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In Division 1, Linda Dahlgren and Cameo were in 9th place after the Dressage phase, on a score of 40.42. They turned in a fault free jumping round on Cross Country, in the fastest time of any competitor in the division and the second fastest in the entire competition for .8 of a time fault for 2 seconds over the time allowed. Linda and Cameo entered the Show Jumping with a cushion of 13.50 faults as Beale Morris and Eastern Shore had already had a rail down in that phase. They used up almost all of their cushion, accumulating 4 faults for one rail down and 7 time faults; but managed to eak out a victory by 2.50 faults on a score of 52.22.

Beale and Eastern Shore had been tied for 6th after Dressage, added 12.8 time faults on Cross Country and the above mentioned 4 faults for a rail in Show Jumping to finish on a score of 54.72. (Beale and Eastern Shore are pictured at right jumping into the water.)

Phillip Dutton riding Mrs. Annie Jones' Cayman Went won the Dressage (34.58), incurred 19.6 time faults for 49 seconds over time on Cross Country and had 1 time fault in the Show Jumping for a final score of 55.18 and third place. Caroline Dowd, from near by Carthage, NC, finished fourth only .19 of a fault adrift of the Australian star.

Canada's Bruce Mandeville and his Olympic veteran Larissa won the Dressage on a score of 30.83, in Advanced Division 2. They never looked back! The mare added only 5.2 time faults on the Cross Country - the third fastest in their Division behind Nina Fout on Nanki Doubleday's Wild Frontier, the only pair to make the time at the entire competition, and Phillip Dutton on Mr. and Mrs. Roger Secrist's Damien, who had just 4 time faults. Larissa jumped clean in the stadium to finish on 36.03 to win the Division as well as the trophy for the best score of any Advanced horse. ( Larissa and Bruce are pictured above left jumping out of the water.)

Adrienne Iorio-Borden, who lives in Massachusetts, was second in Division 2 throughout the competition, after Dressage, after Cross Country, and after a clean Show Jumping to finish on 42.1. Phillip and Damien placed 3rd on 46.32 and local hero and Sydney Olympian Bobby Costello with his Sydney mount Chevalier finished 4th on 51.13.

Canadians continued to triumph as Stuart Black and Elkins Wetherill's Midnight Magic came from a second place finish in the Dressage phase, to add only 6 time faults Cross Country, and 4 faults for a rail down Show Jumping for a final score of 42.92. (There is a picture of Stuart and Midnight Magic on Cross Country in an earlier article in this series below.)

Kim Severson rode Linda Wachmeister's Royal Venture, who was more than a bit on the muscle in the Dressage phase, his first outing for 2003, to a tie for 8th place after that phase - one in which he usually exceeds. It was an uphill battle from there on; but, only 6.8 time faults Cross Country, the second fastest in the Division behind Larissa, vaulted them up to 2nd, a position they maintained despite one rail in the stadium, to finish on a score of 48.72. (Royal Venture and Kim are pictured at right.)

Buck Davidson subbing for Graeme Thom on Ashdale Count finished 3rd, on 51.88 and Southern Pines' Bobby Costello placed 4th with Dalliance, on 54.70.

Christy Price and her veteran Grey Spirit II won the fourth Division of Advanced by placing 2nd in Dressage (27.92), adding 14.4 time faults on Cross Country to move up to 1st place, and then defending that position by jumping a clear in the Show Jumping. (Christy and Grey Spirit II are pictured at the left.)

Another Canadian, Ian Roberts riding Mata-riki, tied for the fastest time of the Division Cross Country with Phillip Dutton and Troy, each had 6.4 time faults for 16 seconds over the time allowed. Roberts added 8 faults Show Jumping and finished on 51.48, for 2nd place.

Gayle Molander and Sir Nicholas won the Dressage, added 30.8 time faults on the Cross Country and Show Jumped clean to finish 3rd on 53.3, while Dutton and Troy placed 4th on 58.48.

Watch out USET! Jimmy Wofford and his band of Canadians are taking dead aim on the Pan Am Games!

Final Report on the Intermediate Divisions

US Eventing Association's Leading Lady Rider and Leading Rider for 2002 win Divisions of Open Intermediate.

