Chris Burton and Shadow Man sit in a surprise third place after the dressage and cross-country stages of the three-day eventing competition. Now for the showjumping.
The dark horse of the Australian equestrian team, Chris Burton, has salvaged the sport’s medal hopes in the three-day eventing, sitting in the bronze-medal position in the individual competition leading into the final day.
But here he is sitting in third after two days, having picked up just 22 penalty points in Saturday’s dressage round and none in Sunday’s cross-country. Christopher Burton and Shadow Man compete at the Palace of Versailles on the second day of the eventing competition.Equestrian requires horse and rider to be in seamless combination, a situation that is usually reached only after multiple years of competition. But Burton has flown in the face of that axiom, leasing Shadow Man only in January and having been restricted to just a few competitions in 2024.
In the sport of equestrian, the bravest horse is not always the smartest and the reverse applies. The best horse has a combination of courage and care and it’s the responsibility of riders like Burton and Rose to manage the shortfall.– enough to discourage Job – he can’t be ruled out of medal contention, even though he sits outside the top 20 in the individual field, having picked up 37.40 penalty points through the dressage and cross-country stages.
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