By 2014, the field of 60 starters at Rolex Kentucky in-
cluded 21 Thoroughbreds (16 American Thoroughbreds, one Canadian Thoroughbred, three Irish Thoroughbreds and one New Zealand Thoroughbred), one Anglo-Arabian and 39 others of various Warmblood bloodlines. Admittedly these Warmbloods had a fair amount of Thoroughbred genes in their pedigrees. This divides out to 65 percent Warmbloods (including the Anglo-Warmbloods) and 35 percent Thor- oughbreds in the 2014 Rolex line-up.
The Pedigree Stats To narrow the focus a bit more, how did the North American- bred horses stack up in the Rolex competition in 2014? Of the 60 starters, here is a breakdown of North American-bred horses:
● Twenty-eight were bred in the U.S. or Canada for a percent- age of 46.7 percent of the starters being bred in North America.
● Seventeen Thoroughbreds from North America started: Col- lection Pass; Enchantez; Expedience; Gin & Juice; Here’s To You; Houdini; Irish Rhythm(CAN); Madison Park; Mensa G; Parker; Petite Flower; Pirate; Relentless Pursuit; Shiraz; Sir Rockstar; Tsu- nami; Ziggy.
● One was an American-born Anglo-Arabian (Houston).
● Ten were some type of U.S. or Canadian-bred Warmblood or Sport Horse: two Canadian Sport Horses (Foxwood High
and The Alchemyst); one U.S.-bred Dutch Warmblood (No Boundaries); one U.S.-bred Hanoverian (Wundermaske); three U.S.-bred Holsteiners (Catch A Star, High Times and Crown Tal- isman); one U.S.-bred Irish Sport Horse (Arthur); one U.S.-bred Oldenburg (Consensus), and one U.S.-bred Trakehner (Copycat Chloe).
● As pictured in Photos 1–6, there were six North American- bred ribbon winners who won $13,200 (or 5.28 percent) of the total $250,000 prize money offered (as compared to the $236,800 won by horses bred outside North America). The top North American-bred horse finished in tenth place
(Foxwood High ridden by Selena O’Hanlon of Canada). Other North American-bred top 20 finishers who won money were: Mensa G (Michael Pollard), 14th place; Gin & Juice (Hawley Bennett-Awad), 16th; Pirate (Megan O’Donoghue), 17th; Tsu- nami (Sarah Cousins), 18th, and Sir Rockstar (Libby Head), 19th. (Compare this with the top nine Rolex horses who were all bred outside North America, as well as the finishers in 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 20th places.)
● Other North American-bred finishers: Parker (James Allis- ton), 22nd; Wundermaske (Sharon White), 23rd; Arthur (Allison Springer), 24th; Irish Rhythm (Rachel McDonough), 25th; Hous- ton (Daniel Clasing), 26th; Ziggy (Rachel Jurgens), 27th; Consen- sus (Julie Norman), 29th; Houdini (Katie Frey), 34th; Enchantez (Lindsey Oaks), 35th, and High Times (Jennifer McFall), 36th.
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LEFT (2): 14th: Michael Pollard from Chatsworth, GA, and his 16-year-old American Thoroughbred gelding Mensa G. Mensa was the high- est placed American-bred Thoroughbred at the event. MIDDLE (3): 16th: Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin & Juice, a 14-year-old American Thoroughbred mare, trot smartly up during the second horse inspection before stadium jumping on the final day of the event. RIGHT (4): 17th: Megan O’Donoghue, Carbondale, IL, was all smiles as she and her 12-year-old American Thoroughbred gelding Pirate burned their way around cross-country.
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