Appointments The Hoofbeats of the Carolina Foothills
Volume 5 Issue 10
F R E E July 2011
The $25,000 Equestrian Sport Productions Grand Prix winner Vick Russell aboard Lucky One is presented with the blue ribbon. On hand for the presentation were Mark, Katherine and Nicole Bellissimo with ESP; Roger and Jennifer Smith, vice-president of TR&HC and horse show chairwoman; Chuck Lingerfelt, TR&HC president; Lucky One owners, Lily Hahn and Ben Rosichan; trophy donor, Linda Lee Reynolds; and members of the Russell family. (photo submitted)
Russell wins Grand Prix in 83rd Charity Horse Show The 83 rd Tryon Riding & Hunt Club Charity Horse Show held the $25,000 Equestrian Sport Productions Grand Prix on Saturday, June 11. Course designer Doug Russell presented a technical course that whittled down the field of
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25 to only two riders, each with two rides in the jumpoff. A familiar sight for shows in the Southeast, it was Tryon’s own Vick Russell and Aiken’s Daniel Geitner left to duel it out for the win. Vick made it through the first
round clear with Lily Hahn’s Lucky One and his own Here’s the Deal. Daniel brought Fit to Print Farm’s Camera Ready and Karen Kerby’s T/Salemon to the second round. Vick laid down the only clear round with Lucky One, with whom both
A Conversation with George Morris, by Gerald Pack
he and owner Lily Hahn have had great success in the Grand Prix. Vick has had the reins for the last year, as Lily recently gave birth to her first son with husband Ben Rosichan. (Continued on page 3)
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