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Matthias Hollberg and Lauren Hester Speed to Top Placings during Kentucky Summer Classic

Matthias Hollberg and Mr. Sydney Rocks.

Lexington, KY – August 2, 2017 – Matthias Hollberg and Lauren Hester both had blazing fast rounds in the Rolex Stadium, helping them to win the 1.35m and 1.30m classes, respectively. Both professionals were showcasing the strong talents of the sales horses that they currently have in their programs.

Matthias Hollberg, who owns and operates Hollberg Equestrian with his wife Thaisa Erwin in Middleburg, Virginia, came to the United States from Germany. Since that time, he has competed successfully in shows up and down the East Coast. Hollberg showcased his unique ability to successfully navigate a competitive course with a horse that he does not have much experience riding. The Kentucky Summer Classic marks the first horse show that he has competed Mr. Sydney Rocks. Although it was only their third class together, the pair has yet to knock a rail out of the cups. Hollberg attributes the 13-year-old Westphalian’s talent to his training as an eventing horse. Previously shown by Allison Springer, the bay gelding is fast and fearless, allowing Hollberg to leave out strides that other riders could not in the 1.35m speed class. The pair topped a field of 31 competitors in a time of 72.492 seconds, a whole three seconds faster than the next fastest rider, Daniel Bedoya, who was aboard Abracadabra.

Kentucky native Lauren Hester was also using the classes in the Rolex Stadium to help prove the talent of the sales horses that she currently has at her business, Hester Equestrian. Clueless P, whom Hester showed to double clear rounds in the 1.30m class, was previously a grand prix mount for Hester and is now hoping to find a new career as a successful junior jumper. Hester shows at the Kentucky Horse Shows, LLC frequently, as the Kentucky Horse Park is right around the corner from her farm. It is not uncommon for crowds who gather to watch Saturday night Grand Prix competition to cheer a little more enthusiastically for Hester as she is widely recognized as their hometown girl. Last week, Hester piloted her mare Warinda B to a seventh place finish in the $50,000 Rood & Riddle Grand Prix.

Jaime Gibson Claims Grand Open Hunter Championship Two Weeks in a Row

Jaime Gibson made the long trip up from Ocala, Florida to the Kentucky Horse Park worth it with Debbie Smith’s 9-year-old mare Cora. After claiming the Grand Open Hunter Championship last week at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show, Gibson and Cora returned to Stonelea Ring to sweep the professional divisions during the Kentucky Summer Classic to win a back-to-back grand title. In the Conformation Hunter division, the pair dominated and won blue ribbons for all the over fences, the handy and the under saddle.

The owner, Debbie Smith, purchased the jumper mare from Wendy Peralta of Seabreeze Farm, and since she is an exceptional mover decided to transition her into the hunter ring. Gibson started riding the talented mare during the winter season and the pair competed in the Ocala circuit and at Devon before heading to the summer series at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Next up, Gibson plans on showing Cora throughout the indoor circuit and has her eyes set on moving up to the 3’9″ and derbies next season.

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Lauren Hester Rises to the Occasion, Winning $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic

Lauren Hester and Warinde B.

Sydney Shulman and Cosmeo Claim Grand Hunter Championship on Day Two of the Kentucky Summer Horse Show

Lexington, KY – July 28, 2016 – With only nine career grand prix wins under her belt, the pressure was on as Lauren Hester took the stage with Warinde B in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. The only American rider to advance to the jump-off, hometown favorite Hester gave it her all to earn the win, besting veteran five-star riders Pablo Barrios and Shane Sweetnam.

“I’m on cloud nine, and I’m really happy,” Hester said of her win. “It was so exciting to be the only American and Lexington rider in the jump-off because I really had the crowd behind me.”

Out of a field of 46 entries, Sweetnam and the Blue Buckle Group LLC’s Cobolt were the first to go clear in 79.718 seconds over the Alan Wade-designed track. The course featured a tricky oxer-to-skinny combination that dashed many competitor’s hopes at a clear round.

After several more riders attempted Wade’s course, with many falling victim to the time allowed of 82 seconds, Venezuelan Olympian Barrios and his own A S D Farfala delivered the second clear round of the night with a time of 80.751 seconds, adding their names to the short list.

