2024 Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill Three-Day Occasion Preview

It looks like simply yesterday {that a} top-level worldwide fall three-day occasion was added to the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s (FEI) North American schedule, however this month’s Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill would be the fourth version. The 2024 Maryland 5 Star runs October 16-20 on the Honest Hill Pure Sources Administration Space Particular Occasion Zone in Cecil County, Maryland.

The Younger Historical past of the Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill

All of it started with the inaugural Maryland 5 Star Occasion in 2021 when native rider Boyd Martin piloted the Turner household’s 15-year-old Anglo-European mare On Cue to victory over 45 different entries. Martin, and his spouse Silva and their household, stay lower than half an hour down the street from Honest Hill. The runner-up that 12 months was Nice Britain’s Oliver Townend driving Cooley Grasp Class. Tim Value of New Zealand took third on Xavier Faer. Jennie Brannigan from the USA driving Stella Artois positioned fourth.

The subsequent 12 months, 2022, 25 entries competed. This time it was New Zealand’s flip with Tim Value capturing the highest prize aboard Jean-Louis Stauffer’s 10-year-old Selle Français gelding Coup De Coeur Dudevin. The USA’s Tamra Smith guided Danito to second, and Townend once more made exhibiting for third with As Is. Phillip Dutton (USA), whose farm can also be close to Honest Hill, grabbed the fourth spot with Z.

Final 12 months with 26 entries competing, Eire’s Austin O’Connor and the 14-year-old British Sport Horse gelding Colorado Blue, owned by the rider and the Salty Syndicate, received their first 5*. British riders William Fox-Pitt on Grafennacht and Oliver Townend on Cooley Rosalent completed second and third, respectively. Hannah Sue Hollberg and Capitol HIM have been the best positioned US rivals in fourth.

2024 Maryland at Honest Hill 5 Star Entries & Officers

The Maryland at Honest Hill Occasion not solely gives the headliner CCI5*-L division, but in addition a CCI3*-L, which additionally serves at the USA Equestrian Federation Nationwide CCI3*-L Championship. Moreover, there are two age divisions of the United States Eventing Affiliation’s (USEA) Younger Occasion Horse collection provided (one for four-year-olds and one for five-year-olds); these will function the Dutta Company USEA’s 2024 YEH East Championships introduced by Dubarry of Eire.

Twenty-three rivals from 5 nations (Australia, Canada, Nice Britain, New Zealand, and USA) are set to compete within the CCI5*-L division sponsored by the Brown Advisory. They are going to be vying for a part of $325,000 in prize cash ($100,000 to the winner) plus a plethora of trophies, ribbons and presents. Amongst a number of trophies provided is one for the highest-placed Thoroughbred; this award is sponsored by The Retired Racehorse Venture of their ongoing mission to advertise careers in sport past racing for Thoroughbreds.

Among the many 2024 Maryland at Honest Hill 5 Star rivals are two earlier winners, Boyd Martin and On Cue, and present FEI World Rankings number-three rider Tim Value along with his 2024 Paris Olympics mount Falco. Additionally entered is world ranked number-five rider Oliver Townend who will journey his 2021 Kentucky Three-Day CCI5* winner Ballaghmor Class in Maryland. Townend is a three-time Maryland 5* top-three finisher and four-time Kentucky 5* winner.

Martin, who’s presently ranked sixth on the planet, additionally brings his long-time accomplice Tsetserleg TSF for the 2024 Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill. Collectively, the pair has competed within the 2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympic Video games, received gold on the 2019 Pan American Video games, and completed second within the 2019 Kentucky Three-Day Occasion CCI5*. Martin will even journey Commando 3, with whom he positioned second within the 2024 Kentucky Three-Day Occasion CCI4*-S this spring.

American rider Tamra Smith and her 2023 Kentucky Three-Day Occasion CCI5* winner Mai Baum are additionally contenders this 12 months in Maryland. They have been additionally members of the silver-medal successful U.S. squad on the 2022 FEI World Championships in Italy. The Maryland 5* is prone to be Mai Baum’s final run the 5* degree, so Tamie is hoping for yet one more stellar efficiency from “Lexus.”

World number-eight rider from Nice Britain, Harry Meade, is bringing two horses to Maryland, Away Cruising and Et Hop Du Matz. Meade comes into Maryland having positioned third and fourth final month on the prestigious Burghley 5* in England.

