Friday,
November 3, 2006 - CCI** Cross Country
The
following were the Dressage results for the CCI** going into Friday's Cross Country
Phase. (The Dressage Phass of the CCI** and of the Open Intermediate had both
been held on Thursday.)
1.
Corinne Ashton, Dobbin - 42.4
2. Fanny Lee, Paddy The Pooh - 43.7
3.
Alison Springer, Arthur - 45.6
4T. Kerris Short, Fantasia - 48.4
4T.
Wendy Bebie, Phoenix - 48.4
6. Bonnie Mosser, Magic Carpet - 49.7
7.
Stephanie Baer, Letida - 50.6
8. Phyllis Dawson, Viatar - 51.9
9.
Jessica Moore, Sea Smart - 52.5
10. Sally Cousins, The Robber Baron
- 53.1
Friday, in Lexington,
Virginia was an absolutely beautiful, if somewhat chilly, day. Temperatures in
the high forties kept horses and people on their
toes.
The views of the mountains were chrystal clear and the fall colors were fabulous.
Corinne
Ashton and Dobbin held on to their overnight lead inspite of 9.6 time faults incurred
on Virginia's very hilly Cross Country course designed by David O'Connor. Their
two day score was 51.8. (Corinne and Dobbin are pictured at the right jumping
one of the tables at the Hobbit Houses.)
Sally
Cousins and The Robber Baron came from a tie for tenth after Dressage to second
place on a score of 54.3. (Sally and The Robber Baron are pictured at the left
below jumping the Barrels off the Island at the Big Water.) This pair ran
the fastest Cross Country along with Kim Severson and Tipperary Liadhnan. Both
Sally and Kim added only 1.2 time faults to their Dressage scores for three seconds
over the Optimum Time.
Kim
and Tipperary Liadhnan rose twenty three places from twenty-eighth after a Dressage
score of 57.5, to fifth after Cross Country.
Fanny
Lee and Paddy the Pooh, who had been second after Dressage, dropped to fourth
when they were twenty- nine seconds over the optimum time on the Cross Country
for 11.6 time faults and a two day score of 55.3. (Fanny and Paddy The Pooh
are pictured at the right below jumping the fence in The Frog Pond.)
This
permitted Alison Springer and Arthur Maintain their third positionjust .1 of a
fault ahead of Fanny on a score of 55.2 with 9.6 time faults on Cross Country.
Other
fast trips across country included Mike Winter (CAN) and Wonderful Will, 4.0 time
faults for eighth place; Carol Kozlowski and Mr. Suuffleuffagus and Dornin North
with Lion Display, each of who collected 
6.0
time faults for seventh and ninth places respectively; and Canada's Ryan Goss
who rode Jus d'Orange to 8.8 time faults inspite of a refusal on the Cross Country
course.
Thirty-four competitors
completed the Cross Country. Nine of the initial forty- three starters did not
complete the Cross Country.
The
Top Ten After Cross Country:
1.
Corinne Ashton, Dobbin - 51.8 (9.6 time
XC)
2. Sally Cousins, The
Robber Baron - 54.3 (1.2 time XC)
3. Allison Springer, Arthur - 55.2
(9.6 time XC)
4. Fanny Lee, Paddy The Pooh - 55.3 (11.6 time XC)
5.
Kim Severson, Tipperary Liadhnan - 58.7 (1.2 time XC)
6. Wendy Bebie,
Phoenix - 58.8 (10.4 time XC)
7. Carol B. Kozlowski, Mr. Snuffleaffagus
- 59.1 (6.0 time XC)
8. Mike Winter (CAN), Wonderful Will - 60.9 (4.0
time XC)
9. Dornin North, Lion Display - 62.3 (6.0 time XC)
10.
Wendy Lewis, Galway Blazer - 63.8 (10.4 time XC)