“The course was pretty tough, and I knew when I walked it that it was a good course,” Barrios said. “It was very delicate and the time allowed was perfect. It really made you ride quicker, which makes you susceptible to mistakes.”

Among the last to go, Hester piloted Hester Equestrian LLC’s Warinde B to the night’s third and final clear round in 78.785 seconds, much to the crowd’s delight.

“I thought I had the third to last rail down, and I thought ‘darn it,'” Hester said. “But then the crowd cheered. When I made it to the jump-off I laughed and thought, ‘This is not fair competing against these top five-star riders. I felt like an underdog with my tiny mare, who is 15.3 hands.”

The three riders returned for the jump-off, with Sweetnam and Cobolt attempting the short course first. Despite laying down a fast round in 44.142 seconds, Sweetnam pulled a rail in the combination coming to the final fence to take home third place.

Barrios and A S D Farfala returned next, and delivered a careful effort to finish clear in 47.234 seconds, unfortunately picking up one time fault along the way to finish in second.

“There were only three of us, and I didn’t want to go too fast,” Barrios said. “After seeing Shane have one down, I knew that if I had a clear round at least I’d be second. Farfala is a super mare, but Lauren really deserved the win tonight and showed really great, quick riding.”

The final pair to return, Hester and Warinde B came ready to win, equipped with a plan that would shave seconds off the previous times. Hester cut strides out of every line, expertly navigating the turns as tightly as possible to blaze through the timers in 43.043 seconds – a full four seconds faster than the second-place time.

“She’s a really fast horse,” Hester said. “She’s sensitive and spooky and can be all over the place, but she is so nice and I love her.”

Hester said she purchased Warinde B 5 years ago, when the mare was only 8 years old. Hester said the two have built a strong partnership over the years, with Thursday marking the duo’s fifth grand prix win together and Hester’s tenth career grand prix win.

“She is my favorite,” Hester concluded. “It took me a long time to get to know her, but now we are finally on it! Last year she got hurt and had a little bone bruise, so she came back in May of this year. She was going well, but now she is really great. I am just on cloud nine.”

The grand prix’s title sponsor, Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, is one of the oldest and largest equine veterinary practices in the world. Founded in 1876, the institute offers a staff with qualifications unparalleled by any single non-university veterinary group in the equine industry, and Hagyard veterinarians have dedicated themselves to the health and wellbeing of the horse.

The facility at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute offers 13 digital radiology systems, 1.5 Tesla Siemens MRI, nuclear scintigraphy, an on-site laboratory, an on-site pharmacy, full medical and surgical services, 24-hour emergency services and hyperbaric medicine. The practice has performed veterinary medicine for more than 137 years and is currently composed of over 50 experienced veterinarians, with 13 board certifications in specialty areas of medicine, surgery and theriogenology. For more information on the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, please visit www.hagyard.com.

Sydney Shulman and Cosmeo Claim Grand Hunter Championship on Day Two of the Kentucky Summer Horse Show

Sydney Shulman and Cosmeo, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion owned by DK-USA Sporthorse, claimed the Visse Wedell Grand Hunter Championship at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show on Thursday. The duo dominated the High Performance Working Hunter division by earning blue ribbons in all the over fences rounds, the handy round and the under saddle class, which culminated in a perfect score of 50 points to win the High Performance Working Hunter Championship.

“It is great to win the Grand Hunter Championship at Kentucky,” Shulman said. “This is my first year having a really solid professional hunter horse to compete, so it’s awesome.

Sydney Shulman and Cosmeo
Sydney Shulman and Cosmeo

“Cosmeo was ten times better than yesterday, and I thought he was awesome yesterday, but he was in a different category today!” Shulman explained. “He is new at this job, so normally the more he goes the more relaxed he gets. The first day he seemed a bit tense to me, but today he was so soft, fluid and really calm. It made it so nice to ride!”

Shulman was delighted with her round on Cosmeo, who is out of the legendary sport horse stallion Contender. She noted that the handy is the pair’s favorite class because of his former experience has a jumper.

“To me, the handy is my time to really show his skill off because he is so scopey,” Shulman explained. “The height is smaller than what he was doing in Europe so it is easy for him. Today, I was bold with my turns and I was quite neat going into the double combinations.”

