♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WELL, WELCOME BACK TO CROSS COUNTRY DAY AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

MARYLAND, NO STRANGER TO TOP HORSE SPORT, KNOWN FOR ICONIC EVENTS SUCH AS THE MARYLAND CUP, THE PREAKNESS AND NOW HOME TO MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

I'M SINEAD JOINED BY PREVIOUS 5 STAR WINNER AUSTIN O'CONNOR WITH TWO DAYS OF DRESSAGE COMPETITION BEHIND US, WE LOOK TOWARD 22 HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS AND WE SAW ONLY THREE HORSES BREAK THE 30 BARRIER.

ONE WAS FELIX VOGG AND HIS STYLISH CARTANIA, TO EARN A SCORE OF 38.3.

1.1 BEHIND OUR SECOND PLACE FINISHER, U.S.

OLYMPIAN CAROLINE PAMUKCU AND THEY MADE THEIR DEBUT TO KNOCK OUT A 28.2, THAT WAS ENOUGH TO SECURE THEM AS PODIUM PLACING AFTER THE DRESSAGE PHASE.

BUT IT WAS NEW ZEALAND COMBINATION THAT WOULD END UP PAINTING A PERFECT PICTURE.

ARTIST AND MONICA SPENCER DELIVERED A 23.7.

THE BEST TEST FROM A KIWI RIDER AT ANY LEVEL ON U.S.

SOIL AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM AFTER THEIR TEST.

IT'S SERIOUS STUFF OUT THERE THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND LOOKING TOWARDS TODAY'S COMPETITION WITH OUR 22 COMBINATIONS, WE WILL START OUT WITH CAROLINE PAMUKCU AND HSH TOLAN KING SECOND WITH BOYD MARTIN.

WE WILL SEE OUR RESULTS FROM NECESSITIED AND MONICA SPENCER FROM NEW ZEALAND STARTED OUT WITH 23.7 FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY CAROLINE PAMUKCU, HSH BLAKE, FELIX VOGG ON CARTANIA AND THEN BOYD MARTIN COMMANDO 3, NEW ZEALAND'S CHILLI'S MIDNIGHT STAR IN FIFTH PLACE.

AND GENERAL GENERAL ROUNDS OUT THE TOP 10 AND I AM HERE, JOINED BY IN SIX DECADES, AN IRISHMAN HASN'T WON IT AND YOU DID IT TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK.

>> EXCITED.

GOOSES BUTCHES.

IT'S AN EXCITING COURSE.

THE NEW COURSE DESIGNER PIERRE Le GOUPIL AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I DON'T THINK THESE RIDERS KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THEY GET OUT THERE.

>> I THINK THAT'S TOP SPORT.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN A 5 STAR?

>> A LITTLE BIT OF CRAZINESS AND I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAVE YOU TO HAVE AN AMAZING HORSE.

YOU'VE GOT TO, ESPECIALLY AROUND HERE, GOT TO HAVE BLOOD, GALLOP AND THEY'VE GOT TO LOVE THE JOB.

>> WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO CATCH UP WITH THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, FRANKIE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M DOWN HERE AT THE FINISH LINE WHERE THE EXCITEMENT AND NERVES ARE BREWING BEFORE WE GET UNDER WAY.

BEHIND ME IS THE RIDER TENT WHERE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF LOVED ONES LOOKING TO SEE THEIR FAVORITE RIDERS COME HOME CLOSE TO THAT TARGET TIME OF 11 MINUTES.

WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A FULL LOOK AT PIERRE Le GOUPIL'S TRACK.

HERE IT IS.

>> COME ALONG WITH US AS WE PREVIEW THE 5 STAR TRACK AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

THIS YEAR, THE COURSE HAS A NEW LOOK, A NEW DESIGNER AND SOME NEW FLAIR.

RIDERS LEAVE THE BOX AND HEAD OUT OVER THE CECIL COUNTY FLOWERS AND A COUPLE OF GALLOP FENCES BEFORE THEY ARRIVE AT THE FIRST COMBINATION ON COURSE.

THE BROWN ADVISORY TIMMER RAILS.

ONCE DONE THERE, THEY GALLUP INTO THE MAIN ARENA WHERE THEY ENCOUNTER THE CHESAPEAKE BEACH AND BABE RICH.

RIDERS HAVE TO BE VERY SURE OF THEIR PLAN ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE, THEY HEAD OUT A FEW MORE GALLOP FENCES AND A SERIOUS QUESTION AS THEY COME TO THE YANMAR ROAD.

A LOT OF DECISION MAKING TO DO AND THEY HAVE TO PICK THEIR PATH CAREFULLY OVER THE A, B, C AND D OBSTACLES.

THEY WILL GALLOP AWAY AND HEAD TO THE TAYLOR HARRIS INSURANCE FENCE FOLLOWED BY THE CASCADE KEY HOLE AND CANOE.

AT 16 A, B AND C, THEY WILL NAVIGATE PIERRE'S PUZZLE AND BEGIN TO MAKE THEIR CLIMB TOWARD THE BACK PORTION OF THE COURSE.

AT 20 THEY'LL GET THEIR FEET WET AT THE BROWN ADVISORY SAW MILL WATER BEFORE CONTINUING THAT CLIMB YET AGAIN UM THE HILL.

CROWDS WILL BE WAITING TO CHEER THEM ON AS THEY COME TO THE SUSTAINABILITY BAY.

23 A, B AND C AND WHAT HAS BECOME A VERY ICONIC PART OF THIS SIGNATURE TRACK.

HERE THEY HAVE SOME DECISION MAKING.

DO THEY GO LEFT OR RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT THE CROWDS WILL BE WAITING TO SEE UNTIL THEY NAVIGATE THE SIGNIFICANT CRAB FENCES WE'VE COME TO LOVE HERE IN MARYLAND.

ONCE DONE HERE, THEY BEGIN THEIR QUEST FOR HOME, HEADED TOWARDS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FENCES ON THE TRACK, THE BUILDING GROUP FOX PATRICK FLYER.

OVER THAT, WITH JUST ONE MAIN COMBINATION LEFT TO NAVIGATE AND THAT WILL COME AT 27 A, B AND C, THE FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL DROP.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE EVENT AND IT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING TO WATCH.

THE ROLLER COASTER IS ALWAYS A CROWD PLEASER AND THEN TO 29 A AND B BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR LOOK FOR HOME AND HOPE TO SEE THE MARYLAND SPORTS FINAL TURN CROSSING THE FINISH LINE AT WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BE 11 MINUTES FLAT.

AND IT IS ALL GETTING UNDER WAY HERE WITH PIERRE Le GOUPIL'S COURSE.

11 MINUTES FLAT WILL BE THE OPTIMUM TIME.

30 OBSTACLES, 46 JUMPING EFFORTS.

6270 METERS OUT THERE.

IN THIS BEAUTIFUL VENUE IN CECIL COUNTY, WE GET A SHOT OF ALL THE TAILGATING SPOTS UP BY THE YANMAR SUNKEN ROAD.

NOT TO ADD PENALTIES TO THE DRESSAGE SCORE, FIRST REFUSAL AND THIRD UNFORTUNATE ELIMINATION.

FALLING HORSE AND RIDER ELIMINATION.

MISSING FLAG, 15 POINT PENALTY AND EVERY SECOND ADDS .4 TO THEIR ORIGINAL SCORE.

AS WE HAVE CAROLINE GETTING READY, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE START LIST AND WHAT ORDER WE WILL SEE OUR RIDERS COMING OUT WITH CAROLINE PAMUKCU FIRST FOLLOWED BY USA BOYD MARTIN THAT HAS 100% CLEAR RATE ACROSS THE LAST 10 FEIs.

CANADA'S JESSICA PHOENIX WITH WABBIT, FE LIFESTYLE AND GENERAL GENERAL WILL BE FOURTH OUT TO SEA WITH SHANNON LILLEY, ALLISON SPRINGER AND ANOTHER CANADIAN OUT THERE, LINDS LIND LIND SEA COMING OFF TWO WINS AND ROUNDING OUT HERE AT THE TOP 20, WE WILL HAVE 17th OUT, JONELLE PRICE BUT RIGHT BEFORE HER, MONICA SPENCER FINISHING THE DAY WITH MIA FARLEY ON THE WELL LOVED PHELPS.

COMMANDO 3 AND CANDYMAN AND THIRD RIDE FOR CAROLINE PAMUKCU WILL FINISH OUR DAY.

THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE MAIN ARENA.

WE WILL SEE HORSES GALLOPING THROUGH AT TOP SPEEDS IN JUST MOAPTSZ.

>> AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT PATHFINDER IN CAROLINE.

SHE HAS THREE RIDES.

I THINK SHE IS GOING TO SLEEP WELL TONIGHT THIS IS A 10-YEAR-OLD, I THINK CAROLINE WILL USE HER FIRST RIDE AS A FACT FINDING MISSION AND WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT IT WILL SET HER UP FOR HER NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE RIDE WOULD BE HER PLAN.

>> EXCITING ALL THREE OF HER HORSES, FIRST TIME 5 STAR COMPETITORS.

CAROLINE NOT SO MUCH.

SHE HAS BEEN AT THAT LEVEL FOR QUITE SOMETIME.

WE HAVE A GREAT SHOT AT THE WATERFALL COMING AROUND THAT WILL STAY ON AND THEN WE SEE A FAMILIAR NAME THERE WITH BACK IN 2022 AUSTIN O'CONNOR AND THE FAMOUS COLORADO BLUE BRINGING HOME THE WIN IN 2022, TIM PRICE.

2021 AMERICAN BOYD MARTIN AND ON CUE AND LAST YEAR OLIVER TOWNIN TAKE THE CLASS WIN.

WILL IT BE A U.S.

WINNER THIS YEAR.

THERE IS A LOT TO PLAY FOR AS NUMBER ONE SET TO GO IS KICKING THINGS OFF HERE AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRONT PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.

WE HAVE CAROLINE PAMUKCU WITH HSH TOLAN KING KICKING US OFF.

>> SHE HAS JUST GOT OFF ON A NICE RHYTHM.

I THINK FENCE ONE AND TWO ARE ON LOVELY.

I THINK FENCE 3, ALREADY NEEDING THE WATER JUMP.

A DECENT JUMP INTO A POND AND THEN EVEN AT FENCE 3, THIS COULD MAKE YOUR BREAK YOUR ROUND.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HER THERE.

>> AND WERE YOU OUT ON THIS TRACK.

THE FOOTING IS JUST PHENOMENAL AS SHE GOAL OPENS UP TO FENCES 3.

>> THE GENERAL FEELING WITH THE CROWDS LONG STRETCHES OF GALLOP, NO FEELING LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD.

SHE MADE FRIENDS EASY.

>> HSH TOLAN KING COMES HERE OFF THE FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT STABLE VIEW IN AKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA, ADDING NO JUMPING PENALTIES TO HER ROUND BUT DID ADD 12.4 TIME PENALTIES.

SHE JUST GOT INTO A NICE RHYTHM.

SHE IS NOT NOT CHASING, AND NOW SHE IS GOT ONE MORE FENCE AND THEN THE MARYLAND RAILS AND THEN WE SEE HER IN THE ARENA.

>> WE'VE GOT THIS BIG BEAUTIFUL CEDAR TABLE.

I MEAN SO MUCH BRUSH.

THE COURSE BUILDERS HERE HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE BRUSH AGAIN, JUST MAKING A NICE SOFT OUTLINE FOR THE HORSES TO GET, THINKING OUT IN FRONT, JUMPING UP AND AROUND THE FENCES AS SHE COMES TO THE FIRST COMBINATION.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PIERRE AND TYSON, THE JOB THEY DID HERE IS UNPROBLEMMABLE.

THE PRESENTATION OF THEIR TEAM, THE FENCES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

HORSE FRIENDLY AND ALSO INTIMIDATING.

>> THERE WE HAVE A SHOT DOWN BOYD MARTIN GETTING READY TO GO.

WE'LL SEE THE HORSES OUT EVERY FIVE MINUTES.

SO WE WILL GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR 5 STAR RIDERS AS CAROLINE COMES IN TO NAVIGATE THE ARENA HERE, 7, A, B AND C WILL HAPPEN HERE IN A MOMENT.

A HUGE QUESTION AND HUGE DISCUSSION BACK IN THE BARNS, AUSTIN?

>> YEP, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT IS GOING TO RIDE.

I THINK PLENTY WILL TAKE A SLIGHT ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.

NICE FIVE.

AND SHE IS TAKING AN ALTERNATIVE C. WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE WAS HER PLAN BECAUSE SHE WAS PERFECT DISTANCE AND I THINK IT WOULD COME UP WELL FOR HER AND WOULD ENCOURAGE THE OTHER RIDERS AND GIVE THEM A BIT OF CONFIDENCE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE NOW YOU CAN KIND OF GALLOP AWAY, GET OUT OF THE ARENA AND REALLY GET TO BUSINESS ONCE YOU GET THAT BEHIND YOU.

>> AND NOW MOVE ON, MOVE IT UP A GEAR.

YOU HAVE LEFT THE ARENA AND A COUPLE OF NICE JUMPING GALLOPING FENCES.

BEFORE WE COME TO THE NEXT COMBINATION WHICH IS CERTAINLY INTERESTING.

>> FENCE 8 HERE.

SHE HAS A BIG JUMP AND CARVES AROUND TO 9.

THIS IS WHERE WE SAW OUR YOUNG HORSE COMPETITION, OUR 4 AND 5-YEAR-OLD COMPETITION THAT CONCLUDED YESTERDAY.

GOT THE YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE.

3 STAR HAPPENED THIS MORNING AND NOW WE HAVE THE PINNACLE OF SPORT WITH THE 5 STAR THIS AFTERNOON AS SHE GALLOPS DOWN TOWARD OUR YANMAR SUNKEN ROAD.

ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING QUESTION.

WHEN I WALKED THIS, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE FIRST JUMP WAS A TABLE OR CORNER TO START OUT.

PIERRE REALLY PUT HIS MARK ON THIS.

>> THAT DIRECTLY FORWARD STRIDES TO REAL BIG OPEN DITCH, TO STRIDES TO AN ARROWHEAD AND ANOTHER TWO STRIDES TO AN ARROWHEAD.

HERE IS THAT FIRST CORNER.

OH NO!

>> AT THAT TIME WAS NOT WHERE I THOUGHT THAT PROBLEM WAS GOING TO BE.

>> NO, CERTAINLY NOT.

SHE WAS THE-- THE FIRST THREE PARTS WERE AMAZING.

AND I DON'T THINK SHE DID ANYTHING WRONG.

A GOOD RHYTHM JUMPING WELL AND A BIT OF GREENNESS CAME IN AT THIS LEVEL AND DIDN'T LOCK ON TO THE FINAL ELEMENT.

>> HE LOT A, B, C, DONE, NOT A, B, C, D.

>> NOTHING MALICIOUS OR NAUGHTY.

JUST A MISTAKE.

>> THAT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE.

THIS HORSE IS JUMPING SO WELL.

I THINK CAROLINE IS GIVING HIM A REALLY THOUGHTFUL RIDE.

THIS IS HIS FIRST 5 STAR OUT HERE.

HE IS VERY GOOD IN THOSE JUMPING PHASES BUT NOW IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF A LITTLE BIT.

SHE'S GOT A LOT TO JUMP AS LUKE 140 BOYD MARTIN HEADS OUT, RANKED IN 7th PLACE AND THIS HORSE HAS A 100% CLEAR JUMPING RATE ACROSS HIS LAST 10 FEI COMPETITIONS, AUSTIN.

>> WOW.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

THERE IS NO BETTER MAN ON THE PLATE THAN BOYD.

SO THERE WE SEE.

CAROLINE HEAD THROUGH THE CASCADE KEY HOLE AND CANOE AND FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, THAT WAS AN EASER YES FROM IAN STARK LAST YEAR AS WE HAVE BOYD HEADING DOWN TO THIS FIRST WATER.

JUST A CHANCE TO GET THE FEET WED.

>> AND BOYD WILL WANT TO PULL DOWN THE FENCE BEHIND HIM TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.

BECAUSE HE HASN'T BEEN VERY LUCKY THERE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

HE WILL SUDDENLY GET INTO ANOTHER GEAR WHEN THAT IS DONE.

>> IT'S WILD.

