Can he still win the Rolex Three-Day Event for the Rolex Grand Slam?
The popular international champion found himself stranded in Europe, although his horses had already arrived (and passed quarantine) at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky for the 2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (RK3DE). Oliver Townend has already won the Badminton Horse Trials (in Gloucestershire, England) and the Burghley Horse Trials (in Lincolnshire, England). A 2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (RK3DE) win would complete the $350,000 Rolex Grand Slam, one of the most prestigious and sought-after prizes in equestrian sports. Australian equestrienne and Olympic silver (2000 and 2004) and bronze (2004) medalist Pippa Funnell won the Rolex Grand Slam in 2003 – the only such victory yet in equestrian history. Oliver Townend’s roundabout journey to Lexington Oliver Townend, who had hoped to arrive at Kentucky Horse Park on Sunday, April 18th, faced several detours in his international travels from the United Kingdom. After his initial flight (from London) was canceled,
