10 Sep 2013
Current Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing prize contender, Jonathan Paget (NZL) riding Clifton Promise held his nerve in the final show jumping phase to win the 2013 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. Andrew Nicholson (NZL) finished in both 2nd place riding Avebury and 3rd place riding Nereo.
A New Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing Prize Contender
Having now won both the 2013 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and the 2013 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, Paget is now in the unique position of being able to compete for the US$350,000 Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing Prize – to do so, he will need to complete the third and final challenge of winning the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, with a win making him only the second person to be a Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing Champion, joining Pippa Funnell.
Rider Quotes
Jonathan Paget riding Clifton Promise
Q. Congratulations – incredible. You made that incredibly easy with that cushion of having two fences down – that must have been quite nice?
Q. Congratulations, you’ve just finished in both 2nd and 3rd place – how was that on Avebury?
2 Andrew Nicholson/Avebury (NZL) 46.3
3 Andrew Nicholson/Nereo (NZL) 47.3
4 William Fox-Pitt/Parklane Hawk (GBR) 50.3
5 Ingrid Klimke/FRH Butts Abraxxas (GER) 52.2
Rolex Grand Slam Of Eventing
In 2001, Rolex created the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. This prize is awarded to the rider who manages to win the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials event in any consecutive order. Until now, only British rider Pippa Funnell has managed this staggering achievement, winning the title in 2003.
Source: Revolution Sports
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