Maryland 5 Celebrity first trot-up 2023: one horse held

There was once a frightened wait on the Mars Maryland 5 Celebrity first trot-up this afternoon (Wednesday 18 October) when Campground, the experience of america’s Erin Kanara, was once despatched to the protecting field.

Campground, who completed fifteenth at this tournament ultimate yr, was once the 20 th horse to be introduced to the bottom jury – president Judy Hancock (Nice Britain) and participants Andrew Bennie (New Zealand) and Robert Stevenson (USA). The 16-year-old gelding, who’s owned by means of Marnie Kelly, was once despatched to the protecting field and re-presented on the finish of the trot-up, when he was once then authorized to proceed within the festival.

Twenty-six mixtures got here ahead to the Maryland 5 Celebrity first trot-up and all of the others have been authorized the primary time they have been introduced.

British rider Oliver Townend was once judged the most efficient dressed guy on the Maryland 5 Celebrity first trot-up, whilst New Zealand’s Monica Spencer gained the most efficient dressed woman award.

EquiRatings has predicted that the British aggregate of Piggy March and five-star first-timer Brookfield Cavalier Cruise have the most important likelihood of successful this week’s tournament with 29%. Oliver Townend and Cooley Rosalent, who’s some other five-star debutante, are 2nd in all probability to take best honours, in step with EquiRatings, with a win likelihood of 24%.

The primary day of dressage gets underway the next day at 2pm EST (7pm UK time). The primary aggregate into the sector can be Eire’s Austin O’Connor together with his common five-star campaigner Colorado Blue. Piggy and Brookfield Cavalier Cruise will apply them.

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