUTELY ALL OF HER EXPERIENCE SHOWING SHE KNEW IT WOULD PAY OFF ON THE BACKSIDE, FASTUOUS THROUGH THERE.

WE WILL SEE WHAT SHE DOES HERE, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

ONE, TWO, THREE-- JUST COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER.

>> AND THIS IS WHERE IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH THE CLOCK BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I FELT ABOUT PHILLIP.

WHEN WE WERE AT THIS POINT I WROTE YOU A NOTE AND SAID WILL MAKE THE TIMEMENT AND SHE HAS TAKEN THE SAME LINE.

SHE HAS GONE DIRECT.

SHE'S BEEN QUICK.

I WOULD SAY SHE WAS QUICKER THAN PHILLIP AT THE MOUNT.

>> A REMINDER OF THE RIDERS STILL TO COME.

SARAH KUHN JUST OUT WITH MR. CASH VAN DE START, ARIELLEE AHARONI, DUTCH TIMES, ERIC KANARA, CAMPGROUND, WILL QUAM FOX-PITT, JENNIE BRANNIGAN, LILLIAN HEARD WOOD,OLOGYIVE TOWNEND, ZACH ARE SYNDNEY SOLOMON, LEXI SCOFF IL AND BOYD MARTIN IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JUMP BUT THAT TYPE OF FENCE AT THIS LEVEL IS JUST A BLAST, AS SHE COMES UP I BELIEVE TO THE FIRST WATER.

>> YEAH.

>> AND IAN SAID THIS USED TO BE ONE BIG LONG LOG AND HE SAID IT WAS A BIT AWKWARD.

SO HE CUT IT IN HALF AND MADE IT A AND B. I THINK THAT IS CALLED UPCYCLING.

SUPER THERE.

IS.

>> SARAH KUHN GOES ON TO WHAT IS ANOTHER LOVELY FENCE, THE MARS BUCKEYE, HERE COMES CAROLINE AROUND TO THE CECIL COUNTY CORNER, 18, 19.

SHE NEEDS TO BE HERE WITH 252 ON THE CLOCK.

WPSZ VERY CAREFUL.

>> SHE IS GOES AROUND THERE ON THE 9 STRIDES, VERY WIDEOIS LINE.

MADE IT HAPPEN.

SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT UP ON THE CLOCK GOING IN, SHE WASTED TWO STRIDES, THAT WILL BE A FEW SECONDS ON THAT OUTSIDE TURNER.

NOW A BIG QUESTION TO ASK, IS BEING HELD DID THAT HAVE AN IMPACT DID IT HELP HER AND MY ANSWER IS NO.

AND THE REASON I SAY NO IS BECAUSE IT WAS SO EARLY ON AND A TIMBER RAIL FENCE AT FENCE 6 THAT SHE REALLY HADN'T HAD A RHYTHM AND DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO SAVE HER ENERGY.

BUT LET'S CONCENTRATES ON HER HERE UP AT THE MARS WATER.

>> SHE HAS TO GO STRAIGHT.

>> SHE COULDN'T.

>> WELL, SHE CAN DO THIS, RIGHT, SHE CAN HOOK, SHE CAN GO UP.

IT IS THE SMART THING TO DO WITH HAVING LOST HER EYE A LITTLE BIT ON THE WAY DOWN, SHE JUST GOT A LITTLE POPPED, LOST THE BALANCE, SHE IS CARVING AROUND HERE T WILL COST HER SOME PRECIOUS SECONDS.

AND NOW SHE'S GOT TO RUN.

IF IS ALWAYS A BALANCE, A SPLIT SECOND DECISION.

DO YOU RISK THE 20 PENALTIES OR DO YOU RISK THE 5 TIME PENALTIES IT IS JUST AGAIN IT'S SMART RIDING ON THAT PART.

SHE JUST DID NOT FEEL THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GET THE POWER HERE.

>> SARAH KUHN IS JUST WILLING-- THE LAST PART OF THE MAIN STAGE, QUESTION AT THE ARROWHEAD SO SHE PICKS UP A VERY EARLY 20 PENALTIES AS CAROLINE POWELL NEEDS TO BE JUMPING THE FOXCATCHER DITCH, BIG JUMP OVER THE FOXCATCHER DITCH AT 24, WITH 1 APPROXIMATE 3 ON THE CLOCK.

ABOUT 27 SOAKEDS DOWN.

>> I WAS TIMING THE LONG AND SHORT OPTION AT THE WATER, IT TOOK ABOUT 23, 24 SECONDS TO GO THE LONG WAY AT THAT TOP WATER AND THAT IS ABOUT WHAT SHE IS DOWN NOW.

THERE IS REALLY, SPENCER, THERE IS NOWHERE TO REALLY CATCH IT UP ON THE BACK SIDE.

IAN HAS JUST PUT ENOUGH SKI BLOCKS THAT YOU CAN'T RUN HOME.

>> YOU SEE THIS MARE.

>> NO, NO, NO NO.

COME ON, COME ON.

>> I MEAN ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

>> SO TRICKY.

>> SO TRICKY THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH THAT.

>> I DON'T THINK SHE STEPPED BACK, WAS THERE A MOMENT OF HESITATION?

WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN SLOW MOTION, THO WE WON KNOW WHETHER THERE IS HESS SHALL-- HESITATION SHE SITS UP, ASKS THE MARE TO COME BACK, AND THE MARE SURPRISINGLY COMES BACK TOO MUCH, IS THERE A STEP BACK, NOT THAT WE CAN SEE SHE KEEPS THE FORWARD MOMENTUM, I THINK SHE WILL BE GIVEN A 20, AND SHE MIGHT GET AWAY WITH IT, ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT SARAH KUHN PICKED UP TWO REFUSALS, RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES, WE MISSED BOTH OF THEM.

YOU KNOW WHAT IS INTERESTING, THOUGH ABOUT SARAH'S HORSE IS I WONDER, REMEMBER WE SAW, HER HORSE REALLY DID NOT LIKE THE SCREEN.

AND THAT FENCE AT THE OPTION COMING OUT IS RIGHT JUMPING INTO THE SCREEN IN THE MAIN ARENA.

YOU JUST WONDER, HER HORSE SEEMS TO HAVE A QUIRKY PERP AT, AND YOU WONDER IF THAT WAS THE-- CAROLINE FINISHING.

>> 32 SECONDS.

>> WILL HAVE TO GET REVIEWED THERE, WE HAVE SARAH LOOKING LIKE SHE IS HAVING MORE TROUBLE OUT EARLY ON IN THE COURSE.

AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.

>> 25.8 TIME PENALTIES.

12.8 TIME PENALTIES FOR CAROLINE POWELL.

SHE HAS A QUESTION MARK OVER THAT STEP WHICH WE THOUGHT WOULD COME.

AND THIS IS ARIELLEE AHARONI.

AND DOUCHE TIMES.

GIRL YOU KNOW VERY WELL.

>> YES, SUPER HORSE.

SEUCHER RIDER, SUPER FAMILY.

THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE TOGETHER, PLACED WELL AT THE 4 STAR AT BURLMORNT THIS HORSE PRODUCED BY MY HUSBAND THROUGH THE 2 STAR LEVEL BUT ALWAYS WITH THE INTENTS OF ARIELLEE TAKE OVER THE RIDE, HER MOTHER BROUGHT THE-- BOUGHT THE HORSE AS A THREE YEAR OLD, INCREDIBLY WELL BRED BY LAUREN, EXCITING TO SEE IT COME THROUGH TO FREUICIAN FOR ARIELLE TO HAVE THIS 5 STAR HOSER, A DREAM COMING THROUGH, NOT THE FASTEST ACROSS THE FLOOR BUT A VERY GOOD JUMPER.

SARAH STILL STICKING IN THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN T IS TRICKY WHEN YOU HAVE TROUBLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE TO STILL STAY WITH THE RIGHT MINDSET THAT YOU HAVE TO GO BUT YOU HE LEADED TO THAT OR WERE DIRECT WITH THAT TALKING ABOUT CAROLINE WITH HER ATTITUDE SAYING YOU HAVE TO JUST STAY IN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET TO KNOW WHAT THE HORSES ARE ALL ABOUT, AND SARAH DOING THE SAME THING.

>> JUMPING THE BUCKEYE FENCE AND MOVING AWAY.

>> JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO A SCORE OF CAROLINE POWELL.

SHE HAS HAD THE 20 TAKEN AWAY, THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY QUITE QUICKLY.

SO SHE WILL COMPLETE ON THAT SCORE OF 41.8, PICKING UP 12.8 TIME.

AND WILL GO INTO 5th PLACE.

IS THAT NOW?

>> LOOKS VERY, VERY-- .

>> JUST GOT A LITTLE PEACEFUL ACTUALLY IN THE AIR.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, WE HAVE ARIELLE COMING TOO THE MAIN ARENA ON HER AND CHRIS', HER MOTH ERR'S DUTCH TIMES, BIG BEAUTIFUL HORSE ALOT OF SHOW JUMPING BLOOD IN THIS HORSE, GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

THEY HAVE HAD THIS HORSE SINCE I THINK ARIELLE WAS ABOUT 9.

AND HERE SHE IS AT HER FIRST 5 STAR DOING A SUPER, SUPER JOB.

>> I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE LEADERBOARD IT IS GOING TO BE A LEADERBOARD THAT WILL SHOCK A FEW.

THE LEADER AT THE MOMENT MIA FARLEY.

AND PHELPS.

FIRST 5 STAR, ONLY ONE CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME, 32.1, AUSTIN O'CONNOR SECOND.

COLORADO BLUE BLUE.

36.1, THIRD BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE PIGGY MARCH, 37.4.

FOURTH CAPITOL H I M AND HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG, AND CAROLINE POWELL GREENACRES, 41.8.

>> I MEAN MI SO IMPRESSED, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE BUT I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THIS TRACK.

I THINK ALL OF US WERE ON PINS AND NEEDLES ALL MORNING JUST HAVING REALLY NO IDEA, NO IDEA.

IT IS A VERY NEW TRACK.

AND IAN RIGHTFULLY CAME IN QUIETLY AND NOW THIRD YEAR IN, CAME IN NOT SO QUIETLY.

>> IT IS A FIVE STAR, A PROPER FIVE STAR, HAVE I LIKENED TO THE LIKES OF BADMINTON BURGHLEY, WALKING IT, IT IS AN ENORMOUS TRACK, ONE OF THOSE TRACKS THAT REALLY MAKES RIDERS SIT UP, FEEL SICK, WHICH IS WHAT YOU NEED.

AND IT IS WRITTEN REALLY WELL.

THOSE THAT HAVE RIDDEN IT REALLY WELL HAVE PAID, IT'S PAID-- GSH AS AMELIA COMES DOWN TO THAT, ARIELLE COMES DOWN TO THE SUNKEN ROAD, AT 7, ABCD.

YANMAR THE SPONSORS.

>> THAT IS SUCH A BIG JUMP, OUT ON THAT IS HUGE.

