The Sidelines Fourth Annual Equestrian Triathlon
to be held at The
Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington
Wellington, Florida -- August 20, 2003 – Sidelines Magazine
has just announced the details of its Fourth Annual Equestrian
Triathlon. The popular event will be held, beginning at noon,
on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at The Palm Beach Polo Equestrian
Club in Wellington.
Sidelines
is a bi-weekly magazine which regularly covers the sporting and
social aspects of the equestrian disciplines of hunters/jumpers,
dressage and polo, with occasional coverage of three-day eventing
and foxhunting. Sidelines, owned by polo-playing Wellington-resident
Samantha Charles, is published in Wellington and distributed nationally.
It is fair to say that readers across the country wait for Sidelines
to come out to learn the skinny on who’s who and what’s
what in the equestrian world.
Four years ago, Samantha Charles decided it was time to create
an event that would introduce the non-equestrian, as well as equestrian,
community to the diversity within. Thus, The Sidelines Equestrian
Triathlon was born. The last three Triathlons were held at Tim
Gannon’s Outback Polo Club. Polo-playing Tim Gannon is the
founder and owner of the well-known Outback Steak House.
What is an equestrian triathlon? Teams of three are established:
one rider is a specialist in jumping, one in the precision flatwork
of dressage, the other in polo. Each team will designate a player
to compete against a player from another team, with both players
competing in an equestrian discipline NOT his/her specialty. And
therein lies the fun.
Jumper riders have one style, dressage another and polo –
well – quite another. Their saddles are different, their
horses are different, their riding attire is different, and their
attitude and style are different. Picture this: A football wide-end
pitching in a baseball game, a soccer player playing basketball,
a NASCAR driver playing golf. This is the essence of the Triathlon.
The Triathlon equalizes all riders as they, notwithstanding their
specialty, face off in other specialties.
General admission tickets are $10. Those wishing to watch while
lunching in the Special Events Pavilion will be charged $150/person,
with non-reserved seating. Reserved seating in the Pavilion is
available at $750 for a table of six.
For ticket/table information, please call 561.793.6229. Master
Card, Visa and American Express cards are accepted. For all other
information, please contact Phelps Wilkes & Associates, Inc.
at 561.753.3389 or at info@phelpswilkes.com.
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