Lexington, Ky.—April 30
Thirty-nine horses will show jump this afternoon at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****. Forty horses presented for the final horse inspection this morning in front of ground jury members Christina Klingspor, Nick Burton and David Lee.
Two pairs did not present—Lauren Kieffer withdrew Vermiculus and Jolie Wentworth withdrew GoodKnight.
Kieffer explained on her Facebook page that Vermiculus was muscle sore after a slip at the Head Of The Lake yesterday.Â
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Three horses were held—Lillian Heard’s Share Option, Ellen Doughty-Hume’s Sir Oberon and Doug Payne’s Vandiver. Vandiver did not pass upon reinspection.
Show jumping begins at 1 p.m. Â
See photos from the morning’s jog:

Perfectly in sync: Matt Brown and Super Socks BCF start today’s show jumping as the highest-placed U.S. pair.

Mr. Medicott, future horse model, passed the jog with Phillip Dutton, as did Dutton’s other two mounts.

“Can I go cross-country again?” Holly Payne Caravalla’s Never Outfoxed sailed through the second inspection.

Swagger, they’ve got it. Michael Jung presented a dappled fischerRocana FST for the final jog. The pair is currently leading.

Phillip Dutton jogged a sound Tight Lines for a very lame Will Coleman. The latter tore a tendon in his leg on yesterday’s cross-country.

I think it’s safe to say that Hannah Sue Burnett likes Under Suspection, who jumped clear in her first four-star yesterday.

PS Arianna and Madeline Backus have been a team for 10 years, and they’ll start show jumping today in 20th place.

Will Faudree, who loaned his white suit to Boyd Martin, went for a more casual look with Pfun at this second horse inspection.