Shulman is based in Greenwich, Connecticut and she plans on competing Cosmeo in Week 2 of Kentucky Summer Horse Show and in Derby Finals in mid-August.

“I’d like to thank DK-USA Sporthorse for their continued support and allowing me to show him,” Shulman said. “Also, the offspring Cosmeo has produced as a stallion have been amazing and he has many on the ground here in the U.S and in Europe. He is one of the last Contender babies that is currently breeding!”

Visse Wedell, a real estate agent for Douglas Elliman in Wellington, Florida and Lexington, Kentucky, generously sponsored the grand championship prizes for the multiple hunter divisions for the Kentucky Summer Horse Show.

“My sponsorship is a way to acknowledge the hard work that goes into being the best of your division and reward the top in our sport,” Wedell explained. “I love to promote the hunters, especially since there are not a lot of horse shows that still award grand championships.

“Sidney [Shulman] actually used to ride a horse for me when she was a junior, so I love when someone I know wins it,” Wedell continued. “She is a talented young professional so it is great to see her go from winning with my junior hunter a few years ago to now when she is winning in the big professional classes. It’s fun to watch the progression of riders!”

The Green Hunter Championship also took place in the Stonelea Ring with the tricolored ribbon being awarded to Kelley Farmer and Jane Gaston’s 8-year-old gelding Because. The duo lead their division after day one with two blue ribbons in the over fences classes, and they earned two more blues in the handy and over fences class.

“Because is such a good horse and always tries really hard,” Farmer said. “He is very consistent and smooth in his rounds. I usually compete him in the First Years and his owner will compete him this weekend in the amateur divisions.”

Tim Goguen earned the Conformation Hunter Championship in a competitive division on Belhaven Stables LLC’s Splendid. One Wednesday, they won an over fences round and the under saddle, and also placed third in their first over fences round. On Thursday, they placed second in the over fences round and third in the handy, which helped the pair clinch the division championship.

The highlights of the week include the $5,000 Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby, the $10,000 Under 25 Grand Prix, the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic, and $50,000 Rood & Riddle Kentucky Grand Prix.

To learn more about the Kentucky Summer Horse Show, please visit www.kentuckyhorseshows.com.

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Hester and Arly Win the $25,000 Foley RV Center Grand Prix

Lauren Hester and Arly.

It was a sweet Valentine’s Day for Lauren Hester and Hester Equestrian, LLC’s Arly when he gave her his first win in grand prix competition and took the blue in the $25,000 Foley RV Center Grand Prix!

Nancy Wallis of Lambertville, New Jersey designed the course and set the time allowed at 87 seconds. Only five advanced to the jump off.

The first to go clean was Sarah Scheiring of Stockton, New Jersey in the irons of Molly Ben-Menachem’s Dontez who was sixth in the order of go. The pair posted a first round time in 83.580 seconds.

Cerulean Stables, LLC’s HHS Louis, ridden by Amanda Forte of Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, followed Scheiring with a clean round in a time of 81.879 seconds, to the delight of the crowd, insuring there would be a jump off!

Hailey Henderson of LaFayette, Louisiana and her own Zine Dine joined the jump off order after posting a clean first round in a time of 82.663 seconds. Then Meco Equestrian, LLC’s Cord II, ridden by Penny Brennan of Buhl, Alabama, added themselves to the trio after posting a clean first round in a time of 81.021 seconds. It wouldn’t be until the last to go, Lauren Hester of Lexington, Kentucky in the irons of Hester Equestrian, LLC’s Arly, would add themselves as the enviable last to go in the jump off order, after posting a clean first round in a time of 79.69 seconds.

Scheiring and Dontez were first to go in the jump off and while they posted a time of 31.028 seconds, well within the 41 seconds time allowed, eight jump faults with four left to go kept it anyone’s win.

Forte and HH Louis followed and went clean in a time of 32.184 seconds, taking the lead and setting the new time to beat. Henderson was next in the irons of Zine Dine and although the pair went clean, their time of 33.408 seconds would not be fast enough to take the lead and the pair found themselves for the time in second place.

Brennan and Cord II followed Forte but a rail at the first fence in a time of 31.277 seconds would keep them away from the blue ribbon.

