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Riders
Announced For 2003 Sidelines Equestrian Triathlon Presented By Outback
Steakhouse
WELLINGTON,
FL (February 24, 2003) — This year marks the third annual Sidelines
Equestrian Triathlon presented by Outback Steakhouse, and the event
continues to attract the superstars of equestrian sport. The select
12 who will compete in this year’s Triathlon have been announced
– the dressage riders are Lynda Alicki, Bent Jensen, Ashley
Holzer, and Betsy Steiner; the show jumpers are Nona Garson, Chris
Kappler, Candice King, and Todd Minikus; and the polo players are
Mike Azzaro, Mariano Aguerre, Adolfo Cambiaso, and Adam Snow. The
riders will compete against each in four teams, with one representative
of each discipline on each team. Teams will be announced when the
final line-ups are confirmed. The event will be held on Monday,
March 10, 2003, at Outback Polo in West Palm, Florida, starting
at noon. Admission is free.
The
Sidelines Equestrian Triathlon is a fun event that allows riders
to showcase their horsemanship skills in disciplines not their own.
In this three-phase competition, the polo players and jumpers will
ride a dressage test to music; the dressage riders and polo players
will jump a Gambler’s Choice course; and then each team will
play two chukkers of polo. The team that accumulates the highest
number of total points from all three phases wins the Triathlon.
In
previous years, the Sidelines Equestrian Triathlon was held as a
charity fundraiser with a gate charge, but this year, admission
is free. Sidelines and Tim Gannon of Outback are holding the 2003
event as a way to give back to the equestrian community. Lunch by
Outback Steakhouse will be provided at a nominal fee. Tim Gannon,
a lifelong polo player and one of the three founding members of
Outback Steakhouse and Carabas restaurant chains, has donated hisprivate
polo club for the Triathlon every year, and continues to be thepresenting
sponsor as well as the event’s lunch concessionaire.
Directions
to Outback Polo:
Main Entrance:
From Lake Worth Rd: West on Lake Worth Rd to the dead end —
South Shore, turn right. At first right, South Fields Rd, turn right.
Go around bend, one mile to Outback Polo Club, entrance on right.
From Forest Hill Blvd: West on Forest Hill Blvd to South Shore Blvd,
turn left. Travel three miles (just past Palm Beach Polo Stadium)
turn left on Pierson Rd. Travel 1/2 mile to South Fields Rd, turn
right. Travel 1/4 mile to Outback Polo Club on left.
Back Entrance: From Lake Worth Rd - Traveling west on Lake Worth
Rd, turn right on 120th Ave just past the Polo Park High School.
Travel 1/4 mile, turn in to first driveway on left.
From Pierson Rd - Traveling west on Pierson Rd, turn left at traffic
circle onto 120th Ave. Turn in to third driveway on right.
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