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Articles: Press Release
Todd Minikus Wins Whiteface Mountain 1.45m Jump-off at 37th Annual Lake
Placid Horse Show
Contact:
Marty Bauman (508) 698-6810,
classic.pr@verizon.net
Lake Placid, NY-June 29, 2006-In a showdown between the last two winners of
the culminating event of show jumping's two-week stay in Lake Placid, Todd
Minikus of Wellington, FL edged Jimmy Torano of Fort Lauderdale, FL to claim
victory in the Whiteface Mountain 1.45m Jump-off Thursday at the 37th annual
Lake Placid Horse Show.
Torano, who won the $60,000 Hermes Grandprix CSI 3* last year, rode seventh
in Thursday's class and was the first to master the 14-jump, first-round
course. He then rode his mount, Marlo, to a second fault-free ride,
completing the seven-jump tiebreaker course in 38.330 seconds.
Minikus, who was the Hermes Grandprix champion in 2004, rode 21st at the
North Elba Showgrounds and was the seventh to earn a trip to the jump-off by
finishing fault-free. He then rode Mondego to another fault-free ride and
his time of 37.345 seconds moved him into the lead.
Although five of the remaining 12 entries also reached the jump-off, none
could match the time turned in by either Minikus or Torano who wound up
finishing one-two.
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 Hermes 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.
Highlights of the Lake Placid Horse Show schedule include:
Wed., June 28 1.30m Adirondack Store Jump-off
Thu., June 29 CSI 3* Turtle Lane Farm Open Jumper Classic
Fri., June 30 1.40m Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club Lake
Placid NAL Open Speed Stake
1.45m Whiteface Mountain Open Jumper
Stake
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 Shows 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 Herm's 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 Herm's 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 Herm's 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 Cafe 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 Cafe, 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, Herm's, 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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