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Wayne, IL - September 24, 2009 - Charlie Jayne and Pony Lane Farm's Carentina III put in the fastest clear jump-off round to win this morning's $10,000 Welcome Stake at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship Horse Show. Held at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, IL, the show will run through Sunday, September 27, 2009, featuring "A" rated hunter and four-star jumper competition throughout the week.

Maryland's Kenny Krome designed today's courses in the Grand Prix Ring and out of the original 19 entries in the $10,000 Welcome Stake, eleven went clear to jump off against the clock. Charlie Jayne of Elgin, IL, rode six horses in this morning's class and qualified four for the jump-off, but Carentina III was the fastest of only four double clear rounds to take the top prize in a time of 42.861 seconds. Wilhelm Genn, who is currently at the top of the standings for the Showplace Leading Open Jumper Rider bonus, took the second place honors with Chantal, owned by Laura Ryan Barnaclo. The pair galloped through the timers less than a second behind Jayne in a time of 43.789 seconds.

Class winner Carentina III is a nine-year-old mare that was recently purchased by Pony Lane Farm of South Jordan, UT. Charlie Jayne showed the mare in several speed classes while competing in Europe this summer and noted that he sees a lot of potential in the Charlie Jayne and Carentina III young horse.

"She is very easy, very straightforward, and very careful and scopey," Jayne (right) stated. "She has a huge stride. She kind of goes in one rhythm with her head down like a hunter ride and you don't have to do much. You just basically turn and kick and she does the rest."

"She did great with the course today," Jayne added. "I don't think she has jumped a jump since we were in Dublin, which was five weeks ago, so this was kind of her first show back. She had to get back in the rhythm, but she felt great; she was really fresh and good."

Jayne had the opportunity to ride today's course on five other horses before he got to Carentina III at the end of the class, and he rode the course differently each round until he finally got it right. "I tried about five things on the other horses and they didn't work out, so I finally just kind of perfected it," Jayne laughed. "All of them actually jumped really well today; I was happy with all of the horses."

Jayne rides out of his family's Our Day Farm in Elgin, IL, and has been showing at Lamplight and Showplace Production's horse shows for many years. He noted that the environment and great venue keep the shows fun each year. "Pat (Boyle) does a great job running this horse show and I think the rings and the location are great," Jayne said. "The barns are all put together nicely. They just really try to make it work for the horses here; its not always about the business, it's about the horses first, and they do a really good job of that."

Jayne plans to show in Saturday's $25,000 Tapestry Farm Leading Rider Finals Grand Prix and will then go to New Albany for another grand prix on Sunday. He will then take a week off before a busy indoor schedule in Harrisburg, Washington D.C. and Syracuse. Following the fall season Pony Lane Farm's Kelsey Thatcher will take over riding Carentina III in the High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers.

Following this morning's Welcome Stake, the Grand Prix Ring hosted the $5,000 NAL Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, which was won by 18-year-old Ellie Morris of Hinsdale, IL, and her horse High Rustler. A class of 24 entries showed in the afternoon's Ellie Morris and High RustlerClassic, and 14 went clear in the first round to jump-off. It became a race to the finish as the riders maneuvered the course and galloped through the timers one after the other, but it was Ellie Morris and High Rustler who led the victory gallop as the pair stopped the clock in 30.242 seconds for the win. Rachel Reid rode her horse Blossom to a clear round in 31.746 seconds earning second place, while Haley Banas and Limelight stopped the clock in 31.764 seconds for third.

High Rustler is an eight-year-old Belgian Warmblood nicknamed Reno that Morris bought as a five-year-old. "He is a little crazy, but he is manageable most of the time," Morris (left) stated. "He was really good today. I thought the course was pretty technical in some places, and I haven't ridden in five weeks so it was kind of hard getting back in the groove, but I feel good now because we had a great show."

"I just rode the course like I usually do and it worked out," Morris added. "The main strategy for the jump-off was to leave the stride out in the first line then to kick in every turn and get to the fence as fast as possible. Then in the last line I just wanted to run dead out as fast as I could, which is easy with him because he is so fast."

Morris has had a lot of success with Reno this year, winning the NAL Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic at the Ledges Fall Classic most recently. She is also currently leading the state Illinois Hunter Jumper Association (IHJA) Junior Jumper standings and has been champion in the Junior Jumpers many times this year. The next stop for Morris is the NAL Finals in Harrisburg in October.

There were several other big wins in the Grand Prix Ring today as the Showplace Fall Classic Championship Horse Show continued its exciting competition. The morning began with the presentation of the Seven & Eight-Year-Old Young Jumper championship to Denise Wilson and Quick King Z, owned by Blue Gate Farm of Oconomowoc, WI. Kelsey Thatcher of South Jordan, UT, then rode to victory in the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search riding Missy Clark and North Run's Raven. That was followed up by a winning round for Stephanie Mengarelli of Kildeer, IL, aboard her horse Lonestar in the $1,500 WIHS Children's/Adult Jumper Classic.

The Showplace Fall Classic Championship Horse Show will continue tomorrow with much more exciting jumper competition in the Grand Prix Ring, including the $10,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic T.H.I.S Leading Rider Series Final, the $1,500 Low Adult Jumper Classic Ann K. Hubbards Leading Rider Series Final, and the $1,500 NAL Low Children's Jumper Classic Our Day Farm Leading Rider Series Final. The 2009 Showplace Leading Rider Series will conclude on Saturday following the $25,000 Tapestry Farm Leading Rider Series Final Grand Prix. The show will run through September 27, 2009, at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois. For further information on Showplace Productions and the Showplace Fall Classic Championship Horse Show, please visit www.showplaceproductions.com.