Oliver Townend of Great Britain, world #1 on the FEI Eventing World Rankings and team Gold Medalist at the Tokyo Olympic Games, heads an all-star list of riders currently entered to compete in the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill. The list includes the world’s #2 (Tim Price), #7 (Jonelle Price) and #8 (Boyd Martin) ranked riders as well as Olympians from five countries. Townend will compete with his accomplished gelding Cooley Master Class, winner of back-to-back Kentucky Three-Day titles (2018-2019).
Other entries include the entire US Olympic Team from Tokyo:
Phillip Dutton
Boyd Martin
Doug Payne
Canada will be well-represented in the 5* by:
Hawley Bennett-Awad & Jollybo
Jessica Phoenix & Bogue Sound
Lisa Marie Fergusson & Honor Me
Holly Jacks-Smither & Candy King
Karl Slezak & Fernhill Wishes
Joining them are the following Olympic veterans representing Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and the U.S:
Clayton Fredericks (AUS)
Leslie Law (GBR)
Joe Meyer (NZL)
Lauren Kieffer Nicholson (USA)
Will Coleman (USA)
The Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, one of only two 5 Star level events in the United States and just the seventh worldwide, is set for October 14-17 at the newly constructed Fair Hill Special Event Zone in Elkton, Maryland (Cecil County).
The full list of entries to-date is available here. FEI definite entries close on September 30. More announcements will be made as entries continue to come in.
In addition to the 5 Star competition (CCI5*-L), the event will feature a 3 Star competition as well (CCI3*-L), which is serving as the USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship, and The Dutta Corp. USEA Young Event Horse East Coast Championships Presented by Dubarry of Ireland. The four days of Eventing competition will feature dressage (Thu-Fri), cross-country (Sat) showcasing the new Ian Stark-designed courses, and show jumping (Sun).
The event will be livestreamed in its entirety beginning with Wednesday’s jog on USEF Network and Horse & Country.
~ with files from Classic Communications
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