I have been looking everywhere, including startbox scoring and kentucky hasn’t posted anything about who has entered the 5* and the 4*. Badminton has already put their entries out! It is a bit annoying, I like to know who is going and what international riders are coming. We are less than a month out! Thanks for any information!
I feel like we have this every year, where the Kentucky entries are later coming out than it seems like they should be.
The entries should be listed on the kentucky website, https://www.kentuckythreedayevent.com/ when it is posted. EN looks to also be waiting, and keep hinting that the entries should come out this week.
They are gearing up for an entry number let down in the 5* while Badminton has roughly a 10 horse waitlist
If that’s true that’s very disappointing. Badminton only has two combinations on their list that are getting on a plane from North America - if entries at Kentucky are down, that’s on our side of the ocean, not theirs.
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Just to clarify this is by no means a dig at the event itself. It is just an off year in US eventing! With Liz out, Caroline just having a baby, Will Coleman’s horses not needing to prove themselves at a 5*, a lot of horses getting up there in years, it just doesn’t bode well for a big entry list.
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I wonder how many Euros we will see this year. A lot of likely candidates are entered at Badminton.
Given the uncertain climate and tariffs etc., I expect very few outsiders will risk a trip over the pond.
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Entries are live: https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/olympic-champion-top-2-in-the-world-entered-at-defender-kentucky/
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https://www.kentuckythreedayevent.com/entries-and-ride-times
5*: 42 entries (33 riders)
USA: 21
GBR: 6
GER: 3
AUS: 2
BEL: 1
NZL: 6
IRL: 1
CAN: 2
4* entries are not listed yet
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Cross entered at Badminton: (9)
Jennie Brannigan & FE Lifestyle
Lara De Liedekerke-Meier & Hooney D’Arville
Tom McEwen & Brookfield Quality
Tom McEwen & JL Dublin
Harry Meade & Superstition
Harry Meade & Grafennacht
Harry Meade & Et Hop Du Matz
Joseph Murphy & Calmaro
Tim Price & Falco
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This is better than I expected due to all the international double entires plus so many first times. Although those 9 cross-entered horses will drop the list considerably when it all shakes out.
I didn’t expect Caroline to be back with two.
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To be fair, I always assume cross-entries are “in case of issue” on the same side of the ocean and “Plan A” on the other side. As in, Jennie wants to go to Badminton but has cross-entered at Kentucky in case she can’t get a flight/raise the money/whatever, and Lara wants to come to Kentucky but has cross-entered at Badminton as a back-up for the same reasons.
In this case, Jennie is the only one from the American side of the ocean, so I don’t think the cross-entries inherently will drop the field size much. Joe Meyer is the other North American entered at Badminton and he isn’t even on the Kentucky list.
Harry can’t run more than two at Badminton, and he has two Badminton entries that are not cross-entered, so his Kentucky three should come bar an issue. I’d be surprised if it was ever Plan A to run JL Dublin at Badminton again, understandably. I think Kentucky probably makes the most sense for Lara’s horse too. Falco is the only one besides FE Lifestyle that I personally think is more likely than not to come off the Kentucky list.
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I will happily be watching from home (and cheering Jess Phoenix on with Florescent Adolescent in the 5*!). One day I will make it down to Kentucky but probably not for another 10+ years until I’m retired (and hopefully the exchange rate from CAD to USD is better!).
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No Kidding!
I think Jennie’s plan will be to do the dressage at Kentucky & then hop on the plane to Badminton. So I believe she will stay on the entry list & withdraw after dressage. (unless she can’t get a flight/raise the money, then she wouldn’t withdraw & just continue).
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Ah yes. That extra week between the two now makes all the difference! Good point.
I tore my left hamstring last year, like it’s hanging on by a thread. Not going to KY because I don’t know how much walking I could tolerate. I will live stream but it’s not the same. Especially since M. Jung is entered.
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I will say I hate this practice because it is a form of false advertisement. Years ago both Tennis and Golf had a problem with this. Events would list big name players and at the last minute they would withdraw. In the run up to the event, they would be marketing all the big names that were entered in the tournament.
I would say that you won’t see Tim Price or Harry Meade bring three and I doubt Boyd will ride three. My prediction is, when it gets to the start of the event, the 5* will be down to about 36-37 entries.
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That would put us right about at last year’s number, which is pretty impressive considering how many typical mainstays are not in this year’s entries.
Both Harry Mead and Tim Price have multiple 5* horses, and don’t forget Jonelle Price too. They have been to Kentucky before and they enjoyed it. There aren’t too many opportunities to run at 5*!
