land rover kentucky three day event

The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event at The Kentucky Horse Park Thursday April 27th- Sunday April 30th, 2023 The ultimate test of horse and rider! One event, three disciplines, testing the resolve of the timeless partnership between horse and rider. DRESSAGE on Thursday and Friday is held in the breathtaking outdoor stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park, where spectators enjoy the grace, refined beauty and elegance of dressage as competitors trot their way through the first phase of competition. Dressage, which tests the gaits, suppleness and obedience of the horse through a series of prescribed movements. The Second phase, CROSS-COUNTRY, is the highlight of Eventing. Saturday is the most exciting day of Kentucky Three-Day Event as thousands gather to watch horses and riders gallop over four miles of the challenging terrain, at speeds up to 25 mph, while negotiating remarkable obstacles, water hazards, banks and ditches. The JUMPING TEST, the final phase, brings the energy and precision of jumping back to the outdoor stadium on Sunday. Spectators from across the globe witness the world’s finest horses and riders test their athletic ability, conditioning and training as they soar over obstacles.

TAA Hosts Jessica Phoenix Autograph Signing and Tipperary Giveaway at Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) will have a presence at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event from April 28 to May 1, 2022. The TAA table will be in the Trade Fair on the upper level, booth #238. Three-time Olympian and top-rated Canadian eventer, Jessica Phoenix, will be present for autograph signing on Friday, April 29 from 3:30 – 4:30 pm ET. A lifelong advocate of Thoroughbreds, Phoenix is campaigning two Thoroughbred mounts in the CCI5*-L at LRK3DE— Bogue Sound and Wabbit. Limited signed copies of Phoenix’s biography Rise will be offered in exchange for a donation to the TAA. “There’s no better place to highlight off-track Thoroughbreds than at the Kentucky 3-Day,” said Phoenix. “I look forward to meeting other Thoroughbred lovers at the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance booth this Friday.” Starting Thursday, April 28 the TAA will offer attendees the opportunity to donate for a chance to win a Tipperary™ Eventer Pro vest or Tipperary™ Devon with MIPS® helmet. Donations must be made in-person at the TAA booth, and every $5 donated earns one chance to win. Two winners will be drawn, one for each prize, before the CCI5*-L Stadium Jumping on Sunday May 1, but donors do not need to be present to win. Tipperary™ is the official helmet and cross-country vest for Phoenix. She is their top spokesperson and the first eventer to compete in a helmet with MIPS®. The TAA booth will also have TAA totes, hats, racing saddle towels, and hoof picks available for a donation. Photo: Shannon Brinkman