The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE),the nation’s premier eventing competition, has received the new Five Star status from the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the international governing body of equestrian sport. The new status, along with its respective requirements and rules, will take effect January 1, 2019. The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L, returns to the Kentucky Horse Park, April 25-28, 2019.
Now in its 41st year, the LRK3DE is a thrilling competition featuring Olympic-level riders and horses from across the nation and around the world in what can best be described as an equestrian triathlon. Since 1998, the event has been a Four Star event – the pinnacle of the FEI’s system and on par with the Olympics – one of only six annual Four Star three-day events in the world, and the only one in the Western Hemisphere.
The proposition to alter the star system, accepted at the FEI General Assembly in 2017 but not effective until 2019, states that CCI competitions will now be referred to as CCI-L (for long) while CIC competitions will become CCI-S (for short). The existing levels are being increased by a single star – the existing One Star level becomes the Two Star level, the Two Star becomes the Three Star, the Three Star becomes the Four Star, and the CCI4* becomes the CCI5*-L.