Captain Mark Phillips’ gorgeous championship cross-coun- try course, built by ETB Equine Construction. Located on a former golf course, the North Carolina-themed featured jumps adorned with carved animals and notable landmarks including the Hatteras Lighthouse and Chimney Rock. Clean rides inside the time sorted out the tightly scored dressage results and time faults proved influential in the results Sadly for Team USA, cross-country did not go according
to plan for several riders: Boyd had a run-out in the water with the inexperienced Tsetserleg and Will Coleman had two stops riding Tight Lines. Individual competitor Lauren Kieffer parted company with Jacqueline Mars’ Vermiculus. Phillip Dutton and Z added time faults. Lynn Symansky with Donner was the only American rider to go clear and in the time allowed. On Monday, for the final jumping phase, Phillip was the
only U.S. rider to jump clear finishing thirteenth individu- ally. All three of the other U.S. riders had three rails down each, dropping the U.S. out of Olympic qualification (see sidebar on previous page).
THE WATSON LEGACY The luck of the Irish—or the reward for decades of hard work—was evident when Sam Watson of Ballybolger Stud in County Carlow, Ireland took home a team silver medal at the WEG, in some respects repeating history. Sam’s father John won an individual silver medal four decades ago at the 1978 Eventing World Championships in Lexington, Kentucky riding Cambridge Blue. Sam Watson is well known in eventing circles not only as an accomplished rider but as one of the found- ers, along with Diarm Byrne, of
Equiratings.com and the Horseware Eventing Podcast, which they now co-host with Nicole Brown and Jenni Autry. “We had a bit of rain as I headed out on the cross
country course and all I could think was, ‘Please rain harder, please rain harder, we’re all on good Irish horses!’” jokes Sam of his WEG experience. Sally Corscadden coached the Irish team of Sam
Watson, Cathal Daniels, Sarah Ennis, Padraig McCarthy and Patricia Ryan (reserve and individual), who claimed Ireland’s first-ever team medal at a World Equestrian Games. “It’s been 40 years since the Irish were in this posi-
tion. It’s absolutely huge; we’re making history,” Sally says. “This was our goal – and we pushed those Brits, we made them a little bit nervous!” When Padraig McCarthy of County Tipperary claimed individual silver riding Mr. Chunky, he became the first Irish event rider to claim the individual silver at a World Championship since Sam’s father in 1978. This year the Irish Eventing team also celebrated the fact that they were the first Irish team in any sport to have qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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