♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WELL, A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

THE STAGE IS SET TO KICK OFF DAY ONE OF COMPETITION AT ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE WORLD.

THE FIVE STAR HERE IN CECIL COUNTY IS ONE OF TWO FIVE STARS IN NORTH AMERICA AND ONE OF ONLY SEVEN WORLDWIDE.

WE WILL START OFF WITH DRESSAGE, THE FIRST PHASE OF COMPETITION TESTING SKILL AND ACCURACY OF THE COMBINATIONS.

STAY TWO WILL MOVE TO THE CROSS-COUNTRY WHERE THEY WILL BE CHALLENGED BY THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT THE 5 STAR TRACK HERE AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR AND DAY 3, YOU WILL DECIDE WHO WILL BE ATOP OF THE PODIUM AT THE END OF THE DAY OF COMPETITION.

I AM HERE, JOINED IN THE COMMENTARY BOOTH BY MARILYN PAYNE WHO HAS JUDGED AT ALMOST EVERY 5 STAR IN THE WORLD, TWO OLYMPIC GAMES.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN ON THIS DAY?

>> IT TAKES A LOT OF GRIT, A LOT OF LUCK, BUT IT'S A FABULOUS PLACE TO BE AND I'M SURE THESE RIDERS CAN HANDLE IT.

BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT HORSES, GREAT RIDERS AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT HAPPENS.

>> AS AM I. WE START THE DAY OFF STRONG WITH CAROLINE PAMUKCU AND BOYD MARTIN.

WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE FROM THEM TODAY?

>> WELL, I THINK THEY'RE BOTH TOP OF THEIR GAME, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FIGHT OUT THERE TO THE FINISH.

>> AND WE ARE GOING TO THROW DOWN TO WHERE WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE TROT-UP YESTERDAY AT THE JOCK STRIP.

>> I THINK VISITING AMERICA WAS ALWAYS ON MY BUCKET LIST.

WE TOOK EMBRYOS THIS SUMMER AND SOMETIMES IT'S FATE.

IT TOOK A LITTLE LONG ERR THAN WE PLANNED AND GETTING THEM BACK, THE FIRST TARGET WAS BURLEY BUT WE COULDN'T GET A FIT FOR BURLEY AND I MADE THE SUGGESTION, THAT MAYBE THIS IS FATE AND WE SHOULD GIVE IT A GO.

IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND IT.

IT'S A BIG DEAL FLYING YOUR HORSE OVER TO THE STATES.

BUT HERE WE ARE AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.

>> I AM A LITTLE BIT PATRIOTIC, BUT THE SURFACES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

I'M LIKE LOOK AT THE GRASS.

CAN YOU NAME A PLACE PRETTIER AND MORE GREEN?

IT'S ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE ALL YEAR TOE MAKE THE FOOTING PERFECT.

SO DECIDED TO GO OUT AND TACKLE IT.

>> THIS IS A GREAT AREA FOR EQUINE SPORTS AND TRADITIONS ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL HERE.

THE PLACE IS FANTASTIC AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST SO LUCKY TO HAVE IT HERE AND THANKFULLY TO BE HERE FOR ALL OF THEM AND WOULD I LIKE TO WIN THIS ONE.

>> MARYLAND IS SUCH A SPECIAL VENUE.

IT JUST HAS IT'S OWN VIBE.

INCREDIBLY RELAXED.

ALL OF THE GRANDEUR YOU COULD GET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THE CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE THEY PUT ON HERE IS PHENOMENAL.

>> ONE OF THE MAGICAL 5 STARS.

THE ONLY SO MANY IN THE WORLD.

A GREAT VENUE, IT HAS A REAL QUESTIAN FEEL WITH THE RACETRACK AND THE BIG OPEN CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE, EVERYTHING YOU COULD DREAM OF FOR A 5 STAR COMPETITION.

>> I LOVE THIS VENUE.

I ACTUALLY LOVE IT HERE.

ALWAYS TRY TO COME.

>> A BEAUTIFUL SHOT BOYD MARTIN THE SECOND TO ENTER INTO THE THE AREFUGEE AFTER CAROLINE PAMUKCU.

WE WILL HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF FALL.

NUMBER ONE IN THE RING FOR THE 5 STAR CAROLINE PAMUKCU AND HSH TOLAN KING FOLLOWED BY U.S.

OPEN WINNER BOYD MARTIN AND LUKE 140.

THEN CANADIAN OLYMPIAN, JESSICA PHOENIX OPENS WITH WABBIT.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN AND SHANNON LILLEY AND ALLISON SPRINGER WILL BE THE FIRST SIX INTO THE AREFUGEE AND-- ARENA AND THEN LIND LINDS LINDSAY TRAISNEL AND THEN ARDEN WILDASIN AND WILL FAUDREE.

ONE COMPETITOR FROM GREAT BRITAIN, ALEXITHYMIA ALEXANDER BRAGG AND CAROLINE PAMUKCU WILL COME IN FOR A SECOND TIME TO FINISH OUT THE DAY.

IT IS A SUNNY BUT COOL 57° OUT HERE AT THE 5 STAR IN MARYLAND, A PERFECT DAY FOR TOP SPORT AND COMPETITION AS WE GET READY TO SET THE SCENE AS DAY ONE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY STARTS OUT WITH CAROLINE PAMUKCU AND HSH TOLAN KING.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT THE WEEK'S SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE.

ONE MORE DAY OF DRESSAGE.

TOMORROW.

WE SAW THREE COMPETITORS OUT THIS MORNING AND WE WILL SEE THEM TOMORROW MORNING AND SATURDAY WE START OUT THE DAY AT 9:00 WITH A THREE STAR COMPETITION AND FOLLOWED BY THE 5 STAR AT 1.

WE WILL BE IN THE SAME ARENA WITH MICHELLE'S SHOW JUMPING AS THE CLOCK IS COUNTING DOWN TO CAROLINE'S ENTRANCE INTO THE ARENA.

TOLAN KING IS A 10-YEAR-OLD IRISH SPORT HORSE OWNED BY THE TOLAN KING PARTNERSHIP.

TALK US THROUGH THIS TEST AND OUR FIRST RIDE AT THE 5 STAR.

>> IT REALLY HAS WORKED OUT WELL.

IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS.

STARTED OUT WITH AN MEDIUM TROT.

THEY WANT TO SEE THE HORSES PUSH AND LIFT AND THEN COMES THE HARD PART HALFWAY BETWEEN THE CENTER LINE AND THE RAIL AND TO TRY TO STAY ON THAT LINE, DEEP THE HIND LINES ON THE LINE WITH THE SHOULDER INSIDE.

ONE JUDGE SITTING AT H WILL SEE THE ALIGNMENT MUCH BETTER.

AND THE HALF PASS IS QUITE A DISTANCE BECAUSE NORMALLY WE GO FROM THE CENTER LINE BUT YOU ARE GOING FROM THE QUARTER LINE A LOT MORE LATERAL MOVEMENT, AND SEE THE LATERAL REACH AND MAINTAIN THE BEND AND THE ENGAGEMENT AND THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DO A LONG DISTANCE LIKE THAT.

>> HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO BE THE FIRST IN THE ARENA FROM THE RIDER'S PERSPECTIVE AND THE JUDGE'S PERSPECTIVE.

>> IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT FOR THE RIDER.

THEY'RE GOING IN THERE TO GO FOR IT.

NO MATTER IF THEY GO FIRST OR LAST.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY THINK IF YOU ARE GOING FIRST YOU WON'T GET AS GOOD A SCORE AS IF YOU GO IN LAST.

I HAVE BEEN IN COMPETITION WHERE THE FIRST HORSE THAT GOES IN WINS, SO IT'S JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT BUT USE THE NOT REALLY TRUE.

FROM THE JUDGES, YOU HAVE THE TEST RIDE WHICH IS GREAT.

YOU HAVE TALKED TO THE OTHER JUDGES.

SO YOU JUST GET INTO IT AND IT'S JUST LIKE DOING ANY OTHER COMPETITION.

>> CAROLINE HAS HAD SOME GOOD RESULTS, FOURTH PLACE FINISHED LAST MONTH.

THEY TEND TO BE TRENDING AROUND THE 34 TO 36 MARK.

THIS TEST IS TRENDING AVERAGE FOR CAROLINE.

WOULD THAT LINE UP WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?

>> I DON'T SEE ANY SCORES BUT I SEE WHAT I SEE AND SHE IS DOING A GOOD JOB.

I DON'T SEE ANY PLACE SO FAR THAT YOU WOULD BE TAKING DOWN.

SHE IS MUCH LOWER TO THE 30s FOR SURE YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE CANTER COUNT ERR AND DO A FLYING CHANGE AT A, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ALL THE JUDGES SO THEY CAN SEE THAT ONE.

IT WAS A CLEAN CHANGE.

IMMEDIATELY RIGHT INTO THE HALF PASS.

YOU CAN SEE THE ALIGNMENT OF THAT HALF PASS.

FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, IT LOOKED FINE BUT FROM THE JUDGES, MAYBE THEY WERE TRAILING, MAYBE THEY WERE LEADING AND NOW WE DO AN EXTENDED TROT WHICH IS EVEN MORE.

YOU WANT TO SEE THE UTMOST IN EXTENSION HERE.

COLLECT AND MAINTAIN THAT COUNTER CANTER GOOD FOR HER.

>> WHAT IS YOUR COMMENTS THERE?

>> IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE JUDGES REALLY WANT TO YOU DO WELL AND WE GET UPSET WHEN THEY HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE THAT BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PROBLEMS SHE HAS HAD SO FAR.

I THINK THE CHANGE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CLEAN.

A LITTLE RESISTANT.

HERE WE HAVE THE STRETCH CIRCUMSTANCE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE HORSE LENGTHEN THE FRAME.

HE IS A LITTLE TIGHT AFTER THE CHANGE SO HE IS NOT AS RELAXED IN THE BACK AND ABLE TO STRETCH DOWN.

AND THEN OUR LAST TWO CHANGES THE JUDGES ARE SEEING IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.

DIDN'T QUITE STAY STRAIGHT THERE.

A LITTLE EXUB RABBIT ABOUT THE CHANGES AND THAT'S WHERE HER SCORE GOES DOWN BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE CONFIDENT CHANGES BUT HE IS STILL DOING THEM.

>> A YOUNG HORSE, 10 YEARS OLD, NEEDING TO GET CONFIRMED, THE FOUR CHANGES IN THE 5 STAR TEST ARE IMPORTANT TO THE BOTTOM LINE.

WE ARE GOING TO THROW DOWN TO THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, FRANKIE DOWN AT THE END GATE.

>> A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MARYLAND IN CECIL COUNTY AND THE SCENE IS SET.

WE ARE UNDER WAY WHICH IS EXCITING BUT BEHIND ME IN THE FINAL WARMUP IS BOYD MARTIN, AND HE IS PREDICTED TO POTENTIALLY TAKE THE TOP TWO SPOTS IN HIS CLASS.

