When you are hot, you are very hot, Christopher Burton is in the lead at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials with a score of 30.2 (!!!) on Nobilis. Christopher is now 4.3 penalties in front of first-day leader Bettina Hoy.
Christopher and Nobilis
Andrew Nicholson showed he has recovered from his broken neck and is in third place on Nereo, with the excellent mark of 35.2.
But the other Aussies are doing well, The Blue Frontier, ridden by dual Burghley winner Andrew Hoy in on 38.3 while Sam Griffiths on the 17-year-old Happy Times and is in eighth place on 39.6.
Bill Levett and Improvise are 12 on 42.5.
Shane Rose and Virgil are 13th on 45.1.
Sonja Johnson and Parkiarrup Illicit Liaison is just behind them on 46.9.
Seventy horses completed the Dressage; Rodolphe Scherer (FRA) was eliminated when the Ground Jury decided that Makara de Montiege looked unlevel.
Photos – Trevor Holt
Results after Dressage
1 Christopher Burton/Nobilis 18 (AUS) 30.2
2 Bettina Hoy/Designer 10 (GER) 34.5
3 Andrew Nicholson/Nereo (NZL) 35.2
4 Caroline Powell/Onwards and Upwards (NZL) 37.8
5 Oliver Townend/MHS King Joules (GBR) 38.1
6 Andrew Hoy/Blue Frontier (AUS) 38.3
7 Tim Price/Ringwood Sky Boy (NZL) 38.9
8 Sam Griffiths/Happy Times (AUS) 39.6
9 Blyth Tait/Bear Necessity V (NZL) 40.0
10 Sir Mark Todd/NZB Campino (NZL) 42.2