THREE EVENTS IN THE ROLEX GRAND SLAM OF EVENTING:
The Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing awards $350,000 to the Rider who can win the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in England the first weekend in May and the Burghley Land Rover Horse Trials in England the first of September in succession. In its 5th year in 2003, Pippa Funnell of Great Britain became the first Grand Slam winner with wins at Kentucky on Primmore’s Pride, Badminton on Supreme Rock, and Burghley on Primmore’s Pride, taking the $250,000 prize (the amount of prize money at the time) that most had thought impossible to win. When the next Grand Slam winner will burst onto the Eventing scene is anyone’s guess.
The Badminton Horse Trials begin this Friday in England. After his win at Rolex last weekend, all eyes will be on William Fox-Pitt to see if he can get one step closer to winning the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing.
(information courtesy of www.rk3de.org)
