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, “Derek [di Grazia] is a fantastic course designer and he definitely made you work” and “it was big, it was technical.” 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 Sunday’s show jumping.

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