Boyd Martin leads Eventing Advanced Final after cross country
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LEXINGTON, Ky.--Boyd Martin on Shanroe Cooley surged into the lead in the featured $60,000 USEA Advanced Final after a clean and fast cross country round on Thursday, Aug. 27 in the Kentucky Horse Park.
Boyd Martin on Shanroe Cooley (Photo by Lindsay Barreth)Ariel Grald on Obalix won the Open Intermediate Championship after finishing eighth in dressage, moving up to first after cross crountry and then going clean in show jumping to finish on 30.8 for the win.
Martin, just 10 days after helping the U.S. Eventing Team win the bronze medal at the World in Aachen, Germany, was third after dressage with Shanroe Cooley, barn name Dallas, and when overnight leaders Lainey Ashker on Lovedance and second-placed Isabelle Bosley on Conner had runouts on cross-country Martin moved into the lead, adding just 8.8 time penalties.
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