Kent Farrington
Kent Farrington is an American show jumper and one of the sport’s top riders. Born in Chicago on December 28, 1980, he started riding at eight years old and spent his early years catching and riding many different horses for professionals. He earned early national medals, including the Washington International Equitation Medal and the Eiser/Pessoa National Equitation Medal Finals, and at 18 won gold at the 1999 North American Young Riders International Competition, beginning his path in the sport with coach Leslie Howard.
Farrington’s first Grand Prix win came in 2004 at Saugerties on the horse Madison. In 2005, Madison was named American Grand Prix Horse of the Year and Farrington was named Trainer of the Year. Riding the horse Uceko, he helped the United States win team gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara and won the 2011 King George V Gold Cup at CSIO Hickstead.
He has many other notable achievements, including being the first American to win the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC) Rolex Top Ten Final in 2015 and winning the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Spruce Meadows in 2017. In the Olympics, Farrington won team jumping silver at Rio 2016, and he earned team bronze at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Caen. He was ranked World Number One in the FEI World Jumping Rankings from April 2017 to March 2018. As of 2024, his prize money is over $1 million per year.
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