Ireland’s Drunken Disorderly, presented by Mark Kyle, was not accepted at the first horse inspection for the World Equestrian Games three-day event competition, Aug. 23 in Aachen, Germany.
The ground jury of Brian Ross from the United States, Angela Tucker of Great Britain and Martin Plewa of Germany, also asked to re-inspect Glengarrick, presented by Heelan Tompkins of New Zealand and 2006 Rolex Kentucky CCI*** winner Master Monarch, with Andrew Hoy. Both passed upon re-inspection.
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The U.S. team trotted up six horses (Upstage/Karen O’Connor, Task Force/Jan Byyny, Antigua/Will Faudree, Winsome Adante/Kim Severson, Poggio/Amy Tryon and Northern Spy/Heidi White) without a hiccup, all being immediately accepted.
U.S. chef d’equipe Mark Phillips saw his team pass the horse inspection around 2:30, then made it to the main arena to watch his wife, Sandy Phillips, ride her dressage test at 3:00 for Great Britain. Phillips’ daughter, reigning eventing European Champion Zara Phillips, also passed the horse inspection with Toytown for Great Britain.