>> ONE METER 18.

>> YES.

>> FROM A BOWNGS.

>> IT'S NUTS, BANANAS, BUT HERE WE ARE, THE BLUE BOWL, DON'T LOOK TOO CLOSELY AS WE GALLOP DOWN THE HILL TO THIS BIG OPEN OXER.

REALLY A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE T JUST USES THE TERRAIN, WE'RE BACK TO SARAH.

SO SARAH KUHN COMING TO THAT BIG-- OH WELL, SHE MANAGED TO SAVE IT, IT IS A SEPARATE-- 14AB, 15, SHE CONTINUES UP TO THE CECIL COUNTY CORNERS NOW, WILL SHE BE SENSIBLE AND TAKE THE LONG ROUTE, THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO.

HAVING HAD THIS HORSE A LITTLE BIT STICKY ON A COUPLE OF FENCES.

THAT IS THE CHOICE THAT I WOULD MAKE.

>> IT IS INTERESTING LOOKING AT HER CLOCK.

SHE HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

>> YEAH.

>>.

>> I'M AFRAID SARAH, I WOULD HAVE GONE THE LONGER ROUTE THERE.

THE HORSE HASN'T REALLY BEEN ON SONG TODAY AND I THINK TO GO THE CORNERS WAS JUST A RISK TOO FAR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO GET HOME AROUND YOUR FIRST 5 STAR, AND THAT WAS A VERY SAD END TO THEIR DAY.

>> AND WE'VE GOT ERIN KANARA AND CAMPGROUND, WE SAW ERIN EARLIER ON THE 3 STAR ON ANOTHER SCRAPPY THOROUGHBRED, A SUPER ROUND.

SHE STARTS OUT ON HER 5 STAR, RIDE CAMPGROUND.

OLD FRIEND TO HER.

THEY HAVE BEEN OUT AT THIS LEVEL SEVERAL TIMES.

>> ERIN CAPARA 16 YEAR OLD BY FOREST CAMP, SECOND TIME AROUND THIS, LAST YEAR GIDEON, MADE HIS DEBUT FINISHING INSIDE THE TOP 20, IN 15th PLACE.

I THINK WE SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, LUCINDA GREEN WHO WAS HERE, WE SAW HER ON WEDNESDAY WALK THE COURSE BEFORE SHE FLEW OFF.

AND SHE SAID-- WAS A PROPER IAN STARK TRACK AND THIS YEAR SHE SAID IT IS THE SAME TRACK WITH BELLS AND WHISTLES, ERIN KANARA.

>> ARIELLE STILL GOOD, THE FLAG IS DOWN, NO BIG DEAL, THAT QUESTION, IT TESTS EVERYTHING, RIGHT.

IT, IAN SAID YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE SCOPE OF THE HORSE AT THE FIRST JUMP.

THEN YOU MAKE THAT TURN T ALMOST TAKES THEIR POWER AWAY BUT IT TAKES SO MUCH TO GET THEM BACK UP THE HILL AGAIN.

AND THEN THERE IS THIS.

>> AND VERY WIDE.

I MEAN THEY'RE HE NOR-- ENORMOUS FENCES, QUICK THINKING, FROM 14AB TO 15, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK-TAKING THAT CORNER ON JUST TO MAKE THE TURN AND COME BACK TO IT.

IT IS THE CLEAR ROUND THAT SHE'S AFTER.

FIRST 5 STAR AS INTO THE ARENA, COMES NOW, ERIN KANARA WITH CAMPGROUND.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, JUST ABOUT GETS IT.

SLAPPED DOWN THE LEFT SHOULDER, CLOSES THAT LEFT DOOR AND JUMPS OUT OVER THE C ELEMENT.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT FOR THE BRITISH FANS IS NEXT TO START.

>> WE'VE GOT ERIN COMING OUT OF THE ATWOOD ARENA CROSSING, ATWOOD HAS DONE THE FOOTING AND CROSSING PLACES AND IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

GEP WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE A VENUE LIKE THIS AND THE SUPPORTERS THAT WE HAVE.

THESE HORSES ARE PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS, ANIMALS TO US, BEST FRIENDS TO US SO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST FOOTING POSSIBLE IS AMAZING.

WE'VE GOT WILLIAM TROTTING AROUND ON LILY AS SHE IS KNOWN IN THE STABLES.

ERIN KANARA GETS THE TWO SIDES ONLY JUST.

>> WHEN I WALKED IT, I WALKED IT LITERALLY ON TWO STARS.

>> TWO SHOW JUMPING STRIDES AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS IAN STARK.

>> DID YOU SAY IAN, YOU HAVE MEASURED THIS.

>> AND I KNOW IT IS COMING OFF A TURN BUT STILL IT WAS SHORT.

AND IT BOG ELED ME A LITTLE BIT BUT DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE FENCES WHERE YOU HAVE TO RIDE IT.

YOU CAN'T GO, I DID THINK WE SEE ONE MAYBE GO ON THE ONE STRIDE, ONE OF THEM.

I THINK HE WOULD HAVE TO BE REALLY BRAVE TO GO ON THE ONE STRIDE.

>> THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN BRAVE AND.

>> BONKERS.

>> THAT IS BETTER THAN STUPID.

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> BRAVE AND BONKERS.

>> ERIN KANARA JUMPING 92, YOU COULD HEAR AS WELL TALKING TO CAMPGROUND WHOA WHOA WHOA ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

WE'LL GET BACK TO ARIELLE.

>> WILL SHE GO STRAIGHT T LOOKS LIKE SHE IS LINING UP THAT FIRST CORNER.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> GOING A LONG WAY.

>> GOOD GIRL, VERY GOOD THINKING AGAIN.

>> IT'S NOT THAT LONG.

COULD YOU JUMP THE FIRST ONE HERE AND GO AROUND.

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ARE GOING FOR THE DOUBLE CLEAR AND THE WIN YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOME RISKS.

THE GAIN OUTWEIGHS THE RISK OF IT THERE.

>> I TOTALLY AGREE.

WHEN YOU JUMP THE FIRST CORNER LIKE THIS HORSE DID, HER HORSE DID, WHAT IS THE POINT IN GOING AND RISKING THE SECOND CORNER WHEN YOU CAN JUST PUT OUT QUICKLY AND GO AND JUMP TWO MUCH MORE SIMPLE FENCES, THAT WAS VERY WELL DONE TO HER.

NICELY THROUGH THE FIRST, NO SECOND, I KEEP SAYING FIRST, BECAUSE FENCE 3 IS THE FIRST WATER.

ERIN KANARA, CAMPGROUND, WILLIAM FOX-PITT GEARING UP TO LEAVE THE START BOX.

AND GRAFENNACHT IS AWAY.

OFF THEY GO, DRESSAGE SCORE 26.1.

WILLIAM THE WINNER OF 14, 5 STARS IN HIS CAREER.

IT IS SOME FEAT AND HE SET SALE WITH THIS LOVELY YOUNG HORSE.

SHE REALLY DOUG DEEP AT BADMINTON.

SHE WAS INCREDIBLY BRAVE THERE.

GROOM SARAH BECK STROM, SHE IS A GOOD RIDER HERSELF.

SHE SAID THIS MARE IS THE REASON THAT HE IS STILL DOING IT.

SHE MADE HER DEBUT AT BADMINTON THIS YEAR.

SHE PROVED THAT SHE COULD DIG DEEP THERE, ON WHAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT CROSS COUNTRY DAY.

LILY, SHE'S A GOOD HORSE CROSS COUNTRY AND WILLIAM, NO BETTER MAN IN THE SADDLE.

>> AND OWNER AS MANDA GOULD AND HER HUSBAND OUT THERE WATCHING HER HORSE, FLEW OUT TO THE STATES TO SEE THIS, AS HE GALLOPS AROUND TO THIS MAX WIDTH, MAX HEIGHT TABLE HERE BEFORE WE HADED INTO THE MAIN ARENA.

AND YOU KNOW, WILLIAM HAS HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE PREVIOUS RIDERS EARLY IN THE DAY, A LOT OF THOSE FIRST FEW JUST HAD NO IDEA HOW THE COURSE WAS GOING TO RIDE.

HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CHECK.

SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, MAKE THIS PLAN.

SOMETIMES THAT HELPS.

SOMETIMES THAT HURTS.

BUT WILLIAM IS A PRETTY LAID BACK GUY SO I FEEL LIKE ONCE HE KIND OF KNEW HIS PLAN WOULD WORK HE PROBABLY STICKS TO HIS PLAN.

>> SOW WE'VE GOT WILLIAM COMING UP INTO THE ATWOOD A REPA HERE.

AND AGAIN IT'S SO AWESOME, WE HAVE THESE TIMES RIGHT ON THE SCREEN, PROVIDED BY ARMSTRONG.

THEY PROVIDE ALL THE BROADBAND HERE.

IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE.

WILLIAM ON THE SAME INSIDE LINE IN HERE AS PHILLIP CLEVERLY DONE NOT HANGING ABOUT.

YOU JUST, OH, LIVING DANGEROUSLY.

AND YOU COULD SEE THAT HAPPEN A FEW TIMES, THESE HORSES PUT BIG EFFORTS UP AGAINST THAT BRUSH AND JUST DON'T QUITE TURN AS EASILY, MAYBE AS ONE WOULD THINK TO THE LAST TABLE BUT SHE JUST SAT DOWN ON THOSE POWERFUL HAWKS, ADDED IN THAT FOURTH STRIDE AND WRAPPED AROUND THE LITTLE TABLE THERE.

WILLIAM WILL BE FILING THAT AWAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS GOING TO ADJUST ANY PLANS BUT THAT WAS-- IT IS A REALLY GREAT QUESTION THAT IAN HAS PUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRACK THAT TESTS THE SCOPE AND THE FLEXIBILITY OF THESE HORSES, HE'S REALLY ASKING FOR IT ALL OUT HERE.

>> JUST NIPS IN THESE TWO STRIDES, WHAT A LOVELY LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS LOOKING AROUND, WE HAVE OUR TAILGATERS OUT THERE.

WATCHING AS HE COMES AROUND TO THE JUNKEN ROAD.

WITH A GREAT TURNOUT WE HAVE.

THE WEATHER HAS TURNED INTO A PERFECT DAY FOR CROSS COUNTRY RIDING, THIS MIGHT BE ACTUALLY A BITS WARM FOR THE BRITS MAYBE.

SEE A LOVELY EXPRETION, STAYING QUITE CLOSE TO THE BOARDS THERE AS WE WOULD CALL IT, COMING DOWN TO THIS EXERCISE WHICH IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

NO PROBLEM.

AND THAT HAS RIDDEN BEAUTIFULLY.

WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT I THOUGHT MAN THAT COMES UP QUICK T IS ASKING QUITES A BIT.

BUT AGAIN IN HAS BEEN SO CLEVER.

THAT ALMOST THINKING THAT IS HE GETTING THE HORSES SET UP, GETTING THEM IN THE RIGHT GROOVE AND HONESTLY WEAVING OUT EARLIER THAT WON'T BE UP FOR THE TASK LATER IN THE TRACK.

