McLain
Ward wins Opening Day Feature at 25th Annual I Love New York Horse
Show
Lake Placid, NY – July 3, 2002 – McLain Ward of Brewster,
NY swept the top two places in the Phelps School Power and Speed
Stake Wednesday to open the 25th annual I Love New York Horse
Show.
Ward,
the top ranked rider on the U.S. Equestrian Team (USET) Show Jumping
Rider List and winner of last month’s $50,000 Rolex USET
Show Jumping Championship, rode two of the eight penalty-free
rides turned in by the 18 entries over the nine-jump power portion
of the course at the North Elba Showgrounds. He then completed
the seven-jump speed section fault-free in 33.428 seconds to claim
the win on Farrah.
Ward
also clinched second place with two fault-free rides and a time
of 39.208 seconds on Galant. USET veteran Laura Chapot of Neshanic
Station, NJ finished third with four faults and a time of 35.754
seconds over the speed section on New Flame.
More
than 1200 horses and the nation’s best show jumping riders
are at the I Love New York Horse Show which continues through
Sunday. The highlight of the I Love New York Horse Show is the
$50,000 I Love New York Grandprix on Saturday, July 6. Saturday’s
schedule also features the horse show’s 10th annual Doggie
Costume Contest sponsored by Lonesome Landing of Saranac Lake
and the Brown Dog Deli and Wine Bar of Lake Placid. All people
who bring leashed dogs in costume to the horse show on July 6
are admitted free. All dogs in the contest receive prizes and
everyone is invited to stay and watch the Grandprix.
The
horse show schedule also includes North American League (NAL)
classes, Adult/Children's Jumper events and Show Jumping Hall
of Fame Jumper Classic series events for junior riders and amateur-owner
riders on Saturday, July 6. Following the Hall of Fame amateur-owner
event, the $10,000 Pin Oak Farm Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic,
the horse show will present the Jimmy Quinn Award to the leading
amateur-owner rider of the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse
Shows.
The
Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows are made possible
through the generosity of many supporters and sponsors. Sponsors
for the 2002 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows include
A&M Beverages, Inc., Adirondack Rustic, American Grandprix
Association, Anonymous, Ariat, Brandy Parfums, Inc., Budweiser/Anheuser-Busch,
Inc., C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery, Inc., Jane F. Clark, Lisa
A. H. Cudahy, Der-Dau Custom Made Boots, David Fowler Custom Tack
Trunks, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Golden Arrow Hotel, Hilton Lake
Placid Resort, Jaguar, Juliam Farm, Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors’
Bureau, Lake Placid Lodge, Land Rover, Lonesome Landing, M &
M Mars, McDonalds, Miller’s Harness Company, Mirror Lake
Inn, Moss Communications, Nicola’s Family Restaurants, On
a Fence Designs and Rentals, ORDA-Whiteface Mountain, the Pepsi-Cola
Bottling Group, Inc., Pin Oak Farm, Price Chopper, Red Kap Sales,
Inc./Citgo, Salamander Farm, Sand Castle Farm, Sidelines, Supracor,
The Brown Dog Deli & Wine Bar, The Country Saddler, Ltd.,
The Hooker Family, The Phelps School, The Phillips Family, Town
of North Elba Park District, Trelawny Farm, Turtle Lane Farm,
Unusual Silver, Wild Horse Winery, and WPTZ News Channel 5.
The
horse show features four rings of action with competition running
from 8:00 a.m. to late afternoon. Admission to the I Love New
York Horse Shows is just $2.00 on weekdays and $5.00 on weekends.
Children under the age of 12 are admitted free. Tickets are available
at the gate. Guided walking tours of the Lake Placid Horse Shows
are available at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday through Friday, for just
$1.00. Tours leave from the Lake Placid Horse Show retail booth.
For
more information, please call the Lake Placid Horse Show Association
at (518) 523-9625 or visit the web site at www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.
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