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The trip to Maui
came down to the last horse show of the season
at the Colorado Horse Park - the High Prairie
Fall Classic - before the winner of the Langer
Equestrian Group's Colorado Trainer Incentive
Program was decided. But in the end, it was Molly
Rinedollar who ended up with the top prize - a
$1,500 check and an eight-day/seven-night stay
at the Marriott Ocean Resort in Maui on Kaanapali
Beach. Tracye Ferguson was second, earning a $1,250
award. Becky Andrews came away with $1,000 as
the third place trainer while Randy Henry earned
$750 for finishing fourth. Michael Dennehy rounded
out the top five and pocketed a prize of $500.
The Incentive Program
spanned the entire show season at the Colorado
Horse Park and included eight horse shows. At
every show, the horse show's computer program
calculated each trainer's highest scoring hunter,
jumper and equitation rider. Points were calculated
only from classes that counted toward a show championship.
First earned 10 points, second earned six, third
earned four, fourth earned two, fifth earned one
and sixth earned one-half point.
In the end, it was
Rinedollar's nearly 700 points that provided her
with the win.
Two shows rounded
out the eight show hunter/jumper series at the
Colorado Horse Park, and both shows featured special
classes and championships in addition to the awarding
of the Colorado Trainer Incentives. Courtney Aspinwall
aboard Wild Card won the Marshall & Sterling Midwest
Jumper Finals, and the pair also won the Marshall
& Sterling Jumper Classic. Page
Tredennick not only won the Marshall & Sterling
Midwest Hunter Finals on her Blue Note, but she
also won the Marshall & Sterling Hunter Classic.
Paul Rorhbach and
RJR Farms' Jack of Hearts topped the $3,500 Mini-Prix
both weeks. In the HBO Children's Medal Final,
Sophie Chavanon earned top honors aboard her Reverie.
In the HBO Junior
Medal Final, Kerrie Nelson was named champion,
and in the HBO Adult Final Brianna Hammerman led
the victory gallop. "The course was really fun,"
said Hammerman, who trains with Tracye Ferguson
at Meridian Riding Club in Golden. "There were
a lot of singles set on the half-stride out of
the corner and several bending lines. It was pretty
technical."
The Finals action
continued into week two of the show series where
Lindsey Sceats won a very competitive Maclay Regional
Final. Nelson, a student of Corky Shaha, also
continued her winning ways by topping both the
Zone 8 Junior Medal Final and the Colorado National
Junior Medal Final.
Olivia Chowdry won
the Colorado National Children's Medal Final after
narrowly beating out barnmate Katie Hurrell for
the championship. And in the Colorado National
Pony Medal Final, Nell Maynard was named champion.
But the Juniors weren't
the only ones with Finals competition. Nicola
Thompson, who rides with Laurie Grayson of Just
a Little Farm in Golden (CO), won the Zone 8 Adult
Medal Final. Brittany Brevard won the Colorado
National Amateur Final aboard Luther, and in the
Colorado National Adult Final, Leesa Carver rode
her Reveille to the championship.
Other big winners
during the second week of horse shows included
Angenita Grande who won the Marshall & Sterling
Jumper Classic aboard King Morgan, Marlena Carlson
who topped the Marshall & Sterling Hunter Classic
on her A Thousand Words, and Alexandra Vanderrest
who won the Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Classic
on Aero Plane 2.
A-rated horse shows
return to the Colorado Horse Park in May 2007.
Check the Langer Equestrian Group website at www.langerequestrian.com
for specific show information and breaking news.
(Please
note information for this press release was provided
by the Langer Equestrian Group)
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