HE CAME IN AND WON WITH ON CUE BACK FIVE YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN, HAS HAD ROUGH TRACK AS ROUND HERE BUT BRINGS TWO OF THE NICEST HORSES IN HIS STRING THAT HE HAS HAD FOR A LONG PARTNERSHIP.

WE SAW HIM WIN THE U.S.

OPEN FINAL AND SERIES LAST WEEK ON TWO PHENOMENAL HORSES HE HAS TAKEN OVER THE RIDE RECENTLY FROM LIZ HALLIDAY WHO PRODUCED THOSE HORSES SO BEAUTIFULLY TO TOP SPORT.

THESE TWO HORSES, AUSTIN, THEY'RE LIKE HAND IN GLOVE.

HE HAS HAD THEM IN THE PROGRAM, DEVELOPED THEM.

IF HE IS GOING TO TAKE ON AND HAVE A REAL CRACK AT IT, THESE ARE THE HORSES TO DO IT.

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.

I WENT TO VISIT BOYD AT HIS FARM THE OTHER DAY AND THE SETUP AND ROUTINE THERE IS UNBELIEVABLE.

AMAZING SCHOOL AND CENTER.

AND SO, YEAH, EVERYTHING, ALL THE HOME WORK IS CERTAINLY DONE.

>> WE SEE CAROLINE AS SHE HEADS DOWN TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

EVERYONE WILL BE WATCHING HERE.

I WOULD IMAGINE SHE WILL BE SETTING UP FOR THE LONG ROUTE, ALREADY HAVING HAD.

>> GOOD GIRL.

>> SHE IS GOING DIRECT.

>> THAT'S HOW EASY IT IS AND TRUST US, IT'S NOT AN EASY FENCE.

>> I THINK THAT WAS, I THINK WHERE PIERRE WAS SAYING TRUST ME.

AND I THINK THAT WAS WHERE EVERYBODY WAS SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS WALKING THE COURSE EARLIER SAYING HOW CAN THIS BE DONE AND CAROLINE MADE EASY WORK OF IT AND JUMPED IT, I THINK JUST THE WAY PIERRE WOULD HAVE HOPED AND EVERYONE WILL BE TAKING A DEEP BREATH, ESPECIALLY PIERRE RIGHT NOW AS WE WELCOME BOYD INTO THE RING HERE.

WE'LL SEE IF HE TAKES ON THE DIRECT ROUTE.

>> TAKING THE LONG ROUTE.

VERY GOOD.

THAT WAS GOOD THINKING.

SOME PLAN.

VERY QUICK.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S WILD, EVEN FROM THIS ANGLE OF THE TV SCREEN, WE CAN-- THE ANGLE FROM 1 TO 2 IS JUST VERY, VERY INTENSE.

IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE IT'S ON THE LINE.

>> QUITE FEIGNINGLY IT'S NOT ON THE LINE.

IT'S A LOT OF WIGGLING.

AND HE WAS AS FAST AS ANY.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF ANYONE ATTEMPTS THAT DIRECT ROUTE THERE WHEN YOU CAN SEE HOW SMOOTHLY IT CAN BE DONE.

BIG JUMP HERE OVER FENCE 8 AS HE CARVES AROUND TO THIS TIMBER GRAND STAND AND THANK YOU.

OUR BROADCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY LANDSCAPE THAT TAKE CARE OF THIS PROPERTY ALL YEAR LONG.

SO OUR HORSES CAN HAVE SUCH PHENOMENAL RUNS HERE AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL AS WE CATCH BACK UP WITH CAROLINE.

[ APPLAUSE ] EASY WORK AGAIN, NICE BOUNCE THERE.

BOTH ON THE CLIPS, CAREFUL JUMP BUT GETS THE HORSES BACK ON THEIR TOES.

>> GREAT WORK, WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE HOW GOOD A JOB CAROLINE IS DOING ON THIS MARE.

SO EXCITING FOR TWO AMERICANS TO BE OUT ON THE FIELD.

AS I SAID, AMAZING RIDE AND AGAIN, SO EXCITING FOR AMERICA TO HAVE TWO AMAZING RIDERS OUT FIRST TODAY.

>> WHAT A PARTNERSHIP THERE, TOO.

YOU CAN SEE BOYD ENDED UP BEING VERY MUCH BEHIND-- BEING VERY POSITIVE BUT MAKING SURE LUKE 140 SAW WHERE HE WAS GOING AND HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION, SEEING CAROLINE AT THE MARYLAND CRAB WATER REALLY WORKING HARD THERE.

>> MAKING A CIRCLE, TAKING THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE SHE DIDN'T GET A GOOD ENOUGH SHOT UP THE STEPS AND LOOKING AFTER HER MARE.

WATCH BOYD HERE.

HE IS A PROPER CROSS COUNTRY.

HE IS MAKING IT HAPPEN.

HE IS BEING EFFECTIVE.

HE IS INCREDIBLE.

>> AND NEXT OUT OF THE BOX WE HAVE JESSICA PHOENIX AND WABBIT.

ANOTHER ONE THAT WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE START LIST SHE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH THIS THOROUGHBRED HORSE.

WABBIT OWNED BY LONG TIME OWNER JIM PHILLIPS AND JESSICA PHOENIX.

>> WABBIT LOOKS KEEN.

>> HE IS BASICALLY ON A RACETRACK RIGHT NOW CATCH BACK UP WITH CAROLINE WHO IS HAVING SUCH A MATURE ROUND, AUSTIN.

>> INCREDIBLE.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SHE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WITH ANDREW NICHOLSON AND PEOPLE FOLLOW THEM IN THE U.K.

AND NOW THAT'S PAYING BIG DIVIDENDS.

>> AND THIS IS A TRICKY COMBINATION.

THERE ARE TWO CORNERS THAT ARE HIDDEN RIGHT BEHIND THESE TREES AND SHE LOOKS LEFT, DECIDES TO TAKE THE OPTION, REALIZES THAT HSH TOLAN KING IS HAVING TOO MUCH OF A CONVERSATION TO LOCK ON AS WE CATCH UP WITH BOYD HERE COMING DOWN.

HE WON'T KNOW THAT CAROLINE HAS SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED THE STRAIGHT ROUTE HERE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY JESSE TAKES A LONG TUMBLE DOWN THE HILL.

THE HORSE TAKES SUCH A BIG JUMP OVER THE DITCH AND JUST DOESN'T GET UP AND AROUND THE BRUSH.

>> THE DIFFERENCE HERE WITH BOYD AND CAROLINE, IT WAS VERY DELIBERATE ON THE THREE STRIDES FROM THE DITCH.

AND BOYD WAS IN BETWEEN AND HE GOT THERE IN TWO AND A HALF AND SADLY BUT HE HAS ANOTHER GO.

>> BOTH HORSE AND RIDER UP AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT WILL MAR THAT 10-RUN CLEAR RATE WE HAVE SEEN CAROLINE SOLVE BOYD'S-- PIERRE'S PUZZLE THAT BOYD DID NOT MAKE THAT.

THERE WE GO.

EASY AS THAT.

>> YOU KNOW, WHAT IS SO INTERESTING, THESE FIRST FEW RIDERS, THISY WON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW THE ONES GOING A LITTLE LATER WILL WATCH THE FIRST THREE, SEE WHAT IS WORKING.

DOES THAT HELP OR HURT?

>> CERTAINLY HELPED ME WHEN I WAS HERE.

I WAS FIRST TO GO SO I KNEW NO DIFFERENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WITH JESSE THERE, THERE WAS GREAT CROSS COUNTRY RIDING.

SHE CHANGED GEARS.

SHE CHANGED HER APPROACH FROM THE FIRST SIX FENCES.

SHE GOT THERE TO THE NICE FIVE AND MADE IT HAPPEN, WHICH, TO ME, IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

>> WABBIT 15 YEARS OLD.

NO STRANGER, LIKE WE SAID, TO THIS LEVEL.

IT HAS BEEN SUCH A FABULOUS PARTNER FOR JESSICA PHOENIX WHO GALLOPED AROUND THE 3 STAR EARLIER THIS MORNING AND SAW HER AT THE U.S.

OPEN HAVING A FABULOUS FINISH WITH FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT.

ANOTHER ONE THAT BREAKS THE MOLD A LITTLE BIT BUT JESSE DOESN'T SEEM TO NEED ANY MOLDING.

SHE CAN GET THESE HORSES TO GIVE HER THE RESULTS SHE IS LOOKING FOR.

>> JUST WATCH WABBIT AND HIS ENTHUSIASM.

HE JUST COMPLETELY LOVES THE SPORT.

SO JESSICA IS GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE HERE.

>> JESSICA PHOENIX TAKING THE LONGER ROUTE.

>> SO OBVIOUSLY SHE FEELS WABBIT IS MAYBE A LITTLE DITCHY, MAYBE SHE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LINE.

SHE KNOWS THE HORSE SO THEY WILL WELL.

SHE WOULD GO DIRECT IN THE MAIN ARENA AND WE HAVE HEARD BACK IN THAT CAROLINE HAS FINISHED ON TOLAN KING ADDING 20 JUMPING PENALTIES, 29.6 TIME PENALTIES.

SHE WILL HAVE A SCORE OF 85.5 AS WE WATCH ANOTHER RIDER THAT WE HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR HERE, JENNIE BRANNIGAN, OUT IN THE WARMUP WITH HER LONG-TIME PARTNER FE LIFESTYLE.

>> WE ARE KEEPING EVERYTHING CROSSED FOR JENNIE.

SHE HAS HAD A ROUGH YEAR.

WENT TO GO TO BADMINTON, A SMALL INJURY THE WEEK BEFORE.

DIDN'T GET TO COMPETE AND THERE IS NOBODY MORE HARD WORKING OR TALENTED IN THE SPORT.

>> COMPLETELY AGREE.

THIS HORSE, AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE EARLY ON IN THE START LIST AND FE LIFESTYLE OWNED BY NINA GARDENER, 15 YEARS OLD.

ED GUARDER INS ARE-- THE GARDNERS ARE GREAT SUPPORT ERST OF THE FE LIFESTYLE AND JENNIE.

A HORSE THAT HAS A 90% CLEAR RATE IN THEIR LAST 10 RUNS, LAST 10 FEI RUNS AND ALL FINGERS CROSSED FOR HER, COMING WITH THE SMALL INJURY FROM LAST WEEK.

ORIGINALLY SLATED TO HAVE TWO RIDES HERE IN THE 5 STAR BUT DECIDED TO JUST KEEP TO IT ONE WITH HER LONG-TIME PARTNER HERE AND SHE KNOWS SHE PUT IN THE TEST OF A LIFETIME TO GET HERSELF IN A VERY COMPETITIVE SPOT COMING OUT HERE AND THIS HORSE IS SO FAST AND SO BRAVE.

WABBIT COMING DOWN TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

>> WHOA WABBIT.

AND JUST-- SHE PUTS HER HAND UP.

YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BACK A YEAR OR TWO AGO, THIS HORSE HAD A REAL FRIGHT AT A DITCH DOWN AT TERRA NOVA AND I'M WONDERING IF AT THE SECOND ROAD SHE DECIDED TO GO LONG.

HE SAW THE DITCH AND SAID I'M NOT TODAY.

SHE PUTS HER HAND UP AS WE SEE JENNIE FLY OVER THAT BIG BRUSH.

SO CONFIRMATIONS THAT JESS HAS RETIRED.

>> SO WITH THESE RAILS YOU COULD GO A LITTLE LONGER AND GET A STRAIGHTER LINE TO BOAST AND EVERYBODY IS COMING THROUGH WITH A NICE ANGLE.

>> FULL SHOT AS SHE COMES IN RIGHT IN FRONT OF US HERE AT THE COMMENTARY BOOTH, BIG JUMP OVER THAT BRUSH.

SHE SETS UP-- THE ROUTE WE'VE SEEN IT THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.

>> BRILLIANT.

THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.

>> JUST DO IT LIKE THAT, GUYS.

>> THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.

>> IT JUST TAKES SOME PATIENCE, DOESN'T IT?

I MEAN THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH JUMPS YOU HAVE TO BE COMMITTED BUT YOU CAN'T BE IN A HURRY.

>> HAVE YOU TO HAVE PATIENCE BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE HERE AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST 5 STARS IN THE WORLD.

YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF 5 STAR RIDERS AND THEY'RE ALL TOP CLASS AND THEY ALL KNOW THEIR JOB.

>> BIG, BEAUTIFUL JUMP THERE.

A LITTLE DROP AWAY ON THE BACK SIDE.

>> PERFECT DAY FOR VENTING.

THE GROUND IS PERFECT, THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL.

THE CROWDS ARE ENORMOUS AND THERE IS SOME BUZZ OUT THERE.

>> AYEAH AND IT'S GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, THIS EVENT.

I WAS WATCHING THE 3 STAR EARLIER AND WE WERE THREE ROWS DEEP IN SPECTATORS.

FIFTH YEAR RUNNING AND REALLY MAKING A NAME FOR ITSELF.

AND WITH WEATHER LIKE THIS, I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE TO BE SO THANKFUL BECAUSE THE AUTUMN HERE CAN BE A LITTLE UP IN THE AIR BUT WE GOT A DELUGE OF RAIN ON MONDAY WHICH JUST MADE THIS FOOTING HERE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY RIDERS WALKING THEIR COURSES WITHOUT THEIR SHOES ON.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> SHE'S RIDING SO SMOOTH AND SO CONFIDENT.

YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS THIS HORSE SO, SO VERY WELL.

LIKE YOU SAID, SHE'S HAD SOME BAD LUCK HERE.

I JUST NEEDS TO BE ABOUT HER AND HER HORSE TACKLING WHAT IS IN FRONT OF HER.

>> BUT THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE SPORT.

YOU HAVE UPS AND DOWNS AND I GUESS IT'S CALLED RESILIENCE.

>> BALANCE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.

>> JENNIE HAD THAT FABULOUS RESULT AT BURLEY BACK IN 2024.

SHE WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE TOP 20 WITH A GOOD JUMPING ROUND AND RIGHT ON TIME AND WE THROW IT DOWN TO FRANKIE AT THE START.

ACTUALLY, WE THROW IT DOWN TO SHANNON LILLEY AT THE START.

IT WILL BE EXCITING TO SEE FRANKIE RUN OUT OF THAT START BOX BUT WE ARE GOING TO NOW WATCH EINDHOVEN GARETTE, THIS POWERFUL LARGE PONY GET UNDER WAY.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

HOW MANY YOU GOING TO-- HOW MANY ARE GOING TO MAKE THE TIME, IF ANY?

>> I HAVE GOT, I THINK, BROWN IS GOOD, I'M GOING WITH TWO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY WILL MAKE IT.

>> YOU GOT TO COMMIT.

NOBODY?

>> OKAY, ONE.

>> WE WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BETTING, ALTHOUGH WE WORK FOR THE EVENT.

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BET BUT THERE IS A LOT OF BETTING GOING ON HERE ON OUR TOP COMPETITORS, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION OF MARYLAND EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND PARTNERSHIP WITH SPORTS BOOK FOR THE MARYLAND MARKET AS AT THE JUMP WE SEE JENNIE BRANNIGAN.

[ CHEERING ] >> BRILLIANT STUFF.

>> AMAZING.

I MEAN AND HERE WE ARE HOLDING OUR BREATH.

YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD WAS SO EXCITED.

THEY WERE CHEERING BEFORE SHE GOT DOWN THE HILL.

SHE WAS SO CLEVER BECAUSE YOU SAW HER GET A BIT EXCITED FOR THE DEELEMENT.

SHE WAITED AND HELD THE LINE AND FE LIFESTYLE SOLVED THE REST OF THE PUZZLE AND THAT'S WHAT A PARTNERSHIP IS ABOUT.

PIERRE'S PUZZLE IS GETTING SOLVED.

>> A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, TWO COMBINATIONS HAVE JUMPED REALLY, REALLY WELL.

THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULDN'T BE THAT LONG TO TAKE.

AND SO YEAH, I'M SURE HE IS A HAPPIER MAN.

>> WELL, HE TOLD ME A STORY OF HOW HE WAS A KID RIDING ON THE BEACHES IN FRANCE AND WOULD GALLOP ON UP THESE HUGE DUNES AND THERE WOULD BE SEA GRASS UP AT THE TOP AND THE HORSES HAD A SIXTH SENSE ABOUT IT AND FELT IN HIS MIND, THAT IS WHAT HE ENVISIONED THE HORSES DOING.

