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Lake Placid, NY-July 5, 2008-Darragh Kerins of Ireland rode Night Train to victory in the $75,000 Hermes Grandprix CSI 3* at the 31st annual I Love New York Horse Show.

Four entries from the starting field of thirty five qualified for a tiebreaking jump-off by riding without penalty over the 16-jump, first-round course designed by Richard Jeffery at the North Elba Showgrounds. Kerins gained the win by finishing the 8-jump tiebreaker course fault-free in the fastest time of 46.27 seconds. Placing second was Keean White of Canada who finished the jump-off with 4 faults in 46.64 seconds on Celina Z. Third went to Christine McCrea of East Windsor, CT who had 20 faults and a time of 61.11 seconds on Vegas.

"My horse was the smallest horse in the class, but his abilities are amazing" said Kerins after receiving his $22,500 first place check. "I feel so lucky to ride him. He's a once in a lifetime horse for me."

Following the class, Kent Farrington was awarded the Richard and Diana Feldman Perpetual Challenge Trophy for Excellence given to the rider who wins the most money from the $75,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid Presented by RV Sales of Broward and the $75,000 Hermes Grandprix.

Earlier in the day, Hallie Buttenwieser won the $10,000 Intercat Inc. Junior Jumper Classic. Buttenwieser rode Aguila to two fault-free rides and a jump-off time of 33.742 seconds to win the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series event. Whitney Weeks followed that with a win in the $10,000 Charlotte Bobcats Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, also part of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series. Weeks rode Subliem to two fault-free rides and a jump-off time of 32.726 seconds to claim the win.

The 2008 Lake Placid Horse Show and I Love New York Horse Show sponsors include A & M Beverages, A Placid Life, Adirondack Life, Adirondack Store, American Grandprix Association, Animal Planet, Anonymous, Bainbridge Farms LLC, Brandy Parfums, Ltd., The Brown Dog Café and Wine Bar, Budweiser, Carr-Hughes Productions, Chair 6, Champlain Valley Equipment, Charlie's Restaurant, Charlotte Bobcats, Jane Forbes Clark, C.M. Hadfield's Saddlery, Inc., The Cottage Café, The Country Saddler, Ltd., Crossroad's Caterers, Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club, David R. Fowler Custom Tack Trunks, Deeridge Farms, Der Dau Custom Boots and Shoes, The Dutta Corp., Ecogold, Equifit, Farm and Ranch Magazine, Fox Run, Ltd., Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, Grill 211, Mr. James Harpel, Hermès, High Peaks Resort, The Hooker Family, Horse Watch, Intercat, Inc., J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, Jake Placid Doghouse, Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC, Juliam Farm, Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau, The Leone Family, The Levy Family, Lonesome Landing Garden Center, Mirror Lake Inn, Mountain Horse, Mr. Mike's Pizza & Pasta, Moss Communications, Bobby & Melissa Murphy, Nicola's On Main, 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, Sam Edelman Shoes, Sand Castle Farm, Saratoga Living, Michael & Lora Schultz, Sidelines, Storm Ridge Capital LLC, Stretton Enterprises, Town of North Elba Park District, Turtle Lane Farm, The Weeks Family, The Whiteface Lodge, Woodlea Farms, WPTZ News Channel 5, and Y106.3 - Mountain Communications LLC.

Full results and more information is available by calling the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or visiting www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.