Fox-Pitt takes Kentucky 3DE dressage lead, Nicholson 2,3
Britain’s William Fox-Pitt has taken over the Pb later on the mo twenty-four hours of dressage at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day event.
Fox-Pitt rode Chilli Morning to a score of 33.3, topping arch contender Andrew Nicholson, who led on Calico Joe alongside 40.8 later on the showtime day. but Nicholson has a rigid paw alongside his younger horse, Quimbo, instantly inwards mo house alongside 38.0 penalties.
Just Nicholson too Fox-Pitt sit down inwards the thirties later on the dressage, alongside 12 riders – including the ii men on their mo mounts – inwards the forties, leaving no room for whatsoever sort of fault over Saturday’s Derek di Grazia-designed cross province course.
“I hoped the exam would score inwards the 30s too I did take away hold a sneaky human face at the scoreboard, at which quest I idea ‘OK, right!” said Fox-Pitt, who has won at Kentucky twice before, inwards 2010 too in conclusion twelvemonth on Parklane Hawk.
“It tin hold upwards quite demoralising to human face at the marks sometimes, but this was feeling too hence skilful I idea it was worth the risk. Chilli has an amazing presence too loves existence inwards the arena where he thinks he’s king.”
Chilli Morning was 5th at Pau in conclusion year, but a stallion has never won at CCI4* degree earlier – at that topographic point are currently exclusively 3 competing at this degree inwards the world. However, Fox-Pitt, who took over the ride in conclusion twelvemonth later on the Equus caballus was produced past times British passenger Nick Gauntlett, explained: “It puts him nether extra pressure, of course, but he’s got a peachy temperament. He’s a really dear, sort Equus caballus that yous tin laissez passer on a cuddle to. He never puts his ears dorsum too is a existent gentleman.”
Fox-Pitt is also tenth on Seacookie. Nicholson’s London Olympic team-mate Jonelle Richards too The Deputy sit down inwards 16th spot on 52.7 penalization points inwards their first-ever laid about at the Kentucky event.
In contrast to the vast combined experience of Fox-Pitt too Nicholson, fourth-placed Alexandra Knowles (USA), a immature passenger too CCI4* débutant based locally inwards Paris, Kentucky, has flora herself inwards exalted company. She scored the splendid score of 43.3 on the mare Last Call too is 0.7 ahead of unopen to other large name, Mary King (GBR), riding the grayness Fernhill Urco. King, the 2011 winner at Kentucky, is tied inwards 5th house alongside in conclusion year’s HSBC Training Bursary winner, Marilyn Little (USA) on RF Demeter.
Of Quimbo, Nicholson said he gave 100%. “He’s exclusively 10 years former too these 4 star tests they take away hold to hold upwards physically rigid to keep the necessary collection too fluency of it all – he’s immature for this sort of degree too inwards unopen to other twelvemonth he’ll hold upwards fifty-fifty smarter.
“I mucked upwards my in conclusion alter at the halt which was totally my fault equally I was trying to press for to a greater extent than marks – I could encounter on the scoreboard earlier I started my serpentine that I was going to take away hold to squelch the maximum out of him to laid about whatsoever take away chances of catching William too I maybe got a fleck carried away past times the halt of it – but at that topographic point yous become – you’ve got to endeavor these things. He fixed himself too finished off the exam smoothly – I couldn’t wishing him to hold upwards whatsoever improve to hold upwards honest,” he said.
Fox-Pitt, who volition hold upwards showtime out of the 46-starter land on the cross-country on Seacookie TSF, says he is looking forwards to riding Derek di Grazia’s course. “It looks a superb course, but nosotros all know that things tin change. There are unopen to large questions out there, too lots of turns too skinny fences, but the basis is amazing, peculiarly considering all the pelting nosotros had on Wednesday.”
Everyone is talking almost the size of the cross province course, too alongside merely a unmarried run-out bagging 20 penalization points, await unopen to changes on that leaderboard.
“It’s really big, but it’s fair,” Nicholson said.
Nicholson is chasing the $US350,000 Rolex Grand Slam for the passenger who wins Burghley, Badminton too Kentucky inwards succession. With Burghley already inwards the bag, Nicholson needs victory at Kentucky followed past times Badminton side past times side weekend.
“I’m non hither merely to brand the numbers,” he said. “I’m hither purely to endeavor too win too snowball the affair along for Badminton.”
The Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event is the Western Hemisphere’s exclusively 4 star 3 twenty-four hours event. It is business office of the HSBC FEI Classics too features the world’s best horses too riders vying for their percentage of $US250,000 inwards prize coin equally good equally a shot at the Grand Slam of Eventing.
Saturday’s cross province volition hold upwards followed past times a mo Equus caballus inspection too finally the showjumping on Sunday.
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