It was a day for which there were multiple potential outcomes. Cross country, as it should be, is a big equalizer here at Morven Park, and the top of our $200,000 US Equestrian Open Final leaderboard was full of experienced horses. But not all of them came in to today on exclamation points.
One scenario that, had there been betting or what we seem to like to call “prediction markets” for our sport, would’ve attracted much support is that of the sixth-placed pair — the ultra-experienced Off the Record paired with newly-crowned World #3 Will Coleman — rising to the top on the heels of their strongest phase.
Sometimes, even if a story could be deemed predictable (a humorous and really somewhat offensive word to use in the wide world of sports), that’s what makes it the stuff of legends…