Only one British pair seem among the many Mars Maryland 5 Star entries for this 12 months’s occasion (16-19 October), as Alex Bragg is ready to make his debut on the occasion.
This isn’t solely Alex’s first time competing at Maryland, however his first time eventing within the USA. His journey will likely be Mike and Naomi Roe’s Quindiva, with whom he was third at Badminton Horse Trials and eighth at Burghley Horse Trials final 12 months. The 15-year-old mare has sat out a lot of this 12 months, however in September jumped double clears at Cornbury CCI3*-L and Little Downham superior.
There are 25 pairs on the Maryland 5 Star entries record, together with three different riders flying in from Europe.
Swiss rider Felix Vogg will head there with Cartania, owned by her rider and Phoenix Eventing S.a.r.l., having missed out on a deliberate run at Burghley as Felix injured his arm in a fall through the build-up. The mare has been within the high 15 at British five-stars 3 times , and likewise has two top-15 championship placings on her CV, although she had a fall at Badminton this spring. This will likely be Felix’s first time competing within the five-star at Maryland.
Britain-based New Zealand rider Tayla Mason additionally re-routes from Burghley, having been unable to compete following a rider fall from a younger horse. She is going to take Centennial – who she owns alongside her mom Sonya, brother Kyle and Sue Rutter – to Maryland for her US competitors debut. The pair completed nineteenth at Badminton this 12 months, after a late call-up from the ready record.
Jonelle Value, the New Zealand rider who lives in Devon, may even make the journey to Maryland, with Nikki Axon and Merrill Halstead’s five-star debutante Chilli’s Midnight Star, not too long ago sixth within the CCI4*-L at Scone Palace. This will likely be Jonelle’s second time driving within the five-star at Maryland, after she completed eighth in 2021 with Basic Moet.
An entry from US-based Monica Spencer with the syndicate-owned constant five-star campaigner Artist takes the New Zealand tally to 3.
Sturdy home-side contenders will embody Boyd Martin with Yankee Creek Ranch’s Commando 3 and the syndicate-owned Luke 140, who have been second and seventh on the Kentucky Three-Day Occasion this spring. Caroline Pamukcu has 4 rides entered, together with her Paris Olympic horse HSH Blake, owned by Mollie Hoff and Sherrie Martin. Mia Farley returns to Maryland with David O’Connor’s quick thoroughbred Phelps, fifth right here in 2023.
Buck Davidson can also be one to observe along with his personal and Carl Segal’s Sorocaima, who has seven begins and 7 finishes at this stage, three of them within the high 10. Jennie Brannigan will need to recapture her finest five-star type with Nina Gardner’s FE Way of life, fifth right here in 2022 and twelfth at Burghley the next season.
For Canada, Jessica Phoenix has two rides and can catch the attention once more with the skewbald Fluorescent Adolescent, an uncommon sight at this stage. Lindsay Traisnel can also be set to begin with Patricia Pearce’s Bacyrouge.
Sophia Hill is the only Australian entry with Humble Glory, the horse with whom she was twenty second at Burghley final 12 months and has bee competing Down Underneath once more this season.
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Pippa is a real eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand expertise of competing as much as British Eventing intermediate and worldwide CCI2*-L stage, and has labored within the business on a high occasion yard. Pippa enjoys nothing greater than immersing herself within the sport on the highest stage, reporting from the five-stars and worldwide championships, together with the Olympics.
