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Advanced Sections

Rocking Horse Farm, in Altoona, Florida, offered the first Advanced Division. of the 2005 season. 52 competitors ran in three Advanced Sections. They were offered the option of riding Advanced Dressage Test "C" or "D". The vast majority - 41 of the 52 - chose the former test.

In Advanced Test "C", Section A, Jessica Pyle, riding Carte Blanche, placed first on a score of 44.4, with no time faults over the John Williams designed Cross Country course. Jennifer Libby with Draco placed second, a mere .9 of a fault behind the leader. Jennifer and Draco had 2.8 time faults Cross Country. Buck Davidson on Private Treaty also had 2.8 time faults Cross Country for a final score of 48.5 and third place.

The Show Jumping phase, over a course designed by Jan Brodkin was difficult. Only two competitors in Section A managed to show jump double clear - Nicole Shinton (CAN) and King Billy, who placed 9th on a score of 59.0 and Denise Rath with Just A Diplomat, who placed 10th, on a score of 64.8. In section B only one competitor managed a double clear - Brittany Kart and Semper Fidelis placed 5th on a score of 45.8.

Jennie Jarnstrom (SWE), on Chant de Paix, won Advanced Test "C", Section B. (Jennie and Chant de Paix are pictured at the right above jumping into the Intermediate water at the American Eventing Championships.) This pair had a double clear Cross Country, at Rocking Horse, for a final score of 39.7. Jonathan Holling, riding Lion King, placed second on a score of 41.1 with 3.6 time faults Cross Country. Imtiaz Anees (IND) placed third with Freetown, having ridden a double clear Cross Country for a final score of 41.4, just .3 of a fault out of second place.

Darren Chiacchia, and his Athens Olympic Bronze Medal Team mount Windfall II, won the Advanced Test "D" Dressage Test. They ran a double clear Cross Country and Show Jumped double clear to finish on their Dressage score of 32.9. (Darren and Windfall II are pictured at the left in the Dressage Phase of the Modified Section at Rolex-Kentucky.) Buck Davidson with Idalgo also had a double clear Cross Country; but, 4 faults Show Jumping for a final score of 36.5 and second place. Cricket Worthen and Broadstone Whitehall placed third, finishing on their Dressage score of 37.1.

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Intermediate Sections

Buck Davidson riding May I Tell You (32.5) and Wendy Lewis with Rampant Lion (39.1) won sections of the Open Intermediate.

Bonner Carpenter on Acapulco Jazz (41.6) won the Young Rider Open Intermediate.

Ralph Holstein, who had led throughout most of the Radnor CCI** last fall, won the Intermediate Rider Section on his Radnor mount Arctic Dancer (47.4).