July 8, 2001 LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK-Emily Harris rode Queen to victory in the North American League (NAL) Adult Jumper Classic Sunday to close the 24th annual I Love New York Horse Show.

Harris was one of 19 entries from the starting field of 55 to reach a tiebreaking jump-off by riding without penalty over the 16-jump, first-round course at the North Elba Show Grounds. She was the 11th to return for the seven-jump tiebreaker course and she claimed the win with a fault-free ride in 34.284 seconds.

Second place went to John Pigott of Katonah, NY who finished the jump-off clean in 36.198 seconds on Casper and third went to Nancy Hooker of Wellington, FL who was fault-free in 37.669 seconds on Kaiser. The NAL is a year-long series of competitions held in six divisions: Adult and Children’s Jumper, Adult and Children’s Hunter, Pony Jumper and Open Jumper Speed.

The NAL hosts year-end finals at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in October as well as five regional events. The following shows have been designated as NAL Regional Shows for 2001: the Vermont Summer Festival (Sugarbush Horse Show) - August 1-5, Waitsfield, VT for zone 1; the Quentin Riding Club Fall Horse Show - August 30-Sept 3, Quentin, PA for zone 2; the Biltmore Summer Classic II - July 18-22, Asheville, NC for zone 3; the Chateau Elan Summer Horse Show - August 24-26, Braselton, GA for zone 4 and the Blue Grass Festival - August 15-19, 2001 Lexington, KY for zone 5.

The 2001 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows saw history made by U.S. Olympic veteran Margie Goldstein Engle of Wellington, FL as she joined Leslie Burr Howard and Debbie Dolan Sweeney as the only riders to sweep Lake Placid’s two Grandprix events in one year. Engle won the $50,000 Budweiser Garndprix of Lake Placid for the Whitney Perpetual Challenge Trophy on her 2000 Sydney Olympic mount, Hidden Creek’s Perin on Wednesday, July 4. Three days later, she won the horse shows’ other Grandprix, the $50,000 Supracor I Love New York Grandprix, on Reggae, the same horse on which she had won that Grandprix in 1999. Her two Grandprix wins easily made Engle the winner of this year’s Martin Stone Award as the leading Grandprix rider at the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows.

Winning the horse shows’ Jimmy Quinn Award as the leading amateur-owner rider of the two shows was Danielle Torano of Fort Lauderdale, FL who won the $20,000 Mirror Lake Inn/Pin Oak Farm Amateur-Owner Grandprix on Lojana.

Heather and Charlie Hooker of Wellington, FL and their dog, Dottie, a five-year-old Jack Russell Terrier, won the horse shows’ ninth annual Doggie Costume Contest, sponsored by Lonesome Landing of Saranac Lake and the Brown Dog Deli and Wine Bar of Lake Placid. They won for the second straight year. Their costume was “Hurry Home Cinderella”.

The horse shows’ annual Window Decorating Contest was won by the Adirondack Trading Company. The Market and Reflections Antiques tied for second and Ben & Jerry’s was third. The Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows are made possible through the generosity of many supporters and sponsors. Sponsors for the 2001 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows include A&M Beverages, Inc., American Grandprix Association, Brandy Parfums, Inc., Budweiser, C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery, Inc., CellularOne, Jane F. Clark, Cosequin/Nutramax Labs, Lisa A. H. Cudahy, Der-Dau Custom Made Boots, David Fowler Carpentry, Golden Arrow Hotel, Juliam Farm, Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors’ Bureau, Lake Placid Lodge, Lonesome Landing, Miller’s Harness Company, Mirror Lake Inn, Moss Communications, Nicola’s Family Restaurants, ORDA-Whiteface Mountain, Pepsi-Cola Keeseville Bottling Company, Pin Oak Farm, Price Chopper, Red Kap Sales, Inc., Sand Castle Farm, LLC, Supracor, Swedish Hill Winery, The Brown Dog Deli & Wine Bar, The Hooker Family, The Phelps School, The Philips Family, Town of North Elba Park District, Trelawny Farm, Turtle Lane Farm, and WPTZ News Channel 5.

For more information, please call the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or visit the web site at www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.