03.14.16
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Hosts Maker’s Mark Commemorative Bottle Fundraiser
Proceeds From Auction to Benefit Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
Lexington, KY – March 14, 2016 – Equestrian Events, organizer of the Rolex
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Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Land Rover, will host its second annual Maker’s Mark Commemorative Bottle Fundraising Auction and Reception on Thursday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m. All proceeds from the auction, held at Lexington landmark The Livery, will benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the official charity of the 2016 Rolex Kentucky. The Rolex Kentucky returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., April 28-May 1.
A limited number of Maker’s Mark commemorative bottles, featuring 2015 event winner, Michael Jung riding Fischerrocana FST, will be auctioned off. Tickets to this fundraising event are $200 per individual or $300 per couple. A voucher worth $100 will be included with each individual or couple ticket purchased. That voucher can be used during the bottle auction. There is a limit of one bottle per ticket. Tickets can be purchased until April 18 at www.rk3de.org/bottle-fundraiser.
“This Maker’s Mark fundraiser was a big hit and a lot of fun last year,” said EEI President Stewart Perry. “More importantly, this event allows us to raise funds and also put a spotlight on the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, a great charitable fit for our organization and for the Horse Capital of the World.”
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is a Lexington-based, non-profit organization that accredits, inspects and awards grants to approved aftercare organizations to retire, retrain and rehome Thoroughbreds using industry-wide funding. The TAA supports 501(c)(3) charitable organizations across the country that retire, retrain and re-home Thoroughbreds. TAA has awarded more than $3.4 million to accredited organizations in the past two years and currently supports 56 accredited organizations across 180 facilities in the United States. Retired racehorses from TAA-accredited organizations are re-homed every day and are retrained to be successful in Show Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, Combined Driving, Endurance and Polo, as well as Western disciplines, affording each of them the opportunity to have a second career.
The Thursday night bottle auction is just one of several fund-raising activities happening during the Rolex Kentucky, the “Best Weekend All Year,” The RK-5K, the Twilight Run at the Rolex Kentucky, is a run/walk on Friday evening (April 29); 5K participants have an opportunity to contribute to TAA. And five-time Grammy Nominee Hunter Hayes will be performing Saturday evening (April 30) at the Alltech Arena on the Kentucky Horse Park grounds after the Cross-Country phase of the Rolex Kentucky. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will benefit the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation and TAA. Volunteers from TAA will also be manning the bag-check booth throughout the event as a fund-raiser for their organization.
A 2016 Olympic trial, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event is one of the most prestigious equestrian competitions in the world. The Fédération Equestre Internationale (International Equestrian Federation – FEI), the world’s governing body of equestrian sports, has designated the Rolex Kentucky Three–Day Event as a “Four Star” eventing competition, the sport’s highest designation, which is given only to the Olympic Games, World Championships, and six annual events around the world.
Rolex Kentucky hosts many of the world’s best horses and riders each year as they compete for their share of the $350,000 in prize money. Riders also have a chance at winning the $350,000 Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing, which is awarded to any rider who wins the Rolex Kentucky, Mitsubishi Motors Badminton and Land Rover Burghley Four-Star Events in succession.
Ticket sales for 2016 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event opened in November and have maintained a record-breaking pace. Grounds Admission tickets to RK3DE include parking, admission to the grounds, International Trade Fair as well as all the Kentucky Horse Park has to offer. RK3DE Grounds Admission for children 12 and under is free. To watch the competition in the Rolex Stadium, a reserved stadium seat in addition to the Grounds Admission ticket needs to be purchased.
Stadium seats for Sunday’s Show Jumping are sold out but tailgating is available where fans can watch all the Show Jumping action on Jumbotrons. Only a Grounds Admission ticket is required for Saturday’s Cross-Country phase of the competition; a few Saturday tailgating spaces are also still available. Tickets are available at www.RK3DE.org/tickets.
Equestrian Events, Inc. is a non-profit charitable Kentucky corporation that was established initially to produce the 1978 World Three-Day Event Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park. Following the success of those championships, EEI established an annual event that evolved into the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Land Rover.
For more information, or to purchase tickets to the 2016 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Land Rover, please visit the Rolex Kentucky website at www.RK3DE.org, or call (859) 254-8123.
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