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Warming Up for the Dressage Test: Tips from Olympian Phillip Dutton

Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event 2017 starts today with the first horse inspection, and the dressage phase kicks off tomorrow morning. To make sure everyone’s ready to go, here are five tips for warming up prior to your dressage test from MODERN EVENTING WITH PHILLIP DUTTON: 1 Start in walk on a 20-meter circle if the…

April 26, 2017
Doug Payne Talks About His New Book, Having an Obsessive Personality, and Reading OUTLIERS on a Desert Island

We managed to snag a few minutes with TSB author Doug Payne between his fabulous dressage performance aboard Crown Talisman (“Tali”) at Rolex Kentucky Three-Day (April 23-26, 2014) and the pair’s first place finish at the Jersey Fresh CIC*** (May 7-11) to talk about the release of his new book THE RIDING HORSE REPAIR MANUAL…

May 12, 2014
TSB Author Doug Payne’s Streak of Excitement: A Wedding, a New Book, Rolex Kentucky, and Saumur CCI3*!

TSB author and top event rider Doug Payne has had an intense and exciting start to the year! Doug kicked off 2014 with nothing less than nuptials: He wed Jessica Hampf in March. One celebration followed the other, with his fantastic new book released in early April. THE RIDING HORSE REPAIR MANUAL is already receiving…

April 17, 2014
Rolex Kentucky “Begins” at 3 p.m.! Dos and Donts of the Wednesday Jog–Tips from Phillip Dutton

Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event unofficially begins Wednesday with the first jog or horse inspection, scheduled at 3:00 p.m EST. At all Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) sanctioned events, the veterinary delegate and the ground jury evaluate each competing horse twice–once prior to the competition (Wednesday) and once prior to the show jumping phase (the third and…

April 24, 2013
Rolex Leader Board Features Top Riders from Denny Emerson’s Hit Book

Mary King and Michael Pollard, both profiled in Denny Emerson‘s new book HOW GOOD RIDERS GET GOOD, are in the top 11 after the dressage phase at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. King, a member of the gold-medal-winning British eventing team at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, sits…

April 30, 2011
Meet TSB Author Denny Emerson and Get a Signed Copy of His Hit Book at Rolex!

Olympic eventer Denny Emerson will be signing copies of his best-selling new book HOW GOOD RIDERS GET GOOD during the lunch break on Saturday at this year’s Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (April 28-May 1, 2011). Don’t miss the excitement of this event, where some of the world’s best (and most fearless) horses and riders converge…

April 26, 2011
My First Rolex

Although I spent much of my preteen and teenage years imagining myself on horse and on course, deftly managing a blistering run over the daunting obstacles that are and always will be (at least in the minds of wild, horse-mad teenagers the world over) the Rolex Three-Day Event in Kentucky, it wasn’t until 2006–when I…

April 14, 2011