Laura Chapot Wins Crowne Plaza Resort NAL Speed Stake at 37th Annual Lake Placid Horse Show
Lake Placid, NY—June 30, 2006—Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ rode Sprite to victory in the Crowne Plaza Resort North American League (NAL) Speed Stake Friday at the 37th annual Lake Placid Horse Show.
Todd Minikus of Wellington, FL had taken an early lead in the class when he completed the 12-jump, one-round course at the North Elba Showgrounds fault-free in 53.266 seconds on Eltonn. His time held up for much of the class until Caitlin Shiels of Somers, NY, the individual Gold Medalist at the 2004 CN North American Young Riders Championships, beat his score by finishing in 52.729 seconds on Houston.
Chapot, who will seek her third championship in the $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid this Sunday, was the fourth-to-last of the 48 entries and she claimed the win by riding Sprite fault-free in 52.179 seconds. Shiels finished second and Minikus held on for third.
The North American League (NAL) 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 NAL 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 2006, please visit the Ryegate Show Services website at http://www.ryegate.com/.
The first of Lake Placid’s back-to-back horse shows, the Lake Placid Horse Show, continues through Sunday when it culminates 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.
Weekend highlights of the Lake Placid Horse Show schedule include:
Sat., July 1 Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
The Whiteface Lodge NAL Adult Amateur Jumper Classic
Adirondack Life Low Junior Jumper Classic
1.45m Golden Arrow Open Jumper Class
Hilton Lake Placid Resort 1.40m Speed Challenge
Sun., July 2 Bainbridge Farms LLC NAL Adult Amateur Hunter Classic
Bainbridge Farms LLC Junior/Amateur-Owner Hunter Classic
NAL Children’s Hunter Classic
Pepsi Bottling Co. High Junior Jumper Classic
Mirror Lake Inn High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
Juliam Farm Lead Line
C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery Parade of Champions
$60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* presented by RV Sales of Broward
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.
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