Eventing

American Will Coleman has won the CCI5*-L at Kentucky Three-Day Event with Diabolo, while Australian Sophia Hill finished inside the top ten with her off-the-track Thoroughbred Humble Glory.

New Zealand’s Monica Spencer and her Thoroughbred gelding Artist have retained their lead in the CCI5*-L at Kentucky Three-Day Event, with fellow Thoroughbred Humble Glory also going clear and under time for Australian Sophia Hill.

New Zealand’s Monica Spencer leads the CCI5*L at Kentucky Three-Day Event with her Thoroughbred Artist, with a very impressive score of 22.3. Australians Ema Klugman and Sophia Hill are placed 22nd and 23rd ahead of Saturday’s influential cross country phase.

American William Coleman and Diabolo – a horse formerly produced in Australia by Gemma Tinney – leads the CCI5*L field at Kentucky Three-Day Event, with Sophia Hill and Humble Glory also completing their dressage test on day one.

All 29 horse and rider combinations — including both Australians — are moving forward to the dressage phase of the CCI5*L at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event.

Top Kiwi equestrians are heading to Kentucky this week (23-26 April) to compete in CCI5*-L eventing and CSI5* show jumping.

Twenty-two-year-old Oliver Barrett has won the Adelaide CCI5*L with Sandhills Briar after a nail-biting afternoon of show jumping. In the CCI4*S, Jess Somerfield and APH New Sensation were victorious, while Tahlia Pursell and Astro NZPH won the CCI3*L and Australia took a clean sweep of the Oceania Championship titles.