Rain for the 4*S this morning in Kentucky but Jonelle said it was welcome for the track and predicted that I would stop for Falco’s dressage.
Unfortunately that prediction didn’t come true and Tim and Falco did get rain for most of the trot work which was a shame as neither would be fans of it. 27.8 placed Falco at the head of Tim’s three horses which is no surprise although the fact that Jarillo ( Milo) and Happy Boy are so close says so much about the depth of Tim’s string out in the US.
Falco was so cool as always, he has this amazing ability to trot around like a cob in his daily work but turn on the flashy movement whenever he enters a big arena. It’s probably his saving grace and possibly points to his longevity as he doesn’t waste any big steps when he doesn’t have to. He was so cool, he and Tim looked like the ultimate team and it was so close to a clear round, just a slight error in the first pirouette dropping the score down.
And Falco was lucky…. just two horses later, last to go, old mate Boyd Martin went in an absolute torrential downpour. And just as he did the final halt the rain stopped.
So at the end of dressage Tim sits in 5th with Falco, equal 7th with Jarillo (Milo) and 9th with Happy Boy. Jonelle sits in 12th with Hiarado (Jools) and it is never without drama and ups and downs at 5 star and especially in Kentucky.
All fingers crossed for tomorrow.
First horse on course will be Milo and Tim at 1.30 USA time, all the results are on https://realtime5.startboxscoring.com
and all the live action on ClipMYHorse TV.