The first day of dressage is now complete, with thirty-five of the sixty-nine competitors having driven today. In first place so far is Carola Diener (a member of the German team), with an impressive score of 35.58. Two of the five judges had her in first place, and the other three judges had her in second place. One of the Swiss team’s drivers, Beat Schenk is currently in second place, with a score of 36.22. (Interestingly, three of the five judges had him in first place.)

If you’d like to study all the dressage scores for yourself, you can find them at either www.hoefnet.com or www.hippoevent.at.

The only American driver who went today was Misdee Miller. Her score of 52.86 puts her in eleventh place after today’s first day of dressage.