Reining Team Final

History was made today at the Kentucky Horse Park. This is the first time that the World Equestrian Games have been held on US soil and today was the inaugural Medal ceremony of the Games. Fittingly enough, it was for the only discipline to have originated in the United States, Reining, and the Gold was awarded to none other than the United States of America!
After the strong showing yesterday, the US was leading going into today’s competition. Tom McCutcheon started things off for the Team in the morning section by laying down a blistering 224 with Gunners Special Nite, owned by Sarah Willeman and Turnabout Farm. The score tied them with Italy’s Stefano Massignan and Yellow Jersey, owned by Arcese Quarter Horses. Those would stay at the top of the leader board until Shawn Flarida and RC Fancy Step entered the arena. Flarida piloted the Buffalo Ranch owned RC Fancy Step to a massive score of 227. The scores to follow were strong but not enough to catch the United States. The final results, Team USA with the Gold, Team Belgium with Sliver and Team Italy with the Bronze.

With such an impressive showing in the Team competition, we are assured of an amazing Individual Final on Thursday. The top 15 from the Team Competition advance to the Individual Final, along with the top five from the consolation round to be held on Tuesday.