Road to the Horse

The Road to the Horse is an annual colt-starting competition held at the Alltech Arena in the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Three trainers are invited to choose a colt from a remuda of untouched three-year old quarter horses provided by the American Quarter Horse Association. They then have a specified amount of time over three days to gently get a saddle and tack on the colt and ride it. Road to the Horse is owned and produced by Tootie Bland.[1] In the past, the competition has been held at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas[2] and Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[3]

Winners

Road to the Horse winners
Year Trainer Horse
2003 Australia Clinton Anderson Hancock Sug
2005 Australia Clinton Anderson
2006 United States Stacy Westfall Doctor T Tari
2007 United States Chris Cox
2008 United States Chris Cox
2009 United States Richard Winters
2010 United States Craig Cameron
2011 United States Chris Cox
2012 Australia Guy McLean
Australia Dan James
2013 Australia Guy McLean
2014 Canada Jim Anderson Speedy Cream
2015 United States Chris Cox
2016 United States Nick Dowers
2017 New Zealand Vicki Wilson Boon River Lad 'Kentucky'
2018 New Zealand Vicki Wilson Wyoming Pick | Crowns Lad
2019 United States Nick Dowers
2021 United States Wade Black
2022 United States Mike Major Yellowhouse Canyon
2023 United States Mike Major
2024 Canada Tik Maynard
2025 Canada Tik Maynard Goodluck Suncat

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References

  1. ^ "Chris Cox wins 2015 Road to the Horse". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  2. ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search".
  3. ^ "The History of Road to the Horse".
  4. ^ "Past Champions".