SO A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIM RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

A FORMER WINNER HERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY EXCITING TO WATCH THIS AFTERNOON.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> THANKS, FRANKIE, IT IS ALL COMING IN THICK AND FAST, STACY, A LONG TIME AT GROOM HELPS CALMLY LEAD HIS HORSE UP TO THE ARENA AND WE WILL HAVE A LOOK AT CAROLINE'S 2E69, OUR FIRST RIDER IN THE 5 STAR COMPETITION AS WE WAIT FOR HER SCORE TO GET A LOOK AT THIS SECOND CHANGE WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY EXPRESSIVE STARTED TO MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT STARTED TO KNOCK THE SCORE A LITTLE BIT IN TOWARDS THE MID 30S.

>> THAT COUNTS THESE FLYING CHANGES.

>> CAROLINE, WE WILL SEE HER LATER TODAY.

SHE HAS THREE RIDES IN THIS 5 STAR COMPETITION SO I KNOW WORD ON THE STREET HAS BEEN ABOUT THE FITNESS LEVEL FOR THE HORSES ACROSS THE TRACK.

BUT CAROL LINE-- CAROLINE IS GOING TO NEED TO DEEP HER FITNESS UP FOR SATURDAY'S EVENT AS WELL WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE SCORE FOR HER.

IT TAKES SUCH A VILLAGE TO GET THE HORSES HERE.

SHE'S GOT LESLIE LAW WITH ADVISE.

THEY'RE MAKING SURE ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS UP TO PAR AND UP TO STANDARD HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR ORGANIZERS, OUR VOLUNTEERS OUR STEWARDS.

EVERYONE IT TAKES TO PUT THIS COMPETITION ON HERE AT MARYLAND.

>> SHE SEEMS HAPPY ABOUT IT.

>> PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST YOU EXPECTED FOR THIS HORSE AT THIS TIME.

>> CAN YOU TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT?

IT'S A COMPETITION WITH OTHER RIDERS HERE BUT OFTEN THESE RIDERS ARE COMPETING AGAINST THEMSELVES AND THEIR SCORES?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU REALLY GO, FOR YOU AND YOUR HORSE.

AND IF YOU CAN GO IT THE BEST OUT OF YOUR HORSE THAT HE CAN DO, YOU ARE ECSTATIC AND IT MAY NOT BE THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD BUT IT'S ALL A LONG JOURNEY AND IT'S BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HORSE.

YOU CAN PLACE, THAT'S GREAT.

>> A SCORE IN OF 35.9 FOR CAROLINE PAMUKCU.

THAT'S WHAT SHE WILL HEAD TO CROSS-COUNTRY WITH AS WE SEE OUR U.S.

OPEN FINAL WINNER, BOYD MARTIN.

PREDICTION CENTER HAS PREDICTED HIM AT TOP OF THE PODIUM THIS WEEKEND, BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT HE CAN DO AS HE COMES DOWN THE CENTER LINE ON THE 14-YEAR-OLD LUKE 140.

>> THAT WAS A NICE HALT FROM CANTER DIRECTLY TO HALT.

>> THIS HORSE OWNED BY THE LUKE 140 SYNDICATE.

AND YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK MARYLAND, WE SAW BOYD ON NEWER HORSES, HORSES HE HAS TAKEN OVER FROM LIZ HALLIDAY AND HAD A FANTASTIC WEEKEND BUT THE HORSES HE BRINGS FORTH THIS WEEKEND, HE HAS HAD A LONGER RELATIONSHIP WITH.

HE KNOWS THESE HORSES REALLY WELL.

THEY KEEP DELIVERING.

I THINK WE CAN ALL REMEMBER HIS RIDE ON THIS HORSE IN JUST THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR AT KENTUCKY LAST YEAR, WHERE I THINK WE ALL JUST HAD SO MUCH RESPECT BECAUSE THEY JUST MANAGED TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THAT TEST SO, SO CONFIDENTLY.

>> BOYD IS A REAL RIDER.

HE GOES THROUGH ANYTHING.

THESE TOP RIDERS RIDE BETTER WHEN THE WEATHER IS BAD.

THEY PUT MORE NIGHT AND, WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.

>> CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

>> HE SEEMS TO BE HAVING A NICE VERY CONSISTENT RIDE.

>> COMES TO US WITH A SECOND PLACE FINISH AT TRYION.

SCORE OF 27.7 HAS DIPPED AS LOW AS 25.4.

>> HERE YOU SEE THE EXTENDED TROT WAS CLEARLY DIFFERENT FROM THE MEDIUM TROPE.

THAT'S-- TROT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

THE UTMOST GROUND COVER.

THE HALT IS SCORED DESPERATELY FROM THE RING BACK.

IT WAS A LOVELY RING BACK.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THE RING BACK.

THAT SEEMS TO BE AS INFLUENTIAL AND DIFFICULT AS TIMES AS THE CHANGES.

>> RIGHT.

AND PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT OH MY GOSH, THE CHANGES, THE CHANGES.

THE CHANGES IS ONE SCORE.

THE RING BACK IS A SCORE, THE HALT IS A SCORE.

THEY'RE ALL ONE SCORE.

WHAT I TELL PEOPLE SOMETIMES IS WORK ON WHAT YOU REALLY DO WELL AND GET A REALLY GOOD SCORE ON THAT.

IF YOU DRILL ON WHAT'S HARD AND WHAT YOUR HORSE HAS DIFFICULTY WITH, TENDS TO GET THE MORE UPTIGHT AND YOU GET TOO WORRIED AND IT DOESN'T WORK OUT AND IT MESSES UP THE REST OF THE TEST.

>> YOU CAN SEE BEHIND, THIS BEAUTIFUL JUMPS THAT WILL BE JUMPED ON SATURDAY.

>> UNFORTUNATE THAT HE WAS SNEEZING AND TELLING HIM TO CANTER AT THE SAME TIME AND THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.

HELD THE CANTER BEAUTIFULLY.

GOOD CHANGE.

IMMEDIATELY GET HIM POSITIONED, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND THAT'S WHY THE SCORES DIFFER SOMETIMES BECAUSE FROM THE FRONT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE ALIGNMENT IS GOOD.

THE JUDGE FROM THE SIDE THINKS IT LOOKS OKAY YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.

>> THE JUDGES ARE ALWAYS WALKING.

ANOTHER GOOD CHANGE.

BEAUTIFUL CHANGE.

>> ONE OF THE FEW SPORTS THAT WE PAY TO BE JUDGED.

>> A CLEAR STRETCH.

>> THIS IS A MOVE WHEN IT FIRST GOT INTRODUCED, THE RIDERS REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

AND WE SEEM TO BE GETTING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CORRECT NOW.

>> AND IT WAS PUT IN BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY HORSES THAT WERE IN AN ARTIFICIAL FRAME THAT WEREN'T REALLY STRETCHING FORWARD TO THE CONTACT.

AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUT IN, AS A TEST.

AND IT ALSO HAS HELPED WITH THE CHANGES, I THINK, BECAUSE THE HORSE IS RELAXED DURING THE STRETCH AND THEY DO MUCH BETTER CHANGES.

HE HAS HAD FOUR LOVELY CHANGES.

AND NOW HERE, THIS IS DIFFICULT AT THE END, YOU HAVE TO TROT AND THEN HALT BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU CANTER HALT AND IT WAS PUT IN BECAUSE HORSES WERE SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES ANTICIPATING.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE CROWD IS FILLING UP HERE.

IF YOU ARE SIT SITTING AT HOME TOO SCARED TO GET OFF YOUR COUCH BECAUSE YOU ARE ENJOYING OUR COMMENTARY SO MUCH, FEAR NOT, COME OUT AND GET ONE OF THE TAYLOR INSURANCE RADIOS AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE COMMENTARY WHILE ENJOYING THE TRADE FAIR WATCHING THESE BEAUTIFUL HORSES AND ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN CECIL COUNTY AS WE GET SOME SLOW MOTION SHOTS AS LUKE 140 BLAZES ACROSS THE 2560.

>> HERE'S THAT EXTENDED TROT WE TALKED ABOUT AIR TIME WHERE NO FEET ARE ON THE GROUND AT ONE TIME.

>> A LITTLE MISTAKE WHERE HE WENT TO SNEEZE AND CANTER AT THE SAME TIME.

>> THAT'S THE THING YOU WANT RIDERS TO DO, KEEP RIDING.

DON'T GET WORRIED BECAUSE YOU BLEW ONE SCORE.

KEEP ON RIDING AND GET BETTER SCORES.

>> AND THERE WE HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL GROUND JURY MEMBERS IN THEIR QUARRY FEW JUDGES BOX, PRESIDENT OF THE GRAND JURY, GREAT BRITAIN SANDY PHILLIPS SITTING NEXT TO HER, BEATRICE DIGRAZIA AND FROM THE U.S., BOBBY STEVENSON.

>> SO WE'VE GOT BOYD AWAITING THE SCORE, MOVES INTO THE FIRST POSITION WITH A 31 FROM THE TEST WE WATCHED, THAT SEEMS ALMOST A LITTLE BIT-- >> IT DOES BUT LOOK THE JUDGE'S SEAT IS 173.

10 POINTS LOWER WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THE ALIGNMENT MAY BE IN THE-- MAYBE HIS HAUNCHES WERE LEADING.

SOMETIMES YOU TRY SO HARD IT HAPPENS.

I KNOW IN THE FIRST HALT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND THEN HE MOVED OFF AND HE LOOKED LIKE HE GOT CROOKED.

>> THEN ARE THERE WE HAVE OUR ICONIC WATER TOWER IN CECIL COUNTY.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE RESIDENTS HERE FOR THE WEEKEND ON THIS BEAUTIFUL 5600-ACRE PARK AS WE ENJOY THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CECIL COUNTY, WE HAVE A KIDS CORNER OPEN ALL DAY AS WE WATCH OLYMPIAN FOR CANADA JESSICA PHOENIX WHO WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN ONE TIME TODAY IN THE 3 STAR WITH HER LONG-TIME PARTNER WABBIT, GETTING READY TO COME DOWN THE CENTER LINE.

>> THE HORSE SEEMS LIKE FOREVER.

HE HAS COME A LONG WAY.

SHE DO HARDLY STAY IN THE RING IN THE BEGINNING WITH WABBIT.

>> THIS HORSE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> BOY, CAN HE JUMP.

>> ALL THOROUGHBRED.

HAD THAT WONDERFUL FINISH AT BURLEY IN 2023 IS AN 11th PLACE FINISH.

HE WAS TOP 20 HERE IN MARYLAND IN 2022.

AND THIS IS THEIR SIXTH 5 STAR TOGETHER.

WABBIT IS OWNED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JESSE AND LONG-TIME OWNER JIM PHILLIPS.