SO SO FAR THIS MARE IS PROVING THAT SHE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH OUT HERE.

AND WE CAN SEE WHY WILLIAM WAS SO EXCITED TO PUT HER ON A PLANE AND COME OVER TO MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.

>> I AM JUST HOPING THAT THE FENCE IN THE ARENA WOKE THEM BOTH UP BECAUSE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SLEEPILY-- SLEEPY MOMENT FOR BOTH OF THEM AND I'M SURE IT HAS WOKEN THEM BOTH UP.

THE MARE IS A TRYER, WE KNOW THAT, WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE FLESH.

WHEN SHE JUMPED HERSELF AROUND BADMINTON.

GRAPH ENNABBING.

SHE HAS GOT THE THOROUGHBRED IN HER.

IT IS INTERESTING, LOOKING AT THAT JUMP, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS THE BRUSH IN FRONT OF THE BRUSH AND WHEN JACOB CAME DOWN ON HIS HORSE HE STAYED RIGHT TO ALMOST HIDE THE DITCH FROM THE SOURCE SO IT MAKES YOU THINK THE HORSE IS A BIT DITCHY WHICH IS HARD WHEN YOU ARE GOING 5 STAR.

BACK TO ERIN KANARA.

DOWN AT THIS ROLLER COASTER AS THEY CALL IT.

POPPING OFF THAT BANK, AT THE END OF HER REIGNS-- REIN, FEETING HER WAY OUT AND SEES THE FLAG, HE KNOWS TO STAY BETWEEN THE RED AND WHITE, A FEW OF OF THAT TODAY WHERE THE HORSES LOOK UP, KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND SHE IS GETTING PULLED UP HERE.

NOT TOO SURE WHY BUT WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.

CAN SEE OUR OFFICIALS OUT THERE WITH THEIR BIG ORANGE FLAGS, YOU KNOW IT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

YOUR ADRENALINE GETS GOING.

IT WOULD TAKE SOMEONE RUNNING OUT THERE WITH A BIG FLAG TO PULL YOU UP.

AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WE WILL LET YOU KNOW, WILLIAM IS STILL ON THE COURSE, DESIGNATESSED STOPPING AREAS AS NOT TO PULL ITS HORSES UP IN FRONT OF MAJOR COMPLEXES SO HE WRAPS AROUND, FIGHTING FOR THE TURN, PUSHING OP UP THE HILL, SUCH A SCOPE QUESTION, BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

>> JUST LOOKING AT THE BOARDS T LOOKS LIKE ARIELLE HAS BEEN PULLED UP, POSSIBLY OR RETIRED, ONE OR THE OTHER, WHETHER THE GRAND JURY HAVE PULLED HER UP, AROUND FENCE 27 WHICH IS THE FOX KRACHER, WILLIAM FOX-PITT THROUGH THAT COMBINATION, 14, 15, THE BALTIMORE BARRICADES AND THE FOX COVER.

>> WILLIAM HAS BEEN PULLED UP AS WELL.

>> WELL, I'M SURE HE WILL BE GLAD TO GET THAT PART OF THE COURSE OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE HE IS PULLED UP.

HE RAN DOWN IN THE STRAIGHTWAY, ALICE SAID SHE WAS SPEAKING TO HIM EARLIER AND SAID HE WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER HE WOULD BE ADDING THE STRIDES AND SHE SAID ALL BLOODY HELL HE IS GOING TO GO STRAIGHT ANYWAY.

>> I IMAGINE HE IS SURPRISED THAT WILLIAM HAS BEEN HELD BECAUSE WHAT WOULD USUALLY HAPPEN IS THAT ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT ERIN KANARA CAMPGROUND HAVE BEEN HELD AT FENCE 26S THAT YOU TRY AND KEEP THE HORSE BEHIND RUNNING.

AND IT WOULD EVEN BE THAT WILLIAM WOULD BYPASS, GO PASSEDER ERIN KANARA SO HE KEPT RUNNING AND THEN RESTART ERIN.

THAT IS USUALLY WHAT CONTROLLERS DO, CROSS COUNTRY CONTROLLERS DO, THE CROSS COUNTRY CONTROLLER HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY BUT FLA IS THE DECISION THAT HE MADE, HOLD BOTH RIDERS, WILLIAM OF COURSE THE WINNER OF THREE KENTUCKY, TWO BADMINTON, 6 BURGHLEYS, TWO PAUS AND ONE LUHMUHLEN.

HE HAS WON 16 GOLDS AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL, TEAM BRONZE IN BEIJING, THE OLYMPICS, TEAM SILVER LONDON.

TEAM SILVER IN ATHENS.

AND THERE IS NO BETTER MAN.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYBODY MORE MEDALLED THAN WILLIAM.

ANYBODY THAT HAS WON MORE 5 STARS THAN WILLIAM HERE AND THOAL PHILLIP DUTTON HAS DONE 7 OLYMPIC GAMES FROM 1996 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO 2021.

HE HASN'T MISSED AN OLYMPIC GAMES IN ALL THOSE YEARS EITHER.

>> YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD BUT IS HE REALLY NOT.

>> JUST TURNED 60.

YOU KNOW, AND IAN STARK HE IS 69, AND HE STILL SKIS DOWN BLACK RUNGS, JUMPS OUT OF AIRPLANES AND LOVES HIS CROSS COUNTRY COURSE DESIGN, LOVES BUILDING THESE TRACKS, LOVES SCARING THE RIDERS.

HE LOVES SCARING HIMSELF AND HE STILL RIDES AS WELL, HE HAS STILL GOT A HORSE THAT HE IS RIDING FOR THE DUCHESS OF DEF ON SHIRE WHO OWNS CHATS WORTH HOUSE.

HE RIDES AT THE VANLSED LEVEL AND HE IS JUST BRILLIANT, A BRILLIANT MAN.

BUT WE ARE NOW HEADING TOWARDS A COMMERCIAL BREAK WHIEMS WE HAVE A HOLD ON COURSE.

WE'S SEE YOU IN A FEW MOMENTS.

WHRANG NESS.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL, VERY KINDLY PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

MAINTAINED BY RUPERT LANDSCAPE, RUPERT LANDSCAPE CROSS COUNTRY DAY, WHAT A DAY WE HAVE HAD.

WE'RE ON A SHORT HOLD HERE ON THE CROSS COUNTRY, WE'LL BRING YOU NEWS AS SOON AS WE CAN.

BUT SINEAD IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

WE'VE GOT TWO HORSES HELD ON COURT, WILLIAM FOX-PITT AND ERIN KANARA.

IT IS JUMPED FAR, FAR BETTER THAN WE EVER THOUGHT.

>> 100 PERCENT.

>> AND I THINK THIS MORNING EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF ASKED THE POWERS THAT BE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE COURSE, THERE ARE LONG PAUSES AND WIDE EYES AND GOING, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT TOO SURE.

WE HAVE A SMALL FIELD BUT WE HAVE A MIGHTY FIELD.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE TOP RIDERS IN THE WORLD AND WE STARTED OUT SO STRONG WHEN WE SAW AUSTIN COME THROUGH ADDING JUST A FEW TIME PENALTIES AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE CHILD PAIN FOLDED BY-- MONICA SPENCER FIST PUMPING AND YOU KNOW IT'S JUST BEEN SUCH AN EXCITING DAY FOR THE RIDERS.

FOR THE COURSE DESIGNER.

A BUSY DAY FOR THE COURSE BLESSER AND YOU CAN SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF ALL OF OUR SPECTATORS THAT ARE OUT WATCHING.

AND THE DAYS HAD A BIT MUCH EVERYTHING, WIND, RAIN, SUN, BUT PERFECT DAY FOR HORSE SPORT AND YOU CAN SEE THERE SOME OF THE, WE'VE GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS PUT TOGETHER, ALSO WITH SOME SPORTS UTILITIES VEHICLES OUT THERE ON THE MOUNDS, SOME TAILGATERS HAVING A GREAT TIME, STILL PLENTY TO DO OUT HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, IF YOU ARE AT HOME SITTING ON THE FENCE, SHOULD I GO OUT THERE, IS IT ALMOST OVER THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF SHOPPING, THINGS TO DO.

GREAT DAY TO GET OUTSIDE.

I KNOW I STILL HAVE SOME SHOPPING TO DO.

>> YEAH.

I'M TOO EXCITED TO GO SHOPPING.

AND THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL DAY, I HAVE TO SAY, WITH THE HE MOTION OF AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON HERE.

THE EMOTION OF THE START OF THE THREE STAR THEN ON TO THE 5 STAR.

I MEAN IT'S JUST BEEN ENDLESS.

MARS WHO ARE OUR TITLE SPONSORS ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH TO DO.

AND SO MUCH ON ON ON OFFER SO WHY DON'T WE SEE WHAT MARS ARE ALL ABOUT.

>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS EVENTS IS GETTING EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY OUT ENJOYING HORSES, PET, EACH OTHER AND JUST CONNECTING AND ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY OUT HERE IN MARYLAND.

>> WE ARE HERE REPRESENTING OUR COMPANY, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE OUR VIP ACTIVATION WHY YOUR POOCH IS THE VI PET, YOU CAN GO THROUGH A LITTLE AGILITY COURSE AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH YOUR PET AND YOUR FAMILY.

WE'VE GOT OUR FOM CHOCOLATE OUR PREMIUM BRAND CHOCOLATE.

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE CHOCOLATE, HOT COCO SAMPLING EVERY DAY FROM 8 TO 10 A.M. TO KEEP YOU WARM ON A CHILLY MORNING.

WE DO HAVE THIS PORTFOLIO OF PRODUCTS AND BRANDS THAT REALLY DUZ COVER THE SPECTRUM WITH THE SAME QUALITY THAT GOES INTO OUR FAVORITE SNACKS LIKE SNICKERS OR M & MS AS GOING INTO OUR PET FOOD AND HORSE FEED AS WELL, FROM A QUALITY PERSPECTIVE.

AND IT'S JUST ABOUT BEING OUT HERE, ENJOYING TIME WHY YOUR FAMILY, YOUR PETS AND THESE BEAUTIFUL HORSES.

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THESE AMAZING ANIMALS AND THAT IS THE HORSE.

MARS HAS A LONG HISTORY IN THE HORSE INDUSTRY BOTH FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE AND HAVING SOME OF THE TOP COURSES, FOR MANY YEARS DATING BACK TO THE 1940S TO TODAY'S TOP COMPETITION HORSES.

AND JUST HORSES ARE A PART OF OUR CULTURE AND WHAT WE LOVE.

SO OUR BRANDS COVER THE HORSES HEALTH FROM NUTRITION TO VETERINARY MEDICINE AND WE'RE OFFERING ALL OF THAT ON SUPPORT, JUST KEEP ALL THE ANIMALS BEST INTERESTS IN MIND THIS WEEK.

THIS IS ONE OF THE SEVEN FIVE STARS IN THE WORLD AND ONE OF ONLY TWO IN THE U.S.

