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Horsetalk.co.nz Share Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class won the CCI5*-L at Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event in Lexington at the weekend. © LRK3DE British rider Oliver Townend has scored his third consecutive win in the 5* Kentucky Three-Day-Event, jumping a clear round on Ballaghmor Class on Sunday to take the title. It is Townend’s sixth career five-star win, and the second at that level for Ballaghmor Class (Courage II x Kilderry Place), a 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding. New Zealand power couple Tim and Jonelle Price placed second and third, respectively. They were also the...

Tamra Smith and En Vogue. Erin Gilmore Photo. Colleen Loach and Vermont. Erin Gilmore Photo. Judges Mark Weissbecker and Helen Brettell saw some lovely tests today, but it wasn’t until Canada's Colleen Loach and Vermont entered the arena in the second to last group, when they gave out a new leading score. “I knew he could do it if he was calm, but sometimes tension gets the best of him,” Loach explained of Peter Barry’s 9-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Van Helsing x Hauptstutbuch Hollywood) who stands at a very tall 18.2 hands. The pair earned a score of 27.0, besting yesterday’s lead...