The Big Event

Lexington Herald-Leader coverage of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event

  • About us

    You're reading the work of three reporters for the Lexington Herald-Leader:

    Linda Blackford is an enterprise reporter who has been working on advance coverage of the 2010 World Equestrian Games.

    Alicia Wincze is a general assignment sportswriter, covering everything from the Kentucky Derby to girls' soccer. She started riding at age 8 and was a four-year member of the Pace University equestrian team.

    Janet Patton writes about the horse industry and has covered the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Events since the first four-star version in 1998. She missed last year and is excited to be back.
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  • About the event


    See the event's Web site, and keep up with the action via these great links:
    Leaderboard
    Scoreboard
    Dressage leaderboard
    Explore the course

    WHEN: Thursday, April 26-Sunday, April 29

    WHERE: Kentucky Horse Park, 4089 Iron Works Pkwy., north of Lexington, Ky. Click here for a map and directions

    WHAT: Horses and riders compete in dressage, cross-country and stadium jumping. Includes international trade fair, demonstrations and exhibitions.

    ADMISSION: $5-$20 BUT...

    SEATING AND PARKING cost extra. If you want a seat, you'll pay $5-$20 (sales on-site only). Parking costs $5.

    TELEPHONE:
    (859) 233-4303

  • Schedule

    THURSDAY
    Dressage starts at 9:30 a.m.; last ride of the day starts at 3:42 p.m.

    FRIDAY
    Dressage starts at 9:30 a.m.; last ride of the day starts at 3:50 p.m.

    SATURDAY
    Cross-country starts at 9:30 a.m.; last ride of the day starts at 3:55 p.m.

    SUNDAY
    Stadium jumping, 1:30-3 p.m.
    Awards at 3 p.m.

If only he’d had a map

Posted by Janet Patton on April 29, 2007

Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry got a look at the Rolex Kentucky traffic jam first hand on Saturday. Newberry said he was stuck for about 15 minutes in the jam on Newtown Pike as everybody tried to get here in time for Theodore O’Connor’s 10 a.m. cross-country run.

Cars crawled for miles in both directions but Newberry made light of it. “It’s just something that’s got to be fixed. We’ll sit down and find a more effective way to get everybody in,” Newberry said. Although he’s thinking ahead to the WEG in 2010, he wants things better for next year, he said.

“If I’d come out Georgetown Street, I wouldn’t have had any problem,” noted Newberry.

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