‘He’s got a heart the size of Kentucky’: mixed fortunes for early riders on Kentucky cross-country

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Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country: Tamie Smith and Mai Baum
Tamie Smith and Mai Baum at Kentucky 2023.
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Tamie Smith will be third or better overnight, having recorded a clear inside the time over the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country course today.

The US hopeful finished two seconds inside the 11 minute 26 second target over Derek di Grazia’s course with Alexandra Ahearn and her parents Ellen Ahearn and Eric Markell’s Mai Baum. She had to work hard in the later stages of the course, but the 17-year-old was jumping well clear of his fences all the way.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.