THIS HORSE IS 15 YEARS OLD.

>> FROM HERE, DEFINITELY DID A MEDIUM TROT WITH A CLEAR DIFFERENCE.

HARD FOR THOROUGHBREDS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MOVEMENT THAT SOME OF THESE WARM BLOODS HAVE AND WE'VE GOTTEN SO MANY MORE FANCY WARM BLOODS MIXED IN.

>> AND HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE ARE NOT SITTING ON THE FANCY WARM BLOODS?

HOW DO YOU SAY WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO THEM?

>> JUST GOT TO DO THE MOST ACCURATE OWE BEAD YEPT TEST.

LOOK AT MICHAEL YOUNG.

I'LL TELL YOU, HE HAS HORSES THAT WEREN'T DEFINITELY FABULOUS.

THEY WERE ORDINARY BUT HE DOESN'T MISS A POINT.

>> THERE YOU GO, GUYS, BE MICHAEL JUNK.

>> AND-- MICHAEL YOUNG.

>> AND JUMP ALL THE JUMPS.

>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TEST SO FAR.

>> JESSE HAD A BEAUTIFUL FLOURISH LAST WEEK, A VERY BUSY LADY ON THE SCENE TAKING TWO WEEKS OUT ON THE "E:60--" ON THE EAST COAST AWAY FROM HER FAMILY AT HOME.

IT REALLY DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING WHILE THESE COMPETITORS ARE OUT ON THE ROAD LOOKING TOWARDS THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT YEAR.

>> SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

IN THE EXTENDED TROT, YOU HAVE A SEPARATE SCORE FOR THE TRANSITIONS AND SHE HAD TWO CLEAR TRANSITIONS IN AND OUT.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OTHER THING, IN THESE TESTS, LIKE YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING IS JUDGED WHERE IN SOME OF OUR LOWER LEVEL TESTS, YOU HAVE SOME MOMENTS IN BETWEEN THAT YOU ARE NOT GETTING.

>> A LITTLE UPTIGHT.

THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY SCORES NOW FOR THE WALK.

THERE IS A MEDIUM WALK SCORE, AND SHE IS DOING AND EXTENDED WALK AND THEY BE ANOTHER THEN ANOTHER MEDIUM WALK SCORE.

THAT'S ALMOST AS MANY AS THE FLYING CHANGES.

>> THOROUGHBRED HORSES ARE BRED TO RUN.

>> YEP.

>> YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY AND SO THEY'RE ANXIOUS, LIKE I KNOW I GOT IT.

>> SHE WILL BE THANKFUL TO GET INTO HER CANTER WORK.

>> I'LL TELL YOU, AS A JUDGE, I THINK HOLD IT, HOLD IT.

THAT WAS NICE.

>> SEE THE CHALET IS BACK BEHIND THE SHORT SIDE THERE AT A. SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF OUR SPONSORS WHO ARE OUT HELPING US THIS WEEKEND MEAN MAR, CECIL COUNTY, TAYLOR HARRIS INSURANCE.

COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

>> STARTING TO GET TIGHT THERE SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH HIM.

>> AT 15 YEARS YOUNG, STILL PLENTY OF COMPETITIONS LEFT TO GET TO BUT WE KNOW AFTER WALKING AROUND THE CROSS-COUNTRY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG ASK TOMORROW AND A FITNESS ASK AT THAT HERE ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY, IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS TERRAIN SO BEING ON A THOROUGHBRED HORSE IS GOING HAVE ITS ADVANTAGES AND IF SHE CAN STAY CLOSER TO THE MID 30S, SHE WILL REALLY HAVE A CRACK ON IT ON SATURDAY.

>> THAT'S NICE.

KEEPING HIM UNDER CONTROL.

HE IS NOT GETTING MORE UPDATE.

>> COMMENTATORS FIRST.

IT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

LIKE YES, WE ARE DONE.

>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE HE WAS ALMOST MORE COMFORTABLE UP AGAINST THE BOARDS INSTEAD OUT IN THE OPEN PART OF THE ARENA.

[ APPLAUSE ] OPENING AND CLOSING THE GATE HERE TODAY, IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE THE LOCAL UNITED STATES PONY CLAB CHAPTER FROM ANNAPOLIS OUT HERE IN CHARGE OF THE DRESSAGE GATE.

THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT OUR RIDERS WILL SEE COMING DOWN THE CENTER LINE AND THE LAST ONE THEY SEE.

A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.

WELL, WHILE WE WAIT FOR THIS SCORE, WE ARE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, FRANKIE, WHO HAS BOYD AT THE END GATE.

>> ONE OF OUR FAN FAVORITES, ONE OF THE FAVORITES IN THE FIELD AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS EVENT IS LIKE TO COMPETE IN.

>> PRETTY HANDY.

I LIVE A HALF HOUR DOWN THE ROAD, COME OUT THIS WAY A BIT.

DO SOME HORSE TRIALS WITH THE YOUNGER HORSES AND THE CECIL COUNTY FAIR, WHICH IS A MUST SEE FOR ANYONE THAT IS LOOKING FOR A FAIR, COUNTY FAIR.

LOTS OF GOOD PEOPLE WATCHING AND AWESOME RIDES.

A GOOD SPOT TO CAKE THE KIDS.

>> I WANT TO ASK, I WANT TO ASK YOU NOW, WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE THINGS PEOPLE SHOULD CHECK OUT IF THEY COME HERE IN PERSON?

>> THEY SHOULD SEE THE CROSS-COUNTRY NUMBER ONE.

THEY SHOULD GO TO THE MARS, THEY HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOUR DOGS AND CATS.

>> YOU CAN EVEN ADOPT A PET HERE.

>> GOOD LOOKING CATS HERE AND COME TO MY MERCH, THE BOYD MARTIN MERCH SHOP IS ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR A NICE SHIRT.

>> A LOT TO DO HERE.

BOYD, YOU HAVE DONE ONE HORSE AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

GOOD LUCK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> THANKS, FRANKIE.

WE HAVE A SCORE IN FOR JESSICA PHOENIX, 40.6 THAT PUTS HER IN THE THIRD POSITION THUS FAR AS WE SEE AN EXCITED WABBIT LEAVING THE MAIN ARENA.

>> A BIG PAT FOR HER LONG TIME PARTNER THERE AS SHE MEETS UP AS WE WELCOME OUR FOURTH RIDE INTO THE MAIN ARENA HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN WITH FE LIFESTYLE.

15-YEAR-OLD OWNED BY TIM AND NINA GARDENER.

THEY HAVE DONE SEVEN 5 STARS TOGETHER.

THIS WILL BE THEIR EIGHTH.

>> I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THAT MANY.

I GUESS THEY KNOW EACH OTHER WELL.

>> THEY DO.

THEY HAVE THAT FABULOUS STWEFLTH PLACE FINISH AT BURLEY IN 2023 AND A TOP 10 AT KENTUCKY IN 2024.

AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID ABOUT BOYD EARLIER, THESE RIDERS ARE TOUGH.

JENNY HAD AN UNFORTUNATE FALL BEFORE SHE WENT OUT OF THE START BOX LAST WEEK HAVING A SMALL FRACTURE IN HER ANKLE AND SHE IS STILL HERE RIDING LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS LATER.

>> MORE POWER TO HER.

THIS IS A NICE HORSE THOUGH.

HE HAS A LITTLE BOING TO HIS TROT, A LITTLE AIR TIME.

>> A LITTLE BOING TO HIS TROT.

>> HE SEEMS TO HAVE A NICE CADENCE.

SHE DOESN'T RUSH HIM THROUGH IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY.

>> VERY FLUENT I THINK LAST YEAR JENNY STAYED BACK IN PENNSYLVANIA, ANOTHER LOCAL RIDER, SHE STAYED HOME MOST OF THE WINTER AND FOCUSED ON HER DRESSAGE WORK AND THINK THAT'S WHERE WE SAW A REAL SHIFT IN THE DRESSAGE PHASE.

SHE HAD A STANDOUT TEST IN CAROLINA IN THE SPRING AND HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.

>> SHE MAINTAINS THE SAME RHYTHM, THE SAME TEMPO IN THE EXTENDED TROT.

FIVE STEPS BACK.

>> CHECK, CHECK.

IT'S SO HARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HORSES THAT ARE FIT.

YOU SAY BACK UP AND OKAY, THEN YOU HAVE SIX, SEVEN STEPS.

>> MOST OF US IN THIS SPORT MAY NOT BE ACADEMIC SO COUNTING IS NOT OUR FIRST INCLINATION.

THIS HORSE LOOKING VERY CONFIDENT IN THE WALK, MORE RELAXED AN I FEW WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR.

>> HAS SOME SWING IN HIS BACK.

STRETCHING INTO THE CONTACT, WHICH IS VERY NICE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, A LITTLE TINY -- BUT THAT SCORE IS PART OF THE CAPTOR APART SCORE SO MAYBE DOWN HALF A POINT.

IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

>> THIS HORSE HAS A HUGE STRIDE.

YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT ON SATURDAY WHEN HE EATS UP THE CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE SHE COMES INTO.

HER FIRST OF FOUR CHANGES.

>> GOT IT.

>> SO FAR SHE IS TRENDING RIGHT AHEAD OF OUR CURRENT LEADER.

SOME INFLUENTIAL MOVES TO COME.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

COVERS THE GROUND.

COMES BACK.

A LITTLE TIGHT IN THE CHANGE BUT IT WAS CLEAN.

>> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THEY'VE DONE AT MARYLAND IS THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE RIDERS TO CHOOSE THE MUSIC THEY WANT TO DO THEIR DRESSAGE TO.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT MUSIC IS... >> WE DON'T NEED AN EXTRA CHANGE, BUDDY.

>> WILL YOU HAVE TO COME HERE AND SEE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY A LITTLE DANCE STEP IN THERE THAT WAS UNNECESSARY.

>> THOUGHT IT WAS THE FLYING CHANGE TEST.

GOT MIXED UP.

>> THAT ONE LOOKED OKAY FROM THE BACK.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WITH THAT ONE?

>> JUMP THROUGH BEHIND.

NICE TRANSITION TO THE TROT.

NICE FORWARD TROT I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY THAT SHE COULD JUST GET HERE TO COMPETE WHERE IT WAS A LITTLE TOUCH AND GO THERE FOR A MOMENT.

IT WILL BE CLOSE.

WE STILL HAVE THE SCORES TO COME IN AT THE END WHICH ARE A DOUBLE COEFFICIENT.

THE CURRENT LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE IS BOYD MARTIN 31.0.

WE WILL SEE IF JENNIE HAS DONE ENOUGH TO CATCH UP.

A LOT OF NICE WORK THERE AMERICAN PATCH ON HER TAIL, REPRESENTING THE U.S.

AT THE NATION'S TOP LEVEL HAS BEEN ON TRAINING LISTS SINCE THE TIME BEFORE SHE COULD PROBABLY HAVE A BEER.

