Saturday,
July 8 - Cross Country Day
CIC***
Canada's
Karl Slezak, from Tottenham, Ontario, does, indeed lead the CCI*** after the Cross
Country phase. (Is Brian O' Connor EVER wrong? - please see below to understand
this reference.) Riding Foxwood Spencer Karl picked up only 2 time faults Saturday
for a two day score of 48.0. (Karl and Foxwood Spencer are pictured at the
right below - the third picture down.)
Elisa
Wallace, of Alpharetta, Georgia, and Jackson are in second place on 58.10, with
4 time faults Cross Country. This gives Slezak two rails and two time faults in
hand for the Show Jumping phase. (Elisa and Jackson are pictured at the right
jumping the corner in the first water, Nui Lua Wai.)
Loreen
Kay, who lives in West Hills, California, rode her own horse Russian to third
place on a score of 59.60, which included 10 time faults over the Ritch Temple
designed Cross Country course. (Loreen and Russian are pictured at the left
below jumping into the first water, Nui Lua Wai.)
The
overnight leader Kelli Temple, who will ride for Canada at the World Equestrian
Games in Aachen, Germany, dropped to ninth place having picked up 22.8 time faults
on the Cross Country. Surely she did not wish to leave her trip the the Games
on the Cross Country course.
Donna
Smith (NZL) and Call Me Clifton, second over night, fell victim to the dubious
charms of the corner in the first water, Nui Lua Wai, where she
incurrred a refusal to drop out of the top ten. Call Me Clifton jumped the obstacle
well upon re-presentation.
The
Top Ten Placings in the CIC*** after Cross Country:
1.
Karl Slezak (CAN), Foxwood
Spencer - 48.8 (2 time XC)
2. Elisa Wallace, Jackson - 58.10 (4 time
XC)
3. Lauren Kay, Russian - 59.6 (10 time XC)
4. Laine Ashker,
Eight St. James Place - 60.0 (2 time XC)
5. Buck Davidson, Private Treaty
- 60.7 (9.2 time XC)
6. Mikki Kapaun, Allstar - 61.1 (13.2 time XC)
7.
Kristen Bond, Blackout - 62.6 (DCXC)
8. Momi Black, Fleeceworks
Mullingar - 63.3 (14.4 time XC)
9. Kelli Temple (CAN), Paris - 63.6
(22.8 time XC)
10. Lellie Ward, Riverdance - 63.7 (4 time XC)
CCI**:
1.
Becky Holder, Rejuvenate
- 44.1 (2 time XC)
*
* * * *
The
CIC*** competition ended at 2:00 PM. Your reporter waited until 4:20 PM for scores
- NOTHING!!! Your reporter is sorry. Your reporter would like to know the results
just as much as you would.
Brian
O'Connor, announcer par excellence, said he thought that Canada's Karl 
Slezak
might have been leading the CIC*** with Foxwood Spencer, In hopes that Brian is
correct, and he usually is, here is a picture of Karl and Foxwood Spencer. (Karl
and Foxwood Spencer are pictured at the right jumping into the First Water.)
Until
the scores are available, dear readers, you will have to content yourselves with
a couple of real "crash and burns" from the new water
complex at Maui Jim.
Can
you say Nui Lua Wai? This is supposed to mean big water in Hawaiian. Your
reporter thinks it secretly means "Dive right in!" - or
words to that effect.
(At
the left, Kristin Schmolze and Surprise Party are about to 'dive right in'
at the corner in the first water.)
(Vanessa
Fenwick and Balista are also in for a thorough dousing in the grand tradition
of 'dive right in!"
Editor's
Note: Neither Kristin nor Vanessa, nor Surprise Party, nor Balista were injured
in these falls.
Other
Results:
OP/A:
1.
Allison Springer, Folk
Lore - 27.4 (DCXC)
OP/B:
1.
Allison Springer, Miz
Varga - 31.5 (DCXC)
YR/OP:
1T.
Katherine Breunig, Hugh Knows - 39.3 (DCXC)
1T. Ashley Smith, Harvest
Moon - 39.3 (DCXC)
CIC*:
1.
Stuart Black, Lissandro
- 40.7
2.
Heather Moris, Genial
- 46.4
3.
Cherye Huber, Arctic
Storm - 50.4
