Priscilla Presley to Open New Exhibit at Kentucky Horse Park

Priscilla Presley to Launch Elvis Presley Graceland Stables Exhibit at the International Museum of the Horse during BreyerFest

WHO:  Priscilla Presley will introduce the exhibit and Breyer’s Elvis Presley Collection

WHAT:  Press Conference to announce the opening of the Elvis Presley Graceland Stable Exhibit and the launch of Breyer’s Elvis Presley Collection at the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY.  The exhibit, borrowed from the vaults at Graceland, will include Elvis’ saddles and bridles, video footage of the family riding, and other historic archival materials on loan from the stables at Graceland.

WHEN:  Friday, July 23 at 2:30pm

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Tags: Breyer Animal Creations, charity, Elvis Presley Graceland Stables Exhibit, equestrian community, International Museum of the Horse, Kentucky Horse park

Summer Classics in Charleston, SC Welcome Exhibitors from Near and Far

Liza Boyd & Macket ©Flashpoint Photography

Johns Island, SC — July 20, 2010 — Mullet Hall Equestrian Center on Johns Island, SC welcomed exhibitors to something truly special in horse showing. The Charleston Summer Classics, a Boutique Horse Show produced by The Classic Company, began its two week run by offering lots of Southern Charms.

Returning to the historical Low Country area for a second year, Bob Bell, Chairman of the Summer Classic, continued the rebuilding of the original series with the expansion of the jumper offerings, new hunter classics, old favorites, and lots of fun social gatherings. “I started the Charleston Summer Classics at the Seabrook Island Equestrian Center in July of 1992, but the show out grew the facility after seven years and moved to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC where we stayed for several years.” Classic Company may best be known for producing larger events such as the Gulf Coast Winter Series in Gulfport, MS and the Atlanta Classics series in Conyers, GA at the Georgia International Horse Park, site of the 1996 Olympics, “but for years I’ve had this longing to return to Charleston… to our roots,” Bell said.

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Tags: Charleston Summer Classics, Classic Company, equestrian competitions, equestrian disciplines, hunter/jumper

From Young Rider to Young Horse Championships – Caroline Roffman Shines

Caroline Roffman and her Hanoverian gelding Bon Chance have qualified for the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Championships. (Photo courtesy of PhelpsPhoto.com)

Wellington, FL (July 19, 2010) – Dressage rider Caroline Roffman’s brilliant Young Rider career may be behind her, but that isn’t keeping the talented 21-year-old from shining as a young professional. Roffman and her Hanoverian gelding Bon Chance have qualified for the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Championship in Lamplight, Illinois, July 22-25.

“I will be competing Bon Chance, or Moto as I call him, in the five-year-old Preliminary and Championship Class, American Bred Horse at the Young Horse Championships,” Roffman said. “This is really exciting for me because I have had Moto since he was three and I am proud to say that I have done all of the riding and training myself, with lessons from my trainer Lars Petersen.”

This will be the duo’s second trip to the Young Horse Championships, as Bon Chance was the Reserve Four-Year-Old Champion at the prestigious show last year. Bon Chance was bred by American breeders Marefield Meadows out of Virginia. “I feel really honored to once again be competing at the Young Horse Championships. I believe this program allows the United States to develop future team horses and we are incredibly lucky to have people like Scott Hassler to guide us down the right path,” Roffman said.

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Tags: Caroline Roffman, dressage, equestrian competitions, equestrian disciplines, Markel/USEF National Young Horse Championship, Young Riders