The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event
The Kentucky Three-Day Event is one of the most prestigious horse trials in the world. The eventing competition is held in Lexington, Kentucky in the United States and is a CCI 5-star event. One of only 6 annual horse trials held at this level each year across the world.
Kentucky Horse Park held its first event at this level in 1998 after Denny Emerson believed that enough competitors in the United States competed at this level. Previously most US event riders went and trained in England with the aim of competing at Badminton and Burghley Horse Trails.
In 2003 Pippa Funnel (GBR) won Kentucky as the first event of her eventual Rolex Grand Slam win. (The Grand Slam makes up of winning 3 events – Badminton, Burghley and Kentucky) The only other event rider who has won the grand slam is Michael Jung in 2015/16.
This year Kentucky takes place on 25th – 28th April 2019 with the first two days of dressage, then cross-country followed by the show jumping on the last day.
The drawn order includes:-
1 Boyd Martin Ray Price USA
2 Caroline Martin Islandwood Captain Jack USA
3 Bruce (Buck) Davidson Jr. Park Trader USA OR 4 Bruce (Buck) Davidson Jr. Carlevo USA
5 Lauren Kieffer Landmark’s Monte Carlo USA
6 Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp Deniro Z USA
7 Allie Sacksen Sparrow’s Nio USA
8 Sara Gumbiner Polaris USA
9 Clayton Fredericks FE Ophelia AUS
10 Ashley Johnson Tactical Maneuver USA
11 Hannah Sue Burnett Harbour Pilot USA
12 Mara Depuy Congo Brazzaville C USA
13 Hallie Coon Celien USA
14 Felix Vogg Colero SUI
15 Joe Meyer Johnny Royale NZL
16 Lillian Heard LCC Barnaby USA
17 Hazel Shannon Willingapark Clifford AUS
18 Will Faudree PFun USA
19 Alexandra Knowles Sound Prospect USA
20 Daniela Moguela Cecelia MEX
21 Nilson Da Silva Moreira Magnum’s Martini BRA
22 Ellen Doughty-Hume Sir Oberon USA
23 Lisa Marie Fergusson Honor Me CAN
25 Chris Talley Unmarked Bills USA
26 Boyd Martin Long Island T USA
27 Caroline Martin Danger Mouse USA
28 Bruce (Buck) Davidson Jr. Jak My Style USA
29 Lauren Kieffer Paramount Importance USA
30 Piggy French Quarrycrest Echo GBR
31 Dominic Schramm Bolytair B AUS
32 Marcelo Tosi Glenfly BRA
33 William Coleman Tight Lines USA
34 Erin Sylvester Paddy the Caddy USA
35 Leslie Law Voltaire De Tre’ GBR
36 Ariel Grald Leamore Master Plan USA
37 Colleen Loach Qorry Blue d’Argouges CAN
38 Andrea Baxter Indy 500 USA
39 Waylon Roberts Lancaster CAN
40 Matthew Flynn Wizzerd USA
41 Tim Price Xavier Faer NZL
42 Frankie Thieriot Stutes Chatwin USA
43 Jessica Phoenix Bogue Sound CAN
44 Oliver Townend Cooley Master Class GBR
45 Phillip Dutton Z USA
46 Hawley Bennett-Awad Jollybo CAN
47 Lynn Symansky Under Suspection USA
48 Sharon White Cooley on Show USA
49 Emily Beshear Silver Night Lady USA
50 Doug Payne Vandiver USA
51 Boyd Martin Tsetserleg USA
53 Bruce (Buck) Davidson Jr. Copper Beach USA OR 54 Bruce (Buck) Davidson Jr. Carlevo USA
55 Lauren Kieffer Vermiculus USA
Ones to watch – Oliver Townend (GBR) is returning to the event on Cooley Master Class. Together they won the Land Rover Kentucky Event in 2018. If you are not attending the event then you can watch the competition on FEI TV.