INDIVIDUAL ADMISSION AND SEATING (Advance and Event Sale) Tuesday, April 20, Dressage Grand Prix 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. No Admission Charge, Open Seating Wednesday, April 21, Dressage Grand Prix Special 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. No Admission Charge, Open Seating Thursday, April 22, Dressage Freestyle 6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Admission/Seating: $15/person Friday, April 23, Show Jumping Warm-Up 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. No Admission Charge, Open Seating Saturday, April 24, Show Jumping Grand Prix 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Admission/Seating: $20/person Sunday, April 25, Show Jumping Speed Class 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Admission/Seating: $15/person

Grand Prix: the highest level of show jumping. Run under International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) rules, the horse jumps a course of 10 to 16 obstacles, with heights and spreads of up to 6.5 feet (2.0 m).

The dressage tests performed are those of the highest level: Grand Prix. They are judged under the rules of the FEI. This level of test demands the most skill and concentration from both horse and rider. For their freestyles, riders and horses perform specially choreographed patterns to music. At this level, the freestyle tests may contain all the Grand Prix movements, as well as double canter pirouettes, pirouettes in piaffe, and half-pass in passage. For the freestyle, judges award technical marks for the various movements, as well as artistic marks. In the case of a tie, the ride with the higher artistic marks wins.

Learn more at kyhorsepark.com.

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