THAT LITTLE MISTAKE THAT HAPPENED WHEN HE WENT TO OFFER THE CHANGE WHEN SHE WENT TO STRAIGHTEN HIM UP.

MORE OF A MISCOMMUNICATION THAN A MISTAKE.

>> THE SCORE COMES IN 32.8 PUTS HER IN SECOND POSITION UNFORTUNATE LITTLE BAUBLE ARE BOBBLE AT THE END OF THE TEST.

LONG TIME OWNER AND SUPPORTER FOLLOWING JENNY.

COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT OUR SPONSORS, OUR OWNERS, OUR SYNDICATE MEMBERS.

KAREN SHOOTER.

>> GARDENERS HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR EVENTING.

I MEAN ALL SMILES AND DISCUSSION AS THEY HEAD BACK DOWN TO GET THEIR FINAL TACK EQUIPMENT.

AS WE WAIT TO WELCOME OUR NEXT HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATION.

>> LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE, ONE POINT, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO TOMORROW.

>> THE TALK ON THE TRACK, IT IS BIG.

IT IS IMPRESSIVE.

THE GROUND HERE IS UNBELIEVABLE.

LOOK AT THAT LANDSCAPE.

WE HAVE THIS AMAZING ARENA HERE WITH THE CHALETS AND OUTFOOTING IN THE ARENA.

THEN THE YOUNG HORSE COMPETITION IN THE BACK GOING O. FOUR AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD COMPETITION.

THE FULL TRAJECTORY OF SPORT MARYLAND.

WE'VE GOT THE YOUNG HORSES, THE 3 STAR, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SPORT AT THE FRAR ALL HAPPENING HERE IN CECIL COUNTY.

>> IN A FEW YEARS, THE YOUNG HORSES WILL BE HERE.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT'S THE TIME SPAN THAT THESE RIDERS ARE THINKING ABOUT.

THEY'RE NOT THINKING IN TERMS OF ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS.

THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS.

AND IT SETS THESE HORSES UP.

SHANNON LILLEY ENTERS THE ARENA ON HER 11-YEAR-OLD AND EINDHOVEN GARETTE.

>> A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE HALT THERE.

A LITTLE ON EDGE BUT WILL SETTLE IN.

>> THIS COMBINATION HAD THEIR FIRST 5 STAR GO LAST YEAR AND HAD A TOP 20 FINISH.

TO PREP FOR THIS COMPETITION THEY RAN THE 3 STAR.

SOME RIDERS LIKE TO DROP THE HORSES DOWN AND GET THEM FILLED WITH CONFIDENCE AND SOME LIKE TO HAVE A TOUGH RUN ABOUT OF THEY COME OUT.

SHE HAD A SECOND PLACE FINISH LAST MONTH AT PLANTATION.

>> A LITTLE TENSION, A LITTLE INSTEADNESS IN THE CONTACT BUT ONCE HE GETS INTO THE HALF PASS, HE'S BETTER.

I THINK HORSES LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO.

IT WAS A COMBINATION OF THEIR MENTAL TENDENCIES AND PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.

A DIFFERENT BLOCKIER TYPE AND STEAMS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ANTICIPATORY MIND.

>> THAT WASN'T BAD.

THE HALT WAS BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE.

STOOD THERE NICELY BUT MOVED HIS LEGS A LITTLE BIT LIKE, CAN'T STAND STILL, BUT HE DIDN'T BACK UP WHEN HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO.

HE'S TRYING.

>> THESE HORSES ARE SO FIT AND EVERYONE KNOWS FROM THE COMPETITIONS, OUR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING, THAT THEY BETTER BE FIGHTING FIT TO COME HERE AND SHANNON LIVES LOCALLY AND THERE IS SOME AMAZING TERRAIN AROUND HERE BUT IT CAN CATCH UP TO OW A DAY LIKE TODAY THAT IS CHILLY.

THEY HAVE TO DO THE DRESSAGE TEST RIGHT NEXT TO THE CROSS-COUNTRY JUMPS THEY'RE GOING TO BE JUMPING ON SATURDAY.

JUST TRIALING,-- JUST TRYING SO HARD TO BEHAVE BUT REALLY WANTING TO HAVE HIS MOMENT.

>> WHICH LEAD DO WE WANT?

>> HOW DO YOU JUDGE THAT?

SHE BROUGHT HIM BACK AND DID THE TRANSITION AGAIN.

>> SO IT HAS TO BE A FOUR NO MATTER WHAT.

IT MIGHT BE LOWER BECAUSE HE WAS FIGHTING THE CONTENT.

THIS IS WHERE IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE FROM THE HAUNCH IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS LEADING.

BUT THE JUDGES SEE IT AND THAT'S THERE JOB SHE IS CONFIDENT TO SAY COME ON, YOU ARE GOING TO DO YOUR EXTENDED TROT AND SHE GOT THE CHANGE.

YOU ADMIRE RIDERS THAT KEEP RIDING WHEN THINGS DON'T GET WELL, THEY DON'T GET UPSET ABOUT IT.

THEY JUST TRY HARDER.

>> ABSOLUTELY AND SHANNON WOULD VERY MUCH KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO , YOU KNOW, RIDE THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HORSES.

SHE REPRESENTED THE UNITED STATES AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN 2011.

GOLD MEDALIST FROM THOSE GAMES.

HAD SOME INJURY THAT KEPT HER OUT OF SPORT FOR A LONG TIME.

SHE FELT FOR A LONG TIME SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RIDE AGAIN.

>> REALLY?

>> YEAH, AND THEN MANAGED, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, AND SELLING THE WHOLE STRING OF HORSES THAT SHE HAD, MOVED BACK OUT TO THE EAST COAST.

DEVELOPED A NEW STRING OF HORSES AND IS BACK AT IT BUT HAS FOUGHT THROUGH ADVERSITY.

SHE IS A COOL, COOL CHARACTER IN HER HEAD, A COOL, COOL CHARACTER TO SPEND TIME WITH AND I ALSO GET THE FEELING THIS HORSE WOULDN'T GO BETTER IF YOU RODE HIM SOFTER.

OR WERE TIMID.

YOU HAVE TO BE CONFIDENT AND STAND STILL.

>> HE'S GOT EVERYTHING HE NEEDS.

THE CHANGES ARE ALL GOOD.

HE HAS THE LATERAL WORK, VERY SUPPLE THAT WAY.

JUST HIS NERVES GET A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY.

GOOD THING SHE DOESN'T.

>> SHE DOES NOT AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE SLOW MOTION.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO GROW ANY TYPES OF ROOTS.

HE HAS THE ANTS IN HIS PANTS.

NEED TO MOVE HIS FEET.

BUT AGAIN A CREDIT TO THE PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE HE REALLY, REALLY DID TRY TO KEEP IT TOGETHER AND THERE IN JUST A MOMENT OF ALMOST FRUSTRATION ON HIS PART, MISREAD THE CUE.

>> ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THIS ATWOOD ARENA AND OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS OF THIS SPORT, OUR SHOW JUMPING WILL BE HERE ON SUNDAY, DESIGNED BY THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC MICHELLE VAL ENCOURT.

>> THESE PROFESSIONAL RIDERS ARE SO GOOD, NO MATTER WHAT GOES WRONG, THEY'RE STILL HAPPY, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT, WE GOT THROUGH IT.

WE HAD SOME POINTS.

YEAH, WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

>> PAY TO PLAY.

37.5.

PENALTY IS EARLY STAGES WILL PUT HER IN THE FOURTH POSITION.

HE LOOKS VERY, VERY PROUD OF HIMSELF FIRS PLACE $100,000.

THEN A SHIFT AND QUICK DROPOFF TO $40,000 FOR SECOND.

35,000 FOR THIRD.

25,000 FOURTH PLACE AND FIFTH, A COOL 20,000 WITH A TOTAL PURSE BEING 300,000.

THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF OUR CORGIS RESTING UP FOR THE RACES ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY CORGI RACES HAVE BECOME INFAMOUS AND FAMOUS HERE.

CORGIS RUNNING ROGUE ON THE RACETRACK AT THE MARYLAND 5 STAR.

RESTING IN THE BEAUTIFUL GRASS AT FAIR HILL AS WE HAVE THE COUNTDOWN FOR OUR NEXT RIDER IN THE ARENA, ALLISON SPRINGER, AND VANDYKE.

AN IRISH SPORT HORSE.

11 YEARS OLD BY VANCOUVER OUT OF SHANNONDALE WILLOW.

HE IS OWNED BY THE RICO SYNDICATE.

THIS HAS BEEN PARTNER OF ALLISON'S FOR SOMETIME BUT SHE DEFINITELY SAYS IN THIS PHASE HE IS LIKE A FOOTBALLER DOING BALLET.

IT WOULD NOT BE HIS MOST NATURAL PHASE.

>> LIKE WERE YOU TELLING ABOUT BEFORE, THEY DON'T CARE.

THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WIN DRESSAGE.

IT'S JUST HOW HE DOES IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER TIMES OUT.

NOW THEY HAVE REALLY SEEMED TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER AND QUITE GOOD TIMING ON PLANNING TO COME TO THEIR FIRST 5 STAR.

>> YOU WANT TO GO OUT THERE CONFIDENT.

ALLISON IS NO STRANGER TO THE 5 STAR LEVEL.

LONG TIME FOR HER.

SHE HAS GOTTEN TO COMPETE IN SEVERAL 5 STARS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> NOT FROM TOO FAR AWAY, ALLISON RESIDES IN VIRGINIA.

>> HE SEEMED TO SETTLE DOWN INTO HIS WORK HERE.

S DOESN'T HAVE THE PUSH AND THE LIFT THAT SOME OF THE OTHER HORSES HAVE.

>> FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT ON SATURDAY, PLEASE JOIN US.

THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE TONS OF COURSE WALKS.

THE MAINE AND TAIL IS SPONSORING A COURSE WALK WITH THREE OF OUR MOST FAMOUS RIDERS OUT HERE.

WE'LL WILL WILL COLEMAN, OLIVIA DUTTON AND CRYSTALLY.

THEY WILL TAKE YOU OUT ON THE FIELD AND SHOW YOU THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE 5 STAR TRACK.

COME CHECK OUT THE TRADE FAIR WHERE THERE WILL BE ALL SORTS OF SIGNS OUT THERE SAYING WHO WILL BE LEADING COURSE WALKS ON SATURDAY.

>> SHE TRIED TO CANTER A LITTLE TOO EARLY.

SHE HELD IT.

>> JUST GETTING SO UPSET, A LITTLE OVERWHELMED WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON HERE.

GOT THE CHALETS IN THE BACKGROUND AND THE CROSS-COUNTRY AND AWAY FROM ALL THE FRIENDS HERE IN THIS MAIN ARENA.

