Photo Credit: Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center’s third annual Harvest Fest fundraising event will be held this Saturday, October 3, and will feature fun events for the entire family. Photo Courtesy of the Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center.
Loxahatchee, FL- September 30, 2009 – The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center’s (VTRC) third annual Harvest Fest fundraising event will be held this Saturday, October 3, at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. The Harvest Fest fundraiser is a ride-a-thon and family festival held each year to raise money for VTRC’s scholarship program, which allows the Center to provide discounted services to over 350 clients with disabilities each year. This exciting event offers fun for equestrian enthusiasts and all members of the local Palm Beach community.
The Harvest Fest will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the Ride-A-Thon, where riders who have collected pledges will have the opportunity to ride through the trails at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. If riders wish to join a group, there are three scheduled group trail rides. A walk/trot group will leave at noon, a walk/trot/canter group will leave at 1p.m., and another walk/trot group will leave at 2p.m.
It is not too late to gather pledges for this year’s event and have the opportunity to win exceptional prizes. This year’s prizes include a Harvest Fest T-Shirt for $50 in pledges, a VTRC Water Bottle for $75 in pledges, a VTRC Canvas Bag for $100 in pledges, a VTRC Hat for $250 in pledges, and a VTRC Canvas Folding Chair for $500 in pledges. The individual who has the largest number of individual pledges will receive two tickets to Busch Gardens and a $250 hotel gift certificate. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8335
Wayne, IL – September 30, 2009 – The Showplace Fall Classic Championship Horse Show concluded this weekend at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in beautiful Wayne, IL, following a very successful week of competition. After a fantastic 2009 show season, the $60,000 Showplace Leading Rider Series wrapped up on Saturday, and the presentation of awards was held after the $25,000 Tapestry Farm Leading Rider Finals Grand Prix, the final event in the series.
The Showplace Leading Rider Series has tracked the top riders through a series of nine events throughout the year and awarded prizes to the top three riders in five different sections: $30,000 Tapestry Farm Open Jumpers, $10,000 THIS Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers, $10,000 Weathertech.com Children’s/Adult Jumpers, $5,000 Our Day Farm Low Children’s Jumpers, and the $5,000 Ann K. Hubbard’s Tack Shop Low Adult Jumpers. Riders were ranked according to the prize money won by their top placed horse in the Classic or Grand Prix for their division.
The awards ceremony for the series was on Saturday, and the top three riders in each section were awarded bonus money (first place- 50%, second place- 30%, and third place- 20%). The top ten riders received ribbons and gift bags. All Classic and Grand Prix events held at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship Horse Show were worth double point values toward the Leading Rider Series. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8331
FEI Meydan City Open European Endurance Championship
Photo Caption: Spain’s Maria Alvarez Ponton celebrates victory at the FEI Meydan City Open European Endurance Championship. (c) Gilly Wheeler
Spain’s Maria Alvarez Ponton made endurance history by becoming the first rider to hold both World and European titles at the same time following a convincing win at the FEI Meydan City Open European Endurance Championship held over the weekend in Assisi, Italy.
Alvarez Ponton has now stood on the medal podium for three years in succession. With her 13-year-old French-bred gelding Nobby, world champion under entirely different conditions in Malaysia in 2008, she also took individual bronze at the FEI European Championships at Barocca D’Alva in Portugal in 2007.
Wayne, IL – September 30, 2009 – Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Thatcher and 13-year-old Madeline Thatcher had an exceptional week while competing at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship Horse Show. Held at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, IL, the show ran September 22-27, 2009, featuring USEF ‘A’ rated hunter and four-star jumper competition. Kelsey and Madeline ride out of their family’s Pony Lane Farm, which has locations in South Jordan, UT, and Wellington, FL, and both girls train with Maggie Jayne of Our Day Farm in Elgin, IL.
It was a big week in the hunters, jumpers and equitation for Pony Lane Farm’s horses and riders. Charlie Jayne began the week by riding Pony Lane Farm’s newest jumper Carentina III to a first place victory in the $10,000 Open Jumper Welcome Stake with Kelsey and her mare Carlotta finishing in fourth place.
In the $25,000 Tapestry Farm Leading Rider Finals Grand Prix trainer Maggie Jayne took home the victory riding Alex Jayne’s Thomas Edison, while Pony Lane Farm’s horses dominated the rest of the top ten. Kelsey and Carlotta finished in third following the three horse jump-off, Charlie and Carentina III placed fifth, Maggie and Milous de Fontaine took sixth, and Kelsey and Esquilino Bay placed in seventh. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8326
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