Dana Cooke won the Chattahoochee Hills International Horse Trials with Mississippi, Jessica Phoenix 6th; Loach well-placed at The Fork.
Colleen Loach
The American also takes the 2* aboard Fenix Rouge Du Claux; top Canadian in the 4* is Colleen Loach and Vermont, 6th.
Colleen Loach snags 5th place in CCI4*-L with FE Golden Eye; Jessica Phoenix takes 6th and 8th with Watson GS and Wabbit.
A final score of 50.80 put Loach and Qorry Blue d’Argouges just outside of the top 25 cut-off for advancing to the Individual Final.
The good round over Derek di Grazia's Sea Forest track moves the pair from 42nd to 26th overall heading into the show jumping phase.
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Five Canadians finish in the top 20 in the CCI 4*-L in Allentown, NJ, led by Karl Slezak and Fernhill Wishes, who placed 6th.
Victory comes aboard Ballaghmor Class as his two-time winner Cooley Master Class is sidelined; Lisa Marie Fergusson only Canadian to finish.
Alyssa Phillips (USA) wins with Oskar, while the Canadians all place top-12 after the jumping phase of this very challenging three-day event.
Tamra Smith (USA) and EnVogue hold onto the lead going into the final phase, while Jessica Phoenix has two in the top 10.