On Thursday of this week I will ride the cross country course in Lexington at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. At a walk. In a Western saddle. With the course designer and a past Olympian.
I’m not worthy.
I might have squealed when the envelope came in the mail containing this gem.
The opportunity to ride at Rolex Kentucky has come about thanks to my relationship with Sidelines magazine. I will be writing a future California Hoofbeats column featuring the famous cross country course in Lexington. I intend to blog, Tweet and Instagram from Rolex Kentucky, so please feel free to follow along. 🙂
What’s happening is a small group of equestrian media folk get to preview the four mile course and hear the inside scoop on the challenges of each jump. Leslie Law the Three-Day Eventing gold medalist from the 2004 Olympics will be the host of the ride, and course designer Derek Di Grazia will join us at key fences to share his insights. It’s a privilege I still can’t wrap my mind around.
The dressage phase begins Thursday and Friday of this week followed by cross country on Saturday and then show jumping on Sunday. If there some of you in blogland are going this weekend too, we should connect!
But Wait, There’s More!
As if that weren’t cool enough, New Vocations is hosting an event called Thoroughbreds for All which I will also attend. The headliners for this event are eventer Laine Ashker, dressage rider/trainer Reese Koffler-Stanfield and reining guru Dan James. All three will share their experiences working with Thoroughbreds. And I believe there will be demonstrations.
And possibly the coolest part is that my mom is going to go too!
Your Turn: If you’ve been to Rolex before, give me a shoutout with tips or your favorite part. And if you haven’t been to Rolex, is it on your bucket list or is there some other type of competition that you dream of seeing?
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I'm Susan and this is my horse Knight. We have been a blogging team since 2015 and we're glad you're here. Tally ho!
So excited that you are coming to Rolex with Sidelines this year!! I did the Rolex ride and so did Lauren Giannini and it’s really fun!!! My horse’s bridle fell off while we were on course – no kidding!! All part of the fun!! Sidelines is going to Rolex!!! whoo hoo!
Well thank you for the opportunity! And I giggled when I read that about the bridle falling off. Did you lean way over and successfully put it back on? Was this as you were jumping the duck. JK. 🙂
Wow! I am so jealous. Enjoy!!
Thanks, Liz. I hope I can ride and listen and be in awe and use my cell phone to capture the images and maybe even record the conversations (if that’s allowed). I picture myself with various straps hanging off my body for all my gear. None of which is ultra professional. 🙂
Brilliant, I can’t wait to follow along 🙂
Oh. My. Gosh. This is amazing!!! I can’t wait to follow along on all of the social medias! I so wish I could go in person, but I’ll definitely be living it vicariously through you 🙂
Have a great time. Do the Wofford course walk if you can manage. He is awesome. Other Rolex thoughts (since you asked …): https://rodneysstorage.wordpress.com/posts-rolex-ky-3de/
oh wow! I’m sure you’re already planning this, but take lots of photos!
I’m so thrilled for you!
wow!! what an amazing experience that will be!! I haven’t decided yet if I will sneak down there at all this weekend. Have fun!!
What a great opportunity!
New Vocations is from my neck of the woods!! Have fun and soak in this amazing opportunity!!!
Thanks, Tracy. I will. 🙂 I hope I don’t literally soak, however. It’s supposed to rain on cross country day.
ahhh that’s so exciting (and i’m so super jealous haha) – please take zillions of notes and pictures for us 😀
I will do my best to document the experience with pics and words. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and commenting (again). 🙂
That western ride/course walk always looks amazing! Looking forward to your pictures 🙂