World Singles Championship (Italy), report from Karen Garrett:

The marathon is over, and I am happy to report there were no accidents, although four competitors were eliminated and one retired. The tricks in the obstacles caught out several of the American competitors. Donna Crookston missed the F gate in obstacles 5 and 6 and was eliminated. Robin Groves had a correction of course in obstacle 1 when she went through D backwards and incurred a twenty-point penalty. Bob Koopman had three knockdowns.

The multiple changes of rein required in most of the obstacles resulted in much twisting and turning to take the inside routes, and a number of the horses were noticeably slowing down toward the end.

Beau, Bill Peacock’s horse, ran out of gas and ended up walking much of the last couple of obstacles.

Kim Stover had the best drive among the Americans, with no errors and a quick time, incurring only 72.85 penalties and placing her seventeenth on the marathon.

The unofficial scores are as follows:

Kim Stover: seventeenth on the marathon with 72.85, and twenty-ninth overall with 139.92 points.

Robin Groves: fifty-sixth on the marathon with 93.54, and fifty-fourth overall with 155.62.

Bill Peacock: fifty-second on the marathon with 90.38, and fortieth overall with 147.98.

Bob Koopman: forty-first on the marathon with 79.65, and fifty-eighth overall with 158.56.

The fastest marathon was driven by Lusie Musy, with a 65.82; she is now eleventh place overall.

The German competitor who was first in dressage was eighteenth in the marathon and is still first overall.

I wrote down these scores quickly off of a rolling scoreboard, so please excuse any errors!