Fellow Brit Bubby Upton will compete for the primary time within the USA with Cola after the pair completed tenth on the 2024 Badminton Occasion in Might. Upton is again within the saddle after a spinal damage suffered in 2023 and she or he hopes to make her first journey to North America a profitable one.

Canadian Olympian and 2011 Pan American Video games gold medal winner Jessica Phoenix can also be set to compete in Maryland. She’s going to journey the Thoroughbred gelding Wabbit, with whom she positioned twentieth in Maryland in 2022, and the colourful pinto Canadian-bred mare Fluorescent Adolescent who can be making her 5* debut.

One other rider native to the Honest Hill space who ought to have an enormous cheering part is Buck Davidson, who brings his Kentucky Three-Day Occasion accomplice—the American-bred Thoroughbred Sorocaima—to Honest Hill. They completed sixth within the Kentucky Three-Day Occasion CCI5*-L this spring, so look ahead to them to be within the combine on the ultimate day.

Although the 2024 Maryland 5 Star at Maryland discipline is small, it’s full of plenty of expertise even past the horse and rider duos talked about above. Jennie Brannigan has completed very nicely in Maryland up to now and she or he and Twilightslastgleam completed sixteenth in Kentucky this spring. Joe Meyer (NZL) and Harbin and Emma Klugman (AUS) and Bronte Seaside additionally completed 14th and twenty first within the Kentucky 5* this spring, respectively. Nice Britain’s David Doel has expertise on the degree too and brings Galileo Nieuwmoed to Maryland; this pair positioned ninth on the Luhmühlen CCI5* this summer time.

Tiana Coudray (from the USA, however now primarily based in Nice Britain) and Cancaras Lady had an incredible run at Badminton this spring too. Alexandra Knowles and Morswood, Lillian Heard Wooden and LCC Barnaby, and Emily Hamel and Corvette, all have in depth five- star expertise collectively as nicely. American Cosby Inexperienced is now primarily based in England the place she rides with New Zealand greats Tim and Jonelle Value; she and Extremely Suspicious hope to do nicely in Maryland.

One other American rider primarily based in Nice Britain is Grace Taylor who brings her horse Recreation Changer for a shot at prize cash in Maryland; they completed 18th within the 5* at Badminton this spring. Coming off a bronze-medal end on the 2023 Pan American Video games and fourth-place finishes this 12 months on the American Eventing Championships (Superior) and the Bromont Three-Day Occasion (CCI4*-S), Canadian Lindsay Traisnel and Bacyrouge are in search of a stable efficiency at Honest Hill this week of their first begin on the 5* degree.

Officers for the CCI5*-L are: Technical Delegate, Alec Lochore (GBR); Assistant TD, Ataide Pereira (BRA); Floor Jury members, President Christina Klingspor (SWE), Valerie Pleasure (USA), and Xavier Le Sauce (FRA); Present Leaping Judges Homosexual-Ellen Dennis (CAN) and the Floor Jury members; Cross-Nation Course Designer Ian Stark (GBR) assisted by Pierre Le Goupil (FRA); FEI Chief Steward Nicola Salmon (GBR) assisted by Helen Bowler (GBR).

Fifty-five riders from 5 nations (Australia, Canada, Nice Britain, New Zealand, USA) are entered within the CCI3*-L division. Complete prize cash provided within the CCI-3* is $25,000. There’s additionally an award for the best positioned American Thoroughbred within the CCI3*-L sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue.

Officers for the CCI3*-L are: Technical Delegate Gary Parsonage (GBR); Floor Jury members, President Peter Grey (CAN), Richard Baldwin (GBR), Amanda Miller (USA); Present Leaping Judges Homosexual-Ellen Dennis (CAN) and the Floor Jury; Cross-Nation Course Designer Ian Stark (GBR) assisted by Pierre Le Goupil (FRA); FEI Chief Steward Nicola Salmon (GBR) assisted by Helen Bowler (GBR).

The Dutta Company Younger Occasion Horse competitors has 30 entered within the 4-year-old division and 42 within the 5-year-old division. The YEH consists of conformation judging, a dressage take a look at, and a spherical of leaping acceptable for the age group. The Younger Occasion Horse judges can be: for the 5-year-olds, Sally Ike (USA) and Christian Schacht (GER), and for the 4-year-olds, Jeanne McDonald (USA), Marilyn Payne (USA), Anne Moss (USA), and Phyllis Dawson (USA).

