Just four days after the MARS Maryland 5-star wrapped up, the final 5-star of the year got under way at France’s Pau venue, known for its twisty/turney cross-country course.
World number two Ros Canter of Great Britain leads after dressage on a sparkling 19 penalties with Izilot DHI, who retired on cross-country at both Badminton and Burghley. Second place is a tie between Maryland winner Oliver Townend (who rode Ballaghmor Class to that title) and his 2024 Kentucky 5-star winner Cooley Rosalent and Emily King with Valmy Biats. Both were marked at 24.6.
World number one Tom McEwen continued the British wave in fourth place with Brookfield Quality (25.8).
The best American is Boyd Martin, sixteenth with Federman B, who seems to have conquered his flying change problems from the Olympics. He was marked between 6 and 7.5 for those movements during his test, where the score was 29.5. Boyd’s other horse, Miss Lulu Herself (great name for a chestnut mare) stands twenty-first on 30.1 penalties. The only other U.S. rider in the event is Will Coleman with Off the Record, thirty-ninth on 33.2.
For Pau dressage results, click here.