All eyes were on Hester and Arly in the enviable last to go spot. The pair turned in a clean jump off round in a time of 30.311 seconds, beating Forte’s time and taking the win. “The course was fair,” said Hester. “I think the hardest part was the triple combination. The vertical, vertical, oxer and the lattice in the middle made the horses peek a little,” she commented. “Overall it was a good course because there were rails everywhere, there wasn’t one particular trap,” she said.

“I just rode [Arly] normal and he is a happy go lucky kind of guy. He is a big guy, about 17.1 or two hands, and has a big step. The lines get really easy for him and he wants to keep going forward and sometimes I need to put a little bend in it. He’s really straightforward to ride and although he has a huge stride, he’s really adjustable too,” she added.

“I’ve had him since last May and did two grand prix with him where he got an eighth and a fourth,” she said. “He had some time off after those and Pensacola was his first show back,” she said. “This was his first grand prix win,” she said happily.

“He was really good in the jump off and left the stride out on the last line and that made the difference,” said Hester.

Hester not only returned with the first place ribbon, she also placed sixth on Hester Equestrian’s Wender and seventh on Clueless P.

Third place was awarded to Hailey Henderson and her own Zine Dine, fourth was awarded to Penny Brennan and Cord II, fifth went to Sarah Scheiring and Dontez, sixth and seventh to Hester and Wender and Clueless P, eighth place was awarded to Christian Rogge of Spring, Texas and his own Cassuro Tsp, ninth was awarded to Francois Lamontagne of Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada and his own Chanel Du Calvaire, tenth was awarded to Konstanze Wachholtz of Spring, Texas in the irons of her own Bull Run’s T-Mac, eleventh place went to Jennie Nolen of San Antonio, Texas and Daryl Nolon’s Quasi Modo H and Jason Berry of Verona, Virginia riding Willoughby Stables’ Varios took home twelfth place.

The Gulf Coast Classic Company is a USHJA’s Members Choice Award winner, recognized for producing top quality show jumping events in the United States. For more information on Gulf Coast Classic Company and its exhibitor-friendly, top quality hunter jumper events, please visit them at www.gulfcoastclassiccompany.com.

All sponsorship, marketing and press inquiries should be directed to Lisa Engel, Sponsorship, Marketing and Public Relations Director, at lisa@classiccompany.com.

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Hester and Clueless P Win Opening Week $10,000 Horseflight Open Welcome

Lauren Hester and Clueless P.

Lauren Hester of Lexington, Kentucky started this year’s Gulf Coast Winter Circuit in the winner’s circle, besting a group of 14 horse and rider teams in the $10,000 Horseflight Open Welcome in the irons of Hester Equestrian, LLC’s Clueless P.

Course designer Nancy Wallis of Lambertville, New Jersey set the course with a first round time allowed of 88 seconds.

Hester was first to go in the class in the irons of Hester Equestrian, LLC’s Wender. Hester and Wender had a good run at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic Pensacola Circuit and won the $10,000 EMO Jumper Classic Week I. Yesterday, the pair jumped a clean first round in a time of 79.242 seconds, but had two rails down in the second round in a time of 33.978 seconds. “He’s a super careful horse, so I was kind of shocked he had two down in the jump off round,” commented Hester. The pair would finish in ninth place overall.

Penny Brennan of Ocala, Florida and Meeco Equestrian’s Cord 11 turned in the next clean first round in a time of 87.134 seconds and advanced to the second round. A heartbreak rail at the last fence in a time of 36.396 seconds would see the pair finish in seventh place overall.

Hester returned to the grand prix field, this time in the irons of Hester Equestrian’s Dutch Warmblood, Arly. The pair turned in double clear rounds in times of 81.459 seconds and 37.150 seconds, respectively, and took the lead. “He’s really big and we made a couple of big turns,” Hester commented. Their lead would be temporary and the pair finished in fifth place overall.

Willoughby Stables’ Varios, ridden by Jason Berry of Verona, Virginia, grabbed the lead from Hester and Arly after turning in double clear rounds in times of 77.889 seconds and 34.623 seconds, respectively.

