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Kent Farrington (born December 28, 1980) is an American equestrian show jumping
An internationally renowned rider at eight years old with weekly lessons at a stable housing carriage horses in downtown Chicago. Working his way up from racing ponies to retraining ex-racehorses, Farrington spent most of his junior career riding horses that he was not familiar with (catch-riding) for industry professionals.
As a young rider, he won the Washington International Equitation Medal and the Eiser/Pessoa National Equitation Medal Finals. Farrington also won a gold medal at the 1999 North American Young Riders International Competition at the age of 18.
Career
Farrington started his career in 1999, working with US two-time Olympian Leslie Howard. At twenty-one years old, Farrington started his own business. He currently earns over $1 million in prize money every year (as of 2024). He received the Maxine Beard Award, presented to an American rider who is judged the best at displaying potential to represent the United States on the international stage.
Farrington's first notable Grand Prix win was at Saugerties in 2004 with the horse Madison. In 2005, Madison was named American Grandprix Association "Horse of the Year" and Farrington "Trainer of the Year." Riding the horse Uceko, Farrington won team gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara and the 2011 King George V Gold Cup at CSIO Hickstead.
With the horse Voyeur, Farrington became the first American to win the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC), the Rolex Top Ten Final (2015), and the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Spruce Meadows (2014). The pair also earned Team Silver at the Río Olympic Games (2016) and Team Bronze in Caen for the FEI World Equestrian Games (2014).
Farrington was ranked World Number One on the FEI World Jumping Rankings from April 2017 to March 2018 until ceding the top spot in April 2018 to Harrie Smolders.
Current Horses
Results
= 2023
== 2022
== 2021
== 2020
== 2019
== 2018
== 2017
== 2016
== 2015
== 2014
== 2013
== 2012
== 2011
=International Championship Results
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Universitas Oxford
- William Adams (pelaut)
- Daftar sampul majalah Time (1920-an)
- Daftar tempat di Britania Raya/Fa-Fe
- Kent Farrington
- Karl Cook
- Voyeur (horse)
- New Albany Classic
- Thomas Farrington (died 1758)
- 2015 in equestrianism
- 2016 in equestrianism
- List of Olympic medalists for the United States
- Harrie Smolders
- List of Olympic medalists in equestrian events
