20 SIDELINES SEPTEMBER 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Charlotte Jacobs, Abigail McArdle and
Shawn Casady
Photo by Kenneth Kraus/Phelps Media
for everyone, including pony
rides and face painting for
military families during the
second annual
Military
Appreciation Day
, equestrian
safety and the distribution
of free helmets during the
Parker Adventist Hospital
Helmet Fitting
and the
Wildfre Relief Fundraising
Auction
spearheaded by
Liliane Stransky
and her
Step by Step Foundation
.
The day concluded with
world class competition in
the $50,000 Parker Adventist
Hospital Grand Prix.
Kristen
VanderVeen
, of St. Charles,
Illinois, defended her title
as reigning champion of the
biggest Grand Prix of the
Colorado Summer Circuit. On
her horse
Bull Run’s Zino
Platinum
, an 11 year old
Holsteiner (Accorodo), Kristen
led the victory gallop for the
second year in a row.
True champions!
Liliane
Stransky
and a group of
riders, including her daughter
Daniela
(15),
Jose F. Bonetti
(15),
Kelsie Brittan
(18)
and her brothers
Clayton
and
Spencer
(14), jumped
into action at the Colorado
Horse Park to aid victims of
the Waldo Canyon Fire by
putting together the
Step by
Step Foundation’s Wildfre
Abigail McArdle, Shawn Casady
and
Charlotte Jacobs
were on a roll at the
2012 North American Junior & Young Rider
Championships in the Junior Show Jumping
division this year. Abigail and
Cosma 20
were the stars of the event, completing an
incredible fve clear rounds in just three days
to capture the Gold Medal. It came down to
a jump off for the remaining medal positions.
Shawn and
Elm Rock LLC’s Zubantos
managed a fault free effort for the Silver
Medal, while Charlotte and
Deeridge Farm’s
Kachina
captured the Bronze Medal after
adding one unlucky rail to their score in the
fnal speed test.