IN MY MIND I THOUGHT, YOU ARE MAD.

BUT IN HIS MIND, HE WAS NOT.

>> HE A MORSE HAHN.

>> THROUGH AND THROUGH, WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY.

ALBEIT WATCHING FROM HOME, BUT THE HORSES HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, THE KIDS HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

A BIG SHOUTOUT FOR THE PIERRE'S FAMILY AT HOME WATCHING.

WE ARE THANKFUL YOU SHARED HIM WITH US THIS WEEK.

GREAT SHOT HERE OF THE CLIP MY HORSE AERIAL VIEW DRONE SHOT.

JENNIE IS MAKING THIS BIG CLIMB UP THE HILL.

WAIT TO SEE SHANNON LILLEY IS OUT ON COURSE SEEING CLEAR ACROSS THE FENCES, SO FAR FOR SHANNON LILLEY ON OUR SCORE BOARD.

AS SHE MAKES HER WAY UP TO THE SECOND WATER COMBINATION YOU KNOW, I THINK A MUCH NICER QUESTION.

LAST YEAR THERE WERE TWO CORNERS THAT CAUSED SO MUCH HEARTBREAK FOR THE HORSES OUT HERE AND I THINK IAN STARK A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THERE WAS A MIDNIGHT BONFIRE OF THE CORNERS.

>> THIS WATER IS RIDING WELL TO BALANCE COMING OUT OF THE WATER, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION.

NICE PROFILE AND THE HORSES ARE JUMPING IT WELL.

BUT WE DON'T WAIL APPRECIATE ON THE GENES HERE IS THE CLIMB, THE CLIMB ALL THE TIME FOR THREE AND A HALF MINUTES.

SO RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET UP TO THE WATER, THEY HAVE TO GET A BREATHER AT SOME POINT.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET A BREATHER INTO THIS GOING DOWNHILL THIS HORSE.

AND JUST START WITH THE LABOR A LITTLE BIT AND SHE WILL FILL UP HIS LUNGS AND THEN RUN BACK DOWNHILL AND HOPEFULLY GET HIS SECOND WIND.

>> THIS HORSE HAS THE BIGGEST STEP UP AT THE TOP.

SHE-- A FEW SECONDS BEHIND BUT YOU CAN SEE THE STRIDE OPENING BACK UP.

JENNIE TAKING A DEEP BREATH HERSELF REALIZING THAT HOME IS CLOSE BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME BIG QUESTIONS TO JUMP.

SUPER SHOT.

>> AND NOW SHE HAS GOT TO RIDE WHAT IS UNDERNEATH HER AND FORGET ABOUT HER WATCH.

SHE'S GOT TO GET THE REST OF THE JUMPS JUMPED AND IT WILL BE A GOOD DAY FOR HER HOPEFULLY.

>> SHE WILL HEAD UP THE HILL TO THIS BIG AT 26, AND FAIR HILL INTERNATIONAL DROP AT 27.

>> PATIENCE, TIME, NICE LINES, NICE CORNERS.

>> AND SHE MAKES EASY WORK OF THAT AS SHE CAN SMELL HOME, AUSTIN.

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE AT THIS PART OF THE TRACK?

>> YOU KNOW, WITH JENNIE'S EXPERIENCE, IT'S GREAT.

BUT SHE KNOWS THESE LAST THREE FENCES THEY'VE GOT TO BE JUMPED, THEY'VE GOT TO BE RESPECTED.

>> SHE'S 12 SECONDS DOWN, BUT SHE IS TURNING THOSE EXTRA BURNERS ON.

I THINK A CLEAR JUMPING ROUND TODAY IS GOING TO MEAN A LOT, 17 SECONDS TO GET HOME THREE JUMPS LEFT TO JUMP.

SHE IS NOT GOING TO QUITE MAKE THE TIME.

TWO MORE JUMPS LEFT TO JUMP.

BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR TEAM BRANNIGAN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> SINEAD IS GETTING EMOTIONAL HERE.

>> I AM GETTING EMOTIONAL.

>> FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, THAT WAS CLASS RIDING AND NOBODY DESERVES IT MORE THAN JENNIE AT THE MOMENT.

SHE CAN POINT AT HERSELF AS WELL WHAT A PARTNERSHIP.

>> ADDING JUST NINE SECONDS TO THE CLOCK, SHE GETS UP TO THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD ADDING JUST 3.6 TIME PENALTIES, 36.4 AS WE CATCH BACK UP WITH ALLISON SPRINGER AND VANDYKE, NOT THE BEST DAY FOR HER IN THE SAND BOX YESTERDAY.

SHE WILL LOOK TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT HERE ON PIERRE Le GOUPIL'S 5 STAR COURSE, FIRST 5 STAR FOR VANDYKE.

AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF SHANNON LILLEY, BUT STILL LOOKING CLEAR ON THE JUMPING ACROSS MY BOARD.

>> YOU DID ACTUALLY SEE HER OFF THE ARENA OFF SITE AND SHE TOOK THE VERY LONG WAY.

>> ALLISON COMES TO THE MAIN ARENA ON VANDYKE.

SEE WHICH WAY SHE DECIDES, STRAIGHT ROUTE OR SOME VERSION OF THE ALTERNATIVE AND JUST MOMENTS AGO SHANNON LILLEY COMING DOWN TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

SHE DESTIEDZ GO LONG, THE FIRST ONE WHO HAS DECIDED TO TAKE THIS OPTION.

GETS A LITTLE STRAIGHTER SHOT HERE WHOA.

>> THAT WAS SENSITIVE.

SHE TOOK THE LONG ROUTE BUT IT'S NOT TERRIBLY LONG AND IT'S SAFE.

>> HEADING DOWN TO NUMBER 8 ON VANDYKE, HAVING NAVIGATED THE TIMBER RAILS, THE BRUSH BOX AND THE CHESAPEAKE BEAST AND BAY BRIDGE IS THIS HORSE HAS BEEN JUMPING SO BIG, AUSTIN.

YOU CAN SEE WHY SHE THOUGHT MAYBE COMING OFF THE TOP OF THAT PUZZLE MIGHT HAVE OVERJUMPED A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S GOT SO MUCH SCOPE AND SO MUCH DRIVE.

OH AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE, JUST CAUGHT OFF ON THAT BOUNCE.

>> JUST LACKED A LITTLE AND PAID THE PRICE.

>> YOU KNOW, HE HAS PUT SO MUCH EFFORT INTO ACTUALLY GETTING UP OVER, YOU WATCH A HORSE JUMP LIKE THAT AND IT'S EXCITING BUT IT IS AN EXTRA EFFORT EVERY TIME THEY HAVE TO TRY SO HARD.

>> THEY'RE USING UP SO MUCH MORE ENERGY.

>> WOW.

VERY POSITIVE RIDE THERE FOR ALLISON KNOWING THAT VANDYKE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK THERE, FELT LIKE SHE NEEDED TO GIVE HIM THE POSITIVE RIDE IN AND HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION REALLY WELL.

>> SHE'S CERTAINLY LOOKING DETERMINED.

>> SHE REALLY IS.

VANDYKE ALWAYS HAS THAT SERIOUS LOOK TO HIM AND SHE HAD A LONG STRETCH THERE WHERE AT THE LEVEL SHE WAS PUTTING A 20 IN BUT THE LAST THREE RUNS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AS WE WATCH CANADA'S LINDSEY AND BASEY ROUGE.

THE TIMER HAS GONE.

SHE HAS GOT TO GET DREAMY BACK TO THE BOX.

STILL SEE IN THE CORNER SCREEN THERE, NOT REALLY WANTING TO GET IN THE BOX.

>> IT'S NOT EVEN NOT WANTING TO GO.

IT'S ADRENALINE, THEY'RE PUMPED UP.

AND JUST NOT QUITE COPING WITH THIS.

>> HOW DISAPPOINTING AND FRUSTRATING.

>> SO FRUSTRATING.

>> LINDSAY, LONG TIME IN THE U.K.

SHE TRAINED AND WORKED FOR LUCY FOR YEARS.

MEETING HER HUSBAND AND THEN I THINK THEY MOVED TO CANADA SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO.

IT ITSELF TAKING ALL OF SHANNON'S WORK HERE TO GET THIS DONE, AS WE HEAD DOWN TO FRANKIE WHO IS WITH OUR CURRENT LEADER.

>> JENNY ABSOLUTELY A MASTER CLASS ROUND HERE.

YOU ADD A FEW TIME FAULTS TO YOUR SCORE BUT THIS HORSE, THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND GETTING IT DONE HERE TODAY.

>> YEAH, I'M SO PROUD OF HIM.

I MEAN I THINK WE BOTH HAD, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE FALL HAPPENING AT BADMINTON AND THE TRAILER AND ME NOT BEING QUITE RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS MORNING, I KEPT SAYING TO MYSELF, LIKE DOES GOD HAVE A PLAN FOR ME HERE?

IS HE TELLING KNEE STOP?

BUT I KNEW LIKE IT'S-- I THINK HE IS LEADING ME HAVING IT GO WELL AND GIVING ME CHALLENGES.

HE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I'M GRATEFUL.

HE TOOK CARE OF ME OUT THERE, SORRY TO BE SO EMOTIONAL.

IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HORSE FALLING IN THE STAR BOX AND HITTING MY HEAD AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL.

>> WELL, A LOT OF DETERMINATION.

YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO COME THROUGH THE FINISH BOX WITH NO JUMPING PENALTIES AND THE RUMOR IN THE BARNS WAS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TRICKY TRACK, A TRUE 5 STAR, A LOT TO TACKLE AND YOUR OVERALL IMPRESSIONS OF PIERRE'S COURSE.

>> I THINK IT RODE BEAUTIFULLY BUT FOXY IS A REAL 5 STAR HORSE.

I DOUBTLY EVER HAVE AS GOOD OF A HORSE IN MY CAREER.

HE MAKES IT ALL DOABLE.

>> A LOT OF GOOD TEARS.

>> AS WELL AS OF COURSE YOUR AMAZING OWNERS AND IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> WELL, WE JUST GOD WORD UNFORTUNATELY ALLISON RETIRED, SO WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU WHEN WE SEE IT AS WE WATCH SHANNON FINISH ADD HER HORSE HAS DEFINITELY CAUGHT HER SECOND WIND.

SHE WILL BE THRILLED WITH THIS 5 STAR HORSE.

COMING THROUGH THIS FINISH FLAGS GREAT DAY FOR HER.

THERE WE HAVE A SHOT OF ALLISON, UNFORTUNATELY, HEADING HOME ON HER PARTNER VANDYKE.

AS WE CATCH LINDSAY IN THE MAIN ARENA.

>> WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR DOWN IN TIME SHE IS.

SHE IS OUT IN THE MAIN ARENA.

>> YOU KNOW, SHE IS COMWILL OFF TWO STRONG 4 STAR WINS.

SHE REPRESENTED CANADA AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES, JUST MISSED OUT ON PARIS.

YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH WAS CONTEMPLATING WHETHER TO GO TO THE OPEN OR COME TO THE 5 STAR BUT REALLY WANTED TO GET HER 5 STAR COMPLETION HERE.

A LOT OF THESE HORSES CAN END UP REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRY AND NOT ACTUALLY HAVE GONE TO A 5 STAR.

THAT'S WHAT WE WILL SEE LATER ON WITH HSH BLAKE, WHO HAS REPRESENTED IN PARIS BUT THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST 5 STAR.

>> ANOTHER GREAT SHOT OF CECIL COUNTY AND THAT ICONIC FAIR HILL WATER TOWER.

OVER 100,000 HORSES IN THIS GREAT STATE.

AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE 75 DIFFERENT HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT NATIONS CALLING IT HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.

ANOTHER SHOT OF LINDSAY AS SHE HEADS TOWARD THE SUNKEN ROAD HERE.

>> SHE IS TAKING A SLIGHTLY LONGER, USING THE SECOND ROUTE OPPOSED TO THE DITCH.

>> EVERYONE'S EXPECTATION OF WHERE THEIR GOAL IS WHEN THEY SET OUT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

AS WE HAVE ARDEN WILDASIN AND SUNDAY TIMES, ONE OF OUR FASTEST RIDER AND COMBINATIONS.

THIS HORSE 18 YEARS YOUNG.

BACK TO LINDSAY LINDSAY TRAISNEL SCREAMS FROM THE FANS AS LINDSAY GALLOPS PAST THE WARMUP ARDEN WILDASIN WASTING NO TIME STARTING TO DIG INTO THIS TRACK.

>> A BIT OF WORK TO DO AFTER THE DRESSAGE BUT AS WE ARE SEEING ALREADY, IT'S NOT A DRESSAGE COMPETITION.

>> WELL, AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY BEEN A WINNER HERE THAT HAS LED FROM THE DRESSAGE.

YOU CLIMBED UP FROM 12TH, DIDN'T YOU?

>> YES, I WAS WAY DOWN.

>> IT WOULD BE LIKE HAILING AN UBER.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE CABS ANYMORE.

SECOND ONE MUCH BETTER.

THE TIMBER RAILS, TECHNOLOGY AS WE HAVE LINDSAY HEADING OUT TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

THE SIZE OF THE RAILS GOING IN ARE MAXIMUM.

IT IS A BIG, BIG FENCE.

>> EASY WORK THERE AND I WOULD SAY THAT WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN.

I THINK THEY'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST 5 STAR FINISH AND THEY KNOW THAT IF PUTTING IN A CLEAR JUMPING ROUND IS GOING TO MEAN A LOT.

>> AND EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT TARGETS.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST 5 STAR.

AND CERTAIN PERKS WITH THAT.

>> ALL OUR TAILGATERS BACK THERE ENJOYING AN AFTERNOON COCKTAIL.

CHAR CUTERY BOARD.

OUR HORSES AND RIDERS ARE HARD AT WORK.

YOU KNOW, ON THIS BIG CLIMB UP THE HILL, THIS FENCE, WHEN YOU WALK UP TO IT, IT'S JUST A NICE SOFT JUMP TO GET YOU UP IN THE AIR.

>> YEAH, THEY SAY YOU ARE JUST CLIMBING AND CLIMBING AND CLIMBING, JUST A LITTLE... >> AND IF YOU ARE WATCHING FROM A SCREEN AND YOU REALLY WANT TO GET OUT ON THE TRACK, RUN OVER AND CHECK OUT ONE OF THE TAYLOR HARRIS INSURANCE RADIOS.

YOU CAN HAVE THE BROADCAST IN YOUR EAR WHILE TRAVELING AROUND WATCHING THESE GREAT ATHLETES TACKLE THE TRACK IN REAL TIME.

>> BACK UP WITH ARDEN.

ANOTHER TO TAKE THE OPTION FOR THE LONG ROUTE.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY'RE QUESTIONING LINDSAY FOR 17 FOR A FLAG.

THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD NOW, IF YOU TOUCH A FLAG, IT'S REVIEWED.

THEY PUT THE FLAG ON THERE AND THEN GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO.

AS SHE MAKES HER WAY AROUND THIS BIG WATER COMPLEX, AGAIN SHE IS TAKING THE LONGER ROUTE.

>> I THINK SHE IS THE FIRST ONE WE'VE SEEN GO TO THE LEFT.

>> A LONG, LONG WAY TO THE STAGE.

>> BUT MUCH SAFER.

>> SAFER.

>> AND NEW STARTER WILL FAUDREE AND MAMA'S MAGIC WAY, TRUE, TRUE CROSS COUNTRY HORSE, BUT TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN OUT HERE HAS BEEN A TRUE CROSS COUNTRY.

BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO WATCH WILL AND MASON SET OUT ON TRACK.

THIS HORSE A 14-YEAR-OLD HANNOVERAN OWNED BY MIGHTY MAGIC OUT OF STRAIGHTAWAY BY STAR REGENT.

>> GOT A LITTLE TIP FORWARD AT MY FENCE TREE BUT SURVIVED AND ON THEY GO.

>> YOU SAID IT.

YOU SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN TO SOMEONE.

>> AND YEAH, MIGHTY MAGIC, INTERESTING STALLION.

HE ACTUALLY WON THE WORLD JUMP HORSE BREEDING CHAMPIONSHIPS AS A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD, FROM MEMORY.

