guest post by Leslie Hernandez:

Our perfect weather disappeared today! It was chilly and rainy. The dressage arena quickly turned to muck in places, though the grounds crew worked hard to keep it usable. It drizzledand poured buckets off and on throughout the day. American Kathrin Dancer went early in the day. Joe Yoder drove in the afternoon.

There were some nice tests, including Joe’s, but no one could touch the leaders from yesterday. The team placings were also finalized today, but it could all change on tomorrow’s marathon.

The obstacles are tight and technical. Four are grouped quite close together, the other four are spread out. The rain today could make for sticky going tomorrow. We are very excited to see this phase of the event!

During today’s afternoon session, we had the pleasure of sitting with the Garretts, from Texas. They spend summers in Ireland and were pulling for the U.S. and Irish. It was a delightful afternoon.