What an exciting finish at Fair Hill on Sunday with two great eventing stories playing out it was certainly emotional. It was great to see Jan Byyny and Inmidair finish so well and I know disappointing to her that she had two rails. But what an amazing achievement for her to come back from such a bad accident and to finish 3rd! Everyone knows what an awful year it has been for Boyd, so for him to win on Ying Yang Yo (Thomas), the horse that he first brought over to the US, is incredible. We are so very happy for Boyd, Silva and their wonderful team.
Yet again, Fair Hill was a bit soggy. Luckily the sun shone on Saturday and the course dried up substantially. It was still hard work for most of the three star horses with only two making the time. Phillip was very pleased with both his rides in the three star, Ben and William Penn. It was Ben's first 3 star and he jumped around in great form with time penalties. One down in the showjumping on Sunday was costly, but he ended up a credible 13th. William Penn receives the most improved award in my book. He did a super test on Friday, with just a few small mistakes, jumped the course well on Saturday, again with some time faults and jumped a beautiful clear round on Sunday. He jumped so big that Phillip was nearly jumped out of the tack! Thankfully he held on and William Penn ended up 5th!
Phillip is off to Guadalajara to coach Ronald Zabala, who represents Ecuador. Hopefully, he will be full of news from the Pan American Games when he gets back. Good Luck to our US Team and to Team Ecuador!
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