Kevin McNab and Scuderia 1918 A Best Friend. 

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Kevin McNab third after cross country day at Pau CCI5*

The cross-country test, the high-point in eventing, held its share of surprises. In the lead after the dressage test, Tim Price, currently World no.3, gave a true textbook demonstration of how to ride a cross-country course on Falco, coming home in optimal time and maintaining his score from the previous day (22.1).

His wife Jonelle ranked 2nd yesterday, but despite the fact that her little horse McClaren gave his all, she came home with an overrun of 11 seconds, relegating her to 6th place on the leaderboard. That gave Irish rider Padraig McCarthy the chance to climb up to second place (24.9), followed by Australian rider Kevin McNab - who is now in third place with 1918 Scuderia A Best Friend. Kevin went clear and under time, and remains on his dressage score of 26.2.

Fellow Australian Hazel Shannon sadly had to withdraw WillingaPark Clifford prior to the cross country, as he was a little off colour and veterinary investigations yesterday found that he wasn’t 100%.

Maxime Livio gave the best French performance riding Vitorio du Montet, finishing in optimal time and grabbing 9th place on the leaderboard.

Today at 2:30 pm local time, the eventing competition continues with the final show jumping event.

Equestrian Life wishes Kevinthe best of luck!

Full results here.

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