Chambers Keeps His Grip On The CIC*** At Richland Park

Nate Chambers is up against six horse-and-rider combinations short-listed for this fall’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, but he kept cool under pressure today at the Richland Park CIC***. Chambers and Rolling Stone II beat out those four-star challengers and plenty of other experienced pairs in the dressage on Thursday (45.9), and they maintained their lead today, Aug. 28, with a double-clear cross-country round in Richland, Mich.

But tomorrow will be an even more stressful test for Chambers, 23, of Vienna, Va. Two weeks ago he was in the lead in an advanced division going into show jumping at the Millbrook Horse Trials (N.Y.), but five rails down dropped him to eighth overall. Tomorrow morning, he hasn’t a rail to spare over Boyd Martin and Remington XXV (47.6).