US equestrian show jumpers tied for first

Desribed as having a lively round, Will Simpson of Thousand Oaks and Carlsson von Dach made a couple of mistakes in the Olympic show jumping event, but not enough to keep the United States team out of first place.
Simpson and Carlsson vom Dach accounted for eight of the 12 faults committed by the United States four-horse team. The U.S. is tied with Switzerland with 12 faults apiece after the first round of team competition in Hong Kong.
Carlsson vom Dach put a toe on the tape at the water jump at fence four, then did the same thing at the second part of the triple down.
"We had a bobble at the water," said Simpson, a 48-year-old competing in his first Olympics. "Other than that the course rode pretty good. I miscalculated the four stride and ended up too far into the corner before the triple. I was too far away from B, he was a good horse to even try."
The countries with the top eight scores will jump again Monday. Nine countries have qualfied because Germany and Australia are tied with 20 faults apiece.
Simpson and Carlsson vom Dach get another chance at the course and another chance to improve on their score.
"The water comes up quickly with that blind turn early in the course," Simpson said Sunday. "He jumped it fine but just landed on the tape. I think he'll be fine for tomorrow."