Pony Club Alumni Take Home Top Honors at the 2018 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event
May 3, 2018 (Lexington, KY) —The 2018 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event was a great year for Pony Club alumni. Oliver Townend, who got his start in British Pony Club, made the trip across the pond to take home the top honors of the weekend. USPC is proud that over half of the pairs that completed the event are Pony Club Alumni from all over the world. Marilyn Little (Fredrick Pony Club) was the highest placed U.S. rider winning the Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship. USPC is very proud of all alumni that competed this year, and wish them the best of luck in future events.
Photo Credit: JJ Sillman. Oliver Townend with Bluegrass Pony Club member Ashley Wiemers British flag bearer. |
The final results stand as follows:
Placing | Rider/Horse | Certification and Pony Club |
1st | Oliver Townend (GBR) riding COOLEY MASTER CLASS | British Pony Club |
2nd | Michael Jung (GER) riding FISCHERROCANA FST | |
3rd | Marilyn Little (USA) riding RF SCANDALOUS | Fredrick Pony Club |
4th | Phillip Dutton (USA) riding Z | A, Nyngan Pony Club, New South Wales (AUS) |
5th | Lauren Kieffer (USA) riding VERMICULUS | |
6th | Lynn Symansky (USA) riding DONNER | A, Difficult Run Pony Club |
7th | Oliver Townend (GBR) riding MHS KING JOULES | British Pony Club |
8th | Sharon White (USA) riding COOLEY ON SHOW | |
9th | Christopher Burton (AUS) riding NOBILIS 18 | |
10th | Bruce (Buck) Davidson, Jr. (USA) riding COPPER BEACH | Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds Pony Club |
11th | Boyd Martin (USA) riding TSETSERLEG | Forest Hills Pony Club, New South Wales (AUS) |
12th | William Coleman (USA) riding TIGHT LINES | |
13th | Phillip Dutton (USA) riding I’M SEW READY | A, Nyngan Pony Club, New South Wales (AUS) |
14th | Tamara Smith (USA) riding WEMBLEY | |
15th | Pawl Spisak (POL) riding BANERAS | |
16th | Kelly Prather (USA) riding TRULY WILEY | |
17th | Colleen Loach (CAN) riding QORRY BLUE D’ARGOUGES | |
18th | Lauren Kieffer (USA) riding LANDMARK’S MONTE CARLO | |
19th | Tim Bourke (IRL) riding LUCKAUN QUALITY | A, Clew Bay Pony Club (IRL) |
20th | Bruce (Buck) Davidson, Jr. (USA) riding CARLEVO | Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds Pony Club |
21st | Kim Severson (USA) riding COOLEY CROSS BORDER | B, Diamondback Pony Club |
22nd | Caroline Martin (USA) riding SPRING EASY | |
23rd | Savannah Fulton (USA) riding CAPTAIN JACK | D-2, Full Moon Farm Pony Club Riding Center |
24th | Lillian Heard (USA) riding SHARE OPTION | B, Seneca Valley Pony Club |
25th | Lisa Marie Fergusson (CAN) riding HONOR ME | |
26th | Elisa Wallace (USA) riding SIMPLY PRICELESS | |
27th | Sara Gumbiner (USA) riding POLARIS | |
28th | Bruce (Buck) Davidson, Jr. (USA) riding PARK TRADER | Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds Pony Club |
29th | Lillian Heard (USA) riding LCC BARNABY | B, Seneca Valley Pony Club |
30th | Ashley Johnson (USA) riding TACTICAL MANEUVER | A, Amwell Valley Hounds Pony Club |
31st | Andrea Baxter (USA) riding INDY 500 | A, Black Oaks Pony Club |
32nd | Waylon Roberts (CAN) riding KELECYN COGNAC |
About Pony Club – The United States Pony Clubs, Inc. (Pony Club) was founded in 1954 as a nonprofit national youth organization to teach riding and horsemanship through a formal educational program. There are approximately 9,000 Pony Club members in over 600 clubs and riding centers throughout the country. Many of the nation’s top equestrians, including several of our Olympic team members, business professionals, government leaders and career military officers, have roots in Pony Club. Youth members range in age from as young as 4 through age 25. Pony Club also offers educational opportunities to a growing number of adults through Horsemasters Membership. www.ponyclub.org.