Kentucky Three-Day Occasion dressage – combined efficiency for British star

Oliver Townend and Cooley Rosalent scored 31.4 within the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Occasion dressage at present and sit in equal eighth in a single day.

The British world primary and the Ridgeons’ up-and-coming gray put in some glorious work, with eights their greatest scores, but additionally had a few errors – the mare cantered out of the primary halt and put in an additional flying change on the ultimate diagonal – the place their marks dropped as little as two.

“I assumed the distinctive bits have been excellent and the errors have been the errors. I felt she was good. She’s simply nonetheless a child – she’s solely 9 coming 10 years outdated nonetheless and it’s the beginning of her profession at this degree. I feel she’ll be taught quite a bit right here,” mentioned Oliver, who was third on the mare at Maryland 5 Star final autumn.

Kentucky Three-Day Occasion dressage judging

Oliver was important of the Kentucky Three-Day Occasion dressage judging, saying: “The judging is the judging. She did the check that she did. However I felt the nice bits weren’t rewarded actually and the errors have been whacked clearly, which is right. However while you sit there and watch [other tests] and see late modifications have been awarded sevens and seven.5s, I feel one thing must occur.”

Commenting on how Cooley Rosalent reacted to the ambiance within the stadium and the noise throughout her check, the world primary added: “She was unimaginable out right here [in the warm-up] they usually have been very noisy after we went in after which it went very quiet after which anyone dropped a tin or one thing within the stroll, so it did really feel like issues have been folding in opposition to us. However on the identical time, she’ll come on for that have.”

Oliver described himself as an enormous fan of cross-country course-designer Derek di Grazia: “He has you twisting and turning early on, which implies you’re going to be behind your minutes earlier than you’ve even kicked off and bought right into a rhythm, and he checks you all the way in which to the tip.

“I feel he’s the most effective on this planet at designing and I feel that it’s undoubtedly, undoubtedly not going to be a dressage competitors. I feel that stamina might be an enormous impact, though the bottom is extremely good, good to agency. I nonetheless suppose you’ll see a number of errors and a number of time-penalties.”

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