Gladstone, NJ-April 28, 2003- Bruce "Buck" Davidson, Jr. of Unionville, PA, won the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Pinnacle Trophy emblematic of the USET Four Star Championship held at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bayer CCI****, April 24-27, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.

Davidson won the Championship as the top American finisher in the CCI**** with a fourth-place finish overall, behind three riders from Great Britain, aboard Mystic Mike, a 10-year-old American thoroughbred gelding bred by owner Janis Smith.

"It's an exciting time," said Davidson, the son of five-time Olympian and two-time World Champion Bruce Davidson. "Every time I go into the start box with 'Mikey,' I think about breaking him as a two-year-old. To have him do this well is a dream come true."

With a penalty-free show jumping round, Davidson catapulted from eleventh position into fourth and the top U.S. finish. A true competitor, Davidson commented, "Did I think that one day this would happen? Of course I did. Did I think that it would happen today? Last night, it didn't occur to me to even think about it! I just hope that I will not only have my name on this trophy a few times, but on the big one at the end of the day, too!"

Davidson won the USET Markham Trophy three times as a Young Rider and is also a past recipient of the USET's Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy, a trophy that is awarded to a Young Rider (age 16 - 21) who exemplifies the USET's ideals of sportsmanship and horsemanship.

Two-time European Champion Pippa Funnell won the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI**** riding Primmore's Pride, a 10-year-old English thoroughbred gelding owned by Roger and Denise Lincoln. She tied fellow Brit Polly Stockton with a score of 44.6 penalty points. Funnell earned the win based on having the better Cross-Country score. Another British rider, William Fox-Pitt, finished third with the Irish-bred Moon Man.