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hillside Salem Farm course without difficulty, jumping clear in a testing 13-fence, 16element first round that knocked out all but four of 24 starters. Bogey fences included No. 3, a downhill oxer, and 12b and c, an oxer and vertical set along the arena’s east side.
The second rider in the ring, Olympic veteran and last year’s classic winner Katie Prudent, jumped clear, seemingly setting the bar for competitors, but she was a single second over the time allowed and accordingly accrued a fault. Only Olympian and 10time rider of the year Margie Engle on Hidden Creek’s Perm, Engle on 2005 Upperville winner Hidden Creek’s Wapino, and last year’s runner-up Anne Kursinski on Lorenzo joined Farrington in the jump-off.
“It was a tough course, but fair,” Farrington said of the challenging opener. “I walked it, and I thought it was pretty big for what I expected for a [classic]”
The jump-off included eight efforts, starting uphill over original No. 8, a big triple bar, then straight over 9b before a
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