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    Popular eventing pony euthanized after injury
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    ‘teddy' a well-known fixture at rolex

    Herald-Leader Staff Report

    Theodore O'Connor, the powerful pony who thrilled the eventing world with his oversized ability, was euthanized Wednesday following an accident at Karen and David O'Connor's barn in The Plains, Va. He was 13.

  • Mother: Ashker will ride again

    SHE'S EXPECTED BACK ON A HORSE IN THREE WEEKS

    By Linda B. Blackford

    The young woman seriously injured at the Rolex Three-Day Event in April will be back on a horse in three weeks, her mother said Tuesday.

  • Horse, rider 'misjudged the takeoff'
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    ASHKER'S JAW CRUSHED, LUNGS PUNCTURED

    By Amy Wilson

    A preliminary investigation into the horrific accident on the cross-country course at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event on Saturday seems to show that "the horse and rider misjudged the takeoff completely," said David O'Connor, president of the United States Equestrian Federation.

  • ROLEX THREE-DAY EVENT

    Holder delayed but not derailed

    RIDER OF COURAGEOUS COMET HOLDS LEAD AFTER 2ND EVENT

    By Alicia Wincze

    It was a moment that very easily could have gone down as the latest in a series of unlucky moments in Becky Holder's Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event career.

When: April 24-27
Where: Kentucky Horse Park, 4089 Iron Works Pkwy.
What: Horses and riders compete in dressage, cross-country and stadium jumping. Includes international trade fair, demonstrations and exhibitions.
Friday: Dressage, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday: Cross country, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: Special presentations at 11:30 a.m.; stadium jumping from 1-3 p.m.; awards ceremony at 3 p.m.
Admission: $5-$20 (Parking: $5 each day).
For more information: (859) 233-4303, www.rk3de.org.
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  • Crowd left smiling on Rolex's biggest day

    TRAFFIC SLOWED BUT DIDN'T STOP; ORGANIZERS AND LITTLE GIRLS HAPPY

    By Tom Eblen

    Some people think of this as the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Others think of it as the annual dress rehearsal for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games -- one more almost down, two more to go.

  • Rider, horse injured in fall at Rolex Three-Day Event

    By Linda B. Blackford

    Officials at the Rolex Three-Day Event had hoped a smooth cross-country day would help end a recent controversy over safety in their sport.

  • At Rolex, no gear beats boots

    KICKY OR MUCKY, ALL KINDS ARE ALL OVER

    By Amy Wilson

    About the second day of the four-day Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event: It is indeed about horses and equitation and athleticism and tradition and dreams and blue skies and breeze.

  • For Holder, it's time to seal the deal

    PERENNIAL EARLY LEADER LOOKS FOR STAYING POWER

    By Alicia Wincze

    For every reminder Becky Holder gets that she has been in this position before, it is followed by another remembrance of how she has let it slip away.

  • Horse Park traffic a huge challenge

    WATCHING ROLEX WITH EYE ON 2010

    By Linda B. Blackford

    Last year on the Saturday of the Rolex Three-Day Event, more than 40,000 people showed up to watch the cross-country phase, and the traffic coming off Interstate 75 did more than snarl. It stagnated, staggered and just plain stopped on one of the area's busiest roadways.

  • A different and happier horse

    POOR SHOW AT TRACK EXCELS AT DRESSAGE

    By Alicia Wincze

    It was just a preliminary event in South Carolina in February, but as Tara Ziegler looked at the judges' comments after her dressage test aboard Buckingham Place, it hit home what the two had accomplished.

  • Unfinished arena already boosting Horse Park

    By Linda Blackford

    Kentucky Horse Park officials announced a series of events scheduled for the new indoor arena that's still under construction, signaling what they called a new era of growth for the 30-year-old venue.

  • Indoor arena activities

    The new Kentucky Horse Park indoor arena, expected to open in September 2009, will be the location for the following events: The Sport Horse National Arabian and Half Arabian Championships, scheduled for five to nine days in September 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Events include dressage, driving and sport-horse competitions, with an estimated 500 competitors and 2,000 spectators.

  • Rolex a hurdle on the road to Olympics

    NATURALIZED CITIZEN HOPES TO RIDE FOR U.S. TEAM

    By Mark Maloney

    The road to Olympic glory almost always is a long one in the United States. For Phillip Dutton, that road crosses an ocean. Dutton, who will ride three horses in the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event this weekend, is in line to qualify for his fourth Olympics -- and his first as an American.

  • A Kentucky tradition for 30 years

    By Linda B. Blackford

    As the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event approaches its 30th anniversary, many people deserve credit, but it's probably best to start with Bruce Davidson.
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