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The Kentucky Three-Day Event is one of just six four-star events that take place annually around the world and is the only one hosted within the American continent.
Horse trials have been held at the Kentucky Horse Park since 1976, while the venue became the first US host of the world eventing championships in 1978. Individual world champion Bruce Davidson retained his world title riding Might Tango, while Canada were the winners of the team gold medal on that occasion. Since then Kentucky has frequently been used as the selection trial for the US eventing team for major championships.
In 1998 Rolex Kentucky became the only CCI4* event held outside Europe. It dropped it’s CCI3* class in 2000 and permanently swapped to short format in 2006. After 18 years in the role, Mike Etherington-Smith handed over course-designer duties to Derek di Grazia ahead of the 2011 event. Derek remains the course-designer at the current time.
Long-time title sponsor Rolex stepped down in 2017, and the title sponsorship of the event was taken up by Land Rover ahead of the 2018 running.
With no equestrian sport at present due to Covid-19, we look back at the funny, touching and intriguing things event riders told our reporters in May 2019
H&H’s eventing columnist reflects on memories of his rides at Kentucky
The three British riders all finished in the top 10 at Kentucky
The US five-star at Kentucky has been cancelled due to the worldwide pandemic with organisers saying this was the only acceptable course of action
The second trot-up took place in front of the ground jury at Kentucky this morning, ahead of this afternoon's final showjumping phase
The defending champion is on course to keep his title at the US flagship event after a great round today, while Piggy French has slipped down the order
British riders had a fantastic day at the US flagship event, with Oliver Townend taking stop spot after dressage as he seeks to defend his Kentucky title
The British rider blasted into top spot this morning, despite anxieties about how Quarrycrest Echo would handle the windy conditions
A debutant at the top-level made a stir at the US five-star at Kentucky today, while home side riders hold the other podium spots
One pair will take no further part in the competition after being eliminated by the ground jury at this afternoon's horse inspection
Check out our full gallery of Kentucky cross-country course photos. The US event is the first five-star of the 2019 season
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The US and British spring five-stars both offer a feast of top-class eventing action, but they each have their own flavour. We round up a few differences
British riders put their entries in for the US five-star at Kentucky, while New Zealand’s Tim Price keeps the Grand Slam dream alive
‘Our customer base has indicated that it would prefer we withdraw our sponsorship’
The eventer has released a statement following the incident at the Kentucky Three-Day Event
Britain’s Oliver Townend takes the US four-star title at Kentucky and in doing so ramps up the stakes for this week’s Badminton
Britain's sole competitor at Kentucky, Oliver Townend, had a great cross-country day, with both his horses moving up into the top four
Oliver Townend, the sole British rider at Kentucky, has made a good start after the first phase in his bid to further his assault on the Rolex Grand Slam
The entries have been revealed for the US spring four-star, with two top British riders set to make the trip