Discover a full set of entry lists for Maryland right here.

Concerning the Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill

Since 1989, the Honest Hill Worldwide not-for-profit group, run largely by volunteers, has hosted eventing and different equestrian actions such because the Elk Creek Carriage Driving Occasion and the Foxcatcher Endurance Journey on the Honest Hill Pure Sources Administration Space. In 2021, the state of Maryland, beneath the title Sport & Leisure Company of Maryland, partnered with Honest Hill to supply the brand new 5* Occasion. Honest Hill Worldwide continues to supply lower-level eventing, education and clinics all year long as nicely.

Whereas the opposite North American 5*, the now 45-year-old Kentucky Three-Day Occasion held in late April annually, is actually the elder statesman of top-level eventing on this continent, newcomer Maryland 5* brings its personal distinctive taste to the desk. As a substitute of the bluegrass, bourbon, barbecue, and southern hospitality of Kentucky, the mid-Atlantic state of Maryland boasts the scenic Chesapeake Bay with beautiful waterfront views and maritime historical past, plus fresh-caught seafood, crab truffles and Outdated Bay seasoning, amongst different delights.

Past that, the Honest Hill space of Maryland is only a stone’s throw from the Pennsylvania and Delaware state borders, giving it a regional really feel slightly than that of only one state. Amish nation in Lancaster, Pa., and the history-filled cities of Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., are all inside an hour’s drive, and the College of Delaware in Newark is simply about 20 minutes from the occasion grounds. This all provides to the melting pot of this fascinating a part of the nation. Similar to in Kentucky, individuals who stay and work within the tri-state space round Honest Hill have satisfaction of place and are pleasant and welcoming.

A bunch of enjoyable actions and leisure await attendees on the 2024 Maryland 5 Star. Canine house owners can carry their pets into the Mars VIPet Expertise chalet for some enjoyable and goodies, then pamper themselves with samples of occasion sponsor Mars’ high-end Ethel M candies at a tent within the purchasing space. On Saturday, the occasion hosts a Native Beer, Wine and Spirits Expo and on Sunday, the Cecil County Agriculture group presents a Contemporary Meals Fest. There can be stay leisure every day as nicely.

There’s additionally a Child’s Nook which gives crafts, video games, and an opportunity to fulfill some horses within the Corridor of Champions and have insect encounters on the Honest Hill Nature Middle. Kids and adults alike will get pleasure from watching the Maryland Corgi Cup canine races, the lead-line pony racing and the Shetland Pony racing. Appearances by eventer Elisa Wallace performing together with her Mustangs and the Andrews Bridge Foxhounds are additionally on the agenda. A rescue canine parade and a polo demonstration spherical out the leisure schedule. All kinds of purchasing and eating choices can be found on grounds on the 2024 Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill, too.

2024 Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill Tentative Schedule:

Wednesday, October sixteenth

No ticket required for Wednesday.

CCI Competitors First Horse Inspection introduced by Dubarry of Eire (Jog Strip)
◆ CCI3*, 1:00 p.m. EST
◆ CCI5*, 2:00 p.m. EST

Thursday, October seventeenth

Predominant Gate Open, 8:00 a.m. EST
Thursday Tailgating Entry, 9:00 a.m. EST

CCI Eventing Dressage (Predominant Enviornment)
◆ CCI3* Dressage Day #1, 9:00 a.m. EST
◆ CCI5* Dressage Day #1, 2:00 p.m. EST

The Dutta Company USEA Younger Occasion Horse (YEH) East Coast Championships Introduced by Dubarry of Eire
◆ YEH 4- and 5-Yr-Outdated Dressage (Enviornment C) & Conformation Judging (Jog Strips), 8:00 a.m. EST
◆ YEH 4-Yr-Outdated Leaping Competitors in YEH Leaping Space in Timber Subject, 10:00 a.m. EST
◆ YEH 4-Yr-Outdated Awards Ceremony in YEH Leaping Space in Timber Subject (roughly 5:00 p.m. EST)

Thursday YEH Tailgating (Timber Subject)

