34 SIDELINES JUNE 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
of your barn driveway waiting for the trucks to come and fetch
you and your horses and having everything swiped.
Rich Fellers
and Karl Cook
were packed and waiting to ship back to California
when someone drove thru Grand Prix Village in Wellington and
heisted their equipment, right in the middle of the day. Wow!
The rumor on the street – Triple
Crown of Show Jumping
will
be underwritten by
Taylor Harris Insurance Services
. We are
told the three shows making up this Triple Crown will be Devon,
Hamptons and the Alltech National Horse Show. Win all three
folks and get a BIG CHECK.
Three Olympic hopefuls and a former USEF National CCI4*
champion horse took part in a United States Olympic Committee’s
invasion of Times Square in New York in April to mark the 100
day countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012
Olympic Games. Spotted on television were 2011 Pan American
Games medalists
Heather Blitz
(Team Gold and Individual Silver
in dressage),
Buck Davidson
(Team Gold and Individual Bronze
in Eventing) and 17 year old
Reed Kessler
, who won a USEF
Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team.
Phelps Media Group
International announced its sponsorship
of the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA). Phelps Media
Group looks forward to working with the IEA to expand their reach
to the mainstream equestrian audience, provide access to leaders
in equestrian education and act as a provider of current industry
information.
The First Annual Southeast Medal Finals
will take place on
September 21-23, 2012 at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center.
USEF reported recently
that U.S. Show Jumping
Chef d’Equipe
George
Morris
will be undergoing
treatment for prostate
cancer. Morris will remain
in his position of Chef
d’Equipe and will stay
closely
involved with
the program. Morris is
expected to be ft and
able to return to the horse
show circuit by early
summer and is expected
to be able to travel in time
to prepare the team in
Europe for the Olympic
Games and attend that
Championship. The
USEF and the entire horse show community wishes Morris
a full recovery.
George Morris
Photo by Kendall Bierer/PMG
Sponsors are lining up to support this great new show. Highlights
include the Southeast Junior and Adult 3’ Medal Finals, ASPCA
Maclay Regionals and much more.
This has been a sad time for many in the horse show world.
The passing of both
John Quirk
and
Sis Steinkraus
is a huge
loss. John was one of the pioneers in bringing the World Cup
T
he American Express Ride
for the Red Cross brought out
a fantastic group of riders in
Wellington, Florida, who not only raised
more than $35,000 for the American
Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund
but had a great time enjoying a trail
ride and catered reception. Grand Prix
riders Candice King, Joe Fargis, Rodrigo
Pessoa and Debbie Stephens led the
trail ride through Wellington’s Grand Prix
Village.
“We got to tour around Grand Prix
Village and I personally got to see parts
I had not seen previously. We all came
out to support a great cause and had
a lot of fun while raising some money,”
said Charlie Jacobs, who co-chaired the
event.
Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center
generously donated horses for the event
and all of the riders wore red in support
of both the Red Cross and to celebrate
Show Jumping Hall of Famer Rodney
Jenkins, the “Red Rider.” The best-
dressed “Red Riders” earned prizes and
Debbie Stephens, who dressed up as
Rodney Jenkins, earned the grand prize.
Photos by Tony De Costa
Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center
donated the horses – including a mount for
Joe Fargis
e
Social Scene
Riding For the Red Cross
Grand Prix rider Debbi Stephens doing her
best impersonation of Rodney Jenkins