Le Kentucky Three-Day Event dévoile les heures de départ du cross-country

Le Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event a publié les heures de départ pour l'épreuve de cross-country du samedi 25 avril. Caroline Pamukcu et HSH Tolan King ouvriront le CCI5* à 13h30 heure locale, avec des cavaliers britanniques s'élançant à intervalles réguliers. Trois duos britanniques figurent également dans la catégorie CCI4*-S.

Le cross-country du CCI5* débutera à 13h30 (18h30 heure britannique), les cavaliers s'élançant toutes les cinq minutes. Caroline Pamukcu clôturera également l'épreuve avec sa troisième monture, HSH Blake, à 15h50 (20h50 heure britannique). Parmi les concurrents britanniques, on retrouve David Doel sur Galileo Nieuwmoed à 13h55, Tom Jackson sur Plot Twist B à 14h15, Harry Meade sur Superstition à 14h30, Tom McEwen sur Brookfield Quality à 15h25, et à nouveau Harry Meade sur Grafennacht à 15h45 (toutes les heures britanniques sont entre parenthèses, plus cinq heures).

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