The next best placed Aussie rider is Chris Burton who partnered on the second day of Dressage competition with Holstein Park Leilani to score 45.00 and finish the first phase in fourth position. Burton is the only Australian rider to have two horses in the top ten. His day one result with Hazurac (47.20) has him sharing tenth position.

 

Australian combinations are currently occupying the following positions:

 

3^rd    Clayton Fredericks and Walterstown Don (44.20)

4^th    Chris Burton and Holstein Park Leilani 3rd (45.00)

8^th    Bill Levett and One To Many NJ (46.00)

10^th  Chris Burton and Haruzac (47.20)

14^th  Paul Tapner and Kilronan (48.40)

16^th  Bill Levett and Hippolyte (49.20)

22^nd Clayton Fredericks and Be My Guest (51.60)

28^th  Paul Tapner and Wickstead Didgeridoo (55.40)

 

British combination Laura Collett and Rayef (38.00) lead the 52 strong field with Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister (41.40) from the USA the second best placed combination heading into day two.

 

Tomorrow riders will turn their attention to the challenging cross country course. Watch the event live online from 6pm AEST (10am local time) at http://www.saumur.org/cci/streaming-2012.html