Kim Severson, Leading Lady Rider in 2002, and Aces High Show Jumped clean to move up from second to first place in Open Intermediate Division 1 on a score of 37.5. Mara Depuy and her own Nicki Henley, also jumped clean in the stadium to trail the winner by a mere .6 of a fault, for second place. Mara seems completely recovered from the broken leg which kept her from being able to ride at Radnor last fall. (Mara and Nicki Henley are pictured at the right.)

John Williams and Sloopy, the overnight leaders did not have such good luck, pulling one rail to drop to third place on a score of 39.1.

In Open Intermediate Division 2 Australia's Phillip Dutton, the USEA's Leading Rider for 2002, on Mrs. Annie Jones' The Foreman had no Show Jumping faults to move up to first place on 37.4. (Phillip and The Foreman are pictured at the left.) Kim Severson and Winsome Adante, who had led after Cross Country, pulled three rails in the muddy going and dropped to 7th place. Bobby Costello and Clover Market had no faults to take home the red ribbon for second place.

The Young Rider Open Intermediate Division was won by Hillary Moses and Madox. This pair had been third after the Dressage Phase, moved into the lead with the fastest Cross Country in the Division, for only 5.6 time faults, and Show Jumped clean to retain their overnight lead. (Hillary and Maddox are pictured at right jumping onto the island in the water jump on Cross Country.)

Sara Davis and Dexter Wong, who had won the Dressage Phase dropped to second after Cross Country, with 12.4 time faults and were able to remain in second position, in spite of pulling one rail in the stadium, for a total of 49.9 faults. Eleanor Brennan and Bailey II finished third on a score of 63.6.

Final Report on the Preliminary Divisions

Adding Nothing to Dressage Scores Leads to Success in OP Divisions.

Jessica Schuler and After Hours won OP Division 1 adding only 2.8 time penalties on the Cross Country to their Dressage score to finish on 37.3 a mere .2 of a fault ahead of Erin Liedle and The Player, who did finish on their Dressage score of 37.5.

The winners of the other two preliminary Divisions both also finished on their Dressage scores. Phillip Dutton and Pressed for Time triumphed in Division 2 on 29.5. Canada's Juliet Graham and Buckley Boy were 3.5 faults adrift of Dutton, also finishing on their Dressage score of 33.

Mark Weissbecker and High Mountain Road (Pictured at left jumping into the water.)added nothing to their Dressage score for a win on 27.5. Kerry Philhower and Top Deck II placed second on a score of 33.2.

In the Junior Young Open Preliminary, Sarah Heffron and Kirby Park Jamaica joined the "finish on your dressage score club" to win Division 1, while Sara Davis won Division 2 on a score of 36.7, with 9.2 time faults on Cross Country on Mackinac, formerly the ride of Olympic Gold Medalist in Skiing Diann Roffe.

American Stars from the WEG and Olympics as well as Canadian and Australian International Competitors rank High at Southern Pines.

Saturday, March 15, 8:00 PM: The weather, cold , raw and misty with early showers, was the subject of everyone's conversations. The temperature never rose above 48 degrees. The course at Southern Pines can handle a lot of water. That combined with careful applications of stone dust by an experienced crew made the conditions extremely safe.

Both Divisions of Open Intermediate are being led by members of the USET's WEG Gold Medal Winning Team from Jerez, Spain, 2002, after completion of the Cross Country phase. John Williams, the highest placed American in Spain, leads Division 1 with Sloopy on a score of 35.80. (See photo of John and Sloopy at right.)

Kim Severson, the second highest placed American at Jerez, rode Linda Wachmeister's Winsome Adante, the very horse with whom she had the fastest time over the Cross Country in Spain, to lead Division 2 of the OI. Southern Pines marked Winsome Adante's 2003 season debut. Dan's score is 36.0. (See picture of Kim And Winsome Adante at left.)
Kim is also second in Division 1 with Ace's High, just 1.70 faults adrift of her WEG teammate. Mara Depuy is in third place in Division 1 with her own Nicki Henley, last year's winner of the Radnor CCI**, when ridden by David O'Connor. Mara is fully recovered from the broken leg which caused her to miss Radnor last fall.

