Michael Jung (GER) makes it three in a row at Kentucky Rolex Three-Day Event, April 26-29, 2017

Michael Jung, FisherRocana, FEI Classics, Kentucky, Qaloa Des Mers,

By Kate Green

Germany’s Michael Jung smashed yet another record when winning the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event for the third year running on the 12-year-old FischerRocana, a mare that may not have the biggest movement but certainly has the biggest heart.

Jung did have a jumping fence down, but his supremacy in the dressage and cross-country meant he could afford it and is second in the FEI Classics™ after three out of six legs behind the superbly talented Frenchman Maxime Livio (FRA), who finished runner-up at Kentucky on Qalao Des Mers with a clear jumping round.

“She is a really wonderful horse, a top fighting girl,” said Jung of “Roxy.” “She jumped wonderfully and was only a bit spooky at the white fence… 


Photo: The seemingly unstoppable Michael Jung (GER) and FischerRocana FST took the lead after cross country at Kentucky, third leg of the FEI Classics™ series. Photo credit: FEI/Rebecca Berry