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Rolex Kentucky 3 Day Event 2010 was honored to be named a Top 10 Spring Event by Kentucky Tourism Council.  In reality the Kentucky Tourism Council has included Rolex Kentucky 3 Day Event 2010 in the list of Top 10 Events and Festivals in Kentucky since 2004.

As the Council announced, "Since this premier event is the only four-star, three-day event in the Americas, it brings international attention to Lexington and the Bluegrass each spring, while attracting crowds in excess of 100,000."

Officially sponsored by Rolex Watch Company, Kentucky 3 Day Event attracts many of the world's best horses and riders to champion for $250,000 money prize.

Of course not every combination that competes at the Four Star level will be chosen to represent the U.S. but again the Rolex Four Star Championship, $200,000 in prize money and a Rolex Watch make the competition important in its own right and mark the high point of any U.S. rider's career.

Seiko 29er & 49er World Championship Regatta 2010 on Grand Bahama was held from January 2nd - 9th.

Freeport, Grand Bahama, welcomed more than 150 sailors converged on these shores to compete in this prestigious sailing event. Grand Bahama Sailing Club and 29er & 49er Int. Class Associations along with the Bahamas Sailing Association hosted the world class event, which was headquartered at Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach.

Countries represented included USA, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Denmark, Australia, Norway, Canada, France, Cayman Islands, Croatia, and Great Britian with a total of 70 registrants in the 29er class. In the 49er class Mexico, Portugal, Czechoslovakia, Austria, China, Ireland, Spain, and Ukraine in addition to those mentioned above with 63 entrants.