Kentucky Three-Day Occasion dressage: one horse eradicated

Lillian Heard Wooden and her stalwart five-star companion LCC Barnaby have been eradicated within the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Occasion dressage this afternoon.

“The bottom jury determined at this time that Barnaby seemed uneven in his take a look at and eradicated me from the competitors. The vets have seemed him over again on the barn and there’s nothing to report. My greatest guess is that rigidity made him take some brief steps,” mentioned Lillian.

“I’m clearly devastated however I additionally am pleased to have a wholesome, sound horse and if there’s one factor nobody can argue, it’s that Barnaby owes me nothing. I’m right here now to cheer on all my buddies competing and will probably be again as a competitor one other day.”

Lillian and her personal 18-year-old Barnaby have a long-term partnership and have been everywhere in the world collectively. They might have been in search of their eleventh completion at five-star collectively this weekend had their occasion not ended within the Kentucky Three-Day Occasion dressage enviornment.

This was their sixth begin at Kentucky they usually have completed the occasion 4 occasions, their greatest outcome being thirteenth in 2017. They’ve been to the Maryland 5 Star on all three of its runnings and accomplished whenever, ending tenth final 12 months.

They’ve additionally began at Badminton Horse Trials twice, touchdown twentieth final 12 months, and their two begins at Burghley Horse Trials have yielded two completions, together with 18th in 2019.

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