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Dana Cooke And Colleen Loach Finish Strong At


Land Rover Three-Day Event Canadians fed off


energy from equestrian fans return to the ‘best weekend all year’


Lexington, KY, May 2, 2022 – Canada’s Dana Cooke


and Colleen


Loach posted top ten fin- ishes at the 2022 Land Rover Kentucky Three- Day Event, presented by MARS Equestrian. Held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY from April 28 – May 1, 2022, the famous event is a favourite for some of the world’s elite eventers and fans of the sport. After its cancellation


in 2020 and having no spectators in 2021, a re- ported 80,000 equestrian enthusiasts flocked to the grounds to catch some of the adrenaline-filled tests from this past Thursday to Sunday. Excited


fans


watched Cooke finish in the top five, riding FE Mississippi (Cassini II x Leggat), a grey 12-year- old Württemberger mare owned by FE Mississippi Syndicate Inc., in the CCI4*-S division. A total of 46 entries contested the four-star division, with 29 completing the three-phase event includ- ing the cross-country course designed by Derek di Grazia. “It has been a great


week here at Kentucky!” Cooke said about her first-time riding in the event. “We put in a con- sistent dressage test, and I was pretty happy with her,” Cooke said about the beloved mare, whose nickname is ‘Miss Per- fect.’ “She has always been a very sweet, polite mare. She always tries hard and to be so good.” Cooke, originally


from Merritt, BC, now re- siding in Mooresville, NC, started in 24th after recording 32.9 penalty


Loach and FE Golden Eye completing a jump during the CCI4*-S at Land Rover Three-Day Event in Lexington, KY. Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley


Cooke and FE Mississippi completing a victory lap during the CCI4*-S in Lexington, KY. Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley


points in the opening dressage phase. The duo made a drastic change in the standings during the cross-country


phase,


moving up to fifth place, after incurring 7.6 time- faults. “The cross-country


proved to be quite influ- ential!” she said referring to her big move up the leaderboard. “The brush and the skinny at 4ab and the coffin at 6abc were I think the toughest ques-


tions. Missi just got better and more confident as she went around. She looked for the flags and it really flowed.” The 35-year-old and her lovely German- bred mare held on to fifth position after just 4 penalty points in the jumping test and rounded out the top five with a score of 44.5. Fellow Canadian


Loach of Dunham, QC, finished right behind Cooke in sixth place, rid-


ing FE Golden Eye (Goldfever 3 x Contendro I),


a nine-year-old


Hanoverian gelding she co-owns with Maureen Lemay, Amanda Bern- hard and Peter Barry. The pair started the three- phase event in 18th place after posting a 68.37% and scoring 31.7 penalty points in the dressage test. The


two-time


Olympian and FE Golden Continued on Page 27


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