On Cue scores a timely win
Maryland, USA
BOYD MARTIN won the inaugural event at Maryland, achieving his second five-star triumph 18 years after his first at Adelaide back in 2003.
His mount On Cue’s story is unusual for a five-star winner – the British-bred (see box, right) mare is 15 years old, but didn’t do an FEI event until she was 11 and only tackled her first five-star at Kentucky this spring.
“I’m on the best horse in the world, she’s flamboyant, she’s a mover, she digs deep and fights for you,” said Boyd, who felt he had a good chance, particularly as the Turner family’s mare was very fit, having been prepped for the Olympics as Boyd’s reserve horse then built up again for this.
The fact On Cue is a late arrival at five-star is perhaps part