>> SO UNFORTUNATE, ONCE YOU LOSE IT LIKE THAT AND THE HORSE IS FRAZZLED, SO HARD TO GET IT BACK.

>> AND THIS HORSE IS FITTER THAN HE HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE AND IT'S JUST SHOWING UP AT THE WRONG TIME.

AND HERE AT LEAST SHE JUST KIND OF TRIES TO GALLOP GALLUP FORWARD AND GET HIM MOVING FORWARD.

>> FOR HER, SHE DIDN'T GET TO THE CHANGE TOO EARLY.

IT WASN'T A GOOD CHANGE BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.

>> SHE AT LEAST GOT HIM BACK ON SIDE.

>> MAYBE THIS STRETCH... DEEP BREATH.

>> AND IT IS SO GOOD THAT YOU PUT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO WHEN THEY'RE LIKE THAT, TO LET THEM HAVE A STRETCH.

>> BUT IT HELPED HER.

>> IT DID.

MAYBE SHE HEARD YOUR DEEP BREATH.

ALLISON MADE THE BIG TREK OUT TO REBECCA FARM THIS SUMMER AND WAS SEVENTH OUT THERE AT THE 4 STAR WITH VANDYKE.

SHE REALLY STARTED SOLIDIFYING HERE CROSS COUNTRY.

SO NOT A DAY SHE WILL HAVE LOVED SPENDING FROM THE DRESSAGE ARENA BUT SHE WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DONE.

>> HAPPY TO HAVE THAT ENERGY TOMORROW.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I KNOW I CAME OUT OF DRESSAGE ONE TIME AND I HAD A GOOD TEST AND I CAME OUT AND SAID THANK GOD THAT'S OVER.

AND THEY LOOKED AT ME.

THEY SAID I THOUGHT YOU LOVED DRESSAGE.

>> SO SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING AT THE END OF THE ARENA THERE THAT IS JUST REALLY QUITE LOUD.

WE DIDN'T HEAR THE FULL CONVERSATION THERE, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING AT THE END.

SHE IS JUST LETTING THE JUDGES KNOW IT'S QUITE DISTRACTING FOR THE HORSES.

THEY ALL HAVE RADIOS IN THEIR BOOTHS AND BOXES AND THEY WILL GET ANY INFORMATION THEY HAVE OUT TO WHOMEVER CAN HELP.

IT HAS TO BE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THE HORSES HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE THEY CAN, THERE IS A FULL GROUND TEAM TO MAKE SURE ALL IS TAKEN CARE OF.

THESE HORSES ARE SO SOUND SENSITIVE AS WELL AND IN THIS MOMENT HE GOT FRUSTRATES AND DISTRACTED BY SOMETHING.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE HEAR WHAT THAT IS IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WILL BE CHANGED.

WE LOOK TOWARDS TOMORROW.

>> CAMERAMAN BETWEEN THE BOOTH?

>> SO THERE SHE IS KIND OF HAVING HER CONVERSATION.

IT'S SO FRUSTRATING TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN IN THE ARENA, BUT HOPEFULLY SOON SHE WILL GET OUT ON THAT COURSE AND REALIZE THAT TOMORROW AND SATURDAY IS ANOTHER DAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY TIME IN THE ARENA FOR ALLISON THERE, AS WE WAIT FOR THEIR SCORE.

SHE HEADS DOWN.

>> UNFORTUNATELY SOME HORSES ARE MUCH MORE SENSITIVE TO SOUND.

AND REACT TO IT.

CROWDS ARE REALLY SHOWING UP HERE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN, IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON COMING OUT TODAY, PLEASE COME OUT, GET A LITTLE RADIO AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO US CHAT WHILE YOU GO SHOPPING OR WATCH THE WONDERFUL HORSES IN FRONT OF US.

THE YOUNG HORSE COMPETITION.

YOU CAN GET OUT AND WALK THE HORSE AND ALSO TOMORROW, WE HAVE THE SCORE COMING IN OF 48.2.

SIXTH PLACE OVER ALL IN OUR COMPETITION.

BUT ON TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD SO FAR AT THIS POINT OF THIS DIVISION, BOYD MARTIN AND LUKE 140 LEFT VERY LITTLE ON THE TABLE AS HE STORMED IN IN THE LEADER POSITION AS EXPECTED IN THE FIRST BLOCK OF COMPETITION HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY THE BROWN ADVISORY BOARD.

COMES DOWN THE CENTER LINE AND THE CROWD WENT WILD AS HE SITS ATOP ON A 31.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE IN OUR STANDINGS.

BOYD MARTIN FOLLOWED BY JENNIE BRANNIGAN FE LIFESTYLE, CAROLINE PAMUKCU HST TOLAN KING, JESSICA PHOENIX.

WE WILL HEAD TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK.

COME BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AT MARYLAND 5 STAR.

WELCOME COMBACK TO DAY ONE OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL HORSES DANCE DOWN THE CENTER LINE TODAY AND DID BOYD DO ENOUGH TO STAY ON TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD BY DAY'S END?

>> HE SURE DID.

HE NAILED IT.

ONE LITTLE BLIP BUT HE WENT FOR IT.

>> EXCITING DAY SO FAR.

WHAT ARE YOUR TAKEAWAYS AFTER THE FIRST SIX GO.

>> EXCITEMENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL EXCITING DAY TOMORROW BECAUSE YOU SEE THE ONES THAT DIDN'T SO WELL TODAY, BUT YOU KNOW TOMORROW THEY'RE GOING TO EAT IT UP.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE SAW A LOT OF THAT FITNESS COMING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR LAST FEW RIDES BUT SO MUCH TO PLAY FOR TODAY.

DOWN TO FRANKIE WHO CAUGHT UP JUST MOMENTS AGO WITH JENNIE BRANNIGAN.

>> JENNIE, HAD A CASE OF BAD LUCK LAST WEEK AND YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST GIRLS I'VE EVER MET.

YOU ARE RIDING IN THERE AND HE LOOKS FANTASTIC TODAY.

FIRST TALK ABOUT YOUR TEST.

>> I'M SO PROUD OF HIM.

IT WAS SO UNFORTUNATE THAT HE HAD THE SHIPPING ACCIDENT LIKE 10 MINUTES FROM BADMINTON AND IT WAS HEART BREAKING FOR MY OWNERS AND MYSELF AND MY GROOM ISABELLE, AND THEN I HAD A HORSE LIKE FLIP OVER IN THE START BOX LAST WEEKEND AND SYMPATHY PAIN, MY LEFT KNEE.

AND I JUST LIKE THIS HORSE REALLY DESERVES TO HAVE A GOOD GO HERE.

I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED THIS SPRING AND WE HAVE BEEN CROSSING OUR FINGERS GO GET HIM BACK IN FORM.

AND WE GOT HIM BACK READY TO GO AT PLANTATION AND I KEPT MY E BRAKE ON AND REALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A GOOD GO BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M ONLY GOING TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR MY HORSE SO I'M TAKING IT DAY BY BAY.

I'M SO PROUD OF HIM.

SHOUT OUT TO BETINA.

SHE IS INCREDIBLE.

WITH ERIC MISSING AND A FRIEND AND TRAINER, AND SHE HAS BROUGHT EVERYTHING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

>> IT REALLY DOES SPEAK TO YOUR PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU STILL COME HERE TO COMPETE.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SOME OF THE BIGGEST TRACKS IN THE WORLD TOGETHER AND FOR YOU, HOW THIS MARYLAND LOCATION COMPARES TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER VENUES?

I LOVE MARYLAND I LOVED THE TRACK LAST YEAR.

I HAVE GALLOPED HORSES ACROSS THE STREET FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I RODE OVER THE FLAT AND OVER TIMBER HERE ON THIS TRACK SO IT'S JUST A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT AND TIM IS ON THE BOARDS BUT I JUST, FE LIFESTYLE IS COARSE AND HASN'T DONE IT IN YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN AT BURLEY FOR YEARS.

BUT WE ARE EXCITED.

>> WE ARE EXCITED TOO.

>> SO NICE TO HEAR FROM FRANKIE AND JENNIE AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAD TO BREAK.

COME BACK AND SEE US FOR THE FINAL FIVE AT MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY... AND WE ARE BACK HERE ALT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL AND OUR LAST FIVE TO GO, KICKING OFF IS CANADIAN LIND LINDS LINDS LINDS AND OUR SOLE GREAT BRITAIN COMPET OR ALEXANDER BRAGG AND FINISHING US OFF CAROLINE PAMUKCU WHO STARTED OFF THE DAY THIS MORNING, BUT ALL EYES BACK ON THIS LADY, A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PAN AMERICAN TEAM, SHE IS LOOKING TO SECURE HER FIRST 5 STAR COMPLETION HERE AT MARS MARYLAND.

LIND... LINDSAY TRAISNEL IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR HERE HERE IN THE STANDS WITH THEIR TWO LITTLE GIRLS.

THIS IS HER FIRST 5 STAR ALSO.

SHE HAS DONE SO WELL.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S SO INTERESTING BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, A LOT OF HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS ENDED UP HEADING TO MARYLAND-- I MEAN TO MORVIN FOR THE FINAL AND IT WAS VERY MUCH A DISCUSSION AND DECISION FOR LINDSAY WHO DO HAVE HEADED THERE, MAYBE A SOFTER TRACK, SOME BIG MONEY, BUT SHE REALLY WANTED TO SHOW UP AT MARYLAND, AT THIS 5 STAR TO REALLY TEST HER AND HER HORSE AGAINST THIS TRACK, TO RIDE AROUND THE COURSE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS COMBINATION OUT HERE.

SHE HAS BEEN SO FAST ACROSS THE CROSS-COUNTRY LATELY.

WE SEE THE LEADERBOARD WITH BOYD MARTIN IN FIRST PLACE, JENNIE BRANNIGAN ON A 32.8, CAROLINE PAMUKCU 38.9 AND SHANNON LILLEY ON 37.5.

LOOKING TO SEE IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE A 37 TEST TODAY AND IS BACYROUGE CAN BE THE FIRST ONE.

>> THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT EVENT RIDERS.

THEY WANT THE CHALLENGE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST GO TO ANOTHER EVENT THEY'VE BEEN TO AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO IT.

THEY WANT A NEW CHALLENGE.

I THINK, TOO, THIS IS VERY MUCH, WHEN YOU HAVE A HORSE LIKE THIS AND THIS IS A HORSE OF A LIFETIME FOR LINDSAY, YOU WANT TO JUMP EVERY TRACK, GO TO EVERY COMPETITION.

SHE KNOWS THIS HORSE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND SHE SHOULD BE COMPETING WITH THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

>> A LITTLE TROT STEPS IN THE HALT WHICH WILL TAKE HER DOWN ON SOME THAT.

SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS GOING TO DO WELL.

THIS IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL HORSE.

A MODERN HORSE, LIGHT AND LOADY AND TONS OF SCOPE AND MOVEMENT BUILT TO JUMP JUMPS.

