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Fan Donations of More than $550,000 Reverses Cancellation of Lexington 5* 3-Day Event

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February 10, 2021
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Fans of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event have donated more than $550,000/€454,000 so that five-star event can go on in April in what the organizers on Wednesday described as an “unprecedented outpouring of support” to reverse an earlier cancellation….

Celebrity Performer Adiah Ridden by Jim Koford Pursuing 3rd US Dressage Final Championship

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November 7, 2019
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Adiah HP, the spectacular part Friesian, part Dutch Warmblood dressage fan favorite ridden by James Koford, became an all-American celebrity in the nation’s capital on the mare’s way to Kentucky in pursuit of a third straight U.S. Dressage Finals championship….

Pearse Lyons, Irish-Born Self-Made Kentucky Billionaire, Sponsor of 2 World Games, Dies–1944-2018

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March 9, 2018
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LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Mar. 8, 2018–Pearse Lyons, the Irish-born billionaire who founded the international agribusiness and beverage giant Alltech that was the title sponsor of two World Equestrian Games died Thursday at the age of 73….