Dutton Does it Again, Quasi Cool is Champion of the Morven Park CCI4*-L – USEA
A broken buzzer, surprise music, and tight time allowed made for an exciting finale to the inaugural Morven Park Fall International CCI4*-L, but at the end of the weekend, it was Phillip Dutton and Quasi Cool who emerged victorious.
Caroline Moran’s Quasi Cool, a 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Quo Vados I x B-Estelle) jumped a clean show jumping round but finished one second over the time to add 0.4 time penalties to his overnight score to end on a 34.2 – a mere 0.6 ahead of Buck Davidson and Cooley Candyman.
“I saw Buck’s horse jump the first couple and I thought ‘ah well there’s no point in watching anymore because he’s going to jump clear,’” said Dutton. “I was just trying to make sure that I set off with the right amount of tempo and that I wasn’t going to be too far down on the clock. He needs a specific type of ride, and I was trying to execute that at each jump.”
Dutton is on a hot streak this fall – this is his fourth four-star win in a row. Since returning home from the Olympics in August, Dutton has won the Great Meadow CCI4*-S, Plantation Field CCI4*-S, and Stable View CCI4*-S.
