The 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event takes place from April 24-27 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Kentucky Reining Cup and Freestyle World Championship runs in conjunction with Rolex, and this year will serve as a team selection event for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy. Follow along with horseillustrated.com as we cover this week of championship reining and eventing.
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William Fox-Pitt (GBR) Wins His Third Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event In what has become almost an expected ending at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt show jumped a clear round to clinch the win. He also won the event in 2010 and 2012, and is now tied with Kim Severson (USA) for a record three wins each in North America’s only four-star event, the highest level in the sport of eventing. | |
Dan James wins Freestyle Reining World Championship World Championship Freestyle Reining at the Kentucky Reining Cup featured more than the usual thrilling slides, stops and spins that reining fans expect. Music, costumes, special effects and creative choreography add entertainment value to this popular event, but throw in some bareback, bridleless and even backwards riding, and you have a night to remember at the Alltech Arena. | |
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event: Cross-Country Day Thanks to a good rain storm on Friday morning, the ground was absolutely perfect for running cross-country on Saturday at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. | |
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event: Dressage Concludes On a cold, windy, and sometimes-rainy day that spooked many of the horses, fan favorites Allison Springer and Arthur jumped into the lead following the dressage phase at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Though he is widely known for his spooky antics, the 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding kept a lid on it today and showed the type of spectacular, accurate test Springer knows he is capable of. | |
Are You Ready for Some Reining? The Kentucky Reining cup is happening April 25-27 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, in conjunction with the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. A total of 35 horses were accepted for FEI Open competition after being presented for inspection and jogged for soundness in front of the ground jury and veterinary representatives. | |
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event: First Day of Dressage The dressage phase got off to a quiet start on Thursday at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day event. It seemed the judges were scoring especially tough, with only two horses breaking 50 to score in the high 40s. | |
Sixty Horses Set to Compete at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Sixty-two horses were presented on this picturesque spring day at the first horse inspection for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day event, which all competitors must pass before the start of dressage. | |
2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and Kentucky Reining Cup Broadcast Schedule The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event is now less than two weeks away. As the only four-star three-day event in the U.S., Rolex attracts top riders from around the globe as well as equestrian fans from across the country. But even if you can’t be at the Kentucky Horse Park next weekend, you don’t have to miss out on the competition. | |
Reining Team Selection Trial for 2014 WEG Scheduled for April The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), HorsePower, Inc. and Equestrian Events, Inc. (EEI) have announced that the Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship will be held as part of the Kentucky Reining Cup. This event is being run in conjunction with the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover, April 24-27, 2014 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Reining championship will also serve as the Selection Trial for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Reining Team. |
Rolex Wayback Machine:
2013 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and Kentucky Reining Cup
2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and Kentucky Reining Cup
2011 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and Kentucky Reining Cup
2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event
2009 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event
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