The Road to the Horse is an annual colt-starting competition held at the Alltech Arena in the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] Three trainers are invited to choose a colt from a remuda of untouched three-year old quarter horses provided by the American Quarter Horse Association. They then have a specified amount of time over three days to gently get a saddle and tack on the colt and ride it. Road to the Horse is owned and produced by Tootie Bland.[2][3] In the past the competition has been held at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas[4] and Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[5]
Winners
edit| Year | Trainer | Horse |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Clinton Anderson (horse trainer) | Hancock Sug |
| 2005 | Clinton Anderson | |
| 2006 | Stacy Westfall | Doctor T Tari |
| 2007 | Chris Cox (horse trainer) | |
| 2008 | Chris Cox | |
| 2009 | Richard Winters (horse trainer) | |
| 2010 | Craig Cameron (horse trainer) | |
| 2011 | Chris Cox | |
| 2012 | Team Australia-Guy McLean & Dan James (horse trainer) | |
| 2013 | Guy McLean | |
| 2014 | Jim Anderson (horse trainer) | Speedy Cream |
| 2015 | Chris Cox | |
| 2016 | Nick Dowers | |
| 2017 | Vicki Wilson (New Zealand) | Boon River Lad 'Kentucky' |
| 2018 | Vicki Wilson (New Zealand) | Wyoming Pick | Crowns Lad |
References
edit- ^ http://www.kyhorsepark.com/events/road-horse-0
- ^ http://www.americanhorsepubs.org/newsgroup/13140/ [dead link]
- ^ "Chris Cox wins 2015 Road to the Horse". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The History of Road to the Horse".
- ^ "The History of Road to the Horse".