Horse Illustrated Magazine

The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will host its final series of Kentucky Cup Test Events, held in conjunction with the annual Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park, April 20-25.

Tickets to all events are now on sale. To purchase tickets to Kentucky Cup Dressage, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, and Kentucky Cup Jumping, click here.

“This final series of test events will be an important test of the planning for many of the competition aspects of the Games,” said Kate Jackson, Vice President of Competition for the World Games 2010 Foundation. “By hosting sessions of different disciplines on several days, we will really be able to test many of our procedures for the actual Games.”

Kentucky Cup Dressage will begin the week of official test events. The schedule includes:

Tuesday, April 20, 9:00 a.m. Dressage Grand Prix
Wednesday, April 21, 10:00 a.m. Grand Prix Special
Thursday, April 22, at 7:00 p.m. Dressage Freestyle

The Freestyle competition on April 22 is a ticketed event priced at $15. All Kentucky Cup Dressage events will be held in the Outdoor Stadium.

The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event includes:

Thursday, April 22, 9:00 a.m Dressage
Friday, April 23, 9:00 a.m. Dressage
Saturday, April 24, 9:00 a.m. Cross-Country
Sunday, April 25, Noon Jumping

For more information about the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, go to www.rk3de.org.

Kentucky Cup Jumping will complete the official test events for the 2010 Games. The schedule includes:

Friday, April 23, 7:00 p.m. Warm–Up class
Saturday April 24, 7:00 p.m. Jumping Grand Prix
Sunday April 25, 6:00 p.m. Speed Class

Saturday’s Jumping Grand Prix is a ticketed event priced at $20. Tickets to the Speed Class on Sunday will be $15. All Kentucky Cup Jumping sessions will be held in the Outdoor Stadium.