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Junior and Young Rider Tour Heads to Hagen

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U.S. Young Riders look to continue their success in Hagen this weekend (USEF Archive)

Lexington, KY – The 2012 Show Jumping European Young and Junior Rider Tour makes its third stop this week in Hagen, Germany. Two weeks ago, the U.S. cruised to a second place finish in the Nations Cup at CSIOJY Reims, France and will look to go one better in their final European competition. Michele Grubb will again serve as Chef d’Equipe after leading the U.S. to their success in Reims. The CSIOJY Hagen will run June 13-17.

In Reims, Annie Cook (Woodside, CA) and Lydia Ulrich (Rochester, NY) led the U.S. to their second place finish by way of producing double clears in the Nations Cup.

Alise Oken (Charlotte, NC) heads to Hagen looking to showcase the form that propelled her to a double clear effort at the Nations Cup in Bonheiden. Chloe Reid (Washington, DC) jumped in her first Nations Cup in Reims and will utilize the experience this week in Germany.

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Abigail McArdle Showcases Talent at Spruce Meadows

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Abigail McArdle and Apartico won the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search at Rocky Mountain Show Jumping's June Classic. Photo Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Show Jumping

Calgary, Alberta – June 12, 2012 – After successful competitions at the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows and the Devon Horse Show, junior rider Abigail McArdle has now traveled to Spruce Meadows, one of the leading international events in the world. During the first week of show, McArdle piloted her top mounts Cosma 20 and Bravoman to excellent finishes in the Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers. She also traveled to Rocky Mountain Show Jumping for their June Classic, where she was victorious in the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search with Apartico.

“The rings at Spruce Meadows are fabulous and my horses have been super consistent,” said McArdle. “It’s been cold and rainy here, but it’s helped because the horses have all stayed really fresh. The courses have been really difficult, and it’s very tough competition. It’s not like any other place where we show; I love being here. It’s such a wonderful experience and every class feels like it is really special.”

McArdle kicked off the week with a fourth place finish in the $5,000 – Gienow 1.40m Junior/Amateur Jumpers aboard Cosma 20, but stepped it up on Friday to finish second in the $10,000 Friends of the Meadows Junior/Amateur Jumpers with a double-clear effort. She also qualified for the jump-off on Saturday, placing third in the $10,000 ConocoPhillips Junior/Amateur Cup.

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Action Packed Competition & Events Coming Up at the Fairfield June Horse Show

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WESTPORT, CT – June 11, 2012 – The Fairfield County Hunt Club June Horse Show starting on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, is packed full with over 250 individual equestrian competitions over the course of the five-day show, and is a great family activity. With free admission and free parking all week, the public is welcome to come watch national and local equestrians of all ages compete, shop at over 20 boutiques onsite, and take advantage of the full service, gourmet food and beverage concession offering refreshments, breakfast, lunch, dinner each day. Bring your picnic blankets!

The show’s generous individual and corporate sponsors will be on hand throughout the week to present awards to the ribbon winners. Corporate sponsors include Fairfield Grand Prix Presenting Sponsor: Wells Fargo Advisors and George N. Venizelos; Official Beverage Sponsor: Nestlè Waters North America; Official Magazine Sponsor: Moffly Media; Gold Medal Sponsors: Avenue Capital Group, Fairfield Equine Associates, and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Global Corporate Services; Silver Medal Sponsors: Coca-Cola Company, Corinthian Partners, LLC, D’Addario Industries, Fence Man, Inc., Gary Goldberg Financial Services, Hi Ho Petroleum, Hospital for Special Surgery, Imperial Dental Associates, Margaret Bondy Interiors and Wise Metals Group; Bronze Medal Sponsors: Agriventures Agway and Blue Star Jets LLC; and Grand Champion Sponsors: Equine Tack & Nutritionals, Forte Gelato, Teddy’s Limousine, and Westport Eyecare Associates.

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Atlanta and Charleston Updates

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The first week of Atlanta is sold out with over 800 but we do have about 80 stalls available for next week.  Call Derek at 770 602 2510 for reservations.

Charleston – There was a class that was left off out.  In talking to the printer it was covered up by an ad… no worries.  We are having a NAL Children’s and Adult Jumper Classic both weeks and we applied for it last year.

If you need help with accommodations, call us… we have some great people who will help you find the housing you want.

We are getting lots of calls for Charleston this year and we can only take reservations for 425 stalls so if you are planning to come, let us know.  For the next two weeks you can call us in Atlanta to reserve stalls.   770 602 2510.

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Margie Engle and Royce Win $100,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson

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Margie Engle and Royce won the $100,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix. Photo By: ESI Photography.

Saugerties, NY – June 11, 2012 – Olympian Margie Engle and Elm Rock Partners LLC’s Royce continued their domination of HITS-on-the-Hudson this weekend when they claimed their biggest victory to do date during the $100,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix on Sunday. The pair posted a double clear effort to top the 27-horse field, racing to the top of the leader board by almost three seconds during the jump-off.

“Royce is still young, but he just keeps getting better and better,” commented Engle of the eight-year-old Oldenburg stallion. “He’s a very smart horse, and he’s got all the quality and all the jump in the world. The rideability in between the jumps has gotten a lot better in the last month, so I am thrilled with the way he is coming along.”