>> THE LADDER WORK IS GOOD.

SHE KEEPS COMING FORWARD.

NICE CONNECTION.

>> THE LAST TWO COMPETITIONS SHE SCORED A 32.7 AND 33.6, ADDING NO JUMPING PENALTIES, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

>> SHE IS BETTER THAN THAT RIGHT NOW.

KEEP IT UP.

>> KEEP IT UP, GIRL.

FINISHED AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAME, STRONG PARIS RESULT.

MOST OF THESE LOOKING TOWARD THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT YEAR.

REBECCA HOWARD WAS HERE LAST YEAR AND COMPETING IN THE YOUNG HORSE COMPETITION IN LEON THIS WEEK.

SEEMED RELAXED ENOUGH.

ACTIVE WALK.

EXTENDED WALK, YOU WANT TO SEE THEM STRETCHING DOWN AND OUT MORE SO THEY REALLY SWING IN THEIR BACK.

WITHOUT A LOOP IN THE RAIN, SHE IS DOING-- WITHOUT A LOOP IN THE RAIN, SHE IS DOING THAT.

>> HOW MUCH HARDER IS IT TO ACTUALLY WALK INTO THE HALT OR TROT INTO THE HALT.

>> WALKING IN THE HALT IS DEFINITELY HARDER BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE HIND END AS MUCH AS YOU DO IN THE TROT.

AND THIS ONE YOU GO TO PEN AND YOU HAVE A LONGER TIME IN THE COUNTER CANTER.

THE OTHER DIRECTION YOU HAVE TO EXTEND IMMEDIATELY INTO IT AND IT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT.

>> TELL US ABOUT THE CHANGES.

>> THAT CHANGE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS VERY SHORT BEHIND IT MAY BE HIS WEAKEST POINT IS HIS CHANGES.

THAT'S WHY HE HASN'T BEEN GETTING THE HIGHEST SCORES.

BUT WILLING TO STRETCH.

>> YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE PARTNERSHIP HERE.

HE SEEMS VERY BUSINESS LIKE, RELAXED BUT PAYING ATTENTION, LISTENING TO LINDSAY, CONFIDENT WITH THE SPACE.

>> THAT CHANGE LOOKED GOOD.

>> IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE BEFORE, THE SHORTER SIDES HAVE HIM A LITTLE CRAMPED IN THE CANTER.

>> THERE HE ANTICIPATED.

>> COMES DOWN TO THE TROT.

FINISHES,.

>> NICE POSITIVE TROT INTO A GOOD HALT.

>> NOT QUITE SQUARE BUT ALMOST.

>> I THINK SHE WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT.

>> I DO, TOO.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO DISLODGE OUR LEADERS BUT SHOULD BE VERY MUCH IN THE MIX AGAIN, SHE HAS BEEN KIND OF TRENDING AROUND THE 32 TO 33 MARK.

SHE MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT JUST WITH A FEW OF THOSE CHANGES BUT I THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO BE QUITE TIGHT COMPETITION HEADING INTO SATURDAY'S CROSS-COUNTRY.

AS WE GET A SLOW MOTION LOOK AT THE FIRST CHANGE ON THE SHORT SIDE.

>> IT WAS CLEAN AND THEN GOT HIGH BEHIND THEY'RE JUST NOT PERFECT CHANGES BUT HE DOES THEM >> A NICE SHOT OF THAT.

THE CANTER.

MOVES INTO THE CHANGE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RHYTHM LOST HERE IN THIS CORNER.

AND SUCH A COOL SHOT, HOW YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE LIFT AND THE TIMING IN THE AIR.

THE COORDINATION OF THESE HORSES LISTENING TO THE RIDERS AIDES.

AS SHE STROLLS OUT OF THE ARENA THERE ON A LONG REIN WITH 34.2 WHICH MOVES HER INTO THE THIRD PLACE POSITION RIGHT BEHIND JENNIE BRANNIGAN AND FE LIFESTYLE.

>> IT'S CLOSE THOUGH.

IT'S ALL CLOSE 65, 66, 69 AND THERE LEADERBOARD BROUGHT TO YOU BY COREY BUILDERS.

BOYD IS STILL ON TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD WITH JENNIE NIPPING AT HIS HEELS AND PODIUM POSITION AT 34.2.

FOUR MORE WILL COME DOWN THE CENTER LINE TODAY IN THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR HERE AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY AGAIN, A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS MAYAN MAR, CECIL COUNTY TAYLOR LAR IS INSURANCE AND LEMIEUX.

FLEX DOWN THE CENTER LINE WE HAVE ARDEN WILDASIN FOR THE USA AND SUNDAY TIMES.

THIS IRISH SPORT HORSE IS 18 YEARS YOUNG.

KNOWN AS MUMBLES IN THE BARN.

THIS HORSE OWNED BY ARDEN, JAMES AND SARAH WILDASIN.

>> THIS IS HIS FIRST 5 STAR, NO?

SHE'S GOT HIM MOVING FORWARD, FAIRLY ACTIVE.

THEIR FIRST 5 STAR WAS ACTUALLY KENTUCKY IN THE SPRING, WHERE THEY HAD A TOP 20 FINISH.

>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

, YOU CAN HEAR THE WIND PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT OUT THERE KEEPING A CHILL IN THE AIR.

BUT PERFECT WEST FOR TOP HORSE SPORT.

>> FLUENT HALF PASSES, VERY HARD WORKER.

HAS BEEN AT THIS SPORT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SCWHRO SHE REALLY HAS.

SHE DEVELOPS SUCH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE HORSES AND COMING TO THE 5 STAR LEVEL, SHE REALLY WANTED TO DO IT WITH A LONG TIME FRIEND AND I REMEMBER HER HEADING OUT ON COURSE AND HER NOT EVEN HAVING A STOP WATCH AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE FASTER ROUNDS OF THE DAY, BUT THIS COMBINATION IS SO QUICK ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

120 OUT OUT AT THE 5 STAR KENTUCKY AND SHE WILL BE LOOKING TO ADD NOTHING TO HER DRESSAGE SCORE HERE, REALLY TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE OF THE 5 STAR TRACK ON SATURDAY REPAIRED FOR THIS EVENT AT PLANTATION FIELD WHERE SHE WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE TOP 20.

>> KEEPING A NICE RHYTHM TO THE WALK.

THOSE EARS THROPPING.

>> SHE IS REALLY DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

AND THIS PHASE IS, EVEN AT THIS STAGE OF 18 YEARS YOUNG, IS IMPROVING I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS FIRST AT THE HORSE PARK IN THE 4 STAR SHORT AND DID NOT HAVE THE BEST TIME IN THE SAND BOX AND NOW TO SEE HER HERE THE HORSE MUCH MORE RELAXED IN THIS PHASE.

SHOWS OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS.

>> NEEDS MORE SPACE.

STOLE THAT CHANGE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO AFFECT THAT FINAL SCORE, BUT SO MUCH MORE RELAXED AND SOFT AND FLUID THAN WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

>> YEAH, COME A LONG WAY.

THERE WE GO.

>> THE TWO CHANGES ON THE DIAGONAL.

UNFORTUNATELY JUST CAN'T GET QUITE THE TIMING RIGHT.

>> THINGS JUST GET MIXED UP.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE MISTAKE AS SHE FINISHES HERE WITH HER FINAL HALT, WE WILL BE BACK IN A MOMENT AS WE HEAD DOWN TO FRANKIE WHO CAUGHT UP WITH LINDSAY AFTER HER DRESSAGE TEST.

>> YOU LOOKED GREAT.

>> HE FELT GREAT.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH HIM.

>> AT THIS LEVEL, THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

TALK ABOUT YOURS.

>> SO HE IS 14 THIS YEAR.

WE BOUGHT HIM AS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD AND OTHER THAN MY HUSBAND RIDING HIM WHEN I WAS PREGNANT, I'VE RIDDEN HIM ALL THE WAY.

I KNOW HIM REALLY WELL NOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 4 STARS WE'VE DONE TOGETHER.

>> YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE HERE CHEERING YOU ON WITH YOUR HUSBAND AND HOW EXCITING IS IT TO HAVE THEM HERE WITH YOU.

>> IT'S EXCITING.

MY PARENTS ARE HERE.

A WHOLE FAMILY AFFAIR.

>> A GREAT START FOR CANADA.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> GREAT TO HEAR FROM HER.

SHE ALWAYS HAS THE NICEST THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIM.

I DON'T THINK SHE HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH HIM A DAY IF HIS LIFE.

AND I MEAN I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO STAY IN LOVE WITH A HORSE CALLED DREAMY AS WE GET BACK TO SOME SLOW MOTION SHOTS OF ARDEN WILDASIN WITH THESE CHANGES, MARRING AN OVERALL PLEASANT TEST.

>> IT WAS VERY STEADY, CONSISTENT.

REALLY LIKED THE RIDE.

JUST HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES.

HE GETS SO BAFFLED.

DOESN'T KNOW WHICH LEG TO GO FORWARD.

>> LIKE WHY WOULD I CHANGE WHEN EVERYTHING ABOUT ME IS SO GOOD.

>> I MET BET ON CROSS-COUNTRY HE DOES FABULOUS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SUCH A GREAT SHOT OF THIS ATWOOD ARENA.

A LITTLE COURTESY CIRCLE UP AT THE TOP.

CROWD STARTING TO FILL IN.

AS WE HAVE A SCORE COME IN, IT WILL BE A 44.4 THAT ARDEN WILL START THE DAY WITH SATURDAY.

THAT CURRENTLY PUTS HER IN THE 7th POSITION.

AS WE WAIT TO SEE OUR NEXT RIDER COMING INTO THE ARENA.

RIGHT AHEAD OF ALLISON SPRINGER AND VANDYKE.

GETS THE GLOVES OFF AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

FOR SOME REASON THERE IS DEFINITELY A RULE WE HAVE TO WEAR GLOVES BUT RIDERS TRY TO GET THEM OFF OF OUR HANDS AS QUICK AS WE CAN.

SOME THINGS ARE TRADITIONAL OR IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT?

>> NO, IT'S JUST TRADITION.

>> WE JUST DO IT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE LOOKS VERY PROUD OF HIMSELF AND HAPPY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT HERE AND THERE IS SO MUCH ATMOSPHERE.

BUT WE HAVE WATCHED THESE HORSES HAPPILY WALK BY THE FLAGS AND THE BANNERS AND AS WE WELCOME OUR NEXT RIDER INTO THE ARENA, NO STRANGER TO 5 STAR COMPETITION AND SPORT, IT'S WILL FAUDREE AND MAMA'S MAGIC WAY.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER A LONG TIME.

>> MASON AS HE IS KNOWN IN THE BARN IS A 14-YEAR-OLD BY MIGHTY MAGIC OUT OF STRAIGHTAWAY BY STAR REGENT.

