Fox-Pitt eyes eventing’s Grand Slam prize
Following his win inwards the 2011 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, old Rolex Kentucky champion William Fox-Pitt is directly a competitor for the Rolex Grand Slam prize.
The Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing is awarded to the passenger who wins the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials too the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials upshot inwards whatsoever consecutive order. Until now, alone British passenger Pippa Funnell has managed this staggering achievement, winning the championship inwards 2003.
Fox-Pitt faces the daunting challenge of next upward his Burghley victory alongside back-to-back wins required at both Kentucky too Badminton, merely ane calendar week apart.
He volition ride Burghley winner Parklane Hawk at the Kentucky Three-Day Event from Apr 26 to 29, too the Equus caballus flew out from Britiain on Apr 17.
Fox-Pitt’s tape ranks alongside the best inwards the sport’s history. He was the showtime British passenger to earn Eventing’s Number 1 World Ranking, a distinction he achieved inwards 2002 too ane time again inwards 2009 too 2010. He has ridden inwards iii Olympic Games—1996 inwards Atlanta, 2004 inwards Athens where he won a squad Silver Medal, too 2008 at Beijing where he won a squad Bronze. He also won a squad Bronze Medal at the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) inwards Jerez, a squad Silver at the 2006 WEG inwards Aachen, too squad Gold too private Silver at the 2010 WEG inwards Kentucky.
Fox-Pitt is the alone passenger to convey won 5 of the world’s half dozen Four Star Events, having won Burghley a tape half dozen times (1994, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011), Badminton (2004), Luhmulen (2008), Rolex Kentucky (2010) too Pau (2011).
He has won the HSBC FEI Classics twice (2008 & 2010) too finished minute inwards 2011. He has won 7 squad Gold Medals at European Championships too has been the set out ane ranked British passenger ix times.
Fox-Pitt took fourth dimension out this calendar week to utter almost the describe of piece of job ahead.
How is Parklane Hawk?
Parklane Hawk is on real skillful form. He has undergone approximately skillful preparation too is feeling fit, thus hopefully he volition perform real well. In price of travelling, he is quite a sensitive Equus caballus but he comes from New Zealand thus he has travelled before. To larn them from England to the States, the carry-on is quite excessive.
How has your preparation too preparations been this wintertime too spring?
It’s gone to plan, too thus far it’s been hitch-free. The Equus caballus has had iii skillful runs, too he’s on skillful shape for the States.
Why did you lot selection Parklane Hawk for Kentucky?
I discussed it alongside the possessor [Catherine Witt] too that’s merely how it worked out. The possessor has ane Equus caballus for Badminton equally good too nosotros decided betwixt us that equally he’s done Lexington before, nosotros idea it was a skillful ane for Parklane Hawk.
Do you lot know anything almost designer Derek di Grazia’s changes to this year’s Kentucky cross-country course?
I haven’t seen the changes that Derek has made, but from what I understand, he is beingness a fleck to a greater extent than authoritative this year, thus I hold off frontwards to seeing the novel course, equally it is difficult to predict what it volition entail. It could convey a skillful alter too experience to it!
My master copy aspiration for the calendar week is that Parklane Hawk consolidates his shape from Burghley.
Travelling out to Kentucky
I wing out to Kentucky on Mon [April 23]. It’ll endure all almost Rolex this calendar week too and thus we’ll focus on Badminton too the large dream of winning the Rolex Grand Slam.
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