>> THAT IS A GOOD MENTALLY.

UNFORTUNATELY JUST DOESN'T GET THAT DONE.

>> SADLY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER, DIDN'T HAVE THE ENERGY AND I THINK FOR THIS FENCE YOU NEED IT ALL.

>> VERY QUICKLY AROUND TO THE LONG ROUTE.

TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH LINDSAY AT THE END OF THE TRACK WHO, AS WELL, LOOKS LIKE SHE IS GOING LONG.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, IDEALLY, IT'S OBVIOUSLY TO MAKE THE JOB EASIER AND SAFER AND COME HOME WITHOUT THE JUMPING PENALTIES BUT YOU ARE OUT THERE FOR A LOT LONGER.

>> AND LONG WAYS ARE ENERGY ZAPPING.

THE ONLY THING IS THE FENCES THEMSELVES ARE, YOU KNOW, A FRACTION-- AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR BUT THEY ARE CIRCLING AND TWISTING, YOU ARE ZAPPING THE ENERGY OUT OF THE RIDER AND THE HORSE.

GOT A BIT OF CATCHING UP TO DO.

LOOKS ON IT.

THERE WE GO.

>> I MEAN I WOULD SAY THAT'S RIDING BETTER THAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.

>> I THINK IT'S RIDING AS IT WALKED REALLY.

THERE IS A DIRECT LINE.

YOU HAVE TO CREATE A ZIG ZAG AND YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN, REALLY.

IT'S QUITE A UNIQUE QUESTION.

WE HAVEN'T COME ACROSS A QUESTION LIKE THIS BEFORE.

>> AND THERE WE HAVE LINDSAY FINISHING, ADDING A LOT TO THE CLOCK, BUT THAT IS ALSO SHE DID NOT GET OUT OF THE BOX FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

CLEAR ON THE JUMPING.

WE WILL HAVE A-- THERE IS A FLAG.

A QUESTION AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS WE SEE THE-- SHE DOES HAVE A REFUSAL DOWN TO THE SCORE BOARD AT FENCE 25.

SO AS WE KNOW MORE, WE'LL GET THAT BACK TO YOU.

SHE IS HOME.

SHE IS SAFE.

AS WE CATCH BACK UP WITH ARDEN.

>> I THINK A COMPLETION TODAY IS GOING TO BE A BIG RESULT.

>> NO ONE HOME INSIDE THE TIME.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN SITS ATOP THE LEADERBOARD ON A 36.4 ADDING JUST 3.6 TIME PENALTIES AND FOLLOWED BY CAROLINE PAMUKCU AS WILL COMES DOWN TO THE YANMAR SUNKEN ROAD.

HE IS GOING STRAIGHT.

>> CONKEN ROAD.

-- SUNKEN ROAD.

SUCH A GREAT EXPRESSION ON THIS HORSE'S FACE.

THIS IS NOT THE EXPRESSION HE HAD IN THE DRESSAGE RING.

>> HE IS NOW IN HIS HAPPY PLACE.

AND DARE I SAY IT.

I THINK HE IS ALMOST HALF A GEAR UP ON JENNIE.

>> YOU KNOW, THESE TWO HORSES, FE LIFESTYLE AND MASON HERE, MAMA'S MAGIC WAY, HAVE HUGE STEPS.

THEY'RE SO STRAIGHT.

THEY'RE SO ADJUSTABLE ON THE CROSS COUNTRY.

THEY'VE GOT KIND OF A SIXTH GEAR >> I GUESS WHAT WOULD YOU CALL TRUE 5 STAR HORSES.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT YOU WANT TO BE RIDING SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL COULD GO A LITTLE ABOVE SO WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THIS 5 STAR TRACK, YOU WANT TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE RIDING SOMING THAT COULD JUMP A 6 STAR IF THERE WAS ONE.

>> YEAH AND WE HAVE A NEW STARTER.

ALEXANDER BRAGG AND QUINDIVA.

>> BASED IN THE U.K., HAS MADE THE STRIP VERY, VERY GOOD CROSS COUNTRY COMBINATION.

THIRD IN BADMINTON IN '24.

DEFINITELY CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME AT BURLEY LAST YEAR.

>> AND HAILING THE USH AGAIN.

>> IT'S WORKING.

>> HAILING THE UBERER AGAIN.

>> IT'S WORKING.

>> AND SHE IS MAKING HER WAY HOME AND ALREADY GIVING HIM HUGE PATS.

YOU KNOW, NOT THAT SLOW.

THEY'RE HAVING SOME TROUBLE GOING THE LONG ROUTE EARLIER, HE IS STILL FULL OF RUNNING AND SHE IS SMILING.

AS WE CATCH BACK UP AND GO TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

[ CHEERING ] >> WILL IS ON A MISSION.

>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK WILL AND JENNIE REALLY FELT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AND WHEN A DOOR LIKE THAT SHOWS UP, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOUR HORSE IS READY FOR THIS, YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.

ARDEN FINISHES ON A 72.8 STOPPING THE CLOCK JUST 2 IS SECONDS OVER.

>> IMPRESSIVE.

>> WITH A 20.

>> AND HAVING TO WORK QUITE HARD AT TIMES.

CLIMBING UP THE HILL, SPECTATORS LINING THE ROPES.

ALEXANDER BRAGG COMING INTO THE MAIN ARENA.

>> ALEX WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTED ON THURSDAY.

HE HAS IT BEHIND HIM NOW AND THAT WAS BRAVE RIDING.

>> BEAUTIFUL MARE.

A LITTLE FIST BUMP THERE.

>> ALWAYS A SHOWMAN, ALEX.

>> BOUGHT TO GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT, AUSTIN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HE HAS TO BE CONFIDENT.

HE HAS JUMPED INSIDE THE TIME AT BADMINTON AND BURLEY SO THAT HAS TO GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE COMING IN HERE.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, AFTER THE BOUNCE, HE HAS TO GET SOME AIR BACK IN THE WHRUNGS AGAIN.

THEY DO.

YOU GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, THEY FILL UP AND OFF THEY GO.

>> THIGHS DRONE FOOTAGE FROM CLIP MY HORSE AERIAL FEW.

UP THE HILL.

GOING TO BE WAITING FOR YOU WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER.

>> THAT'S A BIG WHITE TABLE.

>> GOING DIRECT.

>> AS GOOD AS WE'VE SEEN IT.

>> VERY, VERY GOOD.

>> YOU KNOW, ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THEY LAND A BIT STILTED AND FLAT ON THE WAY IN BUT USE THE ALMOST HELPFUL.

>> IT DOES HELP YOU, LANDING FLAT FOOTED HELPS YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE TURN.

>> HE WAS SURPRISED HOW NICELY THAT TURN SHOWED UP.

GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

>> MOMENTS AGO HERE IS ALEX BRAGG.

EASY.

>> VERY GOOD.

WILL IS MAKING HIS WAY TOWARDS THE BACK SIDE OF THE COURSE, CHECKING HIS WATCH.

1:24 TO GET HOME.

STILL ONE BIG QUESTION IN FRONT OF HIM OH NO!

OH NO.

HEART BREAK THERE AT THE END.

>> HEART BREAK IS RIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE ROUND AND , YOU KNOW, I THINK WILL IS GOING TO BE CROSS AT HIMSELF.

THAT'S A BIG-- HAVE YOU TO TAKE HIM BACK.

HE JUST TOOK IT BACK TOO FAR.

SIMPLE AS THAT.

NEITHER OF THEM DESERVED THIS.

>> OH WHAT A SHAME.

>> BUT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE PINS WORKED PERFECTLY.

YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING YES, IT'S A BIG FENCE BUT PROBABLY ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE DROP IN THE CORNERS AND JUST TOO DEEP TO MAKE THAT BIG SPREAD.

>> JUST DIDN'T GET TO MOVE UP THE LAST RIDE.

IT'S EASY TO SIT HERE SINEAD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY, FROM A HORSE FALL.

>> WHICH IS AMAZING FOR OUR SPORT.

IT CAN BE GOING SO WELL AND CHANGE IN JUST A MOMENT.

>> IT'S DEVASTATING.

TODAY WAS HIS BIG DAY.

HE WAS HERE TO BE A REAL COMPETITOR AND LOOKING VERY, VERY COMPET TIFF AND THEN-- COMPETITIVE AND THEN THE SPLIT SECOND, IT'S ALL OVER THAT IS 5 STAR.

AS YOU SEE, THE CREW WORKING HARD TO GET THAT BACK TOGETHER.

THIS ISN'T THEIR FIRST RODEO.

THEY WILL GET THIS UNDER WRAPS AND THEY WILL BE ON THE RADIO AS WE HAVE A MOMENT TO GO BACK TO ALEX BRAGG COMING DOWN TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

BRILLIANT STUFF.

LET'S HOPE THEY GET THE FENCE REBUILT AND DON'T HAVE TO STOP THEM AND BREAK HIS MOMENTUM BECAUSE HE IS ABSOLUTELY FINE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, AS WE SEE CAROLINE GETTING READY FOR HER SECOND RIDE.

SECOND OF THREE OUT HERE TODAY.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING AND BUILDING.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT IT UP EXCELLENT TEAMWORK.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND CAROLINE, SHE IS THE ONE.

ANOTHER ONE WITH 100% SHE HAS NOT CONTESTED A 5 STAR CROSS COUNTRY.

SHE STARTED THE DRESSAGE AT KENTUCKY IN THE SPRING AS WE ARE BACK TO ALEX BRAGG.

HUGE SHOUTOUT TO THE ROWE FAMILY WHO OWN THE HORSE.

A BIG EFFORT TO GET OVER HERE TO CONTEST HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

IT DOES TAKE SO MUCH BIG THANK YOU TO OUR TITLE SPONSOR, MARS SPONSORSHIP.

DIVISION WITHIN MARS INCORPORATED, A LINK BETWEEN THE ICONIC BRANDS AND THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY AS WE WATCH ALEX.

LONE MAN ON COURSE RIGHT NOW.

>> LONE MAN BUT LOOKING FRESH.

A LOT OF GALLOP AND ALEX IS FIT.

UP THE HILL, THE BEST OF ALL SO FAR.

>> SO SMOOTH THOUGH.

HE IS RIDING HER SO SMOOTH AND PRESENTING EVERYTHING IN A WAY THAT IS JUST NOT TAKING MUCH OF A CONVERSATION AND SHE IS JUST FULL OF RUNNING.

>> NO, THEY'VE GOT AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP.

THE RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

SHE IS STILL PULLING.

CHARGING UP THE HILL.

GOING TO BE LOOK PRETTY GOOD ON THE CLOCK.

HERE IS THE LAST REAL CHALLENGING QUESTION.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

>> I DON'T THINK HE BELIEVES IT.

>> SHE'S ON THE BRIDLE.

SHE'S FRESH.

>> I THINK ALEX IS IN SHOCK.

JUST DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

>> NO.

I THINK EVERYONE IS IN SHOCK.

THIS MARE HAS JUMPED WAY MORE AT BURLEY.

>> WAY MORE DON'TING THAN-- DAUNTING THAN THIS.

>> YOU CAN TELL HE FELT THAT THIS WAS JUST... >> HE MUST THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.

OR THE MARE, TO OUR EYES SHE LOOKS GREAT.

HE KNOWS HER.

I THINK... HOW DISAPPOINTING.

DISAPPOINTING FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT TO MAKE THE EFFORT, YOU CROSS THE ATLANTIC.

>> UNBELIEVABLE.

I MEAN YOU DIDN'T EVEN SEE THERE WAS ONE STRESSFUL MOMENT FOR THEM OUT ON THE COURSE.

EVERYTHING WAS SMOOTH AND EASY.

RIGHT NOW JUST.

WHILE WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON, WE'VE GOT OUR LEADER AT THE HEAD OF THE CLUBHOUSE JENNIE BRANNIGAN AND FE.

LIFESTYLE 36.4 BUT WE WILL HEAD TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK.

COME BACK AND SEE ALL THAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

ON SO FAR ADDING 3.6 TIME PENALTIES TO PUT THEM TO THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD.

THE ONLY CLEAR JUMPING ROUND SO FAR.

BEHIND HER SITS ARDEN WILDASIN IN THIRD PLACE.

CAROLINE PAMUKCU ON HER FIRST RIDE AND FOURTH SHANNON LILLEY.

AN EMOTIONAL ROUND FOR JENNIE AS SHE IS IN TEARS, FINISHING WITH EXCITEMENT.

IT HAS BEEN A HARD SHAKE OF A YEAR FOR HER BUT NO BETTER WAY THAN FINISHING HERE IN CECIL COUNTY WITH THAT FABULOUS ROUND.

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE OUT HERE THAT ARE PUTTING THIS SHOW ON.

WE HAVE GOT CAROLINE ABOUT TO START ON HER SECOND RIDE.

SHE IS THE ONE, ANOTHER FIRST TIMER AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.

SHE IS THE ONE STARTED THE DRESSAGE AT KENTUCKY IN THE SPRING BUT DID NOT CARRY ON TO THE CROSS COUNTRY SO SHE WILL BE LOOKING FOR HER FIRST 5 STAR COMPLETION AND THIS IS ONE OF ONLY SEVEN 5 STARS IN THE WORLD.

WE HAVE ONE 5 STAR IN FRANCE, ONE IN AWE VEILIA, ONE IN GERMANY, ONE IN AUSTRALIA, TWO IN GREAT BRITAIN AND TWO IN NORTH AMERICA.

AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY THE WORLDS AND THE OLYMPICS BUT THERE CAROLINE PAMUKCU SHE IS THE ONE-- CAROLINE MARTIN IS HOPING SHE IS THE ONE.

SHE PUT IN A WONDERFUL DRESSAGE TEST TO BE HEADING OUT STARTING ON A 31.4, LEADING SCORE RIGHT NOW, 36.4.

SO IF SHE CAN COME HOME CLEAR ON THE JUMPING, SHE CAN AFFORD A FEW TIME PENALTIES HERE, AUSTIN.

>> BUT SHE SHOULDING GOING OUT WITH A OF-- SHE SHOULD BE GOING OUT WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

SHE HAD AN INCREDIBLE RIDE WITH A GREEN HORSE AT THIS LEVEL.

YOU CAN SEE ALREADY MUCH SHE'S GOT INTO A STRONGER RHYTHM.

THIS ONE IS HERE, TOO.

COMPETITORS.

>> ONE OF OUR FASTEST HORSES ACROSS THE FIELD, JUST A 10-YEAR-OLD MARE BY JAGUAR MAIL OUT OF ONE TO WATCH BY CONDIOS.

SHE JUMPED RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT WATER.

>> INTERESTINGLY.

>> HE DID PRETTY WELL HERE A FEW YEARS AGO SO WE WILL HOPE THAT HERITAGE CONTINUES THE LINE OF SUCCESS.

>> YOU CAN ALREADY SEE CAROLINE, SHE IS UP TO GEAR, DEFINITELY ON A MISSION.

>> HOW HELPFUL IS IT TO HAVE MULTIPLE HORSES AT A 5 STAR?

IN ONE SENSE YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT ALL YOUR FOCUS ONE BUT HAVING THREE ACROSS THE BOARD?

>> AS LONG AS YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE IS A GOOD EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTAND IT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE YOU GET TO KNOW THE LAY OF THE LAND.

YOU KNOW YOUR FENCES.

NO DOUBT.

IT CAN WORK IN REVERSE IF YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE ISN'T GOOD.

>> LIKE WE SAW WITH BOYD EARLIER.

>> IT CAN GO DOWNHILL THE REST OF THE DAY.

>> YOU KNOW, THIS SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE SPEED BUMP, JUST SOMETHING TO CHECK THE RIDABILITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HORSE.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF CROSS COUNTRY NOW, THESE SORT OF THINGS ARE PUT IN LITERALLY TO SLOW YOU DOWN.

TAKE AWAY A LITTLE BIT OF GALLOP AND SEE IF YOU CAN USE THE VARIOUS GEARS.

>> CAROLINE UP TO THE MAIN ARENA.

JUST WILD SHE HAS THREE HORSES HERE AND JUST IN JAB WELCOMED A BABY GIRL, BABY BLAKE NAMED AFTER HER OLYMPIC PARTNER HSH BLAKE WHO WE WILL SEE LATER.