Brooke Kemper of Culpeper, Virginia followed Berry in the irons of her own Classified and posted double clear rounds in times of 83.377 seconds and 36.186 seconds, which would find the pair finish in fourth place overall.

Chanel Du Calvaire, owned and ridden by Francois Lamontagne of Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada, followed Kemper with double clear rounds in times of 82.066 seconds and 35.008 seconds, respectively, which would award them with third place honors overall.

Hester returned to the field, this time in the irons of Hester Equestrian, LLC’s Clueless P. “She was really spooking at the second jump,” commented Hester. “She really peeked at the triple bar and I was kicking her up to it,” she added. “She is so little and she chipped to it, so I just kept her galloping the rest of the course,” Hester said. The pair turned in double clear rounds in times of 80.146 seconds and 33.665 seconds, which would take the lead and eventually win the class. “I like little horses,” said Hester. “They turn easily and are closer to the ground, in case you fall off,” she laughed. “I was happy with how we did,” she said.

Amanda Forte of Glenmoore, Pennsylvania followed with the next double clear rounds in the irons of Cerulean Stables, LLC’s HHS Louis in times of 87.310 seconds and 39.379 seconds, respectively. The pair would finish in sixth place overall.

Molly Ben-Menachem’s Dontez, ridden by Sarah Scheiring of Stockton, New Jersey, turned in a four-fault first round in time of 86.626 seconds and finished in tenth place overall.

Hester and her fourth ride in the class, Hester Equestrian, LLC’s Lorstakov, turned in the final round of the class with a clean first round in a time of 82.470 seconds and a four fault second round in a time of 38.479 seconds. The pair would finish in ninth place overall. “I didn’t expect him to go clear, but he jumped really well,” said Hester. “He has come a long way,” she added. “He needs to jump bigger because he is just not so impressed with the smaller jumps,” she said.

“I’m showing all of them in the $25,000 Foley RV Center Grand Prix on Sunday,” said Hester. “The grass field here felt really good; it’s really nice. We weren’t slipping on it and it’s not too hard. I hate hard grass and this is really lovely,” she said.

For complete results on the $10,000 Horseflight Open Welcome, click here.

The Gulf Coast Classic Company is a USHJA’s Members Choice Award winner, recognized for producing top quality show jumping events in the United States. For more information on Gulf Coast Classic Company and its exhibitor-friendly, top quality hunter jumper events, please visit them at www.gulfcoastclassiccompany.com.

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Wender Wins $10,000 EMO Jumper Classic at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic Pensacola Circuit

Lauren Hester pilots Wender to the win.

Saturday’s featured class, the $10,000 EMO Jumper Classic, saw fifteen horse and rider teams tackle the course designed by Allen Rheinheimer of Zionsville, Indiana.

Lauren Hester of Lexington, Kentucky and Hester Equestrian’s Wender galloped off with the blue ribbon after posting a first round time in 68.966 seconds and a clean second round in a time of 40.50 well within the 48 seconds time allowed.

Hester competed five horses, all owned by Hester Equestrian, LLC. “I missed watching all the other horses go because I was jumping off and on all of mine,” said Hester. “I have three people helping me here, and I’m thankful that we’re stabled so close to the ring that they could bring them up as I was getting off,” she added.

Hester was the first to go in the class in the irons of Hester Equestrian’s Katie Riddle and the pair posted a time of 69.631 seconds with four jump faults. “I haven’t had her quite that long, but she has a big stride and after I walked the course, I felt like it was geared for a more normal horse stride. Most of the lines were set really nice. The last line walked a touch long, but since it was the last line heading toward the gate, I knew it would come up short,” she said. “I just rode it pretty normal and was very satisfied with how she [Katie Riddle] went and I couldn’t ask more of her,” she said.

Christi Israel in the irons of her own Cracky Z followed and turned in a clean first round effort in a time of 76.050, just within the time allowed of 77 seconds. Their second round resulted in four jump faults and the pair finished in seventh place overall.

Mary Lisa Leffler of Brookeville, Maryland and Rolling Acres’ Bling Bling followed Israel and were the first pair to turn in double clean rounds in times of 70.460 seconds and 43.333 seconds, respectively, setting the new time to beat.

Southland Stables’ Vancouver IV, piloted by Christina Jason, followed Leffler and Bling Bling, but with four jump faults in a time of 70.158 seconds, would finish in ninth place overall.

