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Articles: Press Release
Amy Momrow Wins $25,000 Leone Family Jumper Classic
at 30th Annual I Love New York Horse Show
Contact:
Marty Bauman 518-523-9625,
marty@classic-communications.com
Lake Placid, NY-July 5, 2007-Amy Momrow of Albany, NY rode Summer Storm to
victory in the $25,000 Leone Family Jumper Classic at the 30th annual I Love
New York Horse Show.
Momrow was one of only five from the starting field of 37 entries to reach a
tiebreaking jump-off by riding without penalty over the 16-jump first-round
course designed by Olaf Petersen, Jr. of Germany at the North Elba
Showgrounds. Three then rode fault-free over the nine-jump tiebreaker
course with Momrow gaining the win by finishing with the fastest time of
48.80 seconds on her 10-year-old Warmblood.
Placing second with a jump-off time of 49.41 seconds on Vancouver D'Auvrey
was Danielle Torano of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Third place went to Christine
McCrea of Suffield, CT who had the only other clean ride in the jump-off.
She finished in 50.03 seconds on Promised Land.
In the day's other feature class, Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ won the Wild
Horse Winery North American League (NAL) Speed Stake, topping a field of 45
horses with a time of 63.272 seconds on Marengo. Second went to Laura
Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ who finished in 67.407 seconds on Cilthe Z.
The 2007 I Love New York Horse Show, July 3-8, is once again hosting
world-class equestrian action highlighted by the $75,000 Hermes Grandprix
CSI 3* on Saturday, July 7. Preceding the Grandprix is the horse show's
15th annual Doggie Costume Contest sponsored by Lonesome Landing Garden
Center of Saranac Lake, the Brown Dog Cafe and Wine Bar of Lake Placid and A
Placid Life of Lake Placid. All people who bring a leashed dog in costume
to the horse show on Saturday will be admitted free.
Remaining Highlights of the 2007 I Love New York Horse Show schedule
include:
Friday, July 6
The Hooker Family Children's Jumpers
1.45m Nicola's Restaurants Open Jumper
1.35m Charlie's Restaurant Jumper Class
1.40m Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau Speed Challenge
Saturday, July 7
1.35m A. G. Edwards Jumper Class
The Marantz Family High Junior Jumper Classic
Charlotte Bobcats High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
Woodlea Farms Parade of Champions $75,000 Hermes Grandprix CSI 3*
Sunday, July 8
Price Chopper WIHS Children's Jumper Classics
The Levy Family Low Junior Jumper Classic
Y 106.3 Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
Kathy Scholl Equitation Championship
EquiFit WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper Classics
Moss Communications Pony Hunter Classic
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 Cafe 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 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 Lakeside Resort, Grill 211, Mr. James Harpel,
Hermes, 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
www.livebroadcast.tv ,
www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com or at
www.productionseast.com .
Admission to the I Love New York Horse Show is just $2.00 on weekdays and
$5.00 on weekends. Children under the age of 12 are admitted free. Tickets
are available at the gate. Guided walking tours of the horse show are
available each weekday (Wed-Fri) at 11:30 am for just $1.00. 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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