Alison Finger and Tuvalu Earn the Adult Amateur Jumper Championship at Lake Placid
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Wellington- July 14, 2012- After earning some great prizes in the Adult Amateur Jumper Over 40 division at week one at Lake Placid, Alison Finger and her big grey gelding, Tuvalu, “Blue”, delivered the goods to earn the championship in week two, the I Love New York Show. Alison Finger and Tuvalu (Photo by Parker/Russell The Book LLC) “I think it just came together for us during week two in Lake Placid. Blue was really in a great place and so was I-I was taking a work break and spent ten days in Lake Placid. It was really wonderful to ride and be with my horse every day, ” said Finger, who juggles a busy career, family, riding and showing.
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Juniors and Amateur-Owners Win Big with Nearly $35,000 Awarded at Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival
Tuesday, July 17 2012
Traverse City, MI – July 14, 2012 – Alexandra (Alex) Rheinheimer, Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival Competition Manager and Owner was thrilled to be handing out award-after-award today to the many happy junior and amateur-owner competitors. “It is due to the generous support of the equestrian community, wonderful sponsors, as well as the hard work from my amazing team that enable these awards to be possible. To award nearly $35,000 in prize money in one day to our Junior and Amateur participants makes me incredibly proud,” said Rheinheimer
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Future Show Jumping Stars Shine at Vermont
Monday, July 16 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – The future stars of show jumping are out in full force at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival horse show running July 4 through August 12 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT.
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Kenneth Berkley Wins $10,000 Five Seasons Welcome Stake in Vermont
Friday, July 13 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – Kenneth Berkley of Flemington, NJ, captured victory in the $10,000 Five Seasons Open Welcome Stake, Presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, on Thursday, July 12, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT.
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Katie Robinson Captures Top Accolades at Lake Placid Horse Show for Deeridge Farm
Friday, July 13 2012
East Aurora , NY – July 12, 2012 – The Lake Placid Horse Show proved very successful for Katie Robinson, who claimed two tricolor awards in the Amateur-Owner 36 &Over Hunters for her family’s Deeridge Farm. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Katie’s daughter Maggie also took home a reserve championship prize with the talented pony Dawn’s Early Light in the Small/Medium Children’s Pony Hunters. Katie Robinson and Rock Steady won the Amateur-Owner 36 & Over Hunter Championship at the Lake Placid Horse Show
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Alumni Tournament of Champions Launched by Former IHSARiders
Friday, July 13 2012
Alumni Tournament of Champions Alumni From Up and Down the Eastern Seaboard Invited to Participate Fairfield, CT—July 13, 2012— For alumni riders wishing to continue that intercollegiate experience, an Alumni Tournament of Champions, the brainchild of IHSA alumni representatives, Lena Andrews Licata and Jamie Windle, will premier Sunday, July 29, under judge Louise Kass, and hosted by the Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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Jumpers Finish Series In Style At Blenheim Surf & Turf Jumper Classic
Friday, July 13 2012
Equestrian Competition Shifts to Del Mar, CA for an Action Packed Three Week Series Rusty Stewart pilots Bristol to 1st in the $15,000 1.45M Jumper Classic at the Blenheim Surf and Turf Jumper Classic San Juan Capistrano, CA – July 11th, 2012 – It was a week filled with reason to celebrate as the Blenheim Jumper Classic wrapped up five intense weeks filled with exhilarating equestrian competition in San Juan Capistrano. Sunshine and perfect weather invited veteran and up and coming show jumpers to return from their Fourth of July holiday and take on course designer Robert Ridland’s masterful tracks in the Blenheim Farms Derby Arena.
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Reports on Racehorse Injury Rates,Medications Misleading
Friday, July 13 2012
I’ll Have Another PHOTO CREDIT-Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club July 13, 2012 – Lexington, KY – Earlier this week, the horse racing industry encountered further criticism when an article by the New York Times (found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/sports/ill-have-another-had-history-of-ailments-records-show.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss ) alleged that drastic treatments were being given to Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another leading up to this year’s Belmont Stakes.
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Top Finishes for Lauren Tisbo at Spruce Meadows
Thursday, July 12 2012
Calgary, Alberta – Lauren Tisbo of Barrington, IL, closed out the Spruce Meadows summer tournaments with top finishes in the final events at the internationally acclaimed show jumping venue in Calgary, AB. Riding King Kolibri, Tisbo placed fourth in the $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Saturday, July 7, and, on the final day of competition in the CSI5* “North American” tournament, guided Crème Brule to fifth place in the $140,000 Cenovus Energy Classic Derby. Lauren Tisbo and King Kolibri placed fourth in the $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the CSI5* Spruce Meadows “North American” show jumping tournament on July 7 in Calgary, AB. (Photo by Spruce Meadows Media Services) A total of 44 horses entered to win Saturday’s coveted $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup in the International Ring. Only seven clear rounds were produced over the challenging first-round track set by course designer Michel Vaillancourt of Canada. In the second round of competition, five horse-rider combinations, including Tisbo and King Kolibri, repeated their fault-free performance to force a jump-off
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Hunters Vie for USHJA/World Championship Hunter Rider Earnings at Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival
Thursday, July 12 2012
Traverse City, MI – July 11, 2012 – The summer heat wave transfixing most of the country last week, subsided substantially today as the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival welcomed exhibitors for a second highly contested week of competition. All of the professional hunter riders had their eye on earning precious points in this week’s USHJA/World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) member event. The USHJA/WCHR program, designed to recognize and celebrate the hunter rider, awards the USHJA/WCHR member event status to only a select few competitions in each geographical region. Based on quality, membership votes, rigorous criteria and evaluation, Horse Shows by the Bay is only one of six horse shows in the Midwest region to be accredited with the coveted WCHR designation. Leading the week off in the R.L.
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