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Articles: Press Release
Lisa Singer Wins Triple Crown of Driving
Contact:
Marty Bauman, (508) 698-6810
classicomm@aol.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Presented By Driving Essentials/Glinkowski Carriages
Fair Hill, MD—October 28, 2002—Lisa Singer of Chadds Ford, PA, won the 2002
Triple Crown of Driving, presented by Driving Essentials/Glinkowski
Carriages, marking the third time she has won the Triple Crown since the
series’s inauguration in 1996. Singer also claimed the Triple Crown title
in 1996 and 1997.
Driving a Morgan pair owned by Mimi Thorington, Singer started off the
series in second place behind Kate Shields of Middleburg, VA, following the
first leg held at The Laurels at Landhope Driving Event in September.
There, Shields won the Advanced Singles division with a score of 108.10
penalties, and Singer won the Advanced Pairs division with a score of
110.70.
Singer then took first place in the United States Equestrian Team Pairs
Championship at the Gladstone Driving Event, the second leg of the Triple
Crown, held October 11-13, with a score of 118.88 penalties. Her score, the
best overall, propelled her into first place in the Triple Crown series
going into the third and final leg of the series at the Fair Hill
International, October 24-27. Shields won the Advanced Singles division at
Gladstone with a score of 129.63 penalties, placing her second overall in
the Triple Crown standings.
Singer took first place in Fair Hill’s Advanced Pairs division with a score
of 143.90 penalties. Her overall total of 229.60 penalties (counting her
two best of three scores) gave Singer the Triple Crown title over Shields,
who placed fifth in the Advanced Singles division at Fair Hill with a score
of 132.60 penalties. Shields finished in second place in the Triple Crown
standings with a final score of 237.70 penalties.
Following is a breakdown of the final 2002 Triple Crown of Driving
standings:
| Name |
Laurels |
Place |
Gladstone |
Total |
Place |
Fair Hill |
Best 2 |
Final |
| Singer, Lisa
| 110.70
| 2
| 118.90
| 229.60
| 1
| (143.94)
| 229.60
| 1
|
| Shields, Kate
| 108.10
| 1
| 129.60
| 237.70
| 2
| (132.58)
| 237.70
| 2
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| Vanderhoof, Dave
| 132.30
| 3
| 133.10
| 265.10
| 3
| (141.71)
| 265.10
| 3
|
| Poulin, Larry
| 150.60
| 4
| (177.20E)
| 327.80
| 4
| 144.84
| 295.44
| 4
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The Triple Crown champion was determined by adding each competitor’s two
best final scores from the three events – The Laurels, the Gladstone Driving
Event, and the Fair Hill International – with the championship being awarded
to the driver with the lowest combined score from his or her two best
events. The competition is open to horses showing at the advanced level in
the Singles or Pairs divisions. There is no U.S. citizenship requirement,
but drivers must compete at all three of the participating events.
As the 2002 Triple Crown champion, Lisa Singer received a Glinkowski
Carriage provided by Driving Essentials, Inc. Previous winners of the
Triple Crown of Driving are Nancy Johnson (2001), Sue Mott (2000), Kimberly
Wheeler (1999), Elizabeth Chesson (1998), and Lisa Singer (1996 and 1997).
For more information on the Triple Crown of Driving, please call (610)
486-6484.
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