He came. He saw. He conquered… again. Oliver Townend keeps the Kentucky crown for one more year. In a finish that gave the crowd a collective belly ache from nerves, here’s how it happened, as
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Oliver Townend did not have much room for error coming into the final show jumping phase, but with a jumper like Cooley Master Class, he didn’t need it. The British duo had a masterful clear
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Happy Final-Day-of-Kentucky, intrepid eventing fans! I’m just casually sitting here with sweaty palms, thinking about everything to come. Is it healthy to maintain a really elevated heart rate for an entire day? Is it going
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Today’s a crucial date in the Badminton diary: 2.00 p.m. BST saw the cut-off of the entry list, after which point no more combinations can be accepted from the waitlist. The last week has seen
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It’s the final day of Kentucky, our servers are fried (not this year!), our chinchillas are hysterical giving birth (seriously!), and yet coverage soldiers on. After yesterday’s cross country, the stage is set for a
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All thirty-one combinations who completed yesterday’s cross country were presented at the final horse inspection this morning, and all were accepted by the ground jury of Christina Klingspor (SWE), Martin Plewa (GER) and Mark Weissbecker (USA) at the final horse inspection
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The FastTrack™ is the world’s first rehabilitative orthotic for equine lameness and it aims to improve the outcome of soft tissue rehabilitation
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Let’s take a second to appreciate Joe Meyer and The Team Johnny Syndicate’s Johnny Royale, the biggest leaderboard movers after yesterday’s cross country. This horse is an off-track New Zealand Thoroughbred (His Royal Highness x
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What. a. DAY. I’m not sure it quite went as anyone expected, did it? Although, we can always count on a good number of fist-pumping moments as well as few more dandelions to be added to the park, can’t we?
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Welcome to the collective withdrawal of adrenaline that is Saturday night after cross country day at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. You are still SO excited, but you’ve been live streaming your heart all
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Today was … unexpected, perhaps. At least for the riders, most of whom seemed to think yesterday that Derek di Grazia’s cross country course walked a little softer than usual. Once they got on course,
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What an incredible day it was at the Kentucky Horse Park! With a clear rate of 70.3% for the 2019 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, there was plenty of excellent riding to go around. USEF Network
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The odds of Oliver Townend and Cooley Master Class taking a second consecutive win at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event are much more favorable after they sailed around Derek di Grazia’s cross country today. Despite their lead, Oliver
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Started from the bottom, now we’re here – and folks, it’s going to be one heck of a day at the Land Rover Kentucky Horse Trials. We’ve got a big, technical cross-country challenge set by
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It’s cross country day at #LRK3DE! The cross country consists of 28 numbered obstacles (45 total jumping efforts when taking all the direct routes) across 6,452 meters of the Kentucky Horse Park. The horses will have to
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Originally published on EN in 2012, this essay’s relevance has remained intact over the years. On one Saturday morning in April each year, we re-share it as a reminder that this collective experience we know
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It’s time once again for everyone’s favorite batch of all-unimportant “statistics” — it’s the who wore what of dressage at Kentucky 2019. Trends in gear come and go … are we seeing a downswing in
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IT’S GO TIME! What more is there to say for now, except to wish each and every rider that leaves the start box today a safe and swift ride. Don’t forget to take another look
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Oliver’s test was really impressive and all that, but I’d like to draw your attention to another very important thing that made a real splash today social media: Will Coleman’s dog Holden,
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The riders were chatty today after their tests! Thanks to Samantha Clark, interviewer extraordinaire, we’ve got an absolute boatload of thoughts and reactions to share with you from the competitors who rode their tests today.
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Another dressage day at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event is in the books! We saw heaps of talented performances throughout the day, and the amazingly talented Shannon Brinkman (who received an IAEG award today for
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World Number One Oliver Townend’s got one thing on his mind this weekend: getting behind the wheel of another gorgeous Land Rover at the conclusion of Sunday’s show jumping, and he’s well on his way
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What, exactly, does it take to post a 24.1 on the board at a CCI5*-L – particularly if your horse has a spook along the way? Watch and learn from the master. Oliver Townend did just
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