SO TO HAVE THIS RIGHT HERE MARS IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND IT REALLY DOES GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH OUR MISSION, TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR HORSES, PETS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM.

>> WELL, GREAT TO SEE JUST WHAT MARS GET UP TO AND HOW MUCH THEY PUT INTO THIS SPORT OF EVENTING.

JACKIE MARS OF COURSE MISS JACKIE MARS, SHE HAS IS ONE HECK OF A SUPPORTER.

SHE HAS GOT SO MANY HORSES, LOVE THIS SPORT, LOVES THIS INDUSTRY AND NOT ONLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT ALSO PUTS A LOT OF MONEY INTO EVENTING WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS OVER IN THE U.K., TITLE SPONSOR THIS YEAR AGAIN.

WELL, WE'LL BE BACK UNDER WAY VERY SHORTLY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS SHORT HOLD ON COURSE, EVERYBODY ENJOYING WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AROUND THE.

>> THERE WE HAVE A GREAT SHOT OF THE MARS PARTY BUS, SOMETIMES WE CALL IT UP THERE, AND LIKE YOU SAID MISS JACQUELINE MARS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THIS SPORT BUT A BRILLIANT HORSEWOMAN AS WELL AND HER DAUGHTER KRISTA SUBMIT PAR TAKING AND OWNING HORSES OUT THERE TODAY.

THEIR HORSES HAVE BEEN SUPER.

BIG PATRONS OF THE SPORT, VERY EDUCATED.

BACK TO OWNING HORSE FORCE DAVID AND KAREN O'CONNOR, BRINGING MULT PELT MEDALS HOME FOR TEAM U.S.A. AND SO THRILLED TO HAVE THEM OUT AND ABOUT HERE, A GREAT SHOT OF EVERYBODY CROWDING AROUND UP TOP THERE.

A REALLY GOOD SHUTTLE SYSTEM CARTING EVERYBODY AROUND THIS PROPERTY.

IT SAY HUGE PROPERTY AND WE KNOW BECAUSE BECAUSE WE WALKED UP TO THE TOP OF THAT HILL YESTERDAY AND WE WERE READY FOR A PIECE OF CANDY FROM THAT TENT UP TWHR OR A WATER OR MAYBE A PROSECCO.

SO THRILLED TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT SUPPORTING, LOOK AT THO ATWOOD ARENAS OUT THERE, THAT WILL BE WHERE THE SHOW JUMPING WARMUP TOMORROW, WHERE THE HORSES WARMED UP FOR THE DRESSAGE, WHERE THE FOUR TO FIVE YEAR OLD YOUNG HOURS DRESSAGE WAS.

YOU CAN SEE THE STABLING, THAT IS OFF SITE, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SPECTATORS BACK THERE, THAT IS KIND OF THE OASIS FOR OUR HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS, SOME CUTE PUPS OUT AND ABOUT, BRING YOUR PUPPY DOGS OUT THERE.

THAT THR IS A GREAT SHOT OF THAT MAGNAWAVE SWAIL WAVE WE'VE GOT THERE, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE JUMP, REALLY ASKING FOR POWER AND THOSE HORSES AND RIDERS HAVE TO MAKE A SHARP RIGHT TURN.

WE WERE, WHEN WE WALK THAT SPENCER, WE WERE LIKE WE'RE JUST SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T PUT THE DITCH IN THERE SOMEWHERE, IF YOU ARE GOES TO BE THIS TOUGH.

BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT DAY OF SPORT SO FAR.

AND IT'S BEEN-- THIS A NEAT SHOT GOING THROUGH THE SUNKEN ROAD.

YEAH, WE JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOLD HAS JUST BEEN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AR YEL AHARONI HAD PULLED UP ON COURSE A COUPLE OF FENCES BEFORE HOME AND WAS CHECKED OVER BY THE VET TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

AND THEN DURING THAT BREAK WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF FENCES THAT HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED, LET'S SAY, BY A COUPLE OF HORSE RIDER COMBINATIONS.

SO THEY THE COURSE TEAM DECIDED NOW WAS A TIME ONCE THERE WAS A HOLD ON COURSE TO FIX THOSE FENCES.

AND TO MAKE GOOD AGAIN THE FOOTING F THERE WAS ANY TROUBLE, CERTAINLY THAT HEDGE DITCH, THE PART OF EACH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS AS GOOD AS IT COULD BE.

SO TAKING THAT TIME WHILST THERE WAS A HOLD TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD FIX A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS ON COURSE.

THERE WERE TWO FENCES IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE BRUSH AND ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BEING THE CORNERS UP AT THE TOP.

THEY JUST WANTED A LOOK OUT AS WELL BY OUR COURSE TEAM.

>> SO THAT IS THE REASON AND WE'LL BE BACK UNDER WAY VERY, VERY SHORTLY.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.

AND WILLIAM FOX-PITT IS DOWN THERE GRAFENNACHT, THE STUNNING MARE, ONLY 11.

>> WE'RE GETTING READY TO START BACK UP.

THEY WILL GIVE THEM AT LEAST A TWO MINUTES HEADS UP SO THEY CAN DECIDE TO POP AROUND, UNFORTUNATELY AS THESE COMPETITIONS, UNLIKE OUR NATIONAL COMPETITION, THERE IS NOT A TINY JUMP TO POP OVER AND GET WARMED UP AT.

YOU HAVE GOT TO GET GOING BACK ON THE COURSE BUT THEY CHOOSE THIS, YOU SEE ERIN KANARA OFF AGAIN, GETTING IS A LITTLE GALLOP GOING BUT THEY DO CHOOSE THE STOPPING POINTS ON THE COURSE SO IT IS THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR THE HORSE TO PICK UP AND GET GOING AGAIN, THEY HAVE LONG ENOUGH AND A NICE ENOUGH FENCE.

SO THERE WILLIAM GETTING GOING AGAIN EARED PRIKED ALREADY.

WHAT A STUNNING MARE.

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE ENJOYED HER LITTLE TEA BREAK AND NOW HOPEFULLY WE ARE BACK ON COURSE FOR THE FINAL LEG OF THIS 2023 MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE, WILLIAM COMING OVER THE TOP.

HILL, AND HE'S GOT A NICE LONG PULL UP THIS HILT AND ANYBODY WHO NEEDS A QUICK RUN I WOULD START AT THE BOTTOM AND GO TO THE TOP AND YOU WILL BE FEELING WHAT THEAS HORSES ARE FEELING.

ERIN HAS FINISHED.

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS RIGHT AT THE TAIL END OF THE COURSE, AND THAT IS TRICKY BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE HORSE IS TIRED BUT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A SPONGE AND WATER AND BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOURS WHILE THEY ARE MAKING SURE THE SAFETY OF THE TRACK IS THERE.

SO SHE MADE IT BACK TO THE VET BOX AND IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF THERE.

WE'VE GOT WILLIAM HERE SETTING UP FOR THIS NICE BIG TABLE.

AND THEN WILL COME AROUND TO THESE VERY INFLUENTIAL CORNERS, SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HIS PLAN IS THERE.

HE WILL HAVE KNOWN FROM WATCHING ALL DAY THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT ALONG THE WAY.

BUT WILLIAM AND ALL OF HIS EXPERIENCE AND HIS 14 FIVE STAR WINS, WILL HAVE ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRACK, OF THE HORSE, OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE DAY TO MAKE A DECISION THAT BEST SUITEDS LIMB.

AND HIS LOVELY MARE.

>> COMING TO THE CECIL COUNTEDY CORPER, GRAFENNACHT, WILLIAM STILL GOING STRAIGHT, GETS CLOSE, VERY NEATLY OUT OVER THAT, THAT WAS BRAVE RIDING BY WILLIAM FOX-PITT, HE KNOW THIS MARE WELL AND NO BETTER MAN IN THE SADDLE.

>> AND THAT WAS SO CONFIDENTLY DONE IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

I MEAN MOST OF US WOULD JUST BE, I MEAN I DONE EVEN SAY ON CAMERA WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING AND HE JUST POPPED THROUGH THAT LIKE IT WAS CHILD'S PLAY, SYNDNEY SOLOMON STARTING OUT OVER THE BIG FENCE NUMBER TWO, EARLY REVIEWS, CBF, WILLIAM COMING AROUND TO THIS WATER I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO HIM ALL WEEK AND I KNOW THIS WATER IS THE CONVERSATION.

WILL HE GO STRAIGHT?

>> AMERICAN-- NO.

>> IT WAS A LOT TAKEN AWAY STANDING THERE FOR AWHILE.

HE JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MARE HAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I WOULD SAY.

>> THAT WAS CLEVER.

>> JUMPED AN EXTRA BUSH.

>> HE PROBABLY, YOU ALMOST SEE HIM SLIGHTLY SMILE THERE, THAT WAS A VERY, VERY, VERY EFFICIENT WAY THROUGH THAT TRACKnd AND TO BE HONEST SOME OF OUR RIDERS DID STRAIGHT EARLIER BUT DID SUCH A BIG ZIG ZAG AFTER THE MOUND THAT THEY MIGHT AS WELL HAVE GONE LONG.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING, WE WILL FIND OUT HIS TIME, UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THAT TIME WE WILL BE BITING OUR FINGER NAILS KNOWING WHERE WE ARE UNTIL THE DAY IS DONE HERE.

BUT ARE LOOMENTS-- HE LOOKED VERY FAST, THIS MAYOR LOOKS FULL OF RUNNING.

AND KICKS INTO ANOTHER GEAR RIGHT THERE, SO I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF HE IS NOT RIGHT ON THE TIME BUT WE WILL NOT KNOW.

BEAUTIFUL.

I MEAN YOU CAN-- I MEAN NOT A FOOT WRONG.

ALL THE RIGHT INSTINCTS, REALLY THIS MARE HAS AN AMAZING ABILITY TO GALLOP, TO SHORTEN, TO LENGTHEN BUT THE WHOLE TIME SHE HAS HER EYE AND HER THOUGHT FORWARD.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE DRESSAGE WHICH SEEMS LIKE YEARS AGO.

THE ABILITY TO DOWN SHIFT BUT STILL HAVE A FORWARD ITEM.

THAT IS WHAT AN AMAZING CROSS COUNTRY HORSE CAN DO.

THIS MARE SEEMS TO HAVE ALL THE PIECES TO BE ONE OF PHILLIP'S TOP MOUNTS OF ALL TIME AND HE HAS HAD QUITE A FEW.

>> PHILLIP?

>> WILLIAM.

>> WILLIAM.

>> AND HERE WE HAVE WILLIAM COMING TO THESE LAST TWO OXERS, JUST THERE TO SLOW YOU DOWN.

SHE JUMPS THOSE BEAUTIFULLY.

AS HE COMES AROUND.

>> I WOULD THINK, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN I'M NOT A GAMBLING MAN BUT I WOULD.

>> I SAW YOU IN THE CASINO LAST NIGHT.

>> YEAH, BUT ONLY EATING.

