Britain’s Alex Bragg had a tricky ride in the Mars Maryland 5 Star dressage today (Thursday, 16 October), scoring 39.2 with The Roe Family’s Quindiva to lie seventh of the 11 starters so far.

“It’s very windy here, but she seemed quite settled outside,” Alex told . “But when she came up to the main arena with the flags she got very lit up and tense and then she becomes quite sensitive. I thought hopefully she’ll get around the boards and relax, but then she was spooking at the camera and judges’ boxes, so I didn’t quite have the ride I wanted, but we got through test and in those situations that’s all you can do.”

Quindiva certainly looked bright in her Maryland 5 Star dressage test, as Alex Bragg said, and swung her quarters out to the left in her first halt and put her head up. She

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