Jamaica’s Samantha Albert finishes 51st in equestrian event
Published:Tuesday | July 31, 2012 | 11:19 AM
Jamaican equestrienne Samantha Albert finished 51st out of 53 remaining riders after completing the three stages of the individual eventing competition at the Olympic Games at Greenwich Park today.
Albert scored a 21.00 penalty point performance in the show-jumping section this morning.
Yesterday, Albert and her mount CARRAIG DUBH made the most of a bad situation, finishing her cross country Olympic individual eventing test in 11:27.57, for a commendable 54.00 penalty points.
CARRAIG DUBH, an Irish thoroughbred, did well to keep on course after loosing his front right shoe on the third of 28 fences that make up the impressive course, which lies at the site, where the Greenwich Mean Time is observed.
Albert, who scored 67.20 in the Dressage on Saturday and 54.00 in yesterday's cross country aboard Irish gelding Carraig Dubh closes with a combined penalty score of 142.20.
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