>> I DON'T THINK, I THINK THIS COULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE INSIDE THE TIME.

>> I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.

>> BECAUSE I THINK LILLIE LOOKED WELL WITHIN HER CAPABILITIES.

I THINK SHE YULESSED AROUND THAT CROSS COUNTRY COURSE.

AND MADE IT LOOK VERY, VERY EASY INDEED.

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU IT IS NOT.

IT IS CERTAINLY NOT AND THE TIME IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE INDEED.

THERE IS OUR WORLD NUMBER ONE.

THERE IS OUR NUMBER ONE AFTER DRESSAGE, TRYING TO KEEP COOLEE ROSALENT.

ROSIE, JUST JUMPING, THERE IS SYNDNEY SOLOMON, SYNDNEY WITH EARLY REVIEWS CBF.

SHE JUMP THROUGH ITS BIG SUNKEN ROAD, THE YANMAR SUNK INROAD AT 7ABCD.

NOW TO THE BROWN ADVISORY COMBINATION, BEFORE THAT IS THE OXER AND DITCH, I YAUPING GREAT BIG OXER WITH A GREAT BIG DITCH UNDERNEATH GOING PAST THE TAILGATESSERS, THE PICNICKERS.

AS WE WOULD CALL IT IN THE U.K AND ON TOWARDS THE WATER.

THERE IS THE UPTURNED CANOE, BROWN ADVISORY CHESAPEAKE BAY CANOE AND BROWN ADVISORY C & E CANAL BARGES.

>> WILL GO AT THE FOUR, ON THE TWO?

NO, SHE GOES ON THE ONE, WHAT A BRAVE HORSE N EARLY REVIEW CBF14 YEAR OLD, CHESTNUT MARE.

BY EARL, LOIS LANE THE DAM.

THERE IS OLLIE, WILLIAMSON NEERLLY AS TALL AS WILLIAM, TRAVELING FOR A YEAR, JUST ABOUT TO GO OFF AROUND THE WORLD.

TWO MEN DOWN THERE, OLIVER TOWNEND.

>> AND ZACH ARE BROWN.

>> WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE GETTING UP TO.

AND WE HAVE SYD SOLOMON GALLOPING UP ITS HILL, THIS HORSE LAURIE, SHE HAS MULTIPLE TOP 5 HORSES VERY EXCITING FOR U.S.

BREEDERS AS WE HAVE LILLIAN HEARD GALLOPING OUT ON THE FAMOUS AND SOMETIMES INFAMOUS LCC BARNABY, 125 STAR STARTS.

THIS HORSE IS INCREDIBLE AS IS LILLIAN.

SHE HAS GOT A HANDFUL OF WONDERFUL HORSES COMING UP BUT THIS ONE HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT PUTS HER NAME ON THE MAP OF INTERNATIONAL EVENTING.

>> SO THIS IS THE 13th 5 STAR START.

>> I MEAN MY MIND IS BLOWN.

>> BEEN 11 YEARS.

>> IT'S WILD T IS WILD.

>> IN 11 YEARS, SP 5 STARS.

PEOPLE ARE THRILLED TO DO ONE.

>> SYD COMING DOWN TO THIS, SHE POPS AROUND, REALLY EFFICIENTLY.

AGAIN THAT IS ACTUALLY SO HANDY WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE BIT, WRAP AROUND, NO TIME TO CELEBRATE AS SHE HEADS UP THE HILL TO THESE MASSIVE CORD WOODS DOWN TO THE BIG CORNER FENCE, NOT A CORNER, JUST A HEDGE ON A HELL OF A SHARP ANGLE.

>> LILLIAN HEARD WOOD WITH LCC BARNABY AS YOU KNOW ARE AWAY.

THAT MEANS OLIVER TOWNEND WILL BE NEXT OUT OF THE START BOX SYNDNEY SOLOMON.

>> NICE JOB.

>> THIS MARE IS-- SHE IS A PUNCHY FIGHTER OF A MARE.

AND IF YOU GET IT IN HER EYESIGHT, SHE WILL JUMP IT.

AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT EVEN IN THE DRESSAGE ROOM.

WE HAVE OLIVER TOWNEND DOWN WALKING AROUND THAT START BOX LOOKING COOL AS A CUCUMBER BUT CAN I GUARANTEE YOU HE IS NOT.

>> THIS MARE HAS GOT SOME INCREDIBLE FORM UNDER HER BELT ALREADY, SHE IS NINE YEARS OLD.

AT LUHMUHLEN HAD A 20 ON THE CARDS, SHE WON THE 8 AND 9 AT BLAMHAM HORSE CARDS EARLIER, HERE IS LCC BARNABY AND LITTLE YAM-- LILLIAN HEARD WOODS.

>> OH, BARNABY.

>> BUT WE SAW WILLIAM FOX-PITT DO THE SAME THING, MAYBE IT IS BECOMING A TRENDED.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, THESE BIG STRONG HORSES THAT QUESTION THE BEGINNING TURNING CAN BE QUITE TRICKY ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE SO KEEN AND BRAVE.

HERE WE HAVE SYD GALLOPING UP TOP OF THE HILL HERE HAVING A SUPER RUN SO FAR, MARE ON A LOOSE REIN, JUST LETTING HER RUN.

SHE STRETCHES UP.

TO SET UP FOR THIS TABLE.

AND SHE GALLOPS UP AROUND AND WILL BE HEADING TO THESE INFLUENTIAL DOUBLE CORNERS, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT SHE DOES HERE.

THIS MARE AGAIN IF SHE CAN GET THE JUMPS BETWEEN HER EARS SHE WILL JUMP THEM.

BUT THIS TURN HAS, WALKING IT YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE AS TRICKY AS IT WAS.

BUT I THINK THAT SOMETIMES THE MASTERY OR MAYBE THE MADS BEHIND THE DESIGN OF IAN STARK IS YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT COMING.

>> WELL, WE'VE GOT A PROVISIONAL TIME FOR ERIN KANARA AND WILLIAM FOX-PITT.

>> OH.

>> SYNDNEY.

>> YOU COULD JUST, HONESTLY, YOU SAW THE MARE LOOK OUT TO THE RIGHT AS SHE CAME AROUND THE CORNER.

COULD YOU SEE IT AND NOW I JUST.

>> I THINK THE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OFF A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH.

>> SHE IS BRAVE GOING BACK TO THE CORNER, THAT'S FOR SURE.

I MEAN THAT WAS VERY BRAVE.

BECAUSE THERE IS A LONGER ROUTE.

THERE IS THAT FIRST OWL'S BEEK TO JUMP WHICH I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY GONE TO HAVING HAD A RUN OUT THERE.

>> THE VERY INTERESTING THE MARE JUST LOOKED LIKE SHE JUST LOOKED HONESTLY FROM THE OUT, WHICH YOU DON'T SEE VERY MUCH AND THERE WE HAVE-- ANYWAY WE'VE GOT LILLIAN AND BARNABY.

>> THE MARE AGAIN AS SHE JUMPS OUT OF THERE, JUST SEEMED-- SHE ALMOST SEEMED TO GET DISAPPOINTED WITH HERSELF HAVING HAD THAT RUNOUT.

BUT SHE GOES ON AND BARNABY NOW COMING TO THE OXER IN THE VALLEY , THE BIG RAILS ARE ENORMOUS.

THE CANOE AND THE CANAL BARGES.

>> SUCH A BIG POWERFUL STRONGS HORSE.

YOU KNOW, I JUST STILL CAN'T IMAGINE, IT MUST BE CONFIDENCE BUILDING TO HAVE BEEN AROUND SO MANY BIG TRACKS BUT IT IS STILL SO NERVE-RACKING.

>> WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THE TIME IS IN FOR WILLIAM FOX-PITT.

AND ALSO ERIN KANARA.

BOTH HAVE BEEN GIVEN 11 MINUTES 23, HAVING BEEN BOTH HELD.

SO I WAS JUST QUEURYING SLIGHTLY BUT I DON'T KNOW, IS THE ANSWER.

SO IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT IS 5.2 TIME AND WILLIAM WILL GO INTO THE LEAD ON 31.3.

ALSO A SCORE FOR-- A SCORE FOR-- NO, YOU GO.

>> OLLIE TOWNEND OUT ON COURSE T HAS BEEN A LONG THREE DAYS OUR TONGUES ARE GETTING A LITTLE TIEDMENT BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE WORLD NUMBER ONE ON COURSE, ALL EYES WILL BE GLUED TO THE SCREEN, ALL EYES WILL BE GLUED TO THE COURSE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 11 OR SO MINUTES.

OUTSIDELY POPPING THROUGH HERE.

OLIVER WILL HAVE BEEN, WELL, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT.

MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, THEY WILL ASK SOME QUESTION, WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON, WHAT IS JUMPABLE.

IS MY LINE DOABLE.

MAYBE THAT IS ENOUGH INFORMATION.

>> I THINK FURTHER TROUBLE FOR SYNDNEY SOLOMON AND EARLY REVIEW.

THEY HAD HURTS PROBLEMS UP AT 122 WHICH IS THE MARS EQUISTRIAN CRAB WATER AND HAVE RETIRED.

SO OLIVER TOWNEND THE WORLD NUMBER ONE, THERE IS SYNDNEY WALKING HOME, VERY SAD END TO THEIR DAY.

>> SHE WALKS INTO THE WOODS.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE HER, A LONG QUIET WALK IN THE WOODS SOMETIMES CAN-- IS NEEDED.

>> OLIVER WHO IS SEVEN TIME 5 STAR WINNER, HE WON BURGHLEY THIS YEAR WITH THE WONDERFUL SO BRILLIANT.

HE WON THE TEAM GOLD IN LONDON.

AND PART OF THAT GOLD MEDAL WINNING TEAM.

AND THEN TO GO ON TO WIN BURGHLEY THIS YEAR WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.

AND WHAT A HORSE HE HAS BEEN.

BUT THIS IS A VERY EXCITING MARE.

COOLEE ROSALENT.

>> INCREDIBLE.

WOW, I'M WATCHING THIS IN REALTIME AND ON THE SCREEN AND THE MAR SE JUST STUNNING, SHE IS UPHILL, FLYING, ON A SOFT REIN, WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THAT COMBINATION THERE, A LOT OF FIGHT, STRUGGLE, WE HAVE SEEN SOME NEGOTIATION.

AND THIS MARE IS JUST RIGHT ON THE END OF THE REIN FOLLOWING OLD VIFER'S EYE WHERE HE IS LOOKING AND IT IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HORSE.

WHAT A GAL OPER.

>> JUST TO CONFIRM.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AGES EARLIER, THE FACT THAT IAN STARK WAS 69 AND STILL DESIGNING BRILLIANT TRACKS, STILL LIPP DUTTON WAS ON A SUPER COURSE IN-- THE LITTLE HORSE HE WAS RIDINGS AROUND, OLIVER TOWNING, JUST AS QUICK AS ANY, HE WAS SO FAST THROUGH THERE, PHILLIP DUTTON RIDING THE 11 YEAR OLD AZURE, THE MARE THAT WAS PILOTED PREVIOUSLY BY ISABELLE POWER-- POWELL.