Hester returned to the arena, this time in the irons of Hester Equestrian’s Lorstakov. The pair posted a first round time in 71.635 seconds with eight jump faults. “I’ve had him a little over a year,” commented Hester. “He is just seven and has all the scope in the world but we are working on his ‘rideability’ because he is a little difficult,” said Hester. “He jumps really well but then gets really excited and fast. I forget he is so young because he jumps so well,” she continued. “Basically, he’s really young and green, but I was really happy with his round,” she said. The pair finished in twelfth place overall.

Francois Lamontagne, of Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada, followed Hester in the irons of his own Chanel Du Calvaire. Four jump faults in a time of 75.649 seconds would see the pair finish in eleventh place overall.

Leffler and Bling Bling continued to hold the lead until Jason Berry and Willoughby Stable’s Varios turned in double clean rounds in times of 71.893 seconds and 40.639 seconds, respectively, setting the new time to beat.

Leffler returned to the ring, this time in the irons of Rolling Acres’ Carlot. Although the pair posted double clean rounds in times of 71.865 seconds and 42.298 seconds, respectively, their time was not fast enough to take the lead from Berry and the pair would settle for third place overall.

Hester and Wender followed Leffler. “He [Wender] turns really tight and smooth,” commented Hester. “I don’t need to gallop and I can just let him go. He knows his job and likes to win,” said Hester. The pair turned in double clean rounds in time of 68.966 seconds and 40.501 seconds, respectively, grabbing the lead and setting the new time to beat.

Christi Israel of Birmingham, Alabama and her own Clouseau followed Hester and Wender, but after posting a four-fault, first round time in a time of 72.550 seconds, the pair would finish in tenth place overall.

Hester returned to the ring again, this time in the irons of Hester Equestrian’s Clueless P. After turning in a clean first round in a time of 70.708 seconds, a rail in the second round in a time of 40.745 seconds would see them receive the sixth place ribbon. “We’ve had Clueless for less than a year and she was third in the Atlanta Grand Prix,” commented Hester. “She [Clueless] has a shorter stride which helped us in the jump off because I had to gallop her more,” said Hester. “She could have beat Wender but after I got the rail, I slowed her down a bit,” she added. “She’s 10 year old and only 15.1 hands. People say, oh look at the pony! And I tell them not to say that because we just let her think she is a big horse,” she laughed.

Hester also had the last ride in the class, in the irons of Hester Equestrian’s Arly. Despite double clean rounds in times of 72.360 and 44.390 seconds, respectively, the pair would finish in fourth place overall. “We just bought Arly and we’ve had him about a year. He was kind of hanging out after recovering from an injury and I’ve been bringing him back slowly,” commented Hester. “He is a grand prix horse and since he is on his way back, I didn’t want to run him around and he just jumped it so easy,” she said.

Gulf Coast Winter Classic Show Coordinator, Janet McCarroll, presents the awards for the $10,000 EMO Jumper Classic to Wender and Hester

“I’m really excited how well Wender is going,” said Hester. “Last year he was sick for a long time,” she said. “He was found to have PSSM Type 2 which is basically an insulin resistance for horses,” she said. “It’s a genetic disorder and he can’t have any sugar. For instance, he gets celery instead of carrots,” she said. “He has just been coming back into competition again and I just started showing in November. He has been doing really well and I anticipate that he will continue to do so all winter,” she added.

“This is our first time showing in Pensacola,” said Hester. “We like it a lot here! It’s very warm, and the people are so nice!” she said. “I couldn’t believe it, that about a week and half before the show they [Classic Company staff] called me and asked for our order of shavings, feed, hay and I just couldn’t believe the level of service! I never got this sort of treatment from another show,” she said happily.

The Gulf Coast Classic Company is a USHJA’s Members Choice Award winner, recognized for producing top quality show jumping events in the United States. For more information on Gulf Coast Classic Company and its exhibitor-friendly, top quality hunter jumper events, please visit them at www.gulfcoastclassiccompany.com.

All sponsorship, marketing and press inquiries should be directed to Lisa Engel, Sponsorship, Marketing and Public Relations Director, at lisa@classiccompany.com.

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