With So Much Going On In Lake Placid, This Is One Horse Show That Can’t Be Missed
The Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows return to the beautiful Adirondack Mountains, June 27 – July 9. There is good reason that so many people continue to return to Lake Placid year after year and the horse show is only part of it.
Not many horse shows can combine a world-class event with small town charms and continually bring together families, celebrities, Olympians, and an array of champions like the Lake Placid Horse Shows.
Those who have made the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows the traditional start to their summer know the wonderful feeling of being in Lake Placid—finishing their show day with a stroll down Main Street with an ice cream cone in hand, taking a carriage ride around Mirror Lake, or dining in one of the many outstanding restaurants one finds in Lake Placid.
What sets the Lake Placid Horse Shows apart from all