Lindsey Cox dismounting in Monday’s season premier [via Starcasm.net]
Season 16 of ABC’s hit romance reality show The Bachelor premiered Monday evening featuring 25 ladies vying for the heart of bachelor Ben Flajnik. The background story is that Flajnik, who suffered heartbreak when his proposal was rejected by Ashley Hebert in The Bachelor’s sister show The Bachelorette last autumn, has returned to ABC to be pursued by 25 eligible ladies. One of those ladies, Lindsey “Lindzi” Cox, 27, is apparently an accomplished horsewoman and former eventer.
In last night’s season premier Lindsey made her entrance riding sidesaddle, rather than the traditional limo ride for contestants. The other girls were not impressed, but I was impressed at least by the horse’s good ground manners. Oh yes, we have video:
Multiple entertainment websites and local newspapers including the examiner.com and her hometown Clovis Independent are reporting that Lindzi, aka Lindsey, pursued a riding career that included eventing achievements such as the 2001 Area VII Young Rider of the Year. My guess is that much of this reporting is gleaned from Lindsey’s Fresno State college profile, which lists her as an english/western rider who was the “2001 United States Equestrian Association Young Rider National Champion” and the “2001 Area VII Young Rider of the Year” in high school. Multiple articles including this report from Young Riders in 2002 and this USEA recap of Rebecca Farm chronicle Lindsey’s achievements aboard her horse Nautical Ridge including a preliminary win in 2006 at Rebecca Farm. Lindsey’s USEA record only dates back to 2008, where she placed 3rd in the open training at the Equestrian Institute Horse Trials in Washington. A September 2000 article in the Newcastle News (Newcastle, Washington) reports that Lindsey brought home three blue ribbons from the Herron Park Horse Trials. The Newcastle News contains best riding photo I could find: 
Lindsey’s photo from the show:
[via Clovis Independent]
Spoiler Alert–RealitySteve.com has published the rumor that Lindsey makes it to the final four of the show, which has finished filming. BachelorMansion.com claims that Lindsey finishes second, but those are of course just rumors. You can watch a rerun of the premier on ABC.com. The show will air Monday nights all season from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET.
Now it’s time for the EN iTeam to go to work. If you have any more info or details, email us at [email protected]. Lindsey–if you are reading this–on behalf of male eventers everywhere, please come back to eventing. Go eventing.
