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Upper Marlboro, MD - October 7, 2008 - Katherine Newman of Wellington, FL, accumulated top ribbons and two tricolors this past week at the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, MD. The young rider trains with her parents, Kathy and Gerry, at their hunter/jumper show stable Allwyn Court. At Capital Challenge, Newman showed multiple catch-rides in the junior hunters and equitation classes.

In the Small Junior 16-17 Hunter division, the young rider rode Lifetime Guarantee for Robert Cole and came home with consistent ribbons. In addition, they pinned fourth in the World Champion Junior Hunter Under Saddle. She showed Pirate in the older Small Juniors for Boggs Hill Farm, and the pair earned second and sixth place over fences. They also finished seventh in the WCHR Junior Challenge. "In the class that he was second, Pirate scored an 88.5. He jumped very well this week," said Newman.

She competed in the Large Junior 16-17 Hunters with Pacemaker, a catch-ride that she showed for V. Mavec LLC. Pacemaker rode to a blue ribbon finish in the handy hunter class. Newman commented, "He got scores of 91 and 90 in the handy hunter. He was awesome! He jumped high and was very responsive." Along with their first, they earned the reserve championship after winning two fifths over fences and seventh place under saddle. She also competed with All The Answers, owned by Sherri Crawford.

In the 17-Year-Old Equitation division, Newman came away with the reserve championship after she pinned second in both over fences classes. In the first over fences, she rode Goodtime for Laura Patava and Bonaventure Farm. In the second class, she piloted Wave On Wave for SBS Farms Inc.

Katherine Newman of Allwyn Court will compete next at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, PA.