HE CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY, APPARENTLY I SAID WILLIAM WAS 60, I KNOW HE IS NOWHERE NEAR 60 BECAUSE IS HE NOT THAT MUCH OLDER THAN ME BUT THERE YOU GO.

WILLIAM IS 54.

AND LYING IN FIRST PLACE AT THE MOMENT.

31.3.

DOESN'T DISEEM TO BE MY DAY TODAY.

ALWAYS THE WAY IT WORKS.

>> I THINK ARE YOU DOING GREAT.

>> COMING TO THE YANMAR SUNKEN ROAD, UP AND OVER, A 9 YEAR OLD THIS MARE, ONE 5 STAR UNDER HER BELT ALREADY AND GALLOPS AWAY FROM THAT SUNKEN ROAD DOWN THE HILL, SHE COMES TO THE DITCH AT 8.

>> WHAT A FACE, WHAT AN EXPRESSION.

>> SHE IS COMING DOWN AND SHE DID GET A LITTLE SPOOKY THERE, SOMETHING CAUGHT HER EYE WITH THOSE TAILGATERS AND SHE SAID WHAT IS THAT.

BUT UP IN THE AIR.

JUST A BEAUTIFUL HORSE AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T-- OLIVER I'M SURE ISN'T SITTING IN THE TACK THINKING I'M SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW.

>> HE'S ON TACK BUT TO WATCH THIS GALLOP.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT, RIGHT?

>> YOU CONDITION SEE AT THIS ANGLE BUT THERE IS A WATER FALL, AND I THINK SHE WAS WORRIED SHE WAS GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.

>> NO WORRIES AT ALL, SHE JUMPED THROUGH THERE QUITE BRILLIANTLY.

LOOK AT THE EXPRESSION ON HER FACE AS WELL, AS BARNABY GOING THE DIRECT RESULT, UP WITH, TWO, TAKE OFF OVER THE BRUSH.

>> THAT IS A COOL SHOT.

>> LILLIAN HEARD WOOD, LCC BARNABY, ABSOLUTELY FLYING.

>> SHE ALMOST JUMPED THE HIGHEST PART OF THE BRUSH THERE, HELD HIM RIGHT ON THE LINE AND HE SAID OKAY, WHATEVER YOU SAY.

>> LILLIAN RECENTLY MARRIED TO RYAN WOOD, WE SAW HIM ON THE 3 STAR EARLIER TODAY.

AND THEY ARE LOCAL TO THIS AREA, HAVE BOUGHT A FARM, GONE OUT ON THEIR OWN.

WE SEE LITTLE YAM-- LITTLE YAP SO POWERFUL AT THE END OF THIS TRACK.

>> THIS HAS JUMPED AMAZINGLY WELL SWNS THE HORSES ARE INCREDIBLE, REALLY.

WE WALK THAT FENCE AND IT DISAPPEARS ON AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT.

VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND IF ARE YOU NOT ABSOLUTELY BOB ON ON YOUR STRIDE AND ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY PINPOINT PERFECT THEN YOU DISAPPEAR AND THAT DITCH OPENS UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT COMING DOWN TO JUMP WHAT IS A VERY, VERY BIG FENCE.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> HUGE WAVE, THE MAGAZINE MAGNAWAVE AND UP THE HILL, THAT WAS SO MEANT TO BE.

>> CAROLINE POWELL, AND OLIVER TOWNEND JUST ROAD THAT FIRST IN PERFECTLY, YOU KNOW, THEY TRUSTED THE HORSES SCOPE, THEY WRAPPED AROUND IT, AND AFTER THAT IT IS A ROLLER COASTER.

>> OLIVER TOWNEND STARTS ON 23.1, ZACHARY BROWN IS AWAY ON COURSE AS WELL.

OLIVER ALL-- HE JUST DUCKS ON LANDING.

THEN SITS UP JUST IN TIME.

QUEEPS THE MARE TO THAT CORNER AND JUMPS IT REALLY, REALLY WELL.

>> JUST SO COOL, YOU SEE HIM GET THIS MARE, AND IT REMINDS ME OF MICHAEL YOUNG ON HIS BRILLIANT MARE.

YOU WATCHED HIM JUMP AROUND BIG 4 STARS AND 5 STARS TOO GIVE HER CONFIDENCE.

THE MARE, THEY DON'T TELL THEM WHEN THEY ARE WRONG BUT DEFINITELY WHEN THEY ARE WRITE.

>> ZACHARY BROWN JUST COMING TOO THE MAIN ARENA.

WE STAY WITH OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT AS HE MAKES HIS WAY AROUND.

NOW IS HE JUST GOING PAST.

WE HAVE A QUICK CHECK ON THE CLUB.

IS HE COMING UP NOW TO JUMP ITS BRUSH.

NOW THAT IS AT THE PAL SAIDS, SO THE PODIUM BOX IS COMING UP.

BEFORE THE CECIL COUNTY CORNERS OF 18 AND 1-9D.

A CHECK ON THE CLOCK THERE, WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE AS HE COMES TO THE PODIUM.

JUMPS THE PODIUM, VISIT HALF THE PODIUM BOX AT 17.

YOU NEEDED TO BE THERE WITH 3:29 ON THE CLOCK.

HE WAS ABOUT THERE AT 3:29 AND IT'S 2 MINUTE 5S 5, AT THE FIRST OF THE CORNERS.

HE CHECKS HIS CLOCK.

HE HAS JUST GONE OVER 8 MINUTES.

8 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS, IT SHOULD BE.

AT THE 18th.

2 MINUTES 55 LEFT TO GO.

HOME IS LILLIAN HEARD WOOD, 12 MINUTES AND 11 SECONDS, SO QUITE A WAY OVER THE OPTIMUM ONE MINUTE AND ONE SECOND.

COOLEE ROSALENT JUMPS THE FIRST OF THE CORNERS.

>> A GREAT RIDE.

>> HE IS SEEING IT GO, BUT THE CORNER NEVER MOVES.

SO MY THOUGHT IS IT IS ABSOLUTELY FINE.

ALTHOUGH THAT YELLOW CLIP DROPPED DOWN, DID YOU NOTICE THAT.

>> HUH-UH.

>> WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A SLOW MOTION REPLAY OF THAT CORNER.

BECAUSE IT DID GO, BUT I MEAN IT'S BEEN ACTIVATED.

WHAT ARE THE RULINGS THERE, WILL HE GET THE 11, IT DIDN'T COLLAPSE.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK.

LOOK AT THE CORNER, THE SECOND CORNER.

AND IF IS THE FRONT YELLOW CLIP.

IT DROPS DOWN AS HE JUMPS IT.

WATCH THE YELLOW CLIP THERE.

SHE CATCHES IT, AND DOWN IT GOES.

SO THAT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING.

>> OLIVER TOWNEND, COOLEE ROSALENT TAKING THE DIRECT ROUTE, THAT IS AT THE MARS WATER.

THE HEAD OF A LAKE.

NO PROBLEMS.

FOR THE WORLD NUMBER ONE.

>> THIS MAR SE SO I CREDIBLE, EXCITING, GENUINE, SO STRAIGHT, WHAT A PARTNERSHIP.

>> STILL SO FULL OF RUNNING.

>> ST A BIG TRIP FOR THESE HORSES TO GET HERE.

THEY HAVE LITERALLY FLOWN ACROSS THE OCEAN.

>> YEAH, THEY ARE REMARKABLE.

THEY TRULY ARE.

WHOA.

HE TRUSTED THE MARE.

I MEAN I DON'T THINK IT WAS A STRIDE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT PHOTOGRAPH BECAUSE HE WAS A MILE AND A HALF AWAY FROM THE BASE OF THAT FENCE.

WE KNEW HE WAS.

HE KNEW HE WAS.

BUT HE TRUSTED THIS MARE.

HE TRUSTED THIS NINE YEAR OLD TO DO THE JUMPING.

>> YOU KNOW HE'S FEELING THE PRESSURE OF THE CLOCK.

HE KNOWS HE HAS TO GET HOME.

HE KNOWS HE HAS TO TAKE-- OH.

I MEAN, IS HE DOING THIS JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I HOPE NOT.

WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD TOGETHER YOU AND I.

WE REACT FAR TOO MUCH.

>> I MEAN IT'S BEEN SPOT ON UNTIL THIS LAST MOMENT.

IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE TO ADD JUST A LITTLE MORE ADRENALINE.

>> A LITTLE MORE SPICE.

>> OXER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE, OF THE HILL HERE.

>> RECEIPTS' HAVE A LOOK AGAIN.

THE MARE TAKES OFF, LANDS, TAKES OFF BEAUTIFULLY THEN LANDS.

>> SHE JUST SLIPS.

>> MY GOODNESS ME WHAT A GOOD MARE TO STAND UP, MORSE HORSES DON'T WANT TO FALL, HE HAS 22 SECONDS TO GET HOME, I DON'T THINK HE HAS ENOUGH BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO BE AT THE SECOND LAST WITH 20 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK, THE INTIME TO BEAT OR THE SCORE TO BEAT IS 21, 31.3, OLIVER TOWNEND HAS ONE FENCE LEFT TO JUMP.

23.1 IS HIS SCORE, 31.3 IS THE SCORE TO BEAT, 8.2 IS THE DEF SILT SO HE CAN AFFORD TO BE 20 SECONDS OVER THE TIME AND STILL GO INTO THE LEAD, 15, 16, 15 SECONDS IT IS.

OLIVER TOWNEND RETAINS HIS OVERNIGHT LEAD.

23.1.

OLIVER TOWNEND'S-- A FABULOUS ROUND, REALLY GREAT, ONE THE FIRST TO MEET OLIVER AT THE END OF HIS FABULOUS, FABULOUS CROSS COUNTRY ROUND.

HE TRULY TRULY DESERVES EVERY BIT OF RECOGNITION THAT HE HAS GOT HERE.

A FEW MOMENTS AGO WE CAUGHT UP WITH ANOTHER RIDER AND FORMER NUMBER ONE, FRANKIE WITH WILL YAK-- WILLIAM FOX-PITT.

>> WELL WILLIAM FOX-PITT A MASTER CLASS OF RIDING HERE TODAY AND A BEAUTIFUL ROUND FOR YOU AND THIS MARE YOU LOVE SO MUCH.

>> YOU ARE ARE VERY KIND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SHE WAS EASY, WASN'T SHE, IT WAS A BIT OF A WEIRD ROUND, DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND KIND OF TIME TO WASH, PUT OUR BOOTS UP, BRUSH DOWN AND NO ONE COULD DECIDE WHERE I WAS HELD FROM OR WHERE I WAS GOING TO START FROM SO TOOK A BIT OF TIME TO REORGANIZE.

BUT NO, OBVIOUSLY VERY LUCKY.

AND SHE HAS HAD HALF AN EVENT, HASN'T SHE.

