68 SIDELINES JULY 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Andrew Nicholson also won
third place on Calico Joe.
Photo by Beth Grant -
bethgrantphotography.com
Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle
RM earned fourth place, the USEF
Four-Star Championship and his
third USET Foundation’s Pinnacle
Cup for best fnish by an American.
Photo by Beth Grant -
bethgrantphotography.com
Aaron Ralston gave the crowd the
“show of the night” with a rip-roaring
performance during the Reining World
Freestyle Championship.
Photo by Mandy Su – amsphotography.com
During the Rolex weekend, Olympic eventer David O’Connor
took part in the crowd-pleasing Reining World Freestyle
Championship, part of the Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup.
Photo by Mandy Su – amsphotography.com
Eventer Allison Springer, who rode with a helmet, was the
Celebrity Reiner winner during the Reining World Freestyle
Championship.
Photo by Mandy Su – amsphotography.com
Throughout the long weekend, April 24-28, equine enthusiasts
shopped ‘til they dropped in Sponsor Village and throughout the
Trade Fair, both outdoors and indoors, as well as enjoying the
scheduled competitions, demonstrations and exhibitions. The
lines were long to test-drive a Land Rover over the cross-country
course, and patience was rewarded with a baseball cap. If you
weren’t there, if you didn’t catch the livestreaming or watch the
NBC coverage on network TV, you missed one of the greatest
shows on earth.