For the first round of the $100,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix, Engle and Royce showed over a very technical track that included an open water and a difficult triple combination to a tall, skinny vertical. Only five horse and rider combinations advanced to the jump-off, with Engle in the final slot.  She went for broke with the talented stallion, slicing turns and easily leaving each rail intact as the duo broke the beam in 44.717 to earn the winning prize and lead the victory gallop.

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Michael Tokaruk and Lord Byron Capture the $25,000 Grand Prix of Germantown

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Michael Tokaruk and Lord Byron. Photo by Ben Strafuss

GERMANTOWN, TN – JUNE 10, 2012 – At the 64th Annual Germantown Charity Horse Show, Michael Tokaruk of Tennessee was victorious in Saturday’s $25,000 Grand Prix. Tokaruk captured the class aboard his own Lord Byron, marking the 18-year-old gelding’s second victory at Germantown.

In 2005 the team took the blue ribbon to score their first career Grand Prix. And last year, Tokaruk scored a one-two punch in the Grand Prix of Germantown, riding Roger Rabbit, the 11-year-old gelding owned by Castle Point Farm LLC, to the victory gallop while also piloting Lord Byron to the second place ribbon.

In Saturday’s class, held in the Main arena of the Germantown Civic Club Complex, Tokaruk bested 18 other teams for the win, including Andy Kocher aboard the Claudia Billups-owned Puppet Master, David Wright with Imperator, and the week’s Welcome Stakes winner Richard Cheska who rode Quick Tempo.

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Classic Company Summer News

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Equestrian Connect Provides Online Entry;
New High Point Awards for Hunter & Jumper;
Charleston Summer Classic Adds Ring

June 9, 2012 – ST JOHNS ISLAND, SC – Bob Bell, President of the Classic Company, had several announcements for the summer season. Among the biggest is new sponsor Equestrian Connect partnering with Classic Company to provide electronic entry submissions.

“Thanks to Equestrian Connect, the days of paper forms and the hassle of mailing or finding a fax machine while on the road are now a thing of the past! Classic Company couldn’t be happier to introduce this new service to our exhibitors,” Bell said.

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Allison Kroff Wins $10,000 Open Welcome Stake at the Colorado Horse Park

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The Colorado Summer Circuit Kicks Off–More Than $1,000,000 in Cash and Prizes

Allison Kroff & Washington. Photo: Flying Horse Photography

Parker, CO — It has been an exciting first week at the Colorado Horse Park (CHP) with professionals from around the world completing their first rides of the Colorado Summer Circuit. Summer in the Rockies I has been awarding cash prizes to an assortment of hunters and jumpers, but one combination is already standing out. Allison Kroff and her horse Washington jumped to victory on Thursday, placing first in the $10,000 Open Welcome Stake, the first big jumper class of the circuit.

“It’s very exciting; he’s just stepping up to this level,” Kroff said of her 9-year-old stallion from Holland. “I’m very excited that he marched in here for the first time and jumped around and did his job!” Washington, a Dutch Warmblood with Heartbreaker and Indorado bloodlines, was imported from Holland as a 6-year-old.

“It was a really good course,” Kroff reported of the Hector Loyola-designed track. “You had a lot of questions and you had to know your horse very well to be able to answer the questions.”

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Peter Leone to Sign Copies of Just-Released Book at HITS Saugerties on Sunday, June 10

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Book Cover: Courtesy of Storey Publishing

Wellington, FL – June 8, 2012 – Olympic Silver Medalist Peter Leone will be on hand to sign copies of his new book Peter Leone’s Show Jumping Clinic: Success Strategies for Equestrian Athletes during the Purina Mills Kids Day at HITS-on-the-Hudson Sunday, June 10. The event will run from noon to 2:00 pm at the horse show grounds on Washington Avenue in Saugerties, New York.

Leone’s book, written along with Kimberly Jaussi PhD, an avid rider, writer and leadership professor and coach, explores every aspect of riding from the basics of correct use of aids through to the psychology of approaching a World Cup course.

The book employs diagrams, exercises and anecdotes, as well as photos featuring riders such as McLain Ward, Richard Spooner and Georgina Bloomberg, as models demonstrating concepts from his text.

The book’s foreword, by United States Equestrian Team Chef d’Equipe in Show Jumping, the legendary George Morris, states simply, “I think that any rider will benefit from the knowledge, experience and insight contained here.”

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FEI Bureau Allocates Championships at Spring Meeting

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Lausanne (SUI), 8 June 2012 – The FEI Bureau allocated a total of 23 Continental Championships (2012-2015) during its meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) on 8 June 2012.

The following Championships were allocated for 2013:

Children’s International Jumping Classic Final, Valle de Bravo (MEX), 29 January – 2 February.

Balkan Eventing Championships, Eskisehir (TUR), 21-23 September.

Children’s International Jumping Classic Final, Brasilia (BRA), December (dates to be confirmed).

FEI European Jumping Championships for Young Riders, Juniors & Children, Vejer de la Frontera (ESP), 1-7 July.

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