Lynn Symansky (USA) moved in to the lead on Under Suspection by adding just 2.40 time penalties on cross-country and finished the day with a score of 34.60pp. The horse is a 14-year-old dark bay Holsteiner mare owned by Mary Ann Ghadban.

Speaking about the course, Lynn said, โ€œDerek [di Grazia] is a fantastic course designer and he definitely made you workโ€ and โ€œit was big, it was technical.โ€ The courses were all designed by Derek di Grazia of Carmel Valley, California, well-known for many of the top courses in North America including the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event and Fair Hill International. Derek is the cross-country course designer for Eventing at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Following what could be described as disappointing rounds with other horses in the CCI3*, Boyd Martin (USA) and Contessa had a great round on cross-country in the CCI2*. Moving from equal second to first place with no penalties, Boyd and Contessa are now less than one rail ahead of Clark Montgomery (USA) and Caribbean Soul going into Sundayโ€™s show jumping.

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