A BIG SHOT TO THAT, AUSTIN.

>> GREAT IS TO.

-- GREAT TOSS.

AGAIN TAKING A SIMILAR ROUTE WE SAW EARLIER WITH HER FIRST RIDE.

VERY MUCH PLANNED.

YOU CAN TELL AS SHE JUMPED THE SECOND FENCE, SHE WAS NOT PLANNING ON GOING STRAIGHT.

>> IT'S SOME TESTAMENT FOR CAROLINE TO HAVE THREE HORSES HERE THIS WEEK AT THIS LEVEL.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EASY.

I KNOW SHE HAS A GREAT BUSINESS PARTNER IN KELLY HUTCHISON WHO HELPS TO SOURCE THE HORSES IN IRELAND BUT IT'S A BIG, BIG TEAM EFFORTS TO HAVE ONE HORSE HERE IS A BIG TEAM EFFORT, BUT TO HAVE THREE IS CRAZY STUFF.

>> AND SHE WAS DOWN AT THE U.S.

OPEN LAST WEEK WITH DOUBLE 16 IN THE FINAL.

SO BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR CAROLINE AND HER CREW.

AND JUST IN, UPDATED THAT BOYD HAS BEEN CLEARED BY MEDICAL.

HE IS PERFECTLY FINE FROM THE FALL EARLIER TODAY SO WE WILL SEE HIM LATER ON HIS SECOND RIDE.

CAROLINE CURRENTLY OUR ONLY HORSE AND RIDER ON COURSE.

OUR RIDERS COMING OUT EVERY FIVE MINUTES.

WE GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME FOLLOWING THEM AROUND THIS TRACK.

THIS HORSE WAS BRED BY JODIE AMOS.

>> BASED IN THE U.K.

>> SHE DECIDES TO GO STRAIGHT HERE.

THIS IS WHERE SHE-- NOPE.

SHE IS GOING TO TAKE THE LONG ROUTE.

SHE CAME TO A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH HER FIRST RIDE HERE EARLIER, HAVING AN EARLY 20, SO SHE HAS DECIDED HERE A JUMPING CLEAR IS GOING TO MEAN A LOT ON A DAY LIKE TODAY.

>> AND NOSE DECISIONS ARE ALL ABOUT KNOWING YOUR HORSE AND KNOWING YOUR PARTICULAR HORSE AND THE STAGE OF LIFE THEY'RE AT.

>> AND IT'S NOT THAT LONG.

>> NO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY BREAK YOUR RHYTHM AS MUCH SOME LONG ROUTES DO.

>> YEAH, IT FEELS LIKE ACTUALLY ON THE LONG ROUTES, THAT PIERRE HAS PUT IN THERE, EVEN IF HAVE YOU TO DO SOME TWISTING AND TURNING, IT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG ROUTE AND KEEPS SHOOTING YOU BACK ON THE TRACK YOU WERE ORIGINALLY MEANT TO BE ON ANYWAY; WHICH SEEMS SMOOTH.

>> GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE TIME, YOU CAN POSSIBLY TAKE ONE LONG ROUTE OPPOSED TO TWO DOESN'T WORK.

>> I MIGHT CHANGE MY TWO INSIDE THE TIME WAGER.

>> MINUS TWO INSIDE THE TIME.

>> ALEX WASN'T FAR OFF.

>> WE HAVE A NEW STARTER SOPHIA HILL AND HUMBLE GLORY.

VERY FAST HORSE ON THIS COURSE.

BIG TRIP FOR HER COMING ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA.

THIS HORSE AND RIDER DID CONTEST THE BURLEY HORSE TRIALS AND HEADED HOME AND NOW BACK OVER HERE AND SHE IS FLYING.

>> SHE'S FLYING.

SHE HAS A ROUGH TIME IN THE DRESSAGE, AS WELL DIDN'T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN BUT AMAZING CROSS COUNTRY RECORD.

SHE DID A VERY GOOD SPIN AROUND ADELAIDE EARLIER ON THIS YEAR AND ALL GOING WELL, THE PLAN IS FOR THE HORSE TO STAY IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND TRAVEL ON TO DO HOPEFULLY BADMINTON NEXT YEAR.

>> YOU MEAN HUGE GALLOP.

NOW WE CATCH UP WITH CAROLINE UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.

SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL AT SOLVING PIERRE'S PUZZLE, THE FIRST TO DO SO ON THE COMPLEX THAT KEPT A LOT OF RIDERS UP LAST NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE IF SHE DECIDES TO GO DIRECT ON SHE OWES THE ONE.

-- DIRECTED ON SHE'S THE ONE.

[ APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE ONE DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH THE RAILS ON THE WAY IN.

SHE IS SO CAREFUL.

>> IT'S BEEN GREAT.

I MEAN THOSE RAILS ARE BIG.

IT'S AMAZING HOW WELL HORSES HAVE JUMPED THEM, TO BE FAIR.

>> GREAT SHOT THERE.

CLIP MY HORSE AERIAL VIEW.

YOU CAN SEE BEAUTIFUL CECIL COUNTY.

5600 ACRES HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND.

SUCH A LOVELY PART OF THE COUNTRY.

SHE'S THE ONE LOOKING FULL OF RUNNING AS SHE IS TEARING UP THE HILL.

>> I THINK YOU CALLID, AUSTIN, HER CONFIDENCE, YOU CAN SEE, HAS REALLY COME ON SINCE HER FIRST ROUND.

>> COMING AROUND TO THE WATER.

RECOVERED.

>> SOPHIA HERE AT THE YANMAR.

>> VERY GOOD.

I THINK CAROLINE WILL WANT TO BE SITTING BACK AT THE NEXT WATER.

>> GET A STRAIGHT SHOT OF HER FACE THERE.

SHE MIGHT HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A KNOCK ON THE HEAD, BUT AWAY SOPHIA HILL GOES AS SHE IS BLASTING UP THE HILL AND CAROLINE LOOKS PERFECTLY WELCOMING UP TO THIS WATER COMPLEX.

BUT HOPEFULLY NOT SUCH A BIG DROP.

MAKING THE DECISION THERE TO TAKE THE LONG ROUTE.

THIS MARE JUMPED RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST WATER COMPLEX SO SHE IS MAKING A DECISION TO.

>> CAROLINE, SHE IS ABOUT 30 SECONDS DOWN IN THE CLOCK BUT CONSIDERING SHE HAS TAKEN THREE LONG ROUTES SO FAR, AND SHE IS NOT DOING SO BAD, IS SHE?

>> NO.

AND AGAIN WE HAVE ONLY HAD ONE HORSE HOME WITH NO JUMPING PENALTIES.

>> I THINK ON THE BACK OF SLIGHTLY OVERJUMPED IS PROBABLY WHY SHE MADE THAT DECISION AT THE MAIN WATER, JUMPING TO THE LEFT BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WENT ONE STEP TOO FAR.

THAT'S JUST USING YOUR HEAD.

THAT CERTAINLY WAS NOT HER PLAN GOING OUT BUT HAVE YOU TO HAVE A PLAN B, C, D.

>> SHE IS UP.

SHE IS FINE.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WONDER IF SHE WAS FEELING THAT.

THAT'S A VERY BOLD AND BRAVE MARE, JUST FEELING LIKE MAYBE WASN'T QUITE ON THE SAME SIDE AS HER.

SHE STOOK THAT OPTION UP AT THE TOP.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE FAIR, SHE LOOKED BACK.

SHE WAS NEVER ON THE LINE FROM WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD CAMERA ANGLE.

SHE JUST NEVER PICKED UP HER LINE.

BUT LOOK THEY'RE BOTH UP.

>> WHY-- MAYBE WE WILL SEE IN ANOTHER SHOT WHERE THAT CAME UNDONE BUT I DON'T THINK ANY PENALTIES AS SHE QUICKLY PICKS UP THE LONG ROUTE.

>> THAT COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN PLANNED.

AS A, YOU KNOW,... >> AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAD OUT TO A BREAK.

THERE IS OUR LEADERBOARD THERE.

PLEASE DON'T GO AWAY.

COME BACK AND JOIN US AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY GROUP.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN SITS ATOP OF THE LEADERBOARD, OUR ONLY HORSE HOME, AUSTIN, O'CONNOR WITH NO JUMP PENALTIES.

>> YEAH, WELL IN RACING TERMS, JENNIE IS A COUNTRY MILE AHEAD OF THE REST, ISN'T SHE?

AND DESERVED.

>> WELL DESERVED.

AND WE'VE SEEN SOME FANTASTIC ROUNDS, BUT IT'S JUST TAKEN ONE THING TO HAVE IT ALL COME UNDONE DONE AS WE SAW AWE SECOND AGO AT THIS COMPLEX FOR CAROLINE PAMUKCU WHO HIT THE DECK ON HER SECOND OF THREE RIDES.

BUT WE WILL SEE HER AGAIN OUT ON HER SECOND PLACE FINISH HEADING INTO THIS PHASE, HSH BLAKE.

>> YEAH, NO, EXTRAORDINARY.

>> THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PLACES WE SAW THE DAY END ABRUPTLY EARLIER FOR ALEX BRAGG HERE.

>> SHE HAS GOT 1:20 TO MAKE IT HOME AND I THINK THAT CLOCK IS PRETTY GOOD.

TIME IS 11 MINUTES FLAT AND THE 10-MINUTE MARK WAS BACK AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT DROP THERE SO I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE PRETTY GOOD AS WE HAVE A NEW STARTER IN TAYLA MASON.

NEW ZEALAND RIDER BASED IN THE U.K.

CENTENNIAL.

>> TAYE LA AND VERY GOOD BADMINTON OVER THE TIME.

SHE GOT IN LAST MINUTE.

CAME IN OFF THE WAITLIST IF MEMORY SERVES ME DIRECTLY.

SHE DID A GREAT SPIN THERE AND A GREAT EFFORT OVER HERE.

>> SOPHIA COMING HOME WITH ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE A CUP OF TEA THERE, AUSTIN.

SHE IS CLEARLY, CLEARLY INSIDE THE TIME.

>> AMAZING STUFF.

CAN'T BEAT A THOROUGHBRED.

>> CAN'T BEAT A THOROUGHBRED.

SIT UP, GIRL.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME, IF YOU ARE CURIOUS WHERE BROOK IS, SHE HAD A PARTING OF COMPANY IN THE WARM UP AND JUST NEED AID MOMENT TO GET HERSELF BACK TO TOGETHER BUT WILL BE STARTING OFF AFTER TAYLA.

ALL BEING OKAY.

WE HAVE THE LEADERBOARD AND STILL SITTING ON TOP AND ANOTHER CLEAR.

FIRST DOUBLE CLEAR FOR SOPHIA HILL AND HUMBLE GLORY AND THAT IS WHY SHE MADE THE BIG TRIP TO COME OVER HERE.

TAYLA RIDING WITH TIM AND JONELLE PRICE.

BASED WITH REBECCA HOWARD ACTUALLY.

>> THIS LOOFLY MARE IS A HOME BREAD, BRED IN NEW ZEALAND FROM DAY ONE.

A LITTLE BIT OF A CANS THERE BUT GOT AWAY WITH IT.

>> YOU KNOW, AND SHE WAS INTERVIEWED AFTER HER DRESSAGE YESTERDAY AND THEY ENDED UP CROWD FUNDING TO GET HER TO COME OVER AND IT CAME TOGETHER LAST MINUTE BECAUSE SHE HAD AN INJURY HERSELF THAT KEPT HER FROM GOING TO BURLEY.

SO SHE WENT TO PLAN B. AND GOT THE SUPPORT, WHICH IS GREAT.

INTERESTING, IT HAS NOT CAUSED A PROBLEM.

>> I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN THIS MAIN ARENA AND WE CALL KIND OF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOFTER THIS YEAR AND CAME IN AND WALKED IT AND THOUGHT, THIS IS A LOT TO DO BUT THE HORSES HAVE REALLY BEEN READING IT.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, PIERRE, A REAL HORSEMAN AND WE USE TERMS LIKE THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING AT HOME.

WE THINK MORE OF A PERSON INSTEAD OF SEEING THINGS LIKE A PERSON, THEY SEE THINGS HOW A HORSE WOULD AND I THINK THAT'S HOW PIERRE, SO MANY OF OUR GREAT COURSE DESIGNERS MAKE THESE COURSES HAPPEN.

SO BACKSTAGE THERE IS OUR LEADER BEFORE HEADING OUT ON CROSS COUNTRY, MONICA SPENCER ON A 23.7, SEVEN MINUTES AWAY ARTIST GETTING ALL GREASED UP.

THAT'S JUST TO HELP WITH THE BRUSH OUT THERE ON COURSE.

EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.

MONICA, ONE OF THE COUPINGEST CATS ON THE SCENE LOOKS QUITE LAID BACK ALTHOUGH LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING.

I'M SURE SHE IS READY TO GET OUT AND TACKLE THE TRACK AS CATCH BACK UP WITH TAYLA AT THE YANMAR QUESTION.

>> SHE IS GOING DIRECT.

>> I THINK SHE TOOK THE FLAG AT THE CORNER AND I WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE GRAND JURY TO DECIDE TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST BUT SHE DEFINITELY TOOK THE FLAG.

>> WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THE SCORE HERE, LOOK AT IT AGAIN THIS WILL HAVE CAMERAS.

YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERAS SET UP RIGHT THERE, MOST LIKELY THE FLAG PENALTY WILL COME ON TO THE SCORE BOARD, I THINK IT'S 50-50 FROM MY OPINION BUT THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.

>> SHE HAD TO BE AGGRESSIVE.

SHE FELT SOMETHING WE COULDN'T SEE BUT SHE.

>> SHE USED ALL OF HER AIDS, A GOOD GROWL IN THERE AND MADE IT HAPPEN AS YOU SEE MARY BESS AND IMPERIO MAGIC STEAK OFF OUT OF THE START BOX FOR THEIR SECOND 5 STAR LONG.

SAW THEM AT THEIR FIRST CRACK AT THE LEVEL AT KENTUCKY THIS SPRING WHERE A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION TO THE BIG DROP ADDED 20 TO THEIR SCORE BUT HERE SHE IS FLYING AND SHE KNOWS A CLEAR ROUND WILL COUNT OWE A DAY LIKE TODAY.

>> NICE COMPETITIVE SCORE.

34.

SHE IS CERTAINLY AT THE RACES.

>> AND THIS HORSE IS SUCH A FABULOUS TEMPERAMENT.

THEY ARE AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP.

SOURCED BY MIKE AND EMMA WINTER IN THE U.K.

BOUGHT SIGHT UNSEEN.

I THINK SHE SAW A VIDEO.

>> OVER JUMPED.

>> THIS HORSE THAN AN INCREDIBLE JUMPER AND SHE HAS TAKEN HIM ALL THROUGH THE LEVELS.

REPRESENTED THE U.S.

AT NATIONS CUP.

BETTER TO BE OVER JUMPING THAN UNDER JUMPING.

TAYLA AT PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

SHE HAS HAD TO WORK DWIGHT HARD, AWES SIN-- QUITE HARD, AUSTIN.

>> COME ON!

[ CHEERING ] >> SHE IS A GUTSY LADY BECAUSE THIS ISN'T TRAVELING LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES.

YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE WATER, IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD WATER.

THIS LEVEL, BUT SHE IS, YOU KNOW, JUST NEEDS THREE OR FOUR REAL GOOD CONFIDENT JUMPS AND HOPEFULLY GET GOING AGAIN.

>> AND SHE WILL HAVE A BIT OF THAT AS WE CATCH BACK UP WITH MARY BESS.

>> THIS IS THE OTHER THING.

HORSES ARE A BIT LIKE PEOPLE.

YOU ARE NOT ON PERFECT FORM EVERY DAY AND NOT IN TOP FORM AND.

>> SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.

>> I'M CERTAINLY NOT.

>> MARY BESS INTO THE MAIN ARENA ON THIS 11-YEAR-OLD BY CASSANDER C OUT OF KHADIJA.

GOING TO GO THE LONGER WAY.

>> VERY GOOD DECISION.

SHE TAKES BOYD'S QUICK ROUTE AND HE IS LITERALLY JUMPING OUT OF THE TAP.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS COMBINATION BEFORE BUT IT'S JUST ALMOST SLIGHTLY OVER JUMPING.

