Western Gold Cup Plays Big Role

The Event at Jackson Hole was the final event of the Gold Cup that featured seven premiere events throughout the country. "In creating the USEA Gold Cup Series, we set out to establish an initiative that captures the true variety and geographic diversity of eventing,” series director Sean Brescia said. “We're extremely pleased that the western Gold Cup events played such a big role in the point race and that Jackson Hole ultimately had such a big impact on the final standings.”

USEA Executive Director, Jo Whitehouse, was a guest of The Event at Jackson on behalf of the association. “We are thrilled that this young lady, only 19 years old, and her horse Kipling are the winners of the first USEA Advanced Gold Cup Series. She is a delightful young woman and a real ambassador for the sport,” Whitehouse said.

Whitlock’s coach, Mogie Bearden-Muller, speculated ringside after Kipling posted a clean show jumping round that the series championship would belong to Whitlock. Referring to the $6,000 prize money at stake and Whitlock’s plans to run Kipling at the Fair Hill CCI*** in Maryland in October, Bearden-Muller said, “well, that will pay for the (horse’s) flight back.”