Alexa Thompson could take the Series lead but Allison Springer is the favorite to win
Alexa Thompson enters with 15 Series points and could take the Series lead, while No May Moon continues his top-level return after a year away.
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Eventing Thompson Could Take Series Lead at TerraNova Qualifier 3 of 22 · 13 entries in the CCI4*-S |
Alexa Thompson could leave TerraNova at the top of the Series. She is the only rider entered in this week’s CCI4*-S who has already contested a qualifier this season. She finished sixth at Bouckaert in October with her TerraNova entry, Api du Libaire, earning 15 Series points.
Sharon White and Erin Kellerhouse lead on 40 after their wins at Bouckaert and Galway Downs. Neither is entered at TerraNova, which runs Wednesday to Sunday.
With 13 entered, TerraNova pays on the smaller scale: 40 points for the win, down to five for eighth. Fourth puts Thompson level with the leaders on 40. A top-three finish puts her in the lead on her own. Any other winner makes it three riders on 40. The other twelve are chasing their first points of the season. After this week, 19 qualifiers remain before the Final at Morven Park.
Tim Bourke & DHI Kevin G in the CCI3*-S at Morven Park last month. © Erin Gilmore
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Three Wins in Four Starts Tim Bourke & DHI Kevin G · Elo up 96 in a year |
Tim Bourke & DHI Kevin G bring the best form in the field. The pair have started four times together since October 2025. They have won three: the CCI2*-S at Virginia last October, then the CCI3*-S at Morven Park and the CCI3*-S at Virginia, three weeks apart this October. The other start was second in the CCI3*-L at Tryon in September.
TerraNova is their first four-star as a pair. The horse knows the venue. With Lucia Strini, DHI Kevin G won the CCI3*-L here in November 2024 on 29.5. The horse’s only four-star start came with Strini at Tryon in May 2025, where they finished 11th.
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The Top Rated Horse is Also the Favorite Allison Springer & No May Moon · Elo 586 |
With Allison Springer, No May Moon enters as the highest-rated horse in the field. Three horses sit clear at the top on Elo. The gap from third to fourth is 109 points. Allison & No May Moon also enter on a 29% win chance, the best in the class.
The five highest-rated horses entered in the TerraNova CCI4*-S, by current Elo. Elo is the horse’s rating from international results at every level. Data via EquiRatings.
No May Moon is also the fastest horse in the field. On its three quickest days from the last ten, it has outpaced 94% of opponents (TSP), and its best six rounds average 1.3 cross country time penalties. Both figures lead the field.
Every four-star the pair have completed has ended in the top five: fourth, first, third, third and fifth, including the CCI4*-L win at Bromont in 2024. The question is the most recent start. They were eliminated in the CCI4*-S at Morven Park in October, their first top-level run in 16 months.
Allison Springer & No May Moon in the 2025 Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S. © Leslie Potter/US Equestrian
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Six Horses, First CCI4* Mastervich & Posh Quality · XCJ Clear in 5 of 5 |
Almost half the field is new to the level. Posh Quality, Mama Mia, FVF Wildflower, Rollo, Lynton and Anderboch Flier have never before started a four-star.
Emily Mastervich & Posh Quality arrive with the cleanest cross country jumping record. The horse has jumped clear in all five international runs, the only 100% record in the field. Adjusted for the courses jumped, that is 30% above average, the best of the field. The pair won the CCI3*-S at Tryon in September on 35.0 after a 27.0 dressage, the lowest test by any of these horses this year.
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Of the 13 horses entered at TerraNova, how many have won a CCI4*-S? Tap to reveal ▾One. Api du Libaire won at Avenches in 2021 and at Jardy in 2023, both with Maxime Livio. |
Thompson and Api du Libaire first ran together in May. Their best result is third in the CCI3*-L at Tryon in September. The only other four-star winner entered is No May Moon, in a long format. Unless Api du Libaire wins on Sunday, the winning horse will be taking its first CCI4*-S.
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