AND MAYBE IT JUST KEEPS GOING THAT WAY BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOWER A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER.

>> HOPEFULLY GIVEN THE HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATIONS AFTER THEY GET OUT OF THE ARENA, NICE TWO BIG FENCES THAT SHE HOPEFULLY GETS A GOOD SHOT TO TO LET IMPERIO MAGIC KNOW IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SUCH AN EFFORT.

BACK TO TAYLA.

AND AGAIN, BACK TO MARY BESS AND WE GET A SHOT DOWN THERE OF THE BEAUTIFUL ARTIST AND MONICA SPENCER SITTING AT FIRST PLACE ON 23-POINT.

SHE IS GETTING READY TO GET OUT OF THE BOX.

JENNIE BRANNIGAN LEADING RIGHT NOW ON A 36.4.

WE ARE A MINUTE AWAY FROM HER START AS WE CATCH UP WITH MARY BESS DOWN AT YANMAR.

SHE IS GOING DIRECT.

>> QUITE A BRUSH THERE.

>> BETTER NOW.

>> SHE TRUSTS THIS HORSE SO MUCH AND THAT WAS HER SAYING WHAT THIS HORSE, JUST LET HIM HUNT THE JUMPS.

SHE GOT TO THE END OF THE REIN, TRUSTED HIM TO FIND THE FLAGS... >> AND GO SHOW JUMPING.

VERY GOOD DRESSAGE STORE FOR THEM.

THAT HAS BEEN THE PHASE THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

A 34 A VERY GOOD MARK TO HEAD OUT ON TODAY'S TRACK AND THEY'RE FLYING IN THE EARLY STAGES.

AND HERE WE HAVE IT, IN FIRST PLACE HEADED OUT OF THE BOX THIS IS MONICA SPENCER AND ARTIST.

THEY HAVE A 4.5 LEAD HEADING INTO THE CROSS COUNTRY AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIRST PHASE MARGINS ACROSS 1125 STAR EVENTS SINCE 2008.

>> AND GOING BY THE FORM BOOK WITH THIS COMBINATION, WE SHOULD BE IN FOR A TREAT, I WOULD HOPE.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S FASCINATING WATCHING THE DRESSAGE YESTERDAY, AUSTIN BECAUSE HE JUST LOOKS SO MUCH EVEN STRONGER THAN HE HAS IN TIMES PAST.

HE IS 14 YEARS OWED.

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL MOVER.

THE DRESSAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NICE PHASE FOR HIM BUT HE LOOKED LIKE HE HAD ANOTHER LEVEL OF FITNESS AND STRENGTH TO HIM.

>> YOU FIND THAT WITH A LOT OF EVENT HORSES THOUGH.

THE MORE THEY GO ON, THE STRONGER, ESPECIALLY WHAT I CALL THE BLOOD HORSES, AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY THOUGH TO KEEP THEM AND THEY KEEP MATURING AND GETTING STRONGER.

HE WAS STUNNING.

>> SHE WILL KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF JUMPS.

TALK ABOUT A WING SPAN.

>> SHE WILL HAVE FEEDBACK AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS INTENDED TO DO.

>> YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR LAST THREE 5 STARS, THEY HAVE ADDED .7 TIME PENALTIES, 8.4 TIME AT BURLEY AND 12.4 TIME AT KENTUCKY >> AND IT LOOKS LIKE TAYLA HAS FINISHED ADDING 13 SECONDS OF TIME, BUT SHE DOES HAVE 60 JUMP PENALTIES ON THE BOARD THERE THAT WILL HAVE HER ON A 95- .6 BUT SOME OF THOSE PENALTIES UNDER INVESTIGATION SO WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU AS WE KNOW MORE.

WE HAVE MONICA.

FIRST BIG QUESTION.

PERFECT.

SHE IS FLYING.

SHE IS DEFINITELY A LADY ON A MISSION.

>> WELL, TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE PUT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, SHE KNOWS THAT THIS, OF ANY HORSE IN THE FIELD, IS CAPABLE OF JUMPING A CLEAR FIELD AND FAST CLEAR.

THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

SHE HAS BROUGHT THE HORSE THROUGH THE GRADE SINCE HE WAS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD AND HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH HIM.

>> HAVING A REALLY FUN RIDE IT WOULD SEEM.

>> AND WE SEE HERE THAT MARY BESS HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY, UNFORTUNATELY WITH IMPERIO MAGIC.

HAND UP IN THE AIR.

WE SEE ON THE BOARD THERE WAS A 20 BUT WE WILL GET MORE TO YOU WHEN WE HEAR IT BUT BOTH HORSE AND RIDER SAFE AND SOUND, SAVING IT FOR ANOTHER DAY AS WE HAVE MONICA AT YANMAR.

>> GOOD STUFF.

>> YOU KNOW, A FEW OF THESE HORSES, THIS HORSE, GENERAL DISWREN'S HORSE, ACTUALLY ALEXANDER BRAGG'S HORSE AND WILL FAUDREE'S HORSE MADE SUCH EASY WORK OF THAT QUESTION.

THERE WAS NEVER A QUESTION ABOUT IT.

>> NEVER A QUESTION.

BUT I THINK THE FOUR HORSES YOU HAVE MENTIONED YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE THEY'VE GOT PLENTY MILES ON THE CLOCK.

IT'S NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO AS YOU SAID EARLIER AND THAT'S A BIG HELP.

THERE YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CONFIDENCE IN THE JUMPING COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS TWO HORSES.

JUST SOMETHING HE DOES EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

SHE LOOKS BEHIND.

SHE MUST HAVE HEARD HIM JUST RATTLE THAT A LITTLE BIT BUT IT ALL LOOKS SAFE AND GOOD.

AND HERE WE HAVE BROOKE BURCHIANTI STARTING SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER.

SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH A FALL IN THE WARMUP BUT SHE TAKES OFF ON HER SECOND 5 STAR HERE WITH COOLEY SPACE GREY.

FLYING PAST, A BEAUTIFUL SHOT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE CROWDS LINING UP OUT, WATCHING A BEAUTIFUL DAY OF SPORT.

DOWN THERE YOU'VE GOT PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

MONICA HEADS DOWN.

TWO OR THREE COMBINATIONS IS JUST MAKING YOU REACTIVE RIGHT.

CROSS COUNTRY REACTIVE RIDING.

>> AND SHE KNOWS SHE HAS GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THERE SO SHE REALLY SETS UP, MAKES SURE SHE GETS THE EFFORTS DONE.

PIERRE HAD SAID I SPOKE TO HIM ON WEDNESDAY ABOUT THE TRACK AND HE SAID THAT BRUSH IS REALLY SOFT.

THE HORSES WILL PUSH THROUGH IT.

YOU SEE THE HESITATION WHEN THE HORSES ARE READING IT AND WRAP AROUND IT.

>> MONICA IS FIVE SECONDS UP ON THE CLOCK NOW.

SHE IS RIGHT THERE.

>> MAYBE I'LL TAKE IT BACK AND PUTTED MY TWO CLEARS BACK ON THE TABLE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FAST HORSE, TOO, AUSTIN.

AS YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR HORSE, IT'S HARD TO RIDE A FAST HORSE SLOW.

>> IT IS AND THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL AND IT'S JUST NATURALLY, IT JUST MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER.

HE'S COME UP ALONG THIS LONG HILL HERE AND HE IS JUST IN A CANTER.

IT'S A GOOD FEELING.

I'VE WATCHED MONICA FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

SHE MUST WORK VERY HARD AT THE GAME BECAUSE SHE HAS MATURED AND MATURED AS A RIDER AND DEVELOPED AND THIS IS THE END RESULT.

>> YOU KNOW, SHE IS REALLY IS THE COOLEST GIRL AND SHE HAS MADE FAST FRIENDS HERE AND BASED WITH SEVERAL OF THE TOP RIDERS.

ONE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, TO RIDE WITH THE BEST.

AND THAT'S WHAT SHE HAS DONE AND SHE IS TURNING INTO ONE OF THE BEST.

YOU CAN SEE THE WATER BEFORE HER BEING REALLY CAREFUL, MAKING SURE THOSE BOUNCES ARE ON PINS AND HERE SHE SETS UP.

FOR THIS... THAT WAS ALWAYS A BIT OF A DANGER THERE, THREE STRIKES, FOUR STRIKES.

SHE GOT THERE IN THREE AND A HALF.

THAT HAPPENS AND SHE GOT AWAY WITH IT.

>> AND THERE IS THAT NEXT GEAR.

>> THAT'S SOME FEELING, ISN'T IT?

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUTES LEFT AND A FEW JUMPING EFFORTS BETWEEN YOU AND BEING ON THE TOP OF THE PODIUM AT THE END OF CROSS COUNTRY DAY HERE.

SHE IS TURNING ON TO THE LINE HERE, WHICH CAUSED CAROLINE SOME GRIEF.

>> YEAH.

>> STILL FULL OF RUNNING.

ONE LAST BIG COMBINATION.

WE SAW WILL FAUDREE HAVE A FULL HERE UNFORTUNATELY.

WE SAW ALEX BRAGG UNFORTUNATELY COME TO THE END OF HIS DAY HERE.

WILL SHE GO STRAIGHT?

AND I THINK WE MIGHT BE SEEING ANOTHER CLEAR INSIDE THE TIME, AUSTIN?

>> YEAH, AND DESERVEDLY SO BY THE LOOKS OF IT.

>> SHE IS FLYING HOME.

THREE MORE EFFORTS LEFT TO JUMP.

AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE COULD GO AGAIN.

>> STILL GOT TO JUMP THESE LAST ONES.

STILL GOT TO BE JUMPED.

>> DECIDE HERE WHICH TABLE YOU ARE GOING TO JUMP AND THEN THIS SMALL PINNED NARROW EASY WORK.

SHE IS GOING TO BE WELL WITHIN THE TIME.

>> WELL WITHIN.

GREAT STUFF.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS-- YOU ARE LOOKING AT A TRUE 5 STAR HORSE HERE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS LEVEL IS ALL ABOUT.

>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?

EXCITEMENT, RELIEF?

WHAT IS THE FEELING?

>> JUST UNBELIEVABLE BUZZ, ISN'T IT?

AND IT'S, OF COURSE IT'S RELIEF.

THE PRESSURE AT THIS LEVEL IS HUGE, BUT IT'S JUST THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD.

I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COURSE DESIGNER AND EVERYTHING, THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF PROBLEMS BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT REPEATING, A TRUE 5 STAR HORSE, LOOK HOW EASY THEY MADE IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK A LOT OF TRUST AND RESPECT TO THE COURSE DESIGNER, PIERRE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SPREAD ABOUT THE COURSE BUT THE TRUE 5 STAR HORSES HAVE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AND FINISHED UP BUMP BEAUTIFULLY.

SO AMAZING.

>> HE IS LOOKING LIKE HE IS READY TO GO AGAIN.

>> HERE WE HAVE THE LEADERBOARD MONICA SPENCER SITS ATOP 23.7, FOLLOWED BY JENNIE BRANNIGAN, 36.4.

SOPHIA HILL, 61.2 AND ARDEN WILDASIN FOR THE USA, SITS IF FOURTH PLACE AT 72.8.

SIX HORSES LEFT TO GO OUT HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR AS WE CATCH UP WITH BROOKE BURCHIANTI AS SHE MAKES HER WAY DOWN TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE.

WE ARE SEEING A 20 ON THE BOARD FOR HER ALREADY.

>> A GOOD DECISION, JUST WAS A BIT HESITANT.

SO BETTER PLAY IT SAFE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT AND YOU KNOW, AUSTIN, WE SAW THE SAME THING IN THE MAIN ARENA.

>> HAS BEEN LIKE THAT IN THE MAIN ARENA AND A BIT IN THIS COMPLEX.

AND I WOULD SAY IT'S GAME OVER FOR TODAY.

>> YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY NOT HER DAY WITH THE DISMOUNT IN THE WARMUP.

>> THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WARMUP BUT THAT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HELP EITHER HORSE OR RIDER.

AND YOU NEED EVERYTHING TO BE 100% GOING OUT TO JUMP A TRACK LIKE THIS.

>> AND SEE, OUR THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, FRANKIE CHASING MONICA DOWN.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET AN INTERVIEW WITH HER SOON.

>> AND THERE THE TWO GROOMS THERE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TEAM AND WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS.

>> AND FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH MONICA, OUR NEW LEADER DOWN AT THE FINISH.

>> MONICA, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE OUT THERE.

AND THIS IS NOT AN EASY TRACK.

WE KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE.

A DOUBLE CLEAN ROUND AND MAX DELIVERS TODAY.

>> HE WAS AMAZING.

I KNOW LAST TIME IT CAUGHT ME OUT HOW LONG THE END TOOK.

I MADE SURE I WAS UP ON MY MINUTES.

TURNS OUT WE STAYED UP.

HE IS A MACHINE.

>> THE COURSE RIDING TRICKY THROUGHOUT THE CROSS COUNTRY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART?

>> I THINK A LOT OF DISTANCES BUT THEN THE RIDABILITY ONES, TOO, SO JUST HAVING A POLITE BOY LIKE MAX... >> YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CUSHION.

HE LOOKS GREAT COMING INTO THE BOX HERE AND YOUR HUSBAND HELPING YOU.

YOUR SON GUS WAITING FOR YOU AT THE FINISH.

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE IN THE LEAD.

>> FEELS GREAT.

WAS NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP THE RAIL AND HAND FOR THE LIFE OF ME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WILL YOU DEFINITELY HAVE THAT.

WE KNOW THAT MUCH TO BE TRUE.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> SO FANTASTIC TO HEAR FROM HER AND ALREADY THINKING TOWARDS TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY CONFIDENT PERSON THINKING I'M GOING TO GET CLEAN AND I'M GOING TO GIVE MYSELF SOME ROOM IN THE SHOW JUMPING.

>> I HAD A CHAT WITH HER LAST NIGHT.

THAT WAS HER PLAN BUT THEN I THINK SHE ENJOYED TODAY.

AND CROSS THE NEXT BRIDGE WHEN SHE COMES TO IT.

>> SO PLEASED.

>> AMAZING AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THESE TWO GIRLS TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD AT THE MOMENT, UNBELIEVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKERS, UNBELIEVABLE TALENTS AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES DON'T COME ALONG TOO OFTEN.

>> SPEAKING OF A HARD WORKING LADY, JONELLE PRICE, CHILLI'S MIDNIGHT STAR FIRST 5 STAR DECIDED TO COME OVER HERE TO MARYLAND.

>> JONELLE PRICE IS A BRAVE GIRL.

SHE TOOK THE RIDE OVER ON THIS GELDING A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

IT WAS PRODUCED UP TO 3 STAR LEVEL BY JOE RIMMER AND FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT AND JONELLE TOOK THE RIDE AND SHE DID A 4 STAR IN SCOTLAND IN AUGUST WHERE I THINK SHE FINISHED SIXTH SO IT'S A DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP AND... A LITTLE GREEN THERE BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT, SHE'LL GET IT GOING.

SHE OBVIOUSLY LIKES IT ENOUGH AND HAS ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO SAY YEAH, IT IS WORTH CROSSING THE WATER.

>> SHE HAS GOT THREE HORSES ENTERED AT POE NEXT WEEK TIM IS HOME KEEPING THE HORSES GOING AND THE KIDS.

>> TIM WOULD BE DOING ALL THE WORK.

>> SHE SAID IT HAS BEEN A VACATION FOR HER.

SHE HAS SOME WORK TO DO TODAY, BUT... >> THEY'RE A SERIOUSLY HARD WORKING COUPLE.

SIX HORSES BETWEEN THEM IN POE NEXT WEEK IS SOME FEAT.

>> YOU KNOW, PRETTY AMAZING BECAUSE THERE WAS A DRY SPELL IN THEIR UPPER LEVEL STRING AND THEY SL BUILT THAT BACK UP TO SUCH DEPTH, AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT FELLOW KIWI RIDER MONICA SPENCER.

MONICA SPENCER NOW SITTING ATOP A GOOD, STRONG AND MIGHTY NEW ZEALAND TEAM COMING OUT NOW.

>> INTERESTINGLY TIM HERE THIS REAR-- NOT HERE THIS YEAR I SHOULD SAY.

