Rolex Entry Update: Laine Ashker and Anthony Patch Added, Historic 91 Entered

Laine Ashker sporting her helmet cam with Anthony Patch at Millbrook. Photo by Jenni Autry. Laine Ashker sporting her helmet cam with Anthony Patch at Millbrook. Photo by Jenni Autry.

The last few entries are still trickling in this week, and fans of Laine Ashker will be thrilled to see her confirmed entry with Anthony Patch added this morning. We also saw the addition of Werner Geven’s second ride, Vilas County.

Laine and her 16-year-old OTTB gelding, Anthony Patch, have completed Rolex twice, in 2010 and 2011. After an untimely abscess kept them out of the competition last year, Laine made returning to Kentucky this year her goal — and we all know that this girl will do just about anything she puts her mind to! Keep an eye out for high fashion on the jog lane and selfies galore from the Kentucky Horse Park as this veteran pair makes their return.

Werner Geven and Vilas County at Poplar Place. Photo courtesy of Bailey Moran.

Werner Geven and Vilas County at Poplar Place. Photo courtesy of Bailey Moran.

Werner Geven has also entered a second ride in addition to Vandiver: Carden Burdette’s Vilas County. Vilas County is an 11-year-old Thoroughbred gelding who will be contesting his first CCI4* at Rolex. Werner and Vilas County were most recently 12th in the CIC3* at Poplar Place and also finished in the top 20 in the CCI3* at Fair Hill in 2013. Werner’s making his first CCI4* start since 2006, when he completed Rolex and WEG aboard Esker Riada.

With these two most recent entries, that brings our total of entries up to 91. We’re 10 higher than 2014’s entry list, and there is a chance that a late entry or two may still pop up. Naturally, we’ll be waiting with bated breath for the first horse inspection to pass for our official starting number, but suffice it to say we are thrilled with this historic high for entries.

At the latest tally, we’ve got nine federations represented, 20 Rolex Rookies, and 13 participants in the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy. We’ll be breaking down the numbers of the field in a later post, but it’s definitely promised to be a great year in Kentucky!

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