April 7—Norwood, N.C.

Phillip Dutton didn’t go out on cross-country in the CIC*** division at The Fork with the plan to hold onto his dressage lead. Mystery Whisper is still a new ride for him, and he wanted to focus on rideability over speed.

But at the end of the day, he found himself sitting atop the leaderboard in the PRO Tour Series event after adding just 4 time penalties to his dressage score of 39.6 on the 12-year-old Australian Warmblood (Richmeed Medallion—Socialite, Salute).