JENNIFER SUCH A HUGE PATRON OF THE SPORT AND OF WILL, HAS BEEN A MAJOR SUPPORTER FOR PROBABLY THE LAST OVER A DECADE OF WILL'S CAREER.

>> UNFORTUNATELY TROTTED INTO IT AND HALT AND WAS GOING TO MOVE SO WILL JUST SAID GO.

HAD TO PRETEND THAT YOU ASKED HIM TO GO.

>> THIS WILL BE THEIR SIXTH 5 STAR TOGETHER.

AND THIS HORSE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL HORSE AND SO AMAZING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HAS ALL THE MOVEMENT AND SCOPE FOR THIS.

>> SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MOVER.

>> HE JUST GETS CAUGHT UP WE CANS SIGHTMENT.

WILL SAID HE'S LIKE BOYD MARTIN'S CHILDREN.

HARD TO KEEP THEM IN A BOX.

VERY ELASTIC.

LOVELY MOVER.

LOTS OF CADENCE TO HIS TROT.

>> WILL SPENDS A LOTTED OF TIME WORKING WITH PATINA.

>> ESPECIALLY WITH THE LATERAL WORK.

HE STAYS ACTIVE.

DOESN'T LOSE THAT CADENCE.

>> AND WILL HAS BROKEN IN-- YOU KNOW, HE HAD A REAL BREAKTHROUGH TEST AT BURLEY BACK IN 2023.

HE DID SAY 29.8 FINISHING IN THE TOP 20.

>> LOOK AT THAT REACH.

WAIT.

HAVING REPRESENTED USA AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES.

DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA, HE IS SUCH AN ATTRIBUTE TO THE SPORT.

HOUSES MOST OF THE RIDERS ON THE EAST COAST CIRCUIT AS THIER MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS HE IS THE PERFECT HALFWAY SPOT AND WILL IS SUCH A GOOD INSTRUCTOR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, HE HAS REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED GIVING BACK IN THE WAY OF INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING.

>> THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD WALK.

HE DIDN'T GET UPTIGHT IN THE WALK.

HE KEPT MARCHING FORWARD, SWINGING.

LET'S KEEP IT TOGETHER IN THE CANTER.

HE WAS VERY UPTIGHT.

HE WAS ALL READY TO CHANGE.

>> I THINK THAT IS THE HARD PART WITH MASON, ONCE HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO HAVE A BIG MOMENT, HE WANTS TO HAVE A LOT OF BIG MOMENTS.

>> TRYING TO TAKE OVER.

NO, NO, NO.

>> WILL DOING HIS BEST TO STAY LOOSE AND FOLLOWING AND NOT CONFRONTATIONAL VERY EXPLOSIVE MASON.

HE IS NOT GOING TO REPRODUCE THAT BURLEY TEST TODAY BUT HE HERE IS WORKING WELL TO GET MAMA'S MAGIC WAY BACK ON SIDE.

SPRINKLE IN A LITTLE MAGIC DUST SAYING TAKE A BREATH, STRETCH IT OUT, BOY.

>> HE WILL HAVE THAT POWER AND ENERGY FOR TOMORROW.

>> LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER.

WHEN WE SEE THE HORSES BRIMMING OVER THE TOP WE CANS SIGHTMENT AND ENTHUSIASM-- WITH EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM, WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY TO RUN ON SATURDAY.

VERY GOOD.

NOT GOING TO STAND STILL TODAY.

GOOD JOB, WILL.

MY CLOCK FOR ONE MORE MINUTE.

LET'S STAND HERE.

PROMISING START, DISAPPOINTING FINISH FOR WILL.

I THINK WILL DID A MASTERFUL JOB.

IT DO HAVE GOTTEN A LOT WORSE.

WHEN YOU ARE ON A LOOSE CANNON LIKE THAT.

HE KEPT THE LID ON TOP AS WE GET SOME SLOW MOTION SHOTS.

QUITE A RELAXED WALK.

IT JUST SEALS LIKE THAT CANTER REALLY JUST... >> PUSHES THE BUTTON.

>> AND DECIDES IT'S BOMB'S AWAY.

FOR WILL AND MAMA'S MAGIC WAY.

BUT THEY WILL BE READY TO TACKLE THE 5 STAR TRACK ON SATURDAY WHICH IS NO SMALL FEAT.

WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT IT IS BIG.

IT IS TOUGH.

THERE HAD BEEN A RUMOR THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SOFTER THIS YEAR AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IS THE CASE.

>> IT'S HIS FIRST TIME DOING IT HERE.

IT WILL BE SOFT... NOT.

>> HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO BE OUT ON THE COURSE YET?

>> , I HAVE JUST HEARD ABOUT IT.

>> EVEN ON DRESSAGE DAY, EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE TRACK HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

IT IS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME TO BE HERE IN THIS SPORT.

YOU SEE WILL TAKING EVERY MOMENT TO STAY UP HERE IN THE ARENA MAKING SURE TO LEAVE THE SPACE AS RELAXED AS POSSIBLE.

WE SEE THE GROUPS, THE JUDGES BOX, THEY BRING US DRESSAGE TODAY.

AGAIN HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS.

>> IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT HERE THIS MORNING, WE HAVE THE V.I.P.

OPENING AT 8:30.

TAILGATING ACCESS AT 8:00, THE COMPETITION STARTS AT 9 A.M.

WE ALSO HAVE THE FINALE OF THE USEA EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS STARTING AT 8:30 A.M.

WITH THE FIVE YEAR OLDS.

AND THEY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SIX YEAR OLDS AS WE HAVE A SCORE IN ON A 43.5.

THAT WILL PUT WILL IN 7th PLACE.

SLIPPING RIGHT BEHIND JESSICA PHOENIX AND WABBIT AND RIGHT AHEAD OF ARDEN WILDASIN AND SUNDAY TIMES.

>> THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.

SUCH A NICE HORSE WE WELCOME OUR ONLY BRITISH COMPETITOR, ALEXANDER BRAGG AND QUINDIVA.

THE SHOT OF THE WATER TOWER HERE.

5600 ACRES OF PRESERVED LAND HERE THAT WE GET TO GRACE FOR THE WEEKEND.

, MARYLAND NO STRANGER TO HORSE SPORTS.

WE HAVE THE MARYLAND HUNT HERE AND NOW 75 COMPETITORS MOVE IN TO CONTEST THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

ALEXANDER BRAGG PREPARED TO DAZZLE US WITH THIS 15-YEAR-OLD MARE.

CONTENDER, QUINNTENDER 2 OUT OF RUBY ROLLER, BY THE HIGH FAMILY.

>> A LITTLE ANXIOUS.

SET THE SETTLE DOWN.

HE HAS A LITTLE WAYS TO CLIMB WITH THE BRACE.

A MISTAKE AT THE BEGINNING BUT A LONG WAY TO GO.

WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN IN THE BEGINNING, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE?

>> FORGET ABOUT IT.

[LAUGHTER] >> EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

JUST KEEP RIDING.

JUST KEEP SWIMMING.

>> SHUT UP AND RIDE.

DEFINITELY SETTLED DOWN.

HE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND PROBABLY KNOWS THIS HORSE INSIDE OUT.

QUINDIVA AND ALEX WERE EIGHTH IN BURLEY IN 2024 AND THIRD AT BADMINTON.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST TRIP OVERSEAS AND THEY WERE JUST SO AMAZING ACROSS THE THREE DAYS OF COMPETITION.

IT SHOWS.

HE IS GOING TO WANT TO COME HERE WITH A BIG, BOLD AND DIFFICULT CROSS-COUNTRY SO THAT HE CAN BLAZE AROUND THE CROSS-COUNTRY BECAUSE SOMETHING HERE WITH THE JUDGE... >> I DON'T KNOW.

SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT, EITHER SHE LOOKS A LITTLE EDGE, TIGHT IN HER BACK.

>> AND TO COME ACROSS HERE, A HUGE ACTUAL TRIBUTE TO MARYLAND THAT WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT THIS EVENT IS GOOD ENOUGH, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE BEST FOOTING, THE BEST COURSES TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY FROM EUROPE.

>> SHE IS REALLY SUSPICIOUS AND INTERESTED, LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE ARENA.

VERY DIFFERENT FEEL HERE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY STARTS ON THE WRONG LEG.

A DIFFERENT FEEL FROM THE TRADITIONAL ARENAS AT BADMINTON AND BURLEY.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?

YOU HAVE JUDGED BOTH VENUES.

>> THEY'RE MORE CLOSED IN.

THEY'RE SOUNDED-- THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY STANDS, ALSO BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THESE ARE A LITTLE MORE UP IN YOUR FACE, ALL THE SPONSOR TENTS.

>> I ALSO WONDER AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF SHADOWS.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING UP THERE.

>> THEY'RE LETTING US KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING UP THERE.

READY TO GO.

>> SEE HOW HE HAS GOT THE FOUR CHANGES IN FRONT OF HIM.

SEE IF WE CAN PULL THIS SCORE BACK TO AT LEAST-- >> THAT WAS A NICE CHANGE.

>> IF WE CAN GET DOWN CLOSER TO THE LOW TO MID 30S.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER SPOT FOR HIM AS HE MOVES INTO THE CROSS-COUNTRY DAY NORMALLY TRENDING AROUND 30.

THEY SCORED ACTUALLY A 35 AT BURLEY.

BUT ADDED NOTHING TO THAT SCORE, NOT EVEN A TIME PUTTING THEM IN EIGHTH PLACE.

AND AT BADMINTON, A 37.6, THESE HORSES AND RIDERS COME IN WITH AN EXPECTATION.

THEY ALWAYS HOPE IT IS GOING TO BE THE DAY, BUT IN THIS FIRST PHASE... >> ALL HIS CHANGES HAVE BEEN CLEAN, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP HIS SCORE.

JUST OVERALL SHE'S TENSE.

>> DECIDED HE IS NOT GOING MAKE HER WALK DOWN TOWARD THE END OF THE ARENA.

SHE HAS MADE IT CLEAR SHE DOES NOT LIKE THAT SIDE OF THE ARENA.

THIS HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATION KNOWN TO REALLY SHOW UP ON A TOUGH SATURDAY AND THIS HORSE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL SHOW JUMPER AS WELL, ONE OF THE BEST SHOW JUMPERS IN THE FIELD.

SO HERE WE JUST STARTED OUT NOT IN THE BEST WAY JUST A LITTLE TEMPERAMENTAL ABOUT THAT END OF THE ARENA.

>> SHE IS SUSPICIOUS OF THIS END OF THE ARENA.

SOME LOVELY MOVEMENT AND MOVELY MOMENTS, LIKE YOU SAID MARRED BY A LITTLE TENSION AND A LITTLE DISTRACTION.

>> THE CHANGES ARE GREAT.

