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MacPhail and O’Neal Come Away with USEF National One-Star Eventing Championship Titles

Elinor MacPhail and Rendezvous with Charly (Xpress Foto)

Lexington, Ky. – National titles were awarded to riders on Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park upon the completion of the USEF National One-Star Eventing Championships. Held October 17-19 in conjunction with the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge, 42 horse-and-rider combinations tackled the CCI1* in hopes of being crowned champion.

The USEF National One-Star Championship title went to Elinor MacPhail (Bluemont, Va.), who demonstrated excellent riding throughout the competition aboard her own Rendezvous with Charly. She had a lovely dressage test with the seven-year-old German Sporthorse gelding, despite him feeling a bit fresh in the brisk fall weather, to score a 49.1. The pair had a textbook round over Derek diGrazia’s challenging cross country course, going double clear. MacPhail and Rendezvous with Charly retained their strong form over Mary Fike’s show jumping course, to add nothing to their dressage score and claim the Richard Collins Trophy.

“It feels great,” MacPhail said of winning the championship title. “I mean “Rudy” is a great jumper, he has been so consistent this year. I think he has done four Prelims and won two of them, as wells as winning a CIC1*, so I’m so thrilled with him. I feel so lucky to have him.”

“It was a great weekend. In dressage they were both a little wild,” she said of “Rudy” and her other mount, Shadow on the Wall, with whom she was sixth in the championship. “They started out in the jog and they were kind of jumping around everywhere and I didn’t quite get it out of their system before dressage, so they were tenser than I wanted so they scored higher. For cross country though, they were great. They were definitely greener so I took the option at the second water and just trying to keep them confident. Then for show jumping they jumped fantastic so I couldn’t be happier.”

Leah Snowden (Winchester, Ky.) and Ivy League finished on their dressage score of 51.3 to be named the USEF National One-Star Reserve Champions. She and the 10-year-old Thoroughbred gelding were one of five pairs to have a double clear round in the CCI* Division A in Sunday’s show jumping phase.

Twenty-one-year-old Alexander O’Neal (Ocala, Fla.) came out on top as the USEF National Junior and Young Rider One-Star Champion with his mount Esquire. He and the eight-year-old Hanoverian gelding started off with a 51.9 in dressage. The pair made light work of the cross country course and knocked a single rail in show jumping to end on a score of 55.9, winning the Harry T. Peters Trophy.

The Reserve Champion title in the USEF National Junior and Young Rider One-Star Championship went to Woods Baughman (Lexington, Ky.) and Truckee Bash. After scoring a 60.0 in dressage, he and the seven-year-old Thoroughbred gelding had double clear rounds in the cross country and stadium phases to move up to receive Reserve Champion honors.

By Kathleen Landwehr

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USEF National One-Star Eventing Championship Titles Up for Grabs at Hagyard Midsouth CCI1*

Lexington, Ky. – Top competitors will vie for a national title at the Kentucky Horse Park as they compete in the USEF National One-Star Eventing Championships. Held October 17-19 in conjunction with the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge, 42 horse-and-rider combinations will contest the CCI1* after all pairs passed the first horse inspection.

In the USEF National One-Star Championship, riders age 22 or over hope to be crowned champion and receive the Richard Collins Trophy. Leading the field of 23 combinations, Lisa Borgia (Maple Plain, Minn.) and Frodo of the Shire have found much success at the one-star level this year. In June, she and her own 10-year-old Thoroughbred gelding won the CCI1* at the Fox River Valley Pony Club Horse Trials. Earlier this month, the pair won the CIC1* at Roebke’s Run Horse Trials as their final run before the championship.

A field of 19 riders between the ages of 14 and 21 will compete for the Harry T. Peters Trophy in the USEF National Junior and Young Rider One-Star Championship. Alexa Ehlers (Lexington, Ky.) and Clear Approval have already claimed a championship title this year, winning the USEA Area VIII Preliminary Championship back in August. She hopes to maintain their excellent form this weekend as the seven-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by Hidden Glen Farm will contest his first CCI1*.

The competition will begin Thursday with dressage starting at 12:15 pm ET. Cross country will take place Friday beginning at 1:45 pm ET, and the competition will finish up Saturday with the show jumping at 11:30 am ET.

For more information on the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge, including schedules, ride times, and results, visit: http://www.kyevents.net/shows/info/tchallenge.

For live scoring, click here: http://www.kyevents.net/scores.

By Kathleen Landwehr

USEF National One-Star Eventing Champions to Be Crowned at Hagyard Midsouth CCI1*

Lexington, KY – Competitors from across the United States are at the Kentucky Horse Park to take part in the USEF National One-Star Eventing Championships this weekend. The championships are held as part of the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge October 18-21. Nineteen U.S. competitors are ready to take part in the CCI1* with all horses passing the first horse inspection.

Valerie Vizcarrondo (Harwood, MD) and Fernhill Whatever are coming off of a third place finish in the Preliminary Championship at the Morven Park Fall Horse Trials and a fifth place finish in the Plantation Field International Horse Trials CIC1*. She hopes to pilot Greyside LLC’s eight-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding to another top performance this weekend in the USEF National One-Star Championship.

Selena Pape (Louisville, KY) was the 2011 USEF National Amateur One-Star Champion with her mare Vanity. She hopes to claim back-to-back victories at the Championship with another strong performance from her talented 7-year-old Holsteiner mare. The pair recently won the Preliminary division at the Flying Cross Farm Horse Trials.

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