Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy—Sept. 18

Sixty-nine horse were presented to the ground jury this morning at the FEI Eventing World Championship. Three were held: Spain’s Antonio Cejudo Caro and Duque HSM, Thailand’s Korntawat Samran and Uster De Chanay, and Austria’s Harald Ambros and Mountbatton 2, but all passed on reinspection.

Four pairs who completed the cross-country elected not to present. Jordy Wilken and Burry Spirit (the Netherlands), Hanne Wind Ramsgaard and Amequ Torino (Denmark), Jan Kaminski and Jard (Poland) and Ryuzo Kitajima and Cekatinka JRA (Japan).

Riders will show jump in reverse order of standing. The first session is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. Central European Time (5:30-7:10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time). The Top 25 will show jump from 2:30-3:45 p.m. CET (8:30—9:45 a.m. EDT). The medal ceremony will follow at 4 p.m. CET (10 a.m. EDT).

All five U.S. combinations sit inside the Top 25. Tamie Smith and Mai Baum are third. Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg TSF are sixth. Will Coleman and Off The Record are 11^th. Ariel Grald and Leamore Master Plan and Lauren Nicholson and Vermiculus are 18^th and 19^th, respectively.

The Chronicle is on site to bring you interviews, photos and stories daily, so follow along at coth.com. We’ll have full analysis from the competition in the Oct. 10 issue of The Chronicle of the Horse magazine.

Results and order of go can be found here.

U.S. pair Tamie Smith and Mai Baum are in third. Kimberly Loushin Photos

Michael Jung and fischerChipmunk FRH hold the lead for Germany.

Australia’s Shane Rose gives Virgil a pat.

Ariel Grald and Leamore Master Plan.

Great Britain’s Yasmin Ingham shares a quiet moment with Banzai Du Loir. They are in second.

Marcelo Tosi’s Glenfly (Brazil).

Great Britain’s Tom McEwen and Toledo De Kerser.

Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg TSF.

Groom Claudia Dagmar Weber shares a moment with Felix Vogg’s Cartania (Switzerland).

Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class are in fourth for Great Britain.

Shjabrina ridden by Denmark’s Mia Hastrup.

Lauren Nicholson and Vermiculus.

Will Coleman’s Off The Record.

Lea Siegl’s DSP Fighting Line (Austria).