Top jumpers out for rich American Gold Cup
A star-studded lineup of world-class demo jumpers volition compete for the 2012 American Gold Cup title inwards New York adjacent month.
The demo at Old Salem Farm inwards North Salem gets nether agency on September 12 together with runs to the 16th. The famed $200,000 American Gold Cup is the highlight final result on the lastly Sunday.
This year’s final result has been designated an FEI CSI 4*-W, alongside Lord's Day American Gold beingness an East Coast League World Cup qualifying final result for the 2012/2013 demo jumping season.
With over $30 1 K one thousand dollars inwards improvements, Old Salem Farm, inwards New York’s Westchester County, is a 120 acre equestrian venue, offering state-of-the-art facilities.
Highlighting the roster of riders scheduled to compete are iv of the 5 members of the 2012 London Olympic team, including starters Beezie Madden, Reed Kessler together with McLain Ward together with offset alternate, Charlie Jayne.
Madden together with Ward are both two-time Olympic Gold medal winners.
Interestingly, patch Madden is the defending champion, having won the final result when it was lastly held inwards Cleveland inwards 2010, the American Gold Cup is 1 of the few major American demo jumping events that McLain Ward does non include on his long listing of victories. He volition try to add together that elusive Gold Cup championship to his impressive resume inwards September. Madden besides won the American Gold Cup inwards 1989 inwards Philadelphia.
Madden volition conduct from an outstanding array of mounts, including Cortes C, Mademoiselle together with Vanilla. Ward has iv of his overstep horses entered for the Gold Cup. Led past times veteran campaigner Rothchild, Ward volition besides conduct maintain Zander, Vocas together with Pjotter van de Zonnehoeve to conduct from.
“I’m thrilled that the American Gold Cup is getting novel life,” said Ward. “It’s 1 of the slap-up competitions of our province together with it’s 1 I’ve never won. It is an final result I’d actually similar to set on my resume at some point.”
Ward, who is based inwards nearby Brewster, NY, added, “I’m rattling excited that the demo is coming to our hometown. The Hakim menage unit of measurement has invested a tremendous amount of coin inwards the facility at Old Salem which is actually first-rate now. I intend what’s happening, alongside the Old Salem demo inwards the outpouring together with now, having the Gold Cup hither inwards our area, which actually is the truthful master Equus caballus upper-case missive of the alphabet of the United States, merely adds to that excitement,” he said.
Kessler, who became the youngest demo jumper to always compete inwards an Olympic Games lastly month, has 2 mounts, Mika together with Onisha. Meanwhile, Jayne has Urbanus entered at Old Salem.
The American Gold Cup is a championship that has besides eluded America’s winningest grand prix rider, Margie Engle. Engle volition try to alter that when she comes to North Salem alongside her overstep 2 mounts, Indigo together with Royce.
Christine McCrea, the 2011 Pan Am Games Individual Gold Medalist is besides on this year’s roster of world-class riders.
Other overstep US riders scheduled to compete at this year’s American Gold Cup include Kent Farrington, who is coming off a tremendously successful run at the summertime serial at Spruce Meadows inwards Calgary, Canada before this year. Farrington is energized most the provide of the American Gold Cup. “The Gold Cup is 1 of the oldest together with most prestigious events inwards US Show Jumping together with then I intend it’s actually exciting that we’re continuing that tradition,” he said.
“I intend North Salem is a slap-up place for a Equus caballus show. There are a lot of Equus caballus enthusiasts inwards that area, it’s some New York City together with I intend it volition live overnice to conduct maintain a slap-up demo inwards a slap-up facility. I’m actually looking frontward to it.”
Candice King, the winner of this year’s Fidelity Jumper Classic volition live in that place alongside Campbell VDL together with and then volition Molly Ashe-Cawley, a winner at Devon this year. Ashe-Cawley brings Executive Privilege together with Carissimo, who she rode to victory before inwards the yr at Old Salem inwards the $25,000 North Salem Grand Prix. Charlie Jacobs volition conduct maintain 2 horses at Old Salem, including Flaming Star, winner of the $25,000 Fieldstone Grand Prix merely a calendar week ago.
Also on the list, Quentin Judge, who volition compete alongside HH Carotino together with Cara Raether, from nearby Bedford, NY, who brings iii horses to this year’s class. Georgina Bloomberg, summer-based inwards North Salem, merely of late returned to grand prix activity next dorsum surgical operation together with volition compete at this year’s American Gold Cup alongside iii of her overstep mounts.
Internationally, the British Isles volition conduct maintain slap-up representation inwards North Salem alongside Richie Maloney together with Shane Sweetnam of Republic of Ireland together with Tim Gredley of Great United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland scheduled to compete. Sweetnam comes off a win inwards Lexington merely weeks agone patch Maloney had a clutch ride that keyed the exciting Irish Gaelic victory inwards the FEI Nations Cup contest at Dublin, Ireland, recently. Also competing is Brazil’s Paulo Santana alongside Taloubet.
The demo volition characteristic a total array of jumper classes, including sections for Children together with Adult Jumpers, Low together with High Junior/Amateur Jumpers, addition Young Jumpers. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 $25,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Classic volition accept pump phase on Sat together with the twenty-four hours volition besides include $10,000 NAL Classics for Children, Adults together with Low Junior/Amateurs.
Highlight events for Open Jumpers include the $7,500 Hallway Feed & KER Sport Horse Nutrition Open Jumpers on Wednesday, $10,000 1.45m Speed course of report on Thursday, the $50,000 American Gold Cup Qualifier on Friday, the $35,000 Double H Farm American Gold Cup Jumper Classic on Sat together with of course, Sunday’s brain event, the 42nd edition of the $200,000 American Gold Cup.
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