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Christine McCrea Wins $75,000 Hermès Grandprix CSI 3*
To Close 30th Annual I L ove New York Horse Show
L ake Placid , NY —July 8, 2007—Christine McCrea of E. Windsor, CT, rode Promised Land to victory in the $75,000 Hermès Grandprix CSI 3* to close the 30th annual I L ove New York Horse Show in L ake Placid.
McCrea was awarded the Richard and Diana Feldman Perpetual Challenge Trophy for Excellence that is given to the rider with the most total prize money in the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows’ two Grand Prix events. She placed 11th in the previous week’s $75,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* presented by RV Sales of Broward for the Whitney Perpetual Challenge Trophy.
McCrea was one of nine entries from the starting field of 18 to qualify for the tiebreaking jump-off by riding without penalty over the 16-jump, first-round course at the North Elba Showgrounds. McCrea claimed the win by riding fault-free over the eight-jump tiebreaker course with a blazing time of 51.49 seconds, more than three full seconds faster than runner-up Kent Farrington of Chicago , IL . Farrington, winner of the Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid in 2005, finished the jump-off fault-free in 54.50 seconds on Up Chiqui.
“I really didn’t think there was any way I would catch Kent ,” McCrea said. “I knew I had to fly and I tried to shave time all through the course. I went as fast I could coming up the hill to the last jump and then my horse jumped it from so far away that he cut enough time to win. He is so big and powerful, he can jump over anything!”
Finishing third behind McCrea and Farrington was Alexa Weeks of Southport, CT who finished the jump-off with no penalties in 56.12 seconds on Madison .
Earlier in the day, Stacy Cascio rode Spencer to victory in the Y106.3 Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic and Tatiana Dzavik rode Esther 126 to victory in the Levy Family Low Junior Jumper Classic. Other highlights on the final day included the:
Price Chopper WIHS Children’s Jumper Classic (age 14& under) won by Marque Cincotta on Chippie
Price Chopper WIHS Children’s Jumper Classic (age 15-17) won by Zazou Hoffman on Obsession
Kathy Scholl Equitation Championship won by Kimberly McCormack on Sundance
EquiFit WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper Classic (age 18-40) won by Emily Wiley on Skedaddle
EquiFit WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper Classic (over age 40) won by Gigi Stetler on Millesime du Valy
Moss Communications Pony Hunter Classic won by Victoria Colvin on Cortina
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.
Full results and further information are available by calling the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or on line at www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.
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