BUT LOOK AT THE HORSES HE HAS AND THE HORSES ARE SUPPORTED SO HE FELT IT FOR THE POE HORSES INSTEAD OF THE MARYLAND HORSE.

>>S WE SAUTÉ LA COME IN AND GO DIRECT HERE EARLIER.

SHE AND COACH DECIDE THE SAME?

GREAT SHOT THERE.

>> JONELLE WENT TO PLAN B. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS HER PLAN.

A LITTLE BIT GREEN OVER THE LOG AND GOING TO LOSE A COUPLE OF SECONDS.

>> YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO HER, THIS IS A BIG, STRONG HORSE FOR HER.

SHE IS LITTLE AND MIGHTY BUT I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION IS REALLY GETTING THE COMMUNICATION.

AND I THINK SHE FELT WHEN SHE LANDED, SHE JUST DIDN'T HAVE HIM RIGHT WHERE SHE NEEDED HIM TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE LAST.

>> THAT'S WHY SHE IS SO GOOD.

SHE IS INSTANTLY WENT TO PLAN B AND WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE'S A BIG JUMP FROM 4 STAR TO 5 STAR.

THIS IS THE HORSE'S FIRST 5 STAR SO YOU DON'T QUITE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMPARED TO MONICA'S HORSE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK.

JONELLE HAS TO FEEL HER WAY AS SHE TRAVELS AROUND HERE.

>> SUPER JUMPER.

>> OF COURSE.

AS I SAID, BY THE GREAT CHILI MORNING, BAD MIN TON WINNER, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

>> NOW THE ONLY ONE OUT ON COURSE RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD TWO INSIDE THE TIME.

I ALWAYS KNEW THERE WOULD BE TWO INSIDE THE TIME.

THAT HAS MONICA SPENCER AND GENERAL GENERAL BEHIND HER ON 36.4 BUT JONELLE COULD SNEAK INTO THE SECOND POSITION.

AND JONELLE PRICE DOING A TOP CLASS JOB.

FIRST 5 STAR IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT A STEP BACK IN SOME WAYS, A LITTLE GREENNESS BUT THAT'S WHERE SOMEBODY WITH JONELLE PRICE'S CAPABILITIES COME INTO PLAY.

>> THE EXPRESSION THERE, ALL THE SPECTATORS OUT ENJOYING THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT IN CECIL COUNTY.

SO MUCH GOING ON HERE.

KIDS CORNER FOR THE KIDS JONELLE REALLY WORKING THERE.

WE'VE SEEN THAT A LITTLE BIT.

THE RIDERS FEELING A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T SEE FROM THIS ANGLE.

>> YEAH, SOME OF THE HORSES DRAWING UP A LITTLE BIT OF GREENNESS, WHETHER IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHADOW, A LITTLE LIGHT, A LITTLE-- IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON.

>> NEW STARTER OUT ON COURSE FELIX VOGG CURRENTLY IN THIRD PLACE.

HE WON'T BE ABLE TO CATCH OUR LEADER BUT A LOT TO PLAY FOR OUT THERE.

WE'VE GOT TWO THAT COULD BUMP JENNIE BRANNIGAN OUT OF HER SECOND PLACE POSITION RIGHT NOW AND THIS A REAL CLASS 5 STAR HORSE.

>> LOADS OF MILEAGE AND I THINK THAT FIRST SWISSMAN TO RIDE AT THIS 5 STAR.

AND YOU CAN BE SURE HE HAS LOTS OF MILES ON THE CLOCK.

AND HE IS GOING TO BE HERE TO HAVE A REAL GO.

>> GOING LATER IN THE ORDER, THESE GUYS KNOW THE TIME IS GETTABLE.

THEY KNOW THE COURSE IS JUMPABLE.

IT'S JUST HOW YOU GET IT AND HOW YOU JUMP IT THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE LATER ON.

YOU HAVE SEEN PLENTY GO NOW.

GOOD DECISION.

SO WE SEE THE RAIL GO.

FIRST TIME, WHICH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE GONE MORE AND SO THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC 11 PENALTIES.

>> YEAH, AND YOU CAN SEE HER WORKING SO HARD TO GET HIM BACK COMING DOWN THE HILL.

>> SHE GOT HIM THERE WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE, HE JUST DIDN'T GET HIGH ENOUGH.

>> LET'S SEE THAT AGAIN.

>> AND ON THE BACK OF THAT, I MEAN YOU CAN BE SURE OF GOING DIRECT BUT KNOWING THE PIN HAD GONE,.

>> NOT WORTH THE RISK.

>> NOT WORTH THE RISK.

SO THIS ROUND NOW IS ALL ABOUT JUST GETTING TO THE NEXT SO BY THE TIME BADMINTON COMES AROUND NEXT YEAR... >> FIRST 5 STAR FOR THIS HORSE, SO TONS OF INFORMATION COMING OUT AS WE SEE FELIX ENTER INTO THE ARENA.

>> YOU ARE REALLY SEEING HOW RIDEABLE AND TRAINED THESE HORSES ARE, FOLLOWING THE RIDERS AND POPPING OUT OVER THE LAST ELEMENT THAT HAVE CAUSED NO ISSUES.

>> NO ISSUES AT ALL.

>> OUR LEADER GETTING SOME INTERVIEWS AND SOME PICTURES.

NO ONE CAN CATCH HER.

23.7, SHE WILL GO INTO TOMORROW'S SHOW JUMPING IN THE LEAD.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHO WILL BE STANDING BEHIND HER AS SHE ENTERS IN FINAL PRICING-- FINAL PLACING FOR TOMORROW.

VERY DIFFERENT RIDES THERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU SAW JONELLE PRICE POWER ACROSS THE WATER, MONICA SPENCER JUMP IN AND CLOSE AND ADD A STRIDE OTHER TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT HER HORSE WRAPPED AROUND THE FENCES.

>> YEAH, YOU ARE LOOKING AT TWO EXTREMES, THE VERY EXPERIENCED 5 STAR HORSE TO THE YOUNG 5 STAR HORSE.

>> BACK WITH FELIX.

>> THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

SHE'S IN THE WATER.

LOOKS LIKE SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD A RUN OUT THERE.

>> GOING IN.

>> YEAH.

>> AND NOW HE GOT HIS FEET WET, DROPS IN, TAKING THE LONG ROUTE, POWERING OUT.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE STEP UP FROM 4 STAR TO 5 STAR, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I WATCH THIS HORSE GO THROUGH THREE BIG WATERS IN ANYONE'S LANGUAGE AND ALMOST RUNNING THROUGH THE BRIDLE.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, A LITTLE GREENER YOU DON'T FIND OUT UNTIL YOU GET THERE.

>> A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S WHERE RIGHT NOW SHE NEEDS TO KEEP PUTTING THAT CONFIDENCE BACK IN THE LEADERSHIP AND SAY COME ON, YOU'VE GOT THIS.

YOU SEE HIM GET A LITTLE GREEN AND THEN RECOVER IN HIS CONFIDENCE.

GET A LITTLE GREEN AND RECOVER IN HIS CONFIDENCE AND TAKING ALL OF THIS LADY'S EXPERIENCE TO MAKE SURE HE STAYS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT.

OBVIOUSLY FELT THAT GOING DIRECT WOULD BE EASIER ON HIM AND HER AND TAKING THAT LONG TWISTING TURNING OPTION AT THE END.

MAKES THAT WORK.

CHECK THIS OUT MOMENTS AGO, INTERESTING MOMENTS FOR FELIX FOUND THAT FIFTH LEG THERE, AUSTIN.

>> FOUND THE FIFTH LEG BUT HE JUST GOT, FROM WHAT WE COULD SEE, GOT TOO FAST AND FREE AND TO BE FAIR, FELIX BECAME A LITTLE CARELESS, GOT AWAY WITH IT.

>> AND THAT'S ALMOST THE WATER KIND OF FELT LIKE IT WOULD TALK YOU INTO DOING THAT.

SEEMED VERY CASUAL.

UNTIL IT'S NOT.

AND OUT WE HAVE CROWD FAVORITE MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS AS TWO YEARS AGO MIA CAME INSIDE THE TIME ON THIS LITTLE THOROUGHBRED BOUGHT FOR A DOLLAR OWNED BY DAVID O'CONNOR.

SAW MIA TEARING UP THE 3 STAR THIS MORNING, SITS IN A VERY GOOD PLACE THERE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE PODIUM AS WE ARE BACK TO FELIX SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MARE.

>> SURPRISED ME.

>> COMING AROUND TO THIS WATER.

I THINK WE JUST SAW SHANNON LILLEY GET CAUGHT OUT HERE.

HER HORSE RAN OUT OF A LITTLE STEAM.

GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> NO CARELESSNESS THAT TIME.

>> NO.

HE USED UP THAT LIFE.

DOESN'T WANT TO USE UP ANYMORE.

AND THERE WE HAVE THE MAN, THE LEGEND,BOYD MARTIN, COMMANDO 3.

LOOKING TO PUT SOME DEMONS TO REST OUT HERE IN CECIL COUNTY WITH EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR.

LONG-TIME PARTNER AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE WATER COMPLEX AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

GOING DIRECT.

AND HE HAS BEEN MAYBE A LIVING A LITTLE DANGEROUSLY AT TILES BUT IT IS PAYING OFF FOR HIM.

HE IS 10 SECONDS UP IN THE CLOCK WITH JUST A FEW BIG QUESTIONS LEFT.

THIS IS A BIG ROUND FOR FELIX.

IF HE CAN FINISH INSIDE THE TIME, IT WILL KEEP HIM IN SECOND PLACE RIGHT BEHIND MONICA.

A BEAUTIFUL RIDE THROUGH WITH PHELPS AND MIA FARLEY.

>> FELIX'S HORSE LOOKS LIKE HE HAS GOT LITTLE IN THE TANK AND IS GALLOPING EASY.

HUGE SHOUTOUT TO RUPERT'S LANDSCAPE WHO MANAGE AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROPERTY ALL YEAR ROUND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL GROUND.

THE HORSES RUNNING SO BEAUTIFULLY ALL DAY OUT HERE IN CECIL COUNTY.

THE LAST BIG QUESTION.

GOING STRAIGHT.

AND THERE BOYD MARTIN COMMANDO, LETTING HIM OUT OF THE BOX AND HE WILL HAVE PUT THAT ROUND BEHIND HIM.

BUT HE HAS GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO OUT HERE, AUSTIN.

>> YEAH, BUT BOYD IS, YOU KNOW, HE'S PUT HIS FIRST RIDE BEHIND HIM HOPEFULLY AND HE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND HAS ALL THAT EXPERIENCE, SO... >> FELIX.

>> CANTERING HOME.

>> HE IS GOING TO BE WELL INSIDE THESE THREE LAST JUMPS MUST BE JUMPED BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GOOD DAY FOR THE SWISS TEAM.

A LITTLE SMOOTHER THAN LAST YEAR >> IT WAS GOOD.

AND EASY JUMP OVER THERE.

HE WILL STOP THE CLOCK.

>> GREAT, GREAT RESULTS AND, YOU KNOW, TO COME HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD FOR A COMPETITION.

IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S SOME RELIEF.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> HAVE TO BE FAIR, HE HAD ONE SLIGHT MISTAKE, JUST A CLASS ROUND.

>> DECIDING TO GO LONG THERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS HER DECISION.

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.

I'M SURPRISED MORE HAVEN'T GONE LONG HERE, TO BE FAIR.

IT'S NOT LONG, LONG.

>> THERE IS OUR LEADERBOARD MONICA SPENCER AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD 23.7 FOLLOWED BY GENERAL DISWREN WHO IS ON A-- JENNIE BRANNIGAN WHO IS ON A 36 AS WE LOOK AND FELIX HAS A FLAG THAT WILL BE UNDER INVESTIGATION AT 27 B. WE SAW THAT FROM OUR ANGLE BUT FORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.

SOY RIGHT NOW, JENNIE BRANNIGAN STILL SITTING IN FRONT OF FELIX VOGG.

AND THERE WILL BE CAMERAS ON THAT AND IT WILL GET UNDER REVIEW AS BOYD MARTIN COMES INTO THE MAIN ARENA FOR OUR SECOND LAST GO OF THE RIDE.

SECOND RIDE OF THE DAY.

BOYD IS ON A MISSION.

I THINK HE IS GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF ENDING UP ON THE DIRT HERE AND IS GOING TO GET THIS DONE AS MIA GALLOPING UP THE HILL OFFENSE, THE LITTLE THOROUGHBRED THAT COULD AND SHE IS GOOD ON THE TIME.

SHE DOESN'T LOOK HURRIED BUT SHE IS FIVE SECONDS UP ON THE TIME.

A LITTLE BIT LIKE MONICA SAID ABOUT MAX, JUST THAT POLITENESS OF THE HORSES.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO SET UP THAT MUCH.

IT LOOKS EASY IN AND OUT WITH PHELPS, NOT WASTING A SECOND.

>> GREAT, GREAT RIDABILITY.

15 MENTS AGAIN...-- 15 PENALTIES AGAIN.

WORKING FOR IT.

LINING UP THE TWO WEDGES.

GALLON OPENING FOR HOME.

WE DO SEE-- NO, IT HAS BEEN REMOVED.

SHE HAD A 15 ON THERE BUT IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT AS HAS FELIX VOGG FLAG PENALTY SO FELIX MOVES INTO THAT SECOND POSITION AND BOYD MARTIN AND USA'S MIA FARLEY BOTH WORKING THEIR WAY AROUND PIERRE Le GOUPIL'S TRACK.

>> GREAT TO SEE THESE FLAG DECISIONS BEING MADE PRETTY INSTANTLY THAT'S IMPORTANT SOMETIMES.

YOU CAN BE WAITING FOR AN HOUR OR TWO BUT COMMON SENSE IS PREVAILING TODAY.

>> SHE IS A LITTLE DOWN ON THE CLOCK RIGHT NOW.

WILL PROBABLY SEE THAT FLAG COME BACK ON AND HOPEFULLY COME RIGHT BACK OFF AGAIN AS SHE IS GALLOPING DOWN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL ROLLER COASTER AND SHE CAN SMELL HOME AT THIS POINT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO AS QUICK AS YOU CAN, KNOW THESE LAST THREE JUMPS HAVE TO BE JUMPED BUT JUST LIKE THAT, NEARING THE TAIL END OF OUR COMPETITION, AUSTIN.

>> AND THE CREAM IS RISING TO THE TOP.

>> 23 SECONDS TO GET HOME.

IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE.

IS SHE GOING TO MAKE IT?

WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND FIND OUT.

DOWN AT PIERRE'S PUZZLE OPTING TO GO LONG.

JUST OVER.

IT LOOKS LIKE MIA FINISHED ONE SECOND INSIDE THE TIME.

>> OH WOW.

>> AND WHAT AN AMAZING ROUND FOR THIS YOUNG LADY.

ONE SECOND INSIDE THE TIME.

SHE WILL SIT THERE ON A 32.2 AS BOYD IS STILL WORKING HIS WAY AROUND THE TRACK THERE.

WE GET A SHOT OF THE LEADERBOARD.

MONICA SPENCER UP FRONT WITH 23.7, FELIX VOGG FOR SWEDEN, MIA FARLEY SITS IN THIRD.

AS BOYD MARTIN IS JOINED BY BUCK DAVIDSON OUT ON THE BEGINNING PART OF THE COURSE.

A QUICK REROUTE FROM THE FINAL AT MORVIN FOR COOLEY CANDYMAN WHO HAS CONTESTED THREE OF FOUR.

DECIDED NOW IS THE TIME TO SEE WHAT HE HAS AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL AS WE CHECK BACK IN WITH BOYD GALLOPING UP THE HILL.

BOYD ON A 30.

BOYD HAS BEEN AWARDED A FLAG AND IT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION.

WE WILL SEE THE RESULT OF THAT AS HE K4R50EU78S ARE CLIMBS UP-- CLIMBS UP TO THE WATER.

COMMANDO 3 OWNED BY YANKEE CREEK RANCH.

HAD SOME VERY GOOD RESULTS FOR BOYD.

IT'S PRETTY COOL SHOT THERE FROM THE DRONE.

USA BOYD MARTIN AND BUCK DAVIDSON BOTH OUT ON THIS COURSE AT THE SAME TIME.

HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS LEMIEUX... >> APPROACHES THE... >> PRESENTS OUR TIME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT HAND ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN KEEP UP IN REAL TIME WITH OUR HORSE AND RIDERS ON THE TRACK.

THE TAILGATERS OUT THERE AS BOYD MAKES HIS WAY AROUND TO SUSTAINABILITY BAY.

>> BOYD IS JUST HAVING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK.

THIS CERTAINLY WAS NOT HIS PLAN.

SMART ENOUGH TO GET BACK ON THE LONG ROUTE.

>> IT IS A LONG ROUTE, AUSTIN AND HE IS HAVING TO WORK QUITE HARD NOW, ISN'T HE.

>> BACK DOWN AT YANMAR CANDYMAN GETTING A LITTLE GREEN ON HIM.

TAKING ALL OF BOYD'S EFFORTS.

COOLEY CANDYMAN BY SLIGO CANDY BOY.

THIS HORSE OWNED BY CASSANDRA SEGAL.

BIG, BIG SUPPORTERS OF BUCK'S, HAVE OWNED HORSES FOR HIM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

>> AM I CORRECT IN SAYING IT IS HIS FIRST... >> YES.

>> HE HEADED OUT TO MORVIN AND CHANGED HIS MIND.

AS WE SEE CAROLINE PAMUKCU GETTING COUNTED DOWN HER THIRD AND FINAL RIDE OF THE DAY.

OUR FINAL COMPETITOR OUT HERE ON MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR, SITTING ON A 28.2.

HER FIRST 5 STAR WITH HSH BLAKE, JUST A 10-YEAR-OLD OWNED BY MOLLY HOFF, SHERRIE MARTIN, CAROLINE AND HER HUSBAND, DENIZ.

>> OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT TIME ON HER LAST HORSE.

HOPEFULLY SHE HAS DUSTED HERSELF OFF, REFOCUSED AND THEN BACK IN THE SOB ZONE.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK CHAT WITH MIA FARLEY WHO JUST FINISHED, SHE IS DOWN WITH A THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, FRANK AGREE MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST DOLLARS EVER SPENT AND A DOLLAR SPENT TO PURCHASE PHELPS, A DOLLAR WELL PLAYED.

TALK ABOUT THIS UNBELIEVABLE RIDE YET AGAIN HERE AT THE EVENT.

>> I MEAN I'M SO LUCKY TO GO OUT HERE AND HAVE A HORSE A TRUST AS MUCH AS I TRUST HIM AND YET I'M A LITTLE SPEECHLESS BECAUSE HE MADE IT FEEL EASY AGAIN AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO REPLACE HIM.

>> IRREPLACEABLE.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

YOU GOT A BIG HUG FROM DAVID O'CONNOR.

HE IS ALL SMILES.

THIS TRACK HAS PROVED VERY TRICKY.

YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND SOME OF THE TRICKIEST TRACKS, ESPECIALLY HERE.

HOW DID IT COMPARE.

>> I FEEL BAD BECAUSE I TOOK TWO LONG ROUTES BUT IT'S CERTAINLY UP THERE AND I TRY TO COME BACK.

I SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES, I TRY TO COME BACK HERE EVERY YEAR AND THE QUALITY OF THE COURSE AND THE TOUGHNESS OF IT YOU REALLY LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR HORSE HERE.

>> A COUPLE YEARS AGO YOU GUYS MADE A LOT OF FANS, NO EXCEPTION HERE TODAY.

ANOTHER DOUBLE CLEAN INTO THE RECORD BOOKS FOR MIA FARLEY.

GREAT TO HEAR FROM HER, AS WE WERE CHATTING, BOYD MARTIN HAD HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM AND FINISHED WITH NO JUMPING PENALTIES, JUST EIGHT TIME PENALTIES TO ADD AND HE WILL FINISH HIS SATURDAY ON A 38.3 CURRENTLY HAS HIM FIFTH PLACE.

CAROLINE PAMUKCU HEADS INTO THE MAIN ARENA I THINK WE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO SEE THIS HORSE.

FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME.

10 YEARS OLD, TO SEE THIS HORSE AT 5 STAR.

IT IS SO CLOSE FOR HER TO MAINTAIN HER SECOND PLACE, SHE CANNOT EVEN HAVE ONE TIME PENALTY, NOT EVEN .4 OF A TIME PENALTY.

>> HALF LONG ROUTE THERE.

WE STILL SEE ON OUR SCORE BOARD, COOLEY CANDYMAN MAKING HIS WAY AROUND THE TRACK.

NO JUMPING PENALTIES ON THE BOARD IN HIS YELLOW AND RED, YOU CAN'T MISS HIM OUT HERE.

LOOKS LIKE HE IS LETTING HIM CATCH HIS BREATH THERE.

>> AND SPEAKING TO BUCK THIS MORNING, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A FACT FINDING MISSION AGAIN.

WE ARE GOING TO GET A LOOK AT CAROLINE JUST MOMENTS AGO.

>> A LITTLE BRUSH THERE, BUT NO PENALTY ADDED AS SHE MOVES TOWARDS THE LONG ROUTE.

>> A LITTLE CHANCEY.

YOU KNOW, WE SAW MIA FARLEY GET INSIDE THE TIME AND SHE DID TAKE TWO LONG ROUTES.

THIS IS A VERY FAST GALLOPING HORSE, AND WE THINK PRIORITY GETTING THE FIRST 5 STAR UNDER HER BELT AND THEN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AFTER THAT.

OVER TO THE WATER.

HE HAS JUMPED THROUGH THERE LIKE ONE OF THE EXPERIENCED HORSES.

JUST DIDN'T READ IT.

>> NO.

FROM OUR ANGLE, BUCK WAS ON A GOOD LINE AND THE HORSE JUST DIDN'T READ IT OR GET IT.

AND I THINK HE IS GOING TO CALL IT A DAY.

>> SHATS A SHAME TO SEE.

>> YEAH, THAT IS TOO BAD BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING QUITE GOOD BUT RIGHTLY SO, BUCK JUST HOPS OFF.

>> HE WAS HAVING A GOOD SPIN, BUT.

>> YEAH, JUST LOOKED LIKE IT DIDN'T QUITE GET IT AND MAYBE A LITTLE WEARY FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL.

SOMETHING WE DON'T APPRECIATE, THIS IS A MASSIVE FENCE.

>> UNBELIEVABLE.

A LONG WALK HOME FROM THERE BUT SO MUCH TO LIKE ABOUT THIS HORSE AND AGAIN A LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO COME OVER HERE AND, LIKE YOU SAID, A LITTLE BIT OF A FACT FINDING MISSION AS NOW OUR FINAL COMPETITOR OUT HERE, CAROLINE PAMUKCU MOVES DOWN TO PIERRE'S PUZZLE, WHICH SHE HAS SOLVED TWO TIMES TODAY CAN SHE MAKE IT A THIRD.

>> VERY GOOD.

SO CAROLINE IS ABOUT THIFORT SECONDS DOWN AT THIS POINT.

HER PRIORITY TODAY IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF MILEAGE AND GETTING A 5 STAR UNDER HER BELT.

>> I THINK THIS HORSE HAS HAD SUCH AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY.

HE WENT OVER-- WENT THROUGH THE YOUNG HORSE PROGRAM, WENT TO LEON, HAS SO MUCH PROMISE, WON A 4 STAR AT QUITE A YOUNG AGE, WENT TO THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES AND HAD A GOLD MEDAL AND PARIS THERE WAS A BLIP.

SINCE PARIS SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET BACK INTO FORM.

SHE HAS HAD A BABY SINCE THEN AND TO HAVE THREE HORSES AT THIS LEVEL HERE, I THINK REALLY HAVING A GREAT RIDE EARLIER, THEN A TUMBLE, IT'S KIND OF AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.

A LOT OF WORK TO GET ONE HORSE AROUND A 5 STAR, LET ALONE TAKE THREE.

>> SHE IS BACK IN THE ZONE DOING A HELL OF A JOB.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW OF OUR DRONE FOLLOWING HER AROUND.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT.

REALLY TAKES HER TIME THERE AUSTIN.

>> TODAY SHE IS VERY MUCH JUST FEELING THIS LOVELY HORSE WITH AS MUCH CONFIDENCE AS SHE CAN AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

IT IS PERFECT.

>> WE HAVE SEEN THIS HORSE SO MUCH BUT AGAIN AT 10 YEARS OLD, WHAT AGE DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS A PROPER TIME FOR PEAKING AT THE 5 STAR LEVEL.

>> 13, 14, 15 I MEAN TO BE DIFFICULT AT THIS STAGE IS RARE.

>> AND HOW THE HORSE JUST NEATLY TURNED THE LINE SHOWED RIGHT UP UNLUKE WHERE WE SAW BOYD EARLIER REALLY HAVING TO WORK TO GET THAT QUESTION ANSWERED.

>> WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO HERE?

>> PERFECT.

ALL ABOUT CONFIDENCE, ISN'T IT?

>> EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.

IT'S JUST LEARNING FROM THEM AND NOT MAKING THEM AGAIN RAN A LITTLE BIT DEEP UP TO THE BASE BUT SHE IS OKAY.

>> SHE HAD TO BE BRAVE THERE THERE WASN'T MUCH SHE COULD DO WHEN SHE JUMPED INTO THE LINE.

JUST HOLD THE LINE.

HERE SHE IS RUNNING FOR HOME, WORKING ON A CLEAR.

SHE IS NOT GOING TO QUITE CATCH THE TIME BUT SHE SHOULD END UP, FINGERS CROSSED, CLEAR ON THE JUMPING AND OPENS HIM UP AND STILL PLENTY OF GALLOP HERE LEFT AS SHE IS NOW STARTING TO RACK UP THOSE TIME PENALTIES.

SHE DOES HAVE A FLAG ON HER SCORE BOARD RIGHT NOW BUT THAT WILL BE UNDER INVESTIGATION AS SHE COMES TWO MORE FENCES LEFT TO JUMP.

AS WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE LAST HORSE AND RIDER COMBINATION OF THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR HERE AT FAIR HILL BROUGHT TO YOU BY BROWN ADVISORY.

I THINK A SUCCESSFUL DAY AT THE OFFICE.

>> SINEAD, I THINK IT HAS BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE DAY OF SPORT.

WE HAVE SEEN ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING FROM FANTASTIC 5 STAR HORSES TO SILLY INNOCENT MISTAKES AND WE'VE SEEN EVERYTHING.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PIERRE'S COURSE?

A SUCCESS.

>> I THINK HE HAS GOT AN UNBELIEVABLE RESULT.

THREE INSIDE THE TIME.

AND GENERALLY THE PROBLEMS WERE EVERYWHERE.

THE HEAD SCRATCHERS, GENERALLY RODE VERY, VERY WELL WHICH IS A GREAT TESTAMENT TO A DESIGNER.

AND LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CREAM HAS RISEN TO THE TOP.

IT HAS BEEN FASCINATING.

>> I THINK CAROLINE IS GOING TO BE ONE TIRED LADY THIS EVENING BUT WHAT A DAY FOR HER.

SOME HIGHS, SOME LOWS, FINISHING ON A HIGH, HUSBAND DENIZ THERE AS WE SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR LEADER.

MONICA SPENCER WILL HEAD INTO THE FINAL DAY OF COMPETITION IN FIRST PLACE ON A 23.7.

SHE HAD A FLAWLESS ROUND AROUND PIERRE Le GOUPIL'S MASSIVE 5 STAR TRACK.

SHE LEFT NOTHING ON THE TABLE.

AND HEADS INTO OUR FINAL DAY IN A WINNING POSITION FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND.

THERE, A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF CECIL COUNTY HERE AT MARS MARYLAND, A BEAUTIFUL DAY OF SPORT AFTER THE CROSS COUNTRY MONICA SPENCER SITS ATOP THE LEADERBOARD FOLLOWED BY SWISS RIDER FELIX VOGG, THIRD PLACE USA MIA FARLEY.

USA JENNIE BRANNIGAN, USA BOYD MARTIN, SOPHIA HILL ROUNDING OUT THE TOP SIX ON A 46.2.

SEVENTH PLACE NEW ZEALAND'S TAYLA MASON, CAROLINE PAMUKCU AGAIN IN EIGHTH.

ROUNDING OUT THE TOP 10, JONELLE PRICE, CHILLI'S MIDNIGHT STAR.

AND WE WILL HEAD NOW TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK.

PLEASE COME BACK AND JOIN US AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARS EQUESTRIAN, A BETTER WORLD FOR HORSES, PETS AND PEOPLE.

BY BROWN ADVISORY, INVEST IN THE PRESENT TO RAISE THE FUTURE.

AND BY QUARRY VIEW BUILDING GROUP, EXPERTS IN EQUESTRIAN, COMMERCIAL, TEMPER FRAME AND RESTORATION PROJECTS.

AN EXCITING DAY HERE AT MARYLAND 5 STAR AS WE HEAD TO OUR MAGNAWAVE PULSE OF THE DAY.

SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF CECIL COUNTY AND IN OUR THIRD POSITION, HEADING INTO TOMORROW'S SHOW JUMPING, IT WILL BE AMERICA'S MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS.

THEY DID IT ONCE, THEY DID IT AGAIN.

THEY CAPTURED OUR HEARTS AND THEY CAPTURED THAT TIME.

THE BEST DOLLAR EVER SPENT ON THE FAMOUS PHELPS AS HE DELIVERED A DOUBLE CLEAR ROUND FOR THE SECOND TIME ACROSS THIS MARYLAND MARS BEAUTIFUL TRACK PRESENTED BY PIERRE HEARTS AND SMILES AND DREAMS MADE ONE MORE TIME FOR MIA FARLEY AND PHELPS.

AND IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR SWISS RIDER FELIX VOGG AS HE HEADS INTO TOMORROW'S COMPETITION IN SECOND PLACE.

LIVES DANGEROUSLY HERE, BUT LIVES TO TELL THE TALE AND FLIES HOME.

AGAIN, TO CAPTURE THE TIME.

ANOTHER DOUBLE CLEAR.

ONE OF THREE ACROSS PIERRE'S TRACK TO SIT IN SECOND PLACE AS HE FINISHES OUT THE DAY, ADDING NOTHING TO HIS DRESSAGE SCORE FROM YESTERDAY.

BUT IT WAS TEAM NEW ZEALAND THAT NO ONE COULD TOUCH TODAY.

MONICA SPENCER AND ARTIST, PAINT THE TOWN OF CECIL COUNTY AS THEY FLY HOME, ADDING NOTHING TO THEIR PHENOMENAL LEAD OF 23-POINT.

THEY WILL HEAD INTO TOMORROW'S SHOW JUMPING WITH SOME LITTLE BIT OF BUFFER IN HAND THERE.

SHE HAD A FLAWLESS ROUND AND IT WAS HER PLAN AND HER PLAN PLAYED OUT LONG TIME PARTNER MAX.

WHERE HE SHOULD BE AT THE TOP EFFORT LEADERBOARD AS WE CLOSE OUT THE CROSS COUNTRY DAY HERE AT MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR.

OUR MAGNAWAVE PULSE OF THE DAY.

AND NOT LONG AFTER HER RIDE, FRANKIE CAUGHT UP WITH OUR LEADER.

>> WELL, MONICA, THE ROUNDS HERE TODAY ON PIERRE'S TRACK MEANT TO STIMULATE YOUR SENSES AND YOU AND MAX DO JUST THAT FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING.

AS A RESULT WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS FIVE GUM FOR THE RIDE OF THE DAY AND JUST CLOSING THOUGHTS ON WHAT A DAY IT WAS.

>> WHAT A GREAT DAY TO MAKE THE TIME AT A 5 STAR.

A PINCH ME MOMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT, ALL EYES WILL BE ON YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD LUCK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> AND TOMORROW, JOIN US BACK HERE AGAIN WHILE WE WELCOME MICHEL VAILLANCOURT TO DESIGN OUR SHOW JUMPING COURT IN OUR ATWOOD ARENA.

WE START AT 10:30 A.M.

WITH THE 3 STAR LONG DIVISION AND 59 WILL FOLLOW OFF THAT.

SO MAKE SURE AND JOIN US BACK HERE AT CECIL COUNTY WHERE IT IS GOING ON AT THE MARS MARYLAND 5 STAR EVENT PRESENTED AT FAIR HILL PRESENTED BY BROWN ADVISORY.