Bruce Davidson is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. He still competes today, well into his 50s, at the sport's highest level. Eventing is an equestrian event which comprises dressage, cross-country and show-jumping. ...

Birthdate: Dec. 31, 1949

Place of Birth: Newburgh, NY

Advanced Horses:

• Irish Cap
• JJ Babu
• Beacon Charm
• Dr. Peaches
• Happy Talk
• Heyday
• Needles Talk
• Regent Lion
• Squelch
• Status Symbol
• Eagel Lion
• High Scope
• Apparition
• Pirate Lion
• Little Tricky
• Arrow

Bruce Davidson was not born into a "horsey" family, but lived in foxhunting country, and was able to work his way into the horse world. He now lives at his Chesterland Farm in Unionville, Pennsylvania, where he had a Thoroughbred breeding program and where he trains horses and riders alike. He also competes regularily, often against his son, Buck. JJ Babu was a horse that excelled in the sport of eventing, under American rider Bruce Davidson. ... Dr. Peaches was a horse ridden by American Bruce Davidson in the sport of eventing. ... Happy Talk is a horse ridden by American Bruce Davidson in the sport of eventing. ... Heyday was a horse that competed in the sport of eventing, ridden by American Bruce Davidson. ... Little Tricky was a horse ridden by American Bruce Davidson in the sport of eventing. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ...

Major Accomplishments

Davidson has had an outstanding career, boasting 2 silver and 2 gold medals at the Olympics, receiving his first at the age of 22. He is also a 2-time World Champion, has won the Rolex Kentucky Three Day a record 6 times, and is one of only two Americans to have won the Badminton Horse Trials. Davidson has had top placings at the Burghley Horse Trials, and has been the USCTA's leading rider a record 14 times. The Rolex Kentucky Three Day is an eventing competition held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. ... The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day event, one of only four elite international four star, CCI****, events as classified by the FEI. Badminton takes place in May each year in the park of Badminton House the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England. ... A competitor in the 2004 Horse Trials shows good form over one the early cross-country fences The Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. ...

Davidson and the Rolex Kentucky CCI

Bruce Davidson's win at the 1974 World Championships gave the United States the opportunity to host the 1978 World Championships. This lead to the creation of the Kentucky Horse Park, and the event later became the annual Rolex Kentucky Three Day, the only CCI**** held in the United States, and one of only five currently held in the world. Davidson has had a long-spanning career at the event, having ridden over the course 68 times on 30 different horses, with a record 6 wins (although none of these wins has been the CCI****). The Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm and an educational theme park located in a rural area of Lexington, Kentucky in the United States. ... The Rolex Kentucky Three Day is an eventing competition held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. ...

Record

2004

• 7th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Little Tricky)
• 13the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Arrow)

2003

• 8th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Little Tricky)

2002

• 5th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (High Scope)
• 14th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Apparition)

2001

• 4th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Little Tricky)
• 9th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Apparition)
• 10th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Eagle Lion)

2000

• 7th Rolex Kentucky CCI**** (Eagle Lion)

1999

• 17th Rolex Kentucky CCI*** (Status Symbol)
• 31st Rolex Kentucky CCI*** (Little Tricky)

1998

• Team Bronze, Individually 21st at the World Equestrian Games (Heyday)
• 3rd Badminton Three Day (Eagel Lion)
• 7th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Squelch)
• 8th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Heyday)

1997

• 2nd Blenheim Horse Trials CCI ***(Heyday)

1996

• Team Silver and 9th individually Atlanta Olympic Games (Heyday)

1995

• Leading Rider in the World Three Day Event Rider Rankings
• 1st Badminton Horse Trials (Eagle Lion)
• Individual Gold Medal at the Pan Am Games (Heyday)
• 16th Burghley Horse Trials (Heyday)

1994

• 2nd Rolex Kentucky CCI (Regent Lion)
• 7th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Heyday)
• 17th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Happy Talk)

1993

• 1st Rolex Kentucky CCI (Happy Talk)

1992

• 8th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Happy Talk)

1990

• 4th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Pirate Lion)
• 7th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Needles Prince)

1989

• 1st Rolex Kentucky CCI (Dr. Peaches)

1988

• 1st Rolex Kentucky CCI (Dr. Peaches)
• 2nd Rolex Kentucky CCI (JJ Babu)

1987

• 1st Stockhold CCI*** (JJ Babu)

1986

• 2nd Burghley Horse Trials (JJ Babu)
• 6th Badminton Horse Trials (JJ Babu)

1985

• 4th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Dr. Peaches)
• 11th Badminton CCIO *** (JJ Babu)

1984

• Team Gold, 13th individually Los Angeles Olympic Games (JJ Babu)
• 1st Rolex Kentucky CCI (Dr. Peaches)

1983

• 1st Rolex Kentucky CCI (JJ Babu)
• 14th Rolex Kentucky CCI (Beacon Charm)

1982

• 2nd Badminton Horse Trials (JJ Babu)

1978

• 1st World Championship in Lexington, Kentucky (Might Tango)

1976

• Team Gold Montreal Olympic Games (Might Tango)

1975

• Team and Individual silver medal Pan American Games

1974

• 1st World Championship in Burghley, England (Irish Cap)

1972

• Team Silver München Olympic Games