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54 SIDELINES APRIL 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE H O R S E S H O W

Vermont Summer Festival Returns with Six Weeks of Competition

Each year, thousands of competitors fock to southern Vermont to vie for more than $750,000 in prize money. Each Sunday during the frst fve weeks features a $30,000 grand prix, culminating with the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix on Sunday, August 14.

A weekly $10,000 Open Welcome Stake, presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, and a weekly $10,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic are also feature events. For hunter competitors, the Vermont Summer Festival will host fve $5,000 3’3” hunter derbies as well as a WCHR Handy Hunter Challenge during week three.

This year, Michel Vaillancourt, Anthony D’Ambrosio, Eric Hasbrouck, Chris Brandt, Alan Wade and Kenny Krome will set the tracks in the all-weather grand prix ring as course designers.

Located just a few miles north of Manchester, a hub for outlet shopping and other leisure activities, the picturesque location is part of what makes the Vermont Summer Festival special. Well-known for its wide variety of area amenities including a large range of lodging options and restaurants

to suit every taste, many horse show exhibitors combine family vacations with horse showing.

The annual Vermont Summer Festival returns to East Dorset for six consecutive weeks of competition running July 6 through August 14, 2011.

For more information about the Vermont Summer Festival, visit www.vt-summerfestival.com.

Chloe Field enjoys a quiet moment with her mount

All photos by David Mullinix Photography

Louis Jacobs and Kachina are familiar faces at the Vermont Summer Festival

There is something for the whole family at the Vermont Summer Festival

Hunter competitors can look forward to fve $5,000 hunter derbies in 2011, plus a WCHR Handy Hunter Challenge