AND YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THAT IS AN ADVANTAGE.

I DID THINK AS I CAME TO THE CORNERSES, YOU KNOW, I PLANNED ON RIDING A TIED 58 THROUGH THERE AND I WASN'T.

SO I WAS HAVING TO THINK I'M NOT TURNING WHERE I WANT, AND I GOT THERE A LITTLE DEEP.

BUT SHE WAS VERY GENUINE, SO I AM DELIGHTED WITH HER.

AND I ANNOYINGLY I WENT LONG AT THE CRABS.

PLAN WAS TO GO STRAIGHT BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE STAYED ON THAT LINE BUT I THOUGHT HAVING BEEN HELD, SURELY I WAS ON MY MINUTE MARKER SO I THOUGHT SURELY I REQUEST KICK ON A BIT AND GET ON.

I DIDN'T MANAGE TO MAKE THE TIME.

I THOUGHT IF I HAD THE RUN, IT WOULD GO FRESH, WHY DIDN'T YOU GO THE LONG WAY.

SO I SCE DAD ELED AROUND, I WOULD HAVE BEEN TEMPTED TO GO STRAIGHT.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOVELY TO TRY THAT.

>> DID YOU GO THE LONG ROUTE.

YOU ADDED A LITTLE EXTRA OBSTACLE THROUGH THE TREES AND HAD A BIT OF A CHUCK EL AS YOU GALLOPED AWAY.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY OF SPORT, YOUR FAMILY WAS HERE, THRILLED AT THE FINISH AND DID YOU HAVE FUN TWNS IS GREAT TO HAVE MY FAMILY HERE T MEANS A LOT, AS MI GETTING ODOR I'M MORE-- ABOUT THESE THINGS, IT IS REALLY COOL TO HAVE THEM HERE.

HOW MANY MORE AM I GOING TO DO.

AND FUN IS A WORD I HADS TATE TO USE BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIOUS JOB AND FULL OF ADRENALINE PUMPING AND TERRIFYING, SO FUN, YEAH, GREAT FUN.

>> THANKS, WILLIAM.

>> CHEERS.

>> SO ALL GOING ON OUT HERE IN THE FIELD, ZACH HERE AT THIS INFLUENTIAL CORN CERTIFICATES.

>> ZACH HAS ALREADY HAD A RUN OUT AT THE MAGNAWAVE COMBINATION AND CALLING IT A DAY UP AT THE WATER.

COULD ALL BE OVER BECAUSE BUOYED MARTIN WHO STARTED A FEW MOMENTS AGO FELL, WE SAW HIM FALL AT FENCE 3, THE SECOND.

>> RIGHT AFTER THE JUMP.

>> THE SECOND OF THOSE OXERS, SO THAT IS IT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE RIDERS ON COURSE.

SO BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT IS ALL OVER.

THERE GOES CONTESSA, THE 2 THOUSAND-- 2021 WINNER, BUOYED MARTIN IS OUT.

>> AND YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS SHE IS GOING HOME.

SHE KNOWS WHERE THE STABLES ARE THERE.

AND HERE WE HAVE ZACH, I'M NOT SURE IF HE IS A LITTLE, FEELING A LITTLE SOMETHING, GOOD TO SEE BUOYED UP ON HIS FEET THERE.

HIT THE GROUND A LITTLE BIT HARD ON THE BACKSIDE.

SHE JUST HAD A FUNKY JUMP OUT OF THE WATER, LOOKS LIKE GOT HIM OUT OF THE TACK AND THAT WAS THAT.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A, NOT NICE WAY TO END THE DAY.

>> NO, IT'S NOT NICE, WE COULD JUST SEE CONTESSA COME UP INTO THE MAIN ARENA TO BE CAUGHT UP HERE, THERE IS BOYD CHECKED OVER BY THE MEDICS, WE CAN GET CAMERAS ON CONTESSA IN THE MAIN ARENA JUST CAUGHT UP THERE IN THE MAIN ARENA.

>> AND BOYD IS LAUGHING AND THERE ARE KIDS RUNNING OVER TO GET HIS AUTOGRAPH.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE SAYS IT ISN'T I GOOD TIME.

>> CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH, NO, YOU CAN'T.

CONTESSA HAS BEEN CAUGHT, LEAD INTO THE MAIN ARENA.

WE WILL GET EYES ON HER BUT SHE IS ABSOLUTELY FINE.

BUOYED POPPING OUT THE SIDE DOOR.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HATCHED.

WE MIGHT EVEN GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE THAT FALL AS WELL BECAUSE IT JUST THE WAY SHE JUMPED, SHE CAUGHT A KNEE ON THE SECOND PART, POPPED BOYD FORWARDS AND HE JUST SEEMED TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND GRAVITY TOOK OVER.

AND DOWN HE CAME.

>> AND THOSE KIDS ARE THERE GIVING HIM A HARD TIME THAT IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT KIDS, THEY COULD CARE LESS.

>> LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THAT FALL ONCE AGAIN, JUMPING THE FIRST OF THESE OXERS, JUMPS THE FIRST PERFECTLY WELL, RUNS THROUGH THE WATER, PERFECTLY EASY STRIDE UP TO THE SECOND, CONTESSA GETS CLOSE, LEAVES, POPS BOYD OUT THE SADDLE AND DOWN HE GOES SUCH A SHAME.

>> WE'VE GOT EYES ON CONTESSA EVEN IF OUR CAMERAS DON'T BECAUSE OUR CAMERAS HAVEN'T GOT THERE.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT DOWN AT THE FINISH HAVING FINISHED A SHORT WHILE AGO, THE WORLD NUMBER ONE HAS CAUGHT UP WITH FRANKIE.

>> WELL, OLIVER ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT OUT THERE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF WORK ALL THE WAY AROUND BUT THIS MARE STEPPED UP FOR YOU AND YOU DID THE SAME OF COURSE FOR HER, TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP.

>> YEAH, SHE'S NINE YEARS OLD AND HUGE THANKS TO PAUL AND DIANNE RIDGEON.

THEY HAVE BEEN SO GOOD TO MYSELF AND ANDREW NICHOLS AND SUPPORTING US IN THE SUPPORT.

-- SPORT.

AND FOR THEM TO GET A SUPERSTAR LIKE THIS LATER ON IN LIFE AFTER RUNNING HORSES FOR SO MANY YEARS IS VERY SPECIAL FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.

>> IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER.

YOU CAME TO THAT FAIR HILL BANK TO THE END OF THE COURSE AND HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A STUMBLE OFF OF IT BY GETTING IT DONE IN THE LAST.

>> YEAH, AND SHE'S SO HONEST AND LOVES HER JOB.

AS LONG AS I GET HER IN FRONT OF THE FENCE AS SHE LOOKS FOR THE FLAGS AND SHE JUMPS THEM REALLY WELL, SHE'S BEEN VERY KEEN ALL DAY AND SHE IS A PRIVILEGE TO RIDE.

>> WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN HERE TWICE ON THE PODIUM TWICE, HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO TOP THAT PODIUM TOMORROW.

>> LOOK, YOU KNOW I WANT TO DO THAT MORE THAN EVER.

AND WITH THE HORSES I'M PRIVILEGEED TO RIDE, THESE HORSES WILL KEEP GETTING ME UP IN THE MORNING T IS JUST THANKS TO THE WHOLE TEAM.

MY UNBELIEVABLE SPONSORS, EVERYBODY AT HOME.

IT TAKES A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO GET ME HERE ON THIS HORSE.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

>> WE WILL ALL BE LOOKING ON TOMORROW FOR THAT EXCITEMENT WITH CURIOSITY AND THIS CURIOUSLY STRONG MINTS GO TO YOU AGAIN TODAY, OLIVER TOWN END IS YOUR LEADER AS WE GET READY TO GO INTO THE FINAL PHASE HERE TOMORROW.

>> THANKS, OLIVER.

>> THANK YOU.

WELL, A LOOK TO THE BROWN ADVISORY LEADERBOARD THEN, AFTER THE CROSS COUNTRY THRILLS AND SPILLS DAY, OLIVER TOWNEND, IT IS GREAT BRITAIN COOLEE ROSALENT IN FRONT, 29.1, WILLIAM FOX-PITT IN SECOND, GRAFENNACHT, 31.3.

MIA FARLEY FIRST TIME 5 STAR,-- WELL, WE-- , WITHOUT HAVE ONE MORE, WE HAVE AN ENCOR.

WE DIDN'T WANT THE DAY TO END SO WE WERE TOLD LEXI WAS NOT STARTING BUT SOME REASON WE WENT OUT OF ORDER AND SHE IS OUT THERE VERY MUCH AT FEPS NUMBER FOUR, SO THE DAY IS NOT DONE SO HOLD YOUR BEER.

SHE LOST A SHOE IN THE WARMUP AND THAT IS THE UP WITH WAY AT AN FEI COMPETITION THAT YOU CAN RESTRUCTURE YOUR ORDER.

THEY HAVE A FERRIER DOWN ON THE VET BOX, TAPPED THE SHOE BACK ON AND OFF SHE GOES.

>> AN IMPORTANT SCORE BECAUSE SHE LIES IN 8th PLACE AT 31.9, JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO READ THE LEADERBOARD, TO ALL PACK UP AND GO HOME SO GOOD JOB WE DIDN'T BECAUSE LEXI SCOVIL WITH THE 13 YEAR OLD BY CHICO'S BOY, ASK INTO THE MAIN ARENA, HEAR THEY COME, THREE PARTS OF THIS COMBINATION AT 6, 5ABC, NOT 4, NOT 6, 5.

>> AND SPROUT AS IS HE KNOWN IN THE BARN.

>> ADDS UP HERE A LITTLE BIT.

>> FOUR AND FIVE, HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT SHE CAME IN, A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEP STRIDE W A BACKYARD STRIDE, WAS NEVER REALLY GOING TO BE A THREE THERE, IF SHE WAS THREE TO THAT MIDDLE BOX SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR TOO WIDE AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BYPASSED THAT C ELEMENT SO SHE WAS QUITE WIDE IN WISE IN HER DECISION TO SIT QUIET AND WAIT AS SHE RUNS DOWN THE TIMBER RACE COURSE PROPER TO THE MARYLAND HUNT CUP RAILS.

THIS IS 6A AND 6B, THE CECIL COUNTY TIMBER RAILS AT 6.

TWO STRIDES IN BETWEEN.

THEY GO DOWN THE ROPES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THEN MAKE THAT TURN LEFT HAND AND HOPEFULLY THIS HORSE WILL CHANGE LEGS, HE HAS DONE.

>> YOU KNOW COULD YOU TELL ACTUALLY HERE IN FRONT OF US, THE HORSE HAS A TENNESSEE TO JUMP A BIT UP AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE WHEREAS THE 2 HAS BEEN SHORT, HE ROLLED OVER HIS SHOULDER A LITTLE BIT AND ENDED UP NOT QUITE COVERING THE DISTANCE ON THE BACK SIDE.

