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<p>During his victory gallop in the Rolex stadium, Michael Jung tipped his hat to the 24,159 fans who poured into the Kentucky Horse Park on Sunday afternoon to catch his and fischerRocana FST’s historic win.</p>

<p>Michael Jung and fischerRocana FST had just a single rail in hand heading into the show jumping on Sunday afternoon. They added just four jumping faults and finished atop the pack for the third straight year.</p>

<p>Maxime Livio was the sole French rider at this year’s event, and he and Qalao des Mers finished the weekend in second place, adding nothing to their dressage score of 44.6.</p>

<p>Olympian Phillip Dutton has an incredible 40 Rolex CCI4* completions as part of his illustrious career. At this year’s Rolex, all three of his mounts (Mr. Medicott, Fernhill Fugitive and I'm Sew Ready) finished within the top ten.</p>


<p>Michael Jung’s mother, Brigitte Jung, gives her mare fischerRocana FST a thumbs-up after the victorious show-jumping round. Brigitte owns the 13yo German Sport Horse mare with Michael’s father Joachim.</p>

<p>Kristine and John Norton’s I’m Sew Ready leaps into the Head of the Lake with Phillip Dutton. The 13yo Dutch Warmblood gelding finished the event in 10 place.</p>

<p>Buck Davidson's longtime mount Ballynoe Castle RM was honored in a retirement ceremony before Sunday's show-jumping test. "Reggie" is the all-time leading points earner in U.S. eventing history</p>

<p>Olympian Boyd Martin and the 14yo gelding Crackerjack finished 7th on a 61.4.</p>

<p>Hannah Sue Burnett was thrilled with the performance of Under Suspection in the mare’s Rolex debut. “Pippy” and Hannah Sue finished their weekend in 5th after a single dropped rail in show jumping. </p>

<p>Kurt Martin and Delux Z put in a stellar show jumping round, moving up from 16th to 9th place. Last year the pair finished 25th at Rolex. </p>

<p>Ballynoe Castle RM enjoys one last gallop in front of his fans during his retirement ceremony on Sunday afternoon at the Rolex Stadium. </p>

<p>After a double-clear cross-country round, Matt Brown and Super Socks BCF moved up from 19th to 4th, but one rail and five time penalties in show jumping knocked them back two slots to finish in sixth. </p>

<p>Mr. Medicott and Phillip Dutton have only competed once in a year and a half, due to the veteran gelding recovering from an injury. But their experience shone through as they picked up only a handful of time faults in the jumping phases to finish as the top U.S. pair in 4th place. </p>

<p>British rider Zara Phillips has had an incredible career with High Kingdom, including team silver medals from the Olympics and WEG as well as top four-star results. They added another feather in their caps this weekend with a third-placed finish at Rolex, completing the event on their dressage score of 46.6. </p>