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McLain Ward Wins $7,500 Golden Arrow 1.45m Jump-off at 37th Annual Lake Placid Horse Show

Lake Placid, NY—July 1, 2006—McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, rode Galant to victory in The Golden Arrow 1.45m Jump-off Saturday at the 37th annual Lake Placid Horse Show.

Ward rode 5^th in the class and was the 2^nd to master the first-round course at the North Elba Showgrounds.  He then rode his mount, Galant to a second fault-free ride, completing the tiebreaker course in 33.164 seconds.

Finishing second was Margie Engle of Wellington, FL who also rode two fault-free rounds and who finished the jump-off in 33.734 seconds on Calippo 12.

The first of Lake Placid’s back-to-back horse shows, the Lake Placid Horse Show, culminates Sunday with the $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* Presented by RV Sales of Broward, a member event of the American Grandprix Association (AGA) national show jumping series.  It is followed by the I Love New York Horse Show, July 4-9, which features the $60,000 Hermès Grandprix CSI 3* Presented by the Heidegger Family, also an AGA Series event, on Saturday, July 8.

In addition to the two AGA Grandprix Series events, the 2006 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows also offer North American League, Washington International Horse Show, World Champion Hunter Rider, and Show Jumping Hall of Fame classes.

            In addition to the $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* presented by RV Sales of Broward, Sunday’s highlights include the Bainbridge Farms LLC NAL Adult Amateur Hunter and Junior/Amateur-Owner Hunter Classics, NAL Children’s Hunter Classic, Pepsi Bottling Co. High Junior Jumper Classic, Mirror Lake Inn High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, Juliam Farm Lead Line and C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery Parade of Champions.

Highlights of the I Love New York Horse Show schedule include:

Wed., July 5                WPTZ News Channel 5 1.35m Class

                                    1.45m Farm & Ranch Magazine Open Speed Stake

Thu., July 6                 1.40m Wild Horse Winery NAL Open Speed Stake

Fri., July 7             1.40m Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau Speed Challenge

                                    Nicola’s Restaurants 1.45m Open Jumper class

Sat., July 8 Marantz Family High Junior Jumper Classic

Charlotte Bobcats Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic

                        Woodlea Farms Parade of Champions

$60,000 Hermès Grandprix CSI 3* presented by the Heidegger Family

Sun., July 9                 Whiteface Lodge WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper Classic

                                    The Levy Family Low Junior Jumper Classic

Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic

                                    Price Chopper WIHS Children’s Jumper Classic

Pony Hunter Classic

Kathy Scholl Equitation Championship

After the Hermès Grandprix on July 8, the Richard and Diana Feldman Perpetual Challenge Trophy for Excellence will be awarded to the rider who has won the most prize money in Lake Placid’s two Grand Prix combined.  The Lake Placid Horse Shows also offer the $25,000 Hidden Creek Challenge with $25,000 to be awarded to any horse-and-rider combination that wins both the Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* and the Hermès Grandprix CSI 3*.

The $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* Presented by RV Sales of Broward will be televised on Outdoor Life Network (OLN) and both Grand Prix events are FEI sanctioned, offering riders the opportunity to earn valuable points on the international rider rankings.

The 2006 Lake Placid Horse Show and I Love New York Horse Show sponsors include A&M Beverages, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Adirondack Life, Adirondack Store, American Grandprix Association, Animal Planet, Anonymous, Bainbridge Farms LLC, Barbara & Michael Bitterman, Brandy Parfums, Ltd., The Brown Dog Café and Wine Bar, Budweiser, Carr-Hughes Productions, The Charlotte Bobcats, Chronicle of the Horse, Jane Forbes Clark, C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery, Inc., Clothes Line Laundry, The Cottage Café, The Country Saddler, Ltd., Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club, David R. Fowler Custom Tack Trunks, Deeridge Farms, Der Dau Custom Boots and Shoes, Ecogold, Equifit, Farm and Ranch Magazine, Fox Run, Ltd., Golden Arrow Hotel, Grill 211,  Mr. James Harpel, The Heidegger Family, Hermès, Hilton Lake Placid Resort, The Hooker Family, Horse Watch, James Leslie Parker Photography, Juliam Farm, The Kessler Family, Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau,  Lake Placid News, The Leone Family, The Levy Family, Lonesome Landing Garden Center, The Marantz Family, McDonald’s, Mirror Lake Inn, Moss Communications, Mountain Horse, Mr. Mike’s Pizza & Pasta, Muirfield Insurance, Nicola’s On Main, North Elba Park District, On a Fence Designs & Rentals, ORDA/Whiteface Mountain, The Pepsi Bottling Group, The Phillips Family, Price Chopper, Mr. Jeffrey Prosser, Red-Kap Sales,  Royal Reflections, Ruthie’s Run, RV Sales of Broward, Sand Castle Farm, Michael & Lora Schultz, Sidelines, SLVR by Aerogear, Stretton Enterprises, Turtle Lane Farm, The Weeks Family, The Whiteface Lodge, Wild Horse Wines, Woodlea Farms, WPTZ News Channel 5, and Y106.3 – Mountain Communications LLC.

Admission to the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows is $2.00 on weekdays and $5.00 on weekends.  Children under the age of 12 are admitted free.  Tickets are available at the gate.  For more information, please call the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or visit www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.

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