33rd Annual Lake Placid Horse Show Opens Wednesday
Lake Placid, NY – June 25, 2002 – The 33rd annual Lake Placid
Horse Show opens Wednesday with more than 1300 horses and the nation’s
best show jumping riders on hand to compete for $360,000 prize money.
The Lake Placid Horse Show runs at the North Elba Showgrounds through
Sunday and is followed by the 25th annual I Love New York Horse Show,
July 3-7.
McLain Ward of Brewster, NY and Margie Goldstein-Engle of Wellington,
FL, the top two ranked riders on the U.S. Equestrian Team (USET)
Show Jumping Rider List, head the list of entries. Ward and Engle
finished one-two this past Sunday in the $50,000 Rolex USET Show
Jumping Championship at the USET Olympic Training Center in Gladstone,
NJ. Ward, who placed fourth in this year’s Show Jumping World
Cup Final in Leipzig, Germany, won the Championship on Viktor, while
Engle, a 2000 Sydney Olympian, placed second on Hidden Creek’s
Perin.
The
two Lake Placid horse shows host two American Grandprix Association
(AGA) Grandprix Series events, the $50,000 Budweiser Grandprix of
Lake Placid Presented by Jaguar/Land Rover for the Whitney Perpetual
Challenge Trophy on Sunday, June 30 and the $50,000 I Love New York
Grandprix on Saturday, July 6.
In
addition to the two AGA Grand Prix Series events, the 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 Sunday, June 30 and
Saturday, July 6. There are also numerous hunter and equitation
divisions including World Championship Hunter Rider Classes and
Hunter Classics.
The
Lake Placid 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
Lake Placid horse shows feature four rings of action with competition
running from 8:00 a.m. to late afternoon, Wednesday through Sunday
each week. Admission to the Lake Placid and 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. 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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