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Articles: Press Release
Debbie Stephens Wins Nicola's Restaurants Power & Speed Stake
at 30th Annual I Love New York Horse Show
Contact:
Marty Bauman 518-523-9625,
marty@classic-communications.com
Lake Placid, NY-July 6, 2007-Debbie Stephens of Palmetto, FL rode Quik to
victory in the Nicola's Restaurants Power & Speed Stake at the 30th annual I
Love New York Horse Show.
Stephens was one of only five entries from the starting field of 13 to
qualify for the timed speed section of the course by riding without penalty
over the 9-jump power portion at the North Elba Showgrounds. The two-time
Pan American Games team Bronze Medalist was then the only one to go
fault-free over the seven-jump speed section which gave her the win.
Finishing the speed section with the fastest time was Todd Minikus of
Loxahatchee, FL, winner of last Sunday's $75,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake
Placid. Minikus, one of four riders on the U.S. team for this month's Pan
American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, completed the jump-off with four
faults and a time of 36.902 seconds on Romy. That time was good enough to
earn second for Minikus who on Saturday will become just the fifth rider to
sweep both the Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid and the Hermes I Love New
York Grandprix in the same year.
In the day's other feature class, Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ won
the Lake Placid/Essex County Speed Challenge, topping a field of 13 horses
with fault-free ride in 69.084 seconds on Cilthe Z. Second went to Jimmy
Torano of Ft. Lauderdale, FL who finished clean in 72.305 seconds on Caldam
Or.
The 2007 I Love New York Horse Show, July 3-8, is once again hosting
world-class equestrian action highlighted by Saturday's $75,000 Hermes
Grandprix CSI 3*. 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.
Weekend highlights of the 2007 I Love New York Horse Show schedule include:
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 $5.00 on the weekend.
Children under the age of 12 are admitted free. Tickets are available at
the gate. 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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