The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.
will host the World Equestrian Games in 2010. The leaders of the
Federation Equestre Internationale, meeting in Bahrain, picked the KHP
over the Normandy region of France.
The first WEG was held in
1990 in Stockholm, Sweden, but this marks the first time it will be held
outside Europe. A Kentucky bid to host the 2006 WEG lost to Aachen,
Germany, three years ago.
The Kentucky organizers say this will
be the largest sporting event ever to be held in Kentucky?larger even
than the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Horse Park was founded 30 years
ago in order to host the 1978 World Three-Day Eve nt Championships.
Bruce Davidson won that event, his second consectuive World
Championship.
A team of five Kentuckians flew to Bahrain over the
weekend to make their final presentation on Dec. 6 to the FEI. John
Long, CEO of the U.S. Equestrian Federation, and John Nicholson, KHP
executive director, led the team.
The decision was released at
9:06 a.m. over the Associated Press
wire.
Susan [Young], The Princess of
Pink Semper Obliquo (Always aside)
Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson,
Oklahoma U.S.A.
"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that
will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" - Charles
Dickens (1812-1870)
