Fox-Pitt Wins at 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event
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On Parklane Hawk, William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain (45.3 penalties) won the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone, for the second time in three years. His prizes include the signature Rolex watch and $80,000 in prize money.
Allison Springer of the United States, on Arthur, held on for second (47.0) and earned $37,000, and Boyd Martin of the United Sates, on Otis Barbotiere, moved up to third place (51.0) to earn $30,000. Martin also finished eighth on Remington XXV (56.9).
By winning the Rolex USET Four-Star Championship as the top-placed U.S. rider, Springer, 37, also won a special prize—an 18-month lease of a 2012 Range Rover HSE courtesy of Land Rover North America.
Springer test-drove the car on a lap around the Rolex Stadium during the awards ceremony. "It’s a good thing they kept someone in the car with me, or I’d have been out there doing donuts!” she said with a smile
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