‘She’s as good as we always hoped’ – world number one praises young mare after Kentucky cross-country

Oliver Townend praised the 10-year-old Cooley Rosalent this evening after the pair finished just one second over the optimum time on the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country course.

The world number one sits in third place overnight on the grey mare belonging to Paul and Diana Ridgeon, behind fellow Brits Tom McEwen, who leads on JL Dublin, and Yasmin Ingham, who is second on Banzai Du Loir).

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