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Articles: Press Release
Stellar Roster Entered In 2nd Annual Zada Enterprises, LLC Dressage At
The National
Contact:
Mason Phelps, Jr. or Beverly Lake Wilkes of Phelps Wilkes &
Associates, Inc. at 561.753.3389 or at info@phelpswilkes.com
WELLINGTON, FL - November 4, 2003 - The 2nd Annual Zada Enterprises, LLC
Dressage at the National, held in conjunction with the 120th National
Horse Show Outdoor Championships, will host riders from November 28-30,
2003, at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club show grounds in Wellington,
FL. Five-time Olympian Robert Dover has two mounts entered in the Grand
Prix on Friday, November 28. Dover will ride Rainier (his mount at the
2000 Sydney Olympic Games) and FBW Kennedy, the former mount of Olympian
Lone Jorgenssen of Denmark, recently imported for Dover's bid for the
2004 Athens Olympic Games. Jane Clark owns both horses.
The opening day Grand Prix will feature 15 rides, highlighted by Dover
and a host of international stars and medallists including Dr. Cesar
Parra of Colombia with two new mounts - Galant du Serein and Leonberg;
Lars Petersen of Denmark aboard Dansko's Success; Mirja Block of Germany
with her flashy Asarhaddon; and Marco Bernal of Colombia with Koenraad.
A stellar roster of U.S. riders rounds out the Grand Prix with Heather
Bender riding her longtime partner Mikhail; Arlene Page on the
spectacular mare Claire; Lynda Alicki introducing Kratu; and Janne
Rumbough on her elegant Andalusian stallion Triunfador XVIII.
Prior to the afternoon Grand Prix competition, opening day kicks off
with the Prix St. Georges starting at 8am. Competing in a class of 18
entries are professionals as well as top amateurs including the
defending champion of the class Bethany Peslar aboard her Flinstone, and
Melissa Taylor Yee with her award-winning mount Ike and her newest horse
Schumacker.
On Saturday, November 29, Dressage at the National features three FEI
classes - the Intermediaire I, Intermediaire II and the Grand Prix
Special - for a total of 29 rides scheduled from 9am until 4:30pm. The
most hotly contested class will be the I-I with 16 entries. Competing in
the I-II will be Katherine Bateson aboard Ramazon, a horse owned and
ridden by the show's sponsor, Joe Zada. The main event, the Grand Prix
Special will be highlighted by rides from top amateurs including Emmy
Adwers with two mounts, PF Robinson 94 and Ali Baba 92, as well as
professionals and USET members Heather Bender with two mounts, Bona Sera
and Mikhail, and Lynda Alicki aboard Kratu.
With a total purse of $10,000 in prize money and awards at stake, as
well as opportunities to qualify for the 2004 GAIG/USDF Regional
Championships, top riders are also entered in the full range of dressage
competitions from Training Level through Fourth Level; Team and
Individual Tests for Young Riders and Junior Riders; and FEI Young Horse
classes. Olympian Bent Jensen will introduce Rockefeller at First and
Second Level. Tara Stegen will show the spectacular, recently imported
Friesian stallion Ynze at Second Level. Kathryn Groves, a member of the
U.S. team at the recent I.P.E.C. Dressage World Championships in
Moorsele, Belgium, will compete two horses at Fourth Level - Freek and
Fleetwood. Two of the most winning teens, Suzanne LaPorte and her
brother Trae LaPorte, fresh off their victories at Devon, will be
competing in their Young and Junior Rider divisions. Highlighting the
FEI Young Horse classes for Five-Year-Olds will be Susanne Benne aboard
Carousel and Lynda Alicki with Guardian Angel; and in the FEI class for
Six-Year-Olds, Sasha Newman will showcase the talented Nagir De
Taillevent.
The 2nd Annual Zada Enterprises, LLC Dressage at the National wraps up
on Sunday, November 29, with the FEI Musical Freestyle classes. Top
competitors in the finale of the show are Lynda Alicki aboard Aliandro
in the I-I Freestyle; and Dr. Cesar Parra, Janne Rumbough, and Arlene
Page in the Grand Prix Freestyle.
Tickets
Children age 12 and under are always free. General admission seating
for adults, Wednesday through Saturday (on Friday, there will be
separate day and evening tickets), will be $10/each, with Sunday priced
at $15/each; children over the age of 12 and seniors (65 and older) will
be $7/each. Diamond Horse Shoe Club and box seating information and
reservations can be obtained by calling (800) 237-8924 or the Special
Events office at (561) 753-3389.
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