Phillip Dutton and Fernhill Singapore Take MARS Great Meadow International CCI4*-S Title

It was an exciting day of eventing sport this afternoon at the MARS Great Meadow International. We were blessed with some mild weather and overcast skies just in time for the headliners to come out to tackle David O’Connor’s cross country track. We thought the track might be a fair test for the horses and riders, and some questions certainly shook up the standings enough that we had a new victor emerge: Phillip Dutton and David Vos, Ann Jones, and Tom Tierney’s Fernhill Singapore.

Fernhill Singapore (Singapore – Riedellia, by by Animo) is 12 this year, and Phillip says he’s been one that he’s had to produce carefully. After purchasing Singapore from Julie Richards (originally sourced from Carol Gee at Fernhill Sporthorses) as a four-year-old, Phillip took his time to coax the talent out, and this year he says he’s beginning to feel that work pay off. This weekend, the Irish Sport Horse gelding earned one of his more competitive FEI dressage scores at this level and would go on to add some time in the jumping phases. But after overnight leaders Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous fell at the first water jump today, the door was left open for a speedy clear to take the win.

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Article written by: By Sally Spickard