Olympic Veteran Anne Kursinski Wins Whiteface Mountain
Jump-off at 34th Annual Lake Placid Horse Show
Lake Placid, NY—June 26, 2003—Four-time U.S. Olympic veteran
Anne Kursinski of Flemington, NJ claimed the top two places in the
Whiteface Mountain Jump-off, Thursday’s featured event at the
34th annual Lake Placid Horse Show.
Thirteen
of the 34 entries turned in fault-free rides over the 13-jump first-round
course at the North Elba Showgrounds. Nine of these then rode fault-free
over the seven-jump second-round course and Kursinski claimed the
win with the fastest fault-free time of 31.690 seconds on Sun God.
The 1983 Pan American Games double Gold Medalist also took second
place by finishing the jump-off in 31.990 seconds on Great Point.
The
2003 Lake Placid Horse Show continues Friday with the Lake Placid
Resort North American League (NAL) Open Stake and the Turtle Lane
Farm Open Jumper Welcome Stake. Saturday features the Hilton Resort
Open Jumper Stake and the horse show culminates on Sunday with the
week’s main event, the $50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of Lake
Placid for the Whitney Perpetual Challenge Trophy. Prior to the
Grand Prix, Sunday’s schedule will feature the Juliam Farm
Lead Line class and C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery Parade of Champions.
Sunday’s action also features a full day of Hunter Classics
including 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
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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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