McLain Ward Wins Wild Horse Winery Speed Challenge
to Open 34th Annual Lake Placid Horse Show
Lake Placid, NY—June 25, 2003—McLain Ward of Brewster, NY
swept the top two places in the Wild Horse Winery Speed Challenge
to open the 34th annual Lake Placid Horse Show.
Ward
claimed the win by turning in the fastest penalty-free ride over
the one-round course at the North Elba Showgrounds. His time of
60.700 seconds on LaBelle gave him the win over the 27-horse field.
Last year’s American Grandprix Association (AGA) Rider of the
Year also claimed the second spot by finishing in 62.162 seconds
on Pinocchio.
The
third and fourth places went to Sydney Olympic veteran Margie Goldstein
Engle of Wellington, FL who finished with a time of 63.520 seconds
on Julius and 63.985 seconds on Camille.
The
2003 Lake Placid Horse Show features the Whiteface Mountain Open
Jumper class when it continues on Thursday. Other featured events
this week include the Lake Placid Resort North American League (NAL)
Open Stake and the Turtle Lane Farm Open Jumper Welcome Stake on
Friday; the Hilton Resort Open Jumper Stake on Saturday, and the
Juliam Farm Lead Line and C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery Parade of
Champions on Sunday, prior to the week’s main event, the $50,000
Budweiser Grand Prix of Lake Placid for the Whitney Perpetual Challenge
Trophy.
In
addition to those premier events in the Richard M. Feldman Grand
Prix Field, Sunday’s action also features a full day of Hunter
Classics in the Hunter Ring. The Lake Placid Horse Show features
the $3,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Hunter Classic, the $3,000 NAL Adult
Amateur Hunter Classic as well as the $3,000 NAL Children’s
Hunter Classic.
Sponsors
for the 2003 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows include
A&M Beverages, Inc., Adirondack Life, American Grandprix Association,
Anonymous, Ariat International, Inc., Bayer Legend, Brandy Parfums,
Inc., Budweiser/Anheuser Busch, Inc., C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery,
Inc., David R. Fowler Custom Tack Trunks, Der Dau Custom Made Boots
& Shoes, Enterprise rent-a-car, Fox Run Ltd., Golden Arrow Hotel,
Hermès, Hilton Lake Placid Resort, Jane Forbes Clark, Juliam
Farm, Kiehl’s Since 1851, Lake Placid Resort, Lake Placid/Essex
County Visitors’ Bureau, Lisa A. H. Cudahy, Lonesome Landing,
M&M Mars, Mirror Lake Inn/The Cottage, McDonald’s of Lake
Placid, Moss Communications, Nicola’s Family Restaurants, Barbara
Nugent and Michael Bitterman, On a Fence Designs and Rentals, ORDA-Whiteface
Mountain, The Country Saddler, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., Pin
Oak Farm, Price Chopper, Red Kap Sales, Inc./CITGO, Salamander Farm,
Sand Castle Farm/The Dammerman Family, Shamrock Ventures LLC, Sidelines,
The Brown Dog Café & Wine Bar, The Hooker Family, The
Levy Family, The Phelps School, The Phillips Family, Town of North
Elba Park District, Trelawny Farm, Turtle Lane Farm, Unusual Silver,
U.S. Olympic Spirit Stores, Wild Horse Winery and WPTZ News Channel
5.
Admission
to the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows is $2.00 on weekdays
and $5.00 on weekends. Children under the age of 12 are admitted
free. Tickets are available at the gate.
The
Lake Placid Horse Show is featured each morning at 9:00 a.m. on
Adelphia cable channels 2 and 22. For more information, please call
the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or visit
www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.
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