MARS VIPet Expertise
◆ All day

Children’ Nook (All day, infield behind South Chalet Outlets)
◆ Milburn Orchard, barnyard video games and straw maze
◆ Honest Hill Nature Middle, crafts and actual life bugs to fulfill
◆ Cecil County YMCA, stick horse and turkey crafts
◆ Fluffy Eventer

Music on the Predominant Stage (Between MARS VIPet & North Aintree Grandstand)
◆ Acts and occasions to be introduced

Retail Purchasing
◆ Outlets open from 9:00 a.m. EST – Gates Shut

Friday, October 18th

Predominant Gates Open, 8:00 a.m. EST
Friday Tailgating Entry, 7:00 a.m. EST

CCI Competitors (Predominant Enviornment)
◆ CCI3* Dressage Day #2, 9:00 a.m. EST
◆ CCI5* Dressage Day #2, 2:00 p.m. EST

The Dutta Company USEA Younger Occasion Horse (YEH) East Coast Championships Introduced by Dubarry of Eire
◆ YEH 5-Yr-Outdated Leaping in YEH Leaping Space in Timber Subject, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
◆ YEH 5-Yr-Outdated Awards Ceremony in YEH Leaping Space in Timber Subject (roughly 5:00 p.m. EST)

Friday YEH Tailgating (Timber Subject)

MARS VIPet Expertise
◆ All day

Children’ Nook (All day, infield behind South Chalet Outlets)
◆ Hannimal Farm Petting Zoo
◆ Milburn Orchard, video games and straw maze
◆ Honest Hill Nature Middle, crafts and actual life bugs to fulfill
◆ Cecil County YMCA, stick horse and turkey crafts
◆ Wolf Ear Adorning with Nice Wolf Lodge
◆ Corridor of Champions
◆ Fluffy Eventer

Elisa Wallace Mustang Demo (Predominant Enviornment through the lunch break)

Music on the Predominant Stage (Between MARS VIPet & North Aintree Grandstand)
◆ Acts and occasions to be introduced

Retail Purchasing
◆ Outlets open from 9:00 a.m. EST – Gates Shut

Saturday, October nineteenth

Predominant Gates Open, 8:00 a.m. EST
Tailgating Entry, 7:00 a.m. EST

CCI Competitors (Cross-Nation Course)
◆ CCI3* Cross-Nation, 9:00 a.m. EST
◆ CCI5* Cross-Nation, 1:30 p.m. EST

Lead-Line Pony Racing & Shetland Pony Flat Racing Introduced by Landhope Farms (Honest Hill Race Observe alongside the rail in entrance of North Aintree Grandstand)
◆ Lead-Line Pony Racing, throughout Lunch Break between CCI3* & CCI5* Cross-Nation
◆ Shetland Pony Racing, after CCI5* Cross-Nation is full (roughly 4:00 p.m. EST)

Cross Nation Tailgating (Timber Subject, Center Hay Subject, Sawmill Subject)

MARS VIPet Expertise
◆ All day

Sawmill Waterfront Membership, Introduced by Quarry View Constructing Group (Higher Sawmill Subject)

Sawmill Crab Shack, Hosted by The Wellwood (Higher Sawmill Subject)

Native Beer, Wine & Spirits Expo, Hosted by Elk River Brewing Firm (Between Mars VIPet & North Aintree Grandstand)
◆ 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 pm. EST)

Children’ Nook (All day, infield behind South Chalet Outlets)
◆ Hannimal Farm Petting Zoo
◆ Milburn Orchard, barnyard video games and straw maze
◆ Honest Hill Nature Middle, crafts and actual life bugs to fulfill
◆ Cecil County YMCA, stick horse and turkey crafts
◆Wolf Ear Adorning with Nice Wolf Lodge
◆ Fluffy Eventer

Music on the Predominant Stage (Between MARS VIPet & North Aintree Grandstand)
◆ Acts and occasions to be introduced

Retail Purchasing
◆ Outlets open from 9:00 a.m. EST – Gates Shut

Work to Journey Polo Demo (Predominant Enviornment)
◆ In the course of the Lunch Break between CCI3* and CCI5*, instantly following Lead-Line Pony Racing, roughly 20-minute demo

Sunday, October twentieth

Predominant Gates Open, 7:30 a.m. EST

CCI Competitors (Jog Strip & Predominant Enviornment)

