FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phelps Media Group, Inc. International MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Wood for Phelps Media Group, Inc. at (561) 753-3389 or at pmginfo@phelpsmediagroup.com WEB SITE: PMG Press Releases are available at http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com JT Farm Has Continued Success at Manchester Summer Festival Horse Show East Dorset, VT - July 21, 2008 - Trainer Jimmy Toon led JT Farm to many wins and championships at the Manchester Summer Festival Horse Show, which ran from July 16-20. JT Farm has two locations in South Salem, NY and Wellington, FL. Dudley Macfarlane had a great week with three of her horses. Reserve champion in the Adult Amateur Hunters 46 and Over was her mount Authentic. They picked up two firsts, two seconds, third and fourth-place ribbons. They were also first in the M&S Adult Amateur Hunter Classic and third in the NAL/WIHS Adult Amateur Hunter Classic. All The Stars was fifth in a Pre-Green class and sixth, seventh and eighth in the Adult Amateurs. Accolade came away with two seconds, third and fifth-place ribbons in the Amateur Owner Hunters. Carolyn Lichtenberg won her NEHC Hunt Seat Medal class on JT Farm's The Boss. Lichtenberg and The Boss also competed in the older Large Junior Hunters and received second, seventh, two eighths and ninth-place ribbons. She also rode Avalon, another JT Farm horse and was second in the WIHS Hunter Phase, sixth in the WIHS Jumper Phase and ended up second overall. With her continued success in the equitation ring this week, Katie Galbraith qualified for the equitation finals at the end of the season. On Latino, she picked up fifth and sixth-place ribbons in the Low Junior Jumpers. Galbraith piloted Spock to a fifth in the USEF Hunt Seat Medal. On her other horse Harley, they received fifth and eighth-place ribbons in the younger Junior Hunters and a second in the ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship class. My Disguise, owned by Olivia Jack, was ridden by Madyn Field in the equitation and hunters. In the Equitation 12-14, Field was awarded a fourth-place ribbon. She was fourth in the younger Children's Hunters and third in the Modified Children's Hunters. Jimmy Toon rode two horses in the Green Working Hunter Division. Cayero, owned by Francesca Giammalva, received a third and two seventh-place ribbons. JT Farm's Another Brother was eighth and ninth. In the hunters, Francesca Giammalva and her horse Cayero won a Hi-Low Hunter class and also received a fourth. In the younger Children's Hunters she was seventh and eighth. She picked up second and two sevenths in the Modified Children's Hunters, making her reserve champion. New student Celeste Mastrodoni competed on Nina Simon's horse La Gala. She picked up a sixth place in the Maiden Equitation and a third in Novice Equitation. Brianne Link was very busy riding and competed on three ponies. Foxcroft Veronsky and Link won a Large Children's Pony Hunter class and also rode to third and sixth-place ribbons. Link was second in the younger Equitation and came away with two fifth and eighth-place ribbons in the Modified Children's Hunters. Asgard Mercury was ridden in the Children's Small/Medium Pony Hunters, where Link received second, fourth and eighth-place ribbons. She also rode Samantha Johnson's pony A Happy Medium in the Pre-Green Pony Hunters, where she won fourth and eighth-place awards. Another week at the Manchester Classic Horse Show is in order for JT Farm. The show will run from July 23-27, 2008. For the finest hunter, equitation, and jumper instruction in the South Salem, NY, and Wellington, FL, areas, look no further than JT Farm. At JT Farm, riders of all levels are welcome and are afforded the very best training by a staff of experienced, caring professionals who are committed to excellence in the show ring in equitation, hunters and jumpers. For more information on JT Farm, please visit www.jtfarm.com. |