The 2026 K3DE Daily: Dressage Day 2
Welcome back to the horse park, eventing family! Dressage will wrap up today, and there is the potential to see some shakeups on the leaderboard. First up for the CCI4*-S at 8:30 a.m. is the Oldenburg gelding Bounce 6, owned by Linda Graves and Alice Lawaetz and ridden by Lynn Symansky. Rounding out the 22 remaining pairs in the four-star is Jan Byyny and her own 11-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Beautiful Storm.
The five-star will resume at 1:30 p.m. today with five-star veteran Corvett, the 19-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Black Flag Option, LLC, and his longtime partner Emily Hamel. Kentucky was this pair's first five-star appearance together, so it's always special to see them back at the Kentucky Horse Park again.
The final of the 15 five-star pairs that will close out the field is Olympic pair Caroline Pamukcu and the 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding HSH Blake, owned by Pamukcu, Sherrie Martin, and Mollie Hoff.
Here is what you need to know to follow along today:
- Horses and riders in the CCI4*-S will perform the 2026 FEI CCI4* Test A, and horses and riders in the CCI5*-L will perform the 2026 FEI CCI5* Test A.
- Access details regarding the livestream for both the four-star and five-star here.
- Follow along with the live scores for both the CCI5*-L and CCI4*-S here.
- Dressage ride times for the CCI5*-L can be found here.
- Dressage ride times for the CCI4*-S can be found here.
- The USEA will be posting updates throughout the day on Instagram. Follow @useventing to keep up with the action.
- Don’t forget to stop by the USEA booth on the hill behind the Rolex Stadium to shop our exclusive new USEA apparel!
- Want more facts? Read through the USEA’s Fast Facts of the K3DE!
- Want to get early eyes on the cross-country course? Check out our course walk here!
There are a couple of really cool activities taking place today as well:
- Don't forget to join the USEA and the USHJA on the hill at booth #314 for Champions Live on Friday, April 25, at 9:30 a.m. Featured guests will be top U.S. event rider Emily Hamel and top U.S. show jumping rider Lillie Keenan. We'll have an interactive Q&A so bring any questions you want to ask the pros!
- New this year is the USEA Lunch and Learn sessions held in the Safety & Wellness Arena (Annex 1 just outside the Trade Fair and next to the Kentucky Kids Club). These Lunch and Learn sessions will be at 12:15 each day. Today's session is K3DE Course Builders Tyson Rementer and Levi Ryckewaert's discussion on frangible technology.
Helpful Links
- K3DE Website
- USEA Prize List
- CCI5*-L Order of Go
- CCI4*-S Order of Go
- Schedule of Events
- Livestream
- Live Scores
- USEA’s Coverage
- Meet the Five-Star Field
Follow the USEA event coverage on social media!
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