Forty-six horses passed the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event first horse inspection, blah blah blah. Real talk time! Which pairs were bringing the style heat?!
We’ll leave the official best-dressed award-giving to the fine folks at Dubarry of Ireland, against whose dapper tweed blazers and jaunty caps we here at EN cannot compete. (We are more … is “homeless journalist chic” a thing?) But we have, collectively, watched just enough episodes of Project Runway to be dangerous, and thus vaguely qualified to decree our own human and horse turnout superlatives.
Best Braids Not on a Horse: Hawley Bennett
Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
The “Real Men Wear Bowties That Look Like Polkadots From a Distance …
Waylon Roberts and Kelecyn Cognac. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
“… But Are Actually Skull and Crossbones” Award: Waylon Roberts
Or are they, as one reader suggested, canoe paddles? Waylon also won the Dubarry of Ireland award for Best Dressed Man. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Best Horse-Human Color Coordination: Sara Gumbiner and Polaris
And … winner of the Dubarry of Ireland award for Best Dressed Lady. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Best Use of Purple Shampoo: Wembley
Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Most Likely to Be Swarmed By Bees: Ellie MacPhail O’Neal
#FlowerPower. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Seriously, tho, love this dress! Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Best Equine Kite: Tight Lines
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Idea: Attach some lunge lines to a fit four-star event horse and float it through the streets of New York City. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Smoothest Recovery From a Snot Bath: Lillian Heard
Ah-choo, LCC Barnaby! Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
It’s gonna take more than a few airborne boogs to wash away Lillian’s smile. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Most Kentucky Derby Ready: Leah Lang-Gluscic
When in Kentucky …. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Most Unique Mug Shot: Wundermaske
Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
The “I Woke Up Like This” Perpetual Trophy: Phillip Dutton
Flawless. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
We’ll be back with much, much more tomorrow. Go Eventing!
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