MYAKKA CITY, Fla.--Alyssa Phillips of Fort Worth, Texas on Oskar went into the lead after show jumping on Friday, March 29 in the CCI4*-S division at The Event at TerraNova.

Alyssa Phillips on Oskar (Photo by Shannon Brinkman) Phillips was clean in show jumping to lead after placing second in Thursday’s dressage.

“He has become so reliable in the ring and is acting as a professional these days," said Phillips of Oskar'a dressage. "It’s nice to be able to go into the ring and show him off now. I'm really happy with all four of my horses, and I can't wait to show jump and run around the beautiful cross-country track. They’ve done an amazing job.”

Phillips also is third in the CCI3*-S with Cornelius Bo, a Hanoverian gelding whose comical personality earned him the barn names “Corny” and “Corn Dog.”

In the 4*, Karl Slezak of Canada on Hot Bobo moved up to second place from fifth after a clean stadium jumping round and New Zealand's Monica Spencer was third.

"Preparing him for the CCI4*-S iis a work in progress because he is a bit stronger when the show jumping phase comes before cross country," said Phillips of Oskar. "I've worked really hard on that this winter.”

 

PHILLIPS said the 4*-S course was a difficult show jumping track but found that it rode extremely well.

“There were spots when you had to wait a bit, but the time was also tight, so you needed to keep the energy throughout the course" she said. "At the same time, you needed to get there perfectly so the horse was able to cover the distances. It was a great track and it was really fun to ride around.”

Lauren Nicholson leads the 3*-S on Larcot Z and is seventh on Landmark’s Jungle’s Gold.

“It was a great atmosphere to practice jumping our horses in and prepping for our spring three days,” she said. “The course was prepared immaculately, and I’m looking forward to jumping around the cross-country track.”

Olympian Leslie Law of Great Britain, who led after dressage on Lady Charerly with a score of 28.5 on Thursday, opening day of The Event at TerraNova, dropped to 17th after eight jumping faults plus four time faults in stadium jumping.

The Event at TerraNova concludes Saturday with the cross-country phase.