Callan Solem Wins Crowne Plaza Resort NAL Speed Stake
at 38th Annual Lake Placid Horse Show

Lake Placid, NY —June 30, 2007— Callan Solem of Colts Neck, New Jersey rode Warsaw to victory in the Crowne Plaza NAL Speed Stake at the 38th annual Lake Placid Horse Show.

Solem completed the one-round course at the North Elba Showgrounds without penalty in a time of  70.622 seconds to claim the win.  Finishing second in the North American League (NAL) qualifying competition with a time of 72.825 seconds on Cilthe Z was Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station , New Jersey ..

The North American L eague (NA L ) runs season-long series in six hunter and jumper divisions – Open Jumper Speed, Children’s Jumper, Adult Jumper, Pony Jumper, Children’s Hunter and Adult Hunter Presented by Practical Horseman.  Each series culminates with a championship final at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg , PA , in October.  Riders need not be members of the NA L to compete in any qualifying classes, but only current members earn points toward year-end finals.  For more information and a list of qualifying competitions for 2007, please visit the Ryegate Show Services website at www.Ryegate.com.

The 2007 Lake Placid Horse Show culminates Sunday with the $75,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3*, presented by RV Sales of Broward.  The 30th annual I Love New York Horse Show, highlighted by the $60,000 Hermès Grandprix CSI 3* on Saturday, July 7, follows at the same site, July 3-8.

The 2007 Lake Placid Horse Show and I Love New York Horse Show sponsors include A. G. Edwards, A&M Beverages, A Placid Life, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Adirondack Life, Adirondack Store, Animal Planet, Anonymous, Bainbridge Farms LLC, Brandy Parfums, Ltd., The Brown Dog Café and Wine Bar, Budweiser, Carr-Hughes Productions, Chair 6, Charlie’s Restaurant, Charlotte Bobcats, Chronicle of the Horse , Jane Forbes Clark, C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery, Inc., 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 Lakeside Resort, Grill 211,  Mr. James Harpel, Hermès, Hilton Lake Placid Resort, The Hooker Family, Horse Watch,  Juliam Farm, Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau,  Lake Placid News, The Leone Family, The Levy Family, Lonesome Landing Garden Center, The Marantz Family, Mirror Lake Inn, Moss Communications, Mountain Horse, Mr. Mike’s Pizza & Pasta, 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, Red-Kap Sales,  Royal Reflections, Ruthie’s Run, RV Sales of Broward, Sand Castle Farm, Michael & Lora Schultz, Sidelines, 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.

Live webcasts of all horse show competition is available on line at the horse show’s official website at www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com or at www.productionseast.com.

Admission to the Lake Placid Horse Show is just $5.00 on the weekend.  Children under the age of 12 are admitted free.  Tickets are available at the gate.  Further information is available by calling the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or on line at www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.

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