With joy, O’Donoghue and Pirate storm Rolex
Flashing her photogenic smile, Meghan O’Donoghue showed no hint of fear as she and Pirate plunged down cliffs, over immobile obstacles and into water, all the while looking like they were just glad to be there, in the thick of the fabled Rolex competition. As horse and riders hurtled across, over and through a course of hair raising obstacles that challenged even the most seasoned Olympians at this year’s Rolex Kentucky Three Day, facial expressions of top-tier riders ran the gamut, from quiet confidence to sheer terror. But here was a fresh-faced 24-year-old from Illinois who galloped up to each […]
Donner takes 5th at Rolex, TBs rock it
Fresh from her dramatic fifth-place finish at the 2013 Rolex Kentucky 3-Day, Lynn Symansky spoke of her hard-charging, tireless ex-racehorse Donner the way so many others, these days, are marveling at the comeback of Thoroughbreds in sport. “The off-track Thoroughbreds have come back into style again,” Symansky says in a telephone interview. “In my career, I’ve ridden all types of horses, and if I had my choice, I’d choose an off-track Thoroughbred any day of the week.” With good reason. During the grueling three-day course, Olympians and top international riders battled extremely challenging terrain, leaping enormous jumps, down steep ditches […]