Australia's highest placed rider from the WEG, Phillip Dutton, is in second place in Division 2, with Mrs. Annie Jones' The Foreman, 1.46 faults behind Kim and Dan. Sally Cousins is in third place with Weltom Tangle. Hillary Moses and Madox lead the Young Riders OI.

Linda Dahlgren leads Advanced Division 1 with Cameo, who came from 9th after Dressage for a score of 41.22, from Beale Morris and Eastern Shore (50.77) and Buck Davidson, of Unionville, PA and Hyperlite (51.5).

Canada's Bruce Mandeville continues to lead Advanced Division 2 with his Olympic veteran mare Larissa, on 36.03. Phillip Dutton, for Australia, with Mr. and Mrs. Roger Secrist's Damien is second, on 37.42. Mr Secrist is instrumental in success of the Horse Park and responsible for idea of the live Web coverage of Southern Pines Horse Trials available on the Horse Trials site.(Please see Web Site address below.) Home town hero Bobby Costello and his Sydney Olympic mount Chevalier are in third, with a score of 44.13.

Stuart Black, also a Canadian, is in the lead in Division 3 with Midnight Magic, on 38.92. (See photo of Stuart and Midnight Magic at right.) He leads Kim Severson on Linda Wachmeister's Royal Venture (44.72) who came from a tie for 9th to second on the strength of a mere 6.8 time faults. Southern Pines is Royal Venture's first 2003 outing. Bobby Costello is also third in this Division, this time with Dalliance (50.70).

Christy Price and Grey Spirit II, with a score of 42.32, lead Division 4 of Advanced from Canada's Ian Roberts and Mata-riki (42.32) and Phillip Dutton and Troy (50.98).

Heavy rain was falling by 6:00 Pm and is forcast to continue into Sunday for the Preliminary Cross Country and Intermediate and Advanced Show Jumping.

Please remember to tune in to Southern Pines' live Web Cast and quick results on the address below.

Former Olympians and Southern Pines Residents Are Among Leaders after the Dressage Phase.

Friday, March 14, 5:30 PM: Nearly one hundred Advanced horses competed in four Divisions on Friday. Australia's Phillip Dutton, twice an Olympic Team Gold Medalist and first and third at the CIC-W***, at Red Hills, in Florida, last weekend, leads Advanced 1 with Mrs. Annie Jones' Cayman Went on 34.58. Adrienne Iorio-Borden and Show of Heart, a former ride of Phillip's, are tied for second with Jessica Moore and Fibber Magee. Both have scores of 37.80, 2.58 faults behind Phillip.

Canada's Bruce Mandeville, with his Olympic veteran mare Larissa leads Division 2, on a score of 30.83. Once again Adrienne Iorio-Borden is in second place, this time with Make Mine Irish, who is a mere 1.67 faults adrift of the Canadian, on a score of 32.50. Southern Pines' home town hero Bobby Costello, is in third place with with his Sydney Olympic veteran Chevalier, on 33.33.

John Williams, another Southern Pines' favorite, leads Advanced 3, with his 2002 WEG Gold Medal Team leader Carrick, on a super score of 28.33. (John and Carrick are pictured at right.) Carrick's test was exceptionally fluid, and a pleasure to watch. Canadian Stuart Black is in second place with Midnight Magic on 32.9. Buck Davidson of Unionville, PA, who rode Graeme Thom's Ashdale Count, and Australia's Phillip Dutton, who resides in West Grove, PA, are tied for third with identical scores of 37.08.

Advanced Division 4 is led by Marylander Gayle Molander and Sir Nicholas, with the best Dressage score of all - 22.56. (Sir Nicholas and Gayle are pictured below left.) Christy Price and Grey Spirit II are second on 27.92, while Shannon Ewing and Moment's Notice stand third with a score of 28.33.

An over night thunder storm Thursday signalled the passage of a cold front, which led to chilly temperatures and brisk winds. The forcast for Saturday, Cross Country Day for the Intermediate and Advanced horses, has not beencheerful. Though Southern Pines' sandy soil handles moisture extremely well, hopes are high for a dry Saturday.

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