>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

AS SHE MAKES HER WAY UP THE HILL, MEETS THAT RISING GROUND NOW TOWARDS THE SUNKEN ROAD, 7ABCD, FOUR PARTS, 1:16 GOING IN, 110 THE STEP GOING DOWN, COMING UP, 118 THE RAIL COMING OUT.

>> GOOD WIDE IN.

NICE JOB.

A HORSE LIKE THAT THAT SAY LITTLE PONYISH, SCOPEY, CHEEKY EVERY NOW AND THEN, HAD HER FAIR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS AT THIS LEVEL.

SHORT, HAS GONE UP, DROPPED BACK DOWN, WENT TO EUROPE, CAME BACK, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD ACCURATE JUMP ON HORSES THAT CAN GET A LITTLE CAREFUL AND CHEEKY AND SEEM TO BE BACK ON THE SAME PAIMG HERE AS SHE HEADS DOWN THE HILL TO THIS MASSIVE OPEN AIR OXER GETS TO THE BACK AND YOU CAN SEE THE SCOPE, COME ON, NOT AS A REPRIMAND, BUT AS A REMINDER, CONFIDENCE AND ENERGY IS SO IMPORTANT AT THIS LEVEL.

>> CHICO'S MAN STILL JUMPING HIGH.

SHE WON'T WANT HIM TO JUMP HIGH GOING INTO THE WATER.

THE SUN IS COMING OUT THROUGH THE CLOUDS AS ST DID FOR OUR FIRST AND LET'S HOPE IT DOES FOR OUR SECOND.

CHICO'S MAN, WELL, THAT IS DISAPPOINTMENT, THERE IS A LONGER ROUTE AND SHE IS GOING TO IT, SHE JUMPS THE FIRST AND NOW HAS TO COME AROUND AND JUMP THESE TWO BROWN ADVISORY CANAL BARGES.

NOT QUITE SURE IF CHICO'S MAN IS TWO STRIDES IN THERE AS WELL.

HE TENDS TO GET A LITTLE SLOW FOOTED AND HIGH THAT HAPPENED AT THE WRONG TIME.

SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY GET TO WORK TO JUMP AROUND THE REST OF THIS TRACK AND RIGHT NOW I WOULD BE KIND OF THINKING WHICH WAY IS THIS GOING TO GO BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION SOON OR.

>> YOU JUST JUMPED THAT BIG FENCE WHICH IS AT 11 AND THEN YOU COME TO THE OXER AT 12 WHICH WE KNOW IS A BIG OXER, THERE IS A PHOTO OF YOU IN FRONT OF.

IF AND THEN DOWN TO THE MAGNAWAVE HOLLOW COMBINATION, THAT IS AN ENORMOUS COMBINATION THAT COMES UP.

THERE IS A LONGER ROUTE AS WE KNOW BUT YOU START THINKING THE TROUBLE IS IF YOU START THINKING IS THIS MY DAY, THEN YOU PROBABLY ARE THINKING NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHEN I'M TRAINING HORSES ON THE FLAT AND I THINK WAS THAT GOOD ENOUGH AND THEN I THINK NOPE, WELL, THE W OF WAS MEANS IT WASN'T.

BECAUSIVE I'M ALREADY THINKING WAS IT GOOD ENOUGH, BECAUSE IF IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH I WOULDN'T BE THINKING WAS IT GOOD ENOUGH.

AND WHEN YOU START THINKING LIKE THAT, IN CROSS COUNTRY TERMS.

YOU KNOW YOU THINK NEGATIVELY, YOU CAN'T BE LIKE THAT GOING AROUND THE 5 STAR.

>> IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE WE'VE SEEN HER ON OUR SCREEN.

>> WE KNOW THAT SHE IS RETIRED.

>> GOOD TO SEE.

>> NOW WE'RE DONE.

>> NOW WE'RE DONE UNLESS WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO STARM THE COURSE.

>> THEY'RE TAKING THE JUMPS DOWN.

>> APOLOGIES ABOUT THAT.

LEXI SCOVIL WE KNOW HAS RETIRED UP AT FENCE 12.

THAT IS AT THAT BIG OXER.

SO LET'S NOW FEELS LIKE DEJA VIEW BUT LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT OUR BROWN ADVISORY LEADER BOARD AFTER CROSS COUNTRY.

OLIVER TOWNEND, 21.1, WILLIAM FOX-PITT AND GRAFENNACHT, NOT ONE FENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO GUYS THOUGH, GREAT BRITAIN ONE TWO.

MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS OWNED BY DAVID O'CONNOR FOR THE U.S.A., HIGHEST PLACED RIDER FOR THE STATES IN THIRD, 32.9.

AGAIN NOT ONE FENCE BETWEEN THE TOP THREE.

AUSTIN O'CONNOR TRAIL BLAZER FOR IRELAND, COLORADO BLUE, IN FOURTH, 36.1, PIGGY MARCH FOR GREAT BRITAIN, BROOKFIELD CAVALIER CRUISE, FIFTH 37.4 WITH HANNAH SUE HOLLBERG IN 6th, CAPITOL H I M. NEW ZEALANDER CAROLINE POWELL FANTASTIC WITH THAT MARE GREENACRES, 7th.

ERIN KANARA CAMPGROUND 8th.

MONICA SPENCER FOR NEW ZEALAND, THEY COMPLETED THEIR FIRST 5 STAR CROSS COUNTRY, ARTIST, IN 43.6.

BUCK DAVIDSON, SOROCAIMA, FORMER RACEHORSE WINNING 80,000 AND RUNNING OVER 60 TIMES, 10th.

11 DOUG PAYNE AND QUANTUM LEAP, LILLIAN HEARD WOOD AND THE GREAT CAMPAIGNER LCC BARNABY DOWN IN 12th PLACE, CORNELIA FLETCHER DAYTONA BEACH, CLIMBS THAT LEADERBOARD AFTER A DISAPPOINTING DRESSAGE, IN 13th.

ANDREW McCONNON FIRST TIME RIDER FERRIE'S CHEL IN 14th.

EMILY HAMEL THE GRAY CORVETT 15th, AND BOBBY MEYERHOFF IN 16th, LUMUMBA, SYDNEY SOL MOLT, AR RELLE AHARONI REMEMBER TIED.

AND THE OTHERS ELIMINATED AND RETIRED CROSS COUNTRY, VERY DISAPPOINTING, JENNIE BRANNIGAN TWILIGHTSLASTGLEAM DID NOT START THE CROSS COUNTRY.

WELL, THAT IS THE END OF THAT, LET'S HAVE A LOOK THOUGH AT THE MAGNAWAVE DAILY PULSE 3, 2, 1.

IN THIRD PLACE AFTER A DAY OF CROSS COUNTRY, IS THE UNITED STATES MIA FARLEY, FIRST TIME 5 STAR WITH THESE TWO, AND THE ONLY ONES INSIDE THE THE TIME 11 MINUTES 10 SECONDS.

THEY TOOK THE BRAVE ROUTES, THEY TOOK THE BOLD STRAIGHT ROUTES AND IT PAID OFF.

WILLIAM FOX-PITT AND THE MARE GRAFENNACHT HAD SOMETHING TO PROVE HERE.

WILLIAM HAS NEVER WON THIS EVENT BUT WOULD DISSARILY LOVE TO.

AND WITH A GREAT ROUND 5.2 TIMES, HE STANDS HIMSELF IN GOOD STED WITH THAT SHOW JUMPING PHASE TOMORROW WITH GRAFENNACHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN, IN SECOND.

ON 31.3.

THE MARE KEPT GALLOPING AND SO DID THIS MARE.

THE OVERNIGHT LEADER GREAT BRITAIN'S WORLD INCH ONE OLIVER TOWNEND AND THE 9 YEAR OLD COOLEE ROSALENT REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE OCCASION AND SHOWED HER TRUE CLASS ITS WHOLE WAY AROUND.

A COUPLE OF MISTAKES DURING HER CROSS COUNTRY, BUT MY GOODNESS ME, DID SHE DIG DEEP FOR OLIVER AND THE TEAM.

AZ SHE CAME TO THE FINAL FENCE.

THE TIME LOOKED GOOD AND HE PICKED UP JUST 6 TIME PENALTIES TO ADD TO HIS DRESSAGE SCORE.

THE MAGAZINE THAT WAVE FINAL FOR THE DAILY PULSE, THE FINAL PUSH IS OVER THE 3, 2, 1 FOR 2023.

WELL, THAT'S AMAZING.

>> WHAT A DAY, RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY, AS LONG AS THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE DOESN'T CHANGE, NO PROBLEM.

SO THAT CLIP THAT WE SAW EARLIER WITH OLIVER, HE IS GOING TO GO INTO TOMORROW.

>> YOU WONDER ABOUT THAT 11 PENALTIES THAT MIGHT GO ON TO HIS SCORE BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT YELLOW CLIP DROPPED, THE FENCE DIDN'T MOVE SO IT WASN'T ACTIVATED.

WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT ONE MORE TIME WHILE WE'RE ON AIR BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT YELLOW CLIP DROPPED, THE FENCE PROFILE DID NOT CHANGE SO THERE WILL BE NO PENALTY FOR OLIVER TOWNEND AND COOLEE ROSALENT.

HE WILL REMAIN ON THAT SCORE OF 2-9D.1.

BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THERE IS NOT ONE FENCE SEPARATING ONE, TWO, THREE AND THAT IS GOING TO MEAN WE HAVE A CLIE MAX AND PROPER SHOW JUMPING FINALE TOMORROW.

>> AND YOU KNOW, SO LUCKY TO HAVE THE GROUND WE HAD.

THE HOSERS I FEEL WILL COME THROUGH TODAY AMAZING.

WE WILL HAVE FRESH HORSES TOMORROW, WHAT A FABULOUS DAY I THINK IN STARKS CAN GIVE A BIG DEEP BREATHE.

I THINK WE ALL CAN.

FABULOUS DAY.

>> HE SHOULD FEEL INCREDIBLY PROUD, AS THE SUN NOW FINALLY COMES OUT.

IT HAS BEEN ONE HECK OF A DAY HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR T HAS BEEN EMOTIONAL T HAS BEEN THE ROLLER COASTER WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THE ACTION.

DINOSAURS AND ALL.

>> THE MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL IS GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH INVALUABLE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND WE EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO THE MANY AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS WHO HELP MAKE AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE POSSIBLE.

WELL, DID HAS BEEN A HECK OF A DAY.

IT HAS BEEN EMOTIONAL IT HAS BEEN FROM START TO FINISH AN ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH FROM CROSS COUNTRY COURSE DESIGNER IN STARK.

SOME HIGHS, SOME LOWS, SOME THRILLS, SOME SPILLS.

IT HAS BEEN EXACTLY WHAT THIS SPORT NEEDED, SOME FANTASTIC CROSS COUNTRY RIDING FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S VERY BEST.

AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THAT ACTION, WE'RE BACK TOMORROW 10:30 FOR THE 3 STAR, 2:00 FOR THE 5 STAR, THANKS FOR WATCHING.