Lexington, Ky – May 11, 2023 – The StoneLea Ring, on the beautiful grounds of the Kentucky Horse Park, plays host to top notch hunter competition year in and year out. Every year, the Kentucky Horse Show series crowns a Grand Hunter Champion, sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, to the athlete that put together…
Lexington, KY – May 10, 2023 – Show jumping competition was back in action in the Bluegrass state to kick off the summer. After a successful winter season across the country, riders were eager to get boots on the ground in Kentucky. A beautiful day set the stage for the jumpers at the Kentucky Horse…
Lexington, KY – Aug. 7, 2022 – Competition wrapped up Sunday at the Kentucky Summer Classic in both the Claiborne and Murphy rings, overseeing a talented field of riders and their ponies vying for top honors in their respective divisions. All hoping to claim the Grand Pony Hunter Championship title, sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical…
Lexington, KY – August 6, 2022 – A full slate of jumper competition brought the fans to their seats in the illustrious Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park Saturday. The action packed day was to be concluded with the feature event of the week with the $50,000 Kentucky Summer Classic Grand Prix, which was…
Lexington, Ky – Aug 5, 2022 – As the sun rose over the Kentucky Horse Park Friday morning, it was the junior athletes’ turn to compete for the Grand Junior Hunter Champion award, presented by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. Across the span of two days, top junior athletes and their mounts worked to put together…
Lexington, KY – August 4, 2022 – As the sun set upon the Kentucky Horse Park Thursday night, thirty-eight of the top horse-and-rider combinations eagerly took to the Rolex Stadium to try their hand at the $25,000 Kentucky Summer Classic Grand Prix. The class was set to a 2(a), two-round jump-off format in which Bernardo…
Lexington, KY – August 3, 2022 – Just as it did last week, the $5,000 1.40m Open Jumper kicked off jumper competition Wednesday in the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park. This time, however, the class was set to a one-round speed format in which Bernardo Costa Cabral (POR) set the course to challenge…
Lexington, KY – August 2, 2022 – Talented equestrians returned to the StoneLea ring at the Kentucky Horse Park for another week of jam-packed hunter competition. The Kentucky Summer Classic kicked off Tuesday with the Green Hunter Incentive 3’6” and 3’9” where top hunter horse-and-rider combinations tried their hand at the beautiful course designed by…
Lexington, KY – July 31, 2022 – Sunday was all about the Junior-Amateur competitors to close out the first week of Kentucky Summer at the Kentucky Horse Park. Both the hunter and jumper divisions were highlighted by the young athletes and their mounts bringing their unique skill sets to the table to vie for the…
Lexington, Ky. – July 30, 2022 – Hunter competition returned to the StoneLea ring Saturday morning, welcoming the amateur-owner hunter competitors and their respective mounts to work to accumulate enough points to take home the Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Championship, sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. After several classes of stiff competition, it was Ellie Ferrigno…