World Singles Championship (Italy), report from Karen Garrett:
Kim Stover finished fourth in cones and nineteenth overall! Kim and Lucky had a great run with only one ball down and inside the time of 2 min., 30 sec. There was only one double clear round, by Polish driver Bartlomiej Kwiatek who finished with the silver medal. Thorsten Zarembowicz of Germany, who led after earning a 35.20 in dressage, held onto his lead to win on a total of 119.05. The cones course was very technical with three zig-zags, a diabolical turn from 14 to 15, and circles right and left that turned the horse to face the crowd. Quite a few horses went counterbent looking at the spectators, and cones came down as a result. The U.S. finished elelventh out of nineteen teams and moved up ahead of Great Britain. Two competitors took out cones (1 and 20) on their run from 13 to 14, which was nearly the length of the arena.
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