Second Horse Inspection Introduced by Dubarry of Eire (Jog Strip)
◆ CCI3*, 8:00 AM EST
◆ CCI5*, Instantly Following CCI3*

Present Leaping (Predominant Enviornment)
◆ CCI3* Present Leaping, 10:30 a.m. EST
◆ CCI3* Awards Ceremony, instantly following completion of three* Present Leaping
◆ CCI5* Present Leaping, 2:00 p.m. EST
◆ CCI5* Awards Ceremony, instantly following completion of 5* Present Leaping

Andrews Bridge Foxhound Parade (Predominant Enviornment)
◆ Instantly following the CCI3* Awards Ceremony

Maryland Corgi Cup Introduced by Main League Eventing (Honest Hill Race Observe alongside the rail in entrance of North Aintree Grandstand)
◆ Preliminary Heats begin at 9:30 a.m. EST (Or instantly following CCI5* Horse Inspection)
◆ Closing Rounds and Championship can be instantly following CCI3* awards (roughly 12:00 pm. EST)

MARS VIPet Expertise
◆ All day

Contemporary Meals Fest, Hosted by Cecil County Agriculture (Between the North Aintree Grandstand and MARS VIPet)
◆ 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST

Andrews Bridge Foxhound Parade (Predominant Enviornment)
◆ Throughout Lunch Break

Rescue Canine Parade (Predominant Enviornment)
◆ Following the Andrews Bridge Foxhounds Parade

Children’ Nook (All day, infield behind South Chalet Outlets)
◆ Hannimal Farm Petting Zoo
◆ Milburn Orchard, barnyard video games and straw maze
◆ Honest Hill Nature Middle, crafts and actual life bugs to fulfill
◆ Cecil County YMCA, stick horse and turkey crafts
◆ Wolf Ear Adorning with Nice Wolf Lodge
◆ Corridor of Champions
◆ Fluffy Eventer

Music on the Predominant Stage (Between MARS VIPet & North Aintree Grandstand)
◆ Acts and occasions to be introduced

Retail Purchasing
◆ Outlets open from 9:00 a.m. EST – Gates Shut

Plant Sale (Subsequent to the Ticket Field Workplace)

Conclusion of Competitors

Monday, October twenty first

Fund Raiser Plant Sale (Subsequent to Ticket Field Workplace)
◆ Mums, flowers, pumpkins and gourds utilized in course ornament
◆ 10:00 a.m. EST, till bought out

*All occasions and occasions are topic to alter if vital primarily based on entry numbers on the sole discretion of the Sport & Leisure Company of Maryland.
**Competitors entries are topic to alter attributable to damage or different unexpected circumstances.
***The vast majority of retail distributors and meals concessionaires is not going to open till the beginning of competitors every day.

Discover the complete 2024 Maryland 5* schedule right here.

Preview the 5* Cross-Nation Course

Wish to take a peek on the monitor that horse and rider mixtures can be tackling within the Maryland 5* this weekend? Cross-Nation Course Designer Ian Stark, a three-time Olympic and World Championships medalist and winner of the 1999 Badminton 5*, and legendary U.S. eventer and Olympic and World Championships gold medalist, Bruce Davidson, Sr. stroll and focus on the brand new course on Instagram. Have a look right here.

Methods to Attend or Watch the Livestream

Tickets are nonetheless accessible by way of the occasion web site for superior gross sales at particular pricing by way of October 16. Then, tickets can be bought on the field workplace starting on Thursday, October 17 at 9:00 a.m. ET. Single-day or multi-day packages accessible the occasion. Kids beneath 10 are admitted free and lively and retired navy personnel obtain a reduction. At press time, a restricted variety of VIP hospitality and unique membership packages have been additionally accessible. Discover ticket data right here.

If you happen to can’t get there in individual to witness all the sports activities motion and enjoyable actions, Maryland Public Tv can be broadcasting the occasion for folks within the native viewing space. International viewing of the Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill is feasible by way of ClipMyHorseTV which gives livestream and on-demand replay choices (a subscription is required). Discover extra data right here.

Go to HorseIllustrated.com for a wrap-up of the motion from the 2024 Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill after the shut of the occasion.

Useful Hyperlinks

◆ Maryland 5 Star Predominant Web site
◆ United States Eventing Affiliation Maryland 5 Star Omnibus Itemizing