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rode clean, none could beat his time, with the closest being second place finisher Paris Sellon who had a time of 35.282 seconds on Orlando LA and third place finisher Lou Jacobs, who had a time of 35.433 seconds on Kachina. Sellon and Orlando LA won the High Amateur-Owner Championship with the two Jacobs brothers tying FarmVet High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic Champions Charlie for reserve on Flaming Jacobs and Flaming Star. Star and Kachina. With their wins, the Jacobs brothers both nated The Hooker Family Children’s Jumper earned valuable points toward the $50,000 division. Closing day also featured the Juliam Year-End Championship Final of the Show Farm Lead Line Class and the C.M. Hadfield’s Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series, Saddlery Parade of Champions. On Wednesday, June 29, Richie Moloney a season long, national series for junior and amateur-owner riders. The $50,000 Hall of rode Alsvid to the win in the Whiteface Fame Series Final will be held at the Alltech Mountain 1.45m Jump-off. Peter Lutz claimed National Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse the championship on April in the 1.35m Lake Placid Summit Resort Hotel & Suites Jumper Park in November. The Lake Placid Horse Show’s closing day class. In the Deeridge Farms High Amateuralso saw wins by Charlene Graham on Only You Owner Jumper class, Paris Sellon rode Orlando in the Horse Show Services North American LA to victory. Charlotte Jacobs took top honors League (NAL) Adult Amateur Hunter Classic; aboard Karonda Van da Schl’hof in the High Maddie Sisco on Summer Time in the Horse Junior Jumper class. Andrew Bourns on La Show Services NAL Children’s Hunter Classic; Bella Stella and Todd Minikus on Andino Von Katherine Strauss on Fardella in the Price Stekerbend also took wins in the two sections of Chopper NAL Children’s Jumper Classic (14 the WPTZ News Channel 5 Speed class. On Thursday, June 30, Todd Minikus and and under); and Rose Borzillo on The Flying Dutchman in the Price Chopper NAL Children’s Romy claimed victory in the Beacon Hill Horse Jumper Classic (15-17). These Classics culmi- Transportation 1.45m Power and Speed class. Richie Moloney and Bailey were successful in the High Peaks Resort 1.40m Open Speed class. Lou Jacobs rode Soleil to first in the Deeridge Farms Low Amateur-Owner Jumper class, while Jennifer Goddard claimed the championship in the Lake Placid Lodge 1.30m Speed class aboard Wynamorka. On Friday, July 1, Margie Engle and Indigo took top honors in the $30,000 Intercat, Inc. Open Jumper Classic. Jonathan McCrea and Tommy Bahama were crowned champions in the Adirondack Flying Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort High Junior Jumper Classic Service 1.35m Speed class. Champions Michael Hughes and Shockwave.
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nce again, the Intercat, Inc. Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows returned to the charming village of Lake Placid, N.Y., to host two weeks of top notch hunter/jumper competition from June 28 - July 3, and July 5-10, 2011. The shows, which proved to be a piece of heaven for hundreds of the nation’s top horses and riders, combined the thrill of competition with fun family activities and the natural beauty of the Adirondacks. “This was another great year for the Intercat, Inc. Lake Placid Horse Shows,” said Richard M. Feldman, Chairman of the Lake Placid Horse Show Association. “For myself and so many riders and spectators, the Intercat, Inc. Lake Placid Horse Shows are a summer tradition. It was wonderful to welcome back so many familiar faces, as well as meet our firsttime competitors and visitors whom, we hope, will make the horse shows their summer tradition as well.” The first week saw a thrilling win by Jonathan McCrea of Ireland on Colorado, owned by Candy Tribble and Windsor Show Stables, in the $75,000 Mirror Lake Inn Grand Prix of Lake Placid, presented by Intercat, Inc., for the Whitney Perpetual Challenge Trophy. Only five of the starting field of 24 reached the tiebreaking jump-off by riding without penalty over the 17-jump, first-round course designed by Steve Stephens. McCrea, whose wife Chrissie was a Grand Prix champion in Lake Placid in 2007, claimed the win when he finished the eight-jump, tiebreaker course faultfree in 40.369 seconds. Prior to the Grand Prix, Charlotte Jacobs rode Karonda Van da Schl’hof to the win in the Pepsi Beverages Co. High Junior Jumper Classic. Jacobs topped a field of 23 entries, nine of whom reached the jump-off. She qualified three horses for the jump-off and was the last entry in the class on Karonda Van da Schl’hof. She blazed over the course fault-free in 34.807 seconds to edge Christina Kelly who had led with a clean ride in 35.410 seconds on HH Narcos du Marais. Jacobs’ win also gave her the horse show’s High Junior Jumper Championship. Following the win by Jacobs, her uncle, Charlie Jacobs, rode Flaming Star to victory in the FarmVet High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic. After 11 of 29 entries rode clean to reach the jump-off, Jacobs set the mark to beat with the first clean ride and a time of 35.250 seconds. Although the final four entries all