Four-Bar Show Jumping Competition Opens 2010 Challenge of the Americas

Seventeen-year-old Leah DeMartini will be one of the junior riders competing in the Challenge of the Americas Four-Bar Competition. Photo © 2010 Jessica Nemzoff/PMG.

Wellington, FL – February 26, 2010 – The Ninth Annual Challenge of the Americas is excited to announce another brand new addition to its performance lineup – a fantastic four-bar show jumping competition. Held in Wellington, FL, on Saturday, March 13, 2010, the evening will get underway at 5:30 p.m. with the show jumping, and will also feature musical grand prix team quadrilles, and a figure skating dressage exhibition.  The event is presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC) and will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).

The exciting four-bar competition will feature four top horses and junior riders competing over a series of jumps, each set progressively higher, with every obstacle one or two strides apart. As the horses and riders jump each round, the fences will increase in height, becoming more difficult to clear. The riders will exhibit the excitement and power of show jumping as they navigate the fences right in front of the IPC grand stand on Piaget field.

The four-bar competition will be managed by course designer Bobby Murphy and will feature jumps that have been generously donated by Wrenwood Farms from their spectacular International Hunter Derby, which was held in Naples, FL, in 2008. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10383

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