Lake 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 Love New York Horse Show in Lake 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
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