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MPT to broadcast this week's 2024 MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill
Statewide public TV network will offer live and recorded coverage of international equestrian competition from October 17 through 20.
Maryland Public Television (MPT) is serving for the fourth year as the official regional broadcaster and livestream provider of the 2024 MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill presented by Brown Advisory, one of only two 5 Star level equestrian events in the sport of Eventing in the United States and among seven worldwide.
In partnership with The Fair Hill Organizing Committee, the statewide public TV network will offer viewers more than nine hours of live coverage during the four-day event, October 17-20, on MPT-HD, the MPT live stream, and the free PBS app. An event preview is available on MPT’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/watch?v=wjUSTNT9KvA.
This year’s competition takes place at the Fair Hill Special Event Zone in Cecil County, Maryland. The facility features world-class equestrian arenas, a turf track, and cross-country courses. Expected to participate in this year’s MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill are top horses and riders from the United States and countries around the world, including those who competed in the recent Paris Olympics.
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The prestigious 5 Star (CCI5*-L) designation is the pinnacle of the Olympic sport of Eventing; the ultimate test of horse and rider. Eventing combines the skills of a single horse and rider in competition against other horses and riders across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. It is one of the few sports where men and women compete alongside one another as equals, up through the Olympic level.
MPT’s schedule of coverage (subject to change) during the four-day competition is as follows:
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○ Thursday, Oct. 17: Live coverage of dressage from 2 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
○ Friday, Oct. 18: Live coverage of dressage from 2 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
○ Saturday, Oct. 19: Live coverage of cross-country from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. and an encore broadcast from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
○ Sunday, Oct. 20: Live coverage of show jumping and awards ceremony from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and an encore broadcast from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
On Sunday, MPT will begin its Maryland 5 Star coverage at 1:30 p.m. with a half-hour pre-competition show featuring Jim Hunter anchoring the MPT Sports Desk live from Fair Hill. Hunter will be joined by Lucinda Green, considered one of the top Eventing riders of all time. Green, fresh off commentating at the Paris Olympics, is a World and double European Champion, British Olympic team silver medalist, and record six-time Badminton winner.
General admission and reserved seating tickets to one or more competition days can be purchased at Maryland5Star.us/tickets.
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