SHE IS JUST NOT RELAXED AND CONFIDENT AND REALLY STRETCHING OVER THROUGH HER BACK, NOT USING HER BACK NEEDS TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

>> TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> I'M JOINED IN THE BOX WITH MARILYN PAINE, WHO HAS JUDGED EVERY 5 STAR IN THE WORLD OTHER THAN THIS ONE.

SHE IS JUDGING RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME.

>> THAT MAKES UP.

ALSO TWO DIFFERENT OLYMPIC GAMES.

SO WE ARE GETTING ALL THE INSIGHT HERE AS WE WATCH ALEX BRAGG AND HIS BEAUTIFUL QUINDIVA WALK BACK DOWN TO GET THEIR TACK CHECK.

HE IS STILL HOLDING ON TIGHT SHE IS READY TO GO.

>> READY TO TAKE ON, HOPEFULLY WHAT WILL BE A BIG DAY OF SPORT ON SATURDAY AS WE WAIT TO WELCOME IN OUR FINAL HORSE AND RIDER PAIR FOR THE DAY HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.

IT WILL PUT HIM IN SIXTH POSITION.

A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHERE WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE STARTED OUT BUT NEVER MIND.

AS WE SEE CAROLINE FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY.

>> AND SHE'S THE ONE.

>> SHE IS THE ONE.

>> MAYBE SHE CAN PULL US INTO THE 20s.

>> WE HAVE YET TO SEE A SUB 30 SCORE AND COULD THIS BE THE ONE?

WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF OUR DAY STARTING TOMORROW BUT TODAY IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS LADY, CAROLINE PAMUKCU OLYMPIAN OLYMPIAN DOWN THE CENTER LINE WITH THIS 10-YEAR-OLD MARE SHE'S THE ONE THE ONE TO WATCH BY CONDEED CONDIOS.

SHOWN BY CAROLINE HERSELF.

>> SHE WASN'T VERY SQUARE BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THAT.

MAYBE THE JUDGE ON THE SIDE WILL PENALIZE HER FOR THAT.

CAN'T GET AWAY WITH A THING CAN GBT GET AWAY WITH A THING REPRESENTED THE U.S.

IN THE NATION'S CUP THEN MOST RECENTLY WHERE SHE WAS THE SILVER MEDAL TEAM.

SHE WAS FOURTH IN THE 4 STAR LONG IN IRELAND AT MILL STREET.

>> SHE IS STEPPING UNDER WELL.

MAINTAINING HER ACTIVITY AND SHE HAS A SUPPLE BEND, JUST LITTLE TIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION THERE BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL STAY CONTAINED >> AND SHE CAN DIP DOWN INTO THE 20S 4 STAR ADAMSTOWN MARYLAND SHE SCORED A 29.1 TO WIN THE 4 STAR SHORT THERE.

TO PREPARE FOR THIS COMPETITION.

>> GOOD CALL.

>> THE 3 STAR AT PLANTATION AND 29.7.

SO, IT IS POSSIBLE, FOR HER TO CHALLENGE OUR LEADER.

LET'S SEE ABOUT THOSE CHANGES.

MAYBE WE CAN HELP HER.

>> LET'S SEE ABOUT THE CHANGES.

HER LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE BOYD BOITD SITTING ON 31.

SHOWING A LENGTHENING IN THE FRAME, RELAXED IN THE WALK.

GOOD LENGTH IN HER STRIDE, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE NICEST ONES WE'VE SEEN.

>> AND FOR JUST A 10-YEAR-OLD, SHE SEEMS VERY, VERY RELAXED IN THIS SPACE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> CAROLYN IS GOING GO FOR.

>> IT SHE IS GOING TO FLY THROUGH THERE.

>> SHOW YOU A MEDIUM.

>> AS SHE MOVES AROUND TO THE FIRST OF FOUR CHANGES, WHICH HAVE BEEN THE MAKE OR BREAK OF THE DAY THUS FAR.

PRETTY GOOD.

ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING SO BOLD IN THE MEDIUM.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE JUDGES ARE ROOTING FOR THEM.

THEY WANT THEM TO DO WELL.

>> CLEAN.

A LITTLE BRACE, BUT... >> THIS HORSE BRED BY JODI AMOS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SO MEANINGFUL AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE RELATIONSHIP, CAROLINE, AS WE KNOW, IS A REAL COMPETITOR AND SHE DOESN'T COME IN HERE AND PLAY IT SAFE SO THESE HORSES GET VERY COMFORTABLE WITH COMING IN AND BEING FORWARD, UNDERSTANDING THE JOB, BUT ALSO SHE IS THE ONE THAT LOOKS VERY RELAXED.

REALLY WENT FOR THAT STRETCH THAT LOOKED GOOD.

ONE MORE.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE, VERY CLOSE HERE AS CAROLINE TURNS DOWN THE CENTER LINE.

OUR FINAL RIDER IN TODAY'S SECTION OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

DID SHE DO ENOUGH TO SCOOT FELLOW OLYMPIAN BOYD MARTIN OFF THE TOP SPOT?

WE ARE GOING HAVE TO WAIT A MOMENT TO SEE.

>> SHE DIDN'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES, JUST A LITTLE BIT-- IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOFTER CONNECTION SOMETIMES.

>> SHE JUST SAID TO THE JUDGE, SHE'S GETTING THERE.

I THINK YOU ARE THERE, GIRL.

REALLY NICE HALT.

>> THE HALT WAS REALLY GOOD AND THAT SCORED SEPARATELY.

>> TAKES A DEEP BREATH THERE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO CHANGE YOUR ENERGY.

YOU KNOW, YOU COME IN HERE AND HAVE THESE BIG POWERFUL MOVES AS YOU SEE ACROSS, BRINGING YOUR ENERGY UP AND YOU GET INTO THE SOFT QUIET WALK WORK AND HAVE YOU TO BRING YOUR ENERGY BACK DOWN.

THIS HORSES ARE MASTERS ARE READING ENERGY.

WE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHO WILL BE THE LEADER HEADING INTO DAY 2 OF DRESSAGE TOMORROW.

WE SEE HER COMING DOWN WITH THAT GREAT SIGN IN THE BACKGROUND THERE WONDERFUL SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS HERE.

CAROLINE GIVES A FIST PUMP AND THE SCORE IS 31.4.

.4 BEHIND OUR LEADER BOYD MARTIN ON A 31 FLAT.

117, 177, 187, BIG SPLIT THERE DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY WERE SITTING.

>> WE WERE MORE LIKE B. FROM B YOU MIGHT... AND HERE WE WILL HAVE OUR STANDINGS BROUGHT TO YOU BY, FIRST PLACE BOYD MARTIN AND LUKE 140.

RIGHT BEHIND HIM, CAROLINE PAMUKCU AND SHE IS THE ONE THEN LOCAL JENNIE BRANNIGAN ON FE LIFESTYLE WITH CAROLINE PAMUKCU HSH TOLAN KING, AND SHANNON LILLEY ROUNDS OUT THE TOP SIX AND SEVENTH PLACE, ALEXANDER BRAGG AND QUINDIVA.

ANOTHER CANADIAN ON THE TOP 10 LIST, JESSICA PHOENIX AND WABBIT FOLLOWED BY ARDEN WILDASIN AND 11TH ALLISON SPRINGER.

WITH VANDYKE.

WE ARE GOING TO THROW DOWN TO FRANKIE DOWN AT THE END GATE.

>> WELL, BOYD, OUR RIDE OF THE DAY, ENOUGH TO TOP THE LEADERBOARD AND ALSO SIMULATE YOUR SENSES.

I PRESENT YOU WITH OUR 5 GUM RIDE OF THE DAY PACK.

CONGRATULATIONS WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE LEADING AFTER THE FIRST DAY.

>> GREAT DAY, WE HAVE A MISSION AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

THE CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE LOOKS VERY CHALLENGING AND ANOTHER DAY OF DRESSAGE TOMORROW SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT ALL UNFOLDS.

>> WELL, ENJOY THE GUM.

BACK TO YOU, TO CLOSE US OUT FOR THE DAY.

>> I AM SO... WELL, WHAT AN AWESOME DAY OF COMPETITION AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.

WE WILL BE BACK IN A SECOND, STAY WITH US.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MARSES ARE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARCY QUESTIAN, A BETTER WORLD FOR HORSES, PETS AND PEOPLE.

AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL.

THERE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF CAROLINE PAMUKCU BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS JENNIE BRANNIGAN WHO WAS IN THIRD PLACE AS WE HEAD TO TOMORROW'S COMPETITION WITH FE LIFESTYLE.

SHE DANCED A DANCE THAT PUT HER ON A 32.8, WHICH WILL SEE HER OUT STARTING TO PEER LEE GUM'S COURSE TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE CAROLINE PAMUKCU ON A 31.4.

SHE IS THE ONE AS SHE GALLOPS ACROSS THE SHORT SIDE TO SECURE HER SPOT SHE CLOSES THE DAY ON A 31.4.

WE HAVE A SHOT OF JENNIE BRANNIGAN WHO WILL HEAD TO CROSS-COUNTRY ON THE 32.8.

FINISHING THE DAY IN THIRD PLACE.

LONG TIME PARTNER FE LIFESTYLE.

A SMOOTH AND SEAMLESS DAY FOR HER IN THE SAND BOX.

AFTER AN EXCITING DAY OF COMPETITION, WE LOOK TO THE LEADERBOARD HERE ON OUR 3-2-1 AND THIS HE IS, OUR LEADER BOYD MARTIN ON LUKE 140.

HE CAME IN, LAID DOWN A TEST ON A 31.0 AND STAY ADD TOP OF THAT LEADERBOARD, NO ONE COULD KNOCK HIM AND HIS LONG TIME PARTNER OFF OF THE TOP SPOT.

HE MOVES INTO TOMORROW ON A FIRST PLACE LUKE 140 WILL CLOSE OUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON HERE AT MARS MARYLAND.

BEAUTIFUL HALT TO FINISH OUT.

, THAT WAS OUR MAGNAWAVE SHOWDOWN, 3, 2, 1.

WHAT A DAY IN THE SAND BOX.

>> WHAT A DAY.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR SATURDAY TO SEE THE SAME HORSES GO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE OF THE TRADE FAN HERE.

TOMORROW WE START THE COMPETITION AT 9 A.M.

WITH THE 3 STAR DRESSAGE DAY 2.

PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US.

THERE IS SHOPPING.

THERE IS FOOD.

THERE IS SPORT.

THERE IS A YOUNG HORSE COMPETITION GOING ON AND MARILYN AND I WILL BE HERE SHOWING YOU WHAT THERE IS TO SEE AS WE WATCH OUR TOP COURSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS HERE IN CECIL COUNTY.

WE HAVE 75 COMPETITORS HERE TACKLING THIS TRACK ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY ON SATURDAY BUT ONE MORE DAY OF COMPETITION IN THE SAND BOX TOMORROW.

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US OUT HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR HERE AT FAIR HILL.

PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.