● Thirty-six of the 60 horses starting the event completed it for a 60 percent completion rate overall of the horses entered regardless of where they were bred. Of the 28 North American- bred horses starting, 16 completed for a North American-bred completion rate of 57.1 percent. (This closely compares to the 55.6 percent of the horses bred outside North America complet- ing the event.)
● Twelve of those North American-bred horses did not com- plete the event: two horses were withdrawn before cross-coun- try (Crown Talisman and Petite Flower); four voluntarily retired on cross-country (Copycat Chloe, Expedience, Here’s To You, The Alchemyst); five were eliminated on cross-country (Catch A Star, Collection Pass, Madison Park, No Boundaries and Relentless Pursuit), and one was withdrawn at the second horse inspec- tion before stadium jumping (Shiraz).
● Of those not completing Rolex, many who withdrew or vol- untarily retired did so since they were also entered in another event: Copycat Chloe went on to place ninth at the Jersey Fresh CCI3* in May; Crown Talisman won the Jersey Fresh CIC3* in May and is headed for France on a Land Rover Training Grant this spring; Catch A Star is entered in the Bromont CCI3* in June; Here’s To You is entered in the Bromont CCI3* in June; Petite Flower started in the Jersey Fresh CIC3* in May, but withdrew after cross-country; No Boundaries placed second in the Jersey Fresh CIC3* in May and is entered in the Bromont CCI3* in June; Relentless Pursuit started in the Jersey Fresh CCI3*, but retired
on cross-country. Three of the North American-bred horses that did not complete the event were injured: Expedience broke a bone in her right front pastern, which was repaired surgi- cally, and she was retired as a broodmare; Madison Park had a cut which required stitches, and Shiraz was reported to have a strained shoulder. No reports on the status of Collection Pass or The Alchemyst were found.
● Of the 60 starters, nine were mares and 51 were geldings. Five of the 28 North American-breds were mares (Copycat Chloe, Catch A Star, Expedience, Gin & Juice, and Tsunami) and 23 were geldings.
Their Pedigrees Taking a look at the pedigrees of the ten North American- bred horses with Warmblood bloodlines at the 2014 Rolex event reveals that our breeding efforts here are not confined to any one breed. Often as much as 50 to 65 percent Thor- oughbred blood mixed with the Warmblood genes seems to be optimum for modern eventing. Arthur, 15-year-old gelding by Brandenburg’s Windstar, out of Like Quick by Big Stanley, U.S.-bred Irish Sport Horse, bred by Michael Godfrey. Arthur’s sire Brandenburg’s Wind- star, an Irish Sport Horse stallion, stood at eventer Phyllis Dawson’s Windchase Farm in Purcellville, Virginia. Windstar was by the Thoroughbred stallion I’m A Star (a Raise A Native grandson), out of the Irish Draught mare Kildalton Seabreeze (Sea Crest–King of Diamonds). Arthur’s dam is a Thorough-
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LEFT (5): 18th: Sarah Cousins, West Grove, PA, and her very game 15-year-old American Thoroughbred mare Tsunami motor around the cross-country on their way to a double clear run on Saturday. RIGHT (6): 19th: The rookies, the 15.1-hand American Thoroughbred gelding Sir Rockstar and his 22-year-old owner/rider Libby Head sailed around their first four-star cross-country like it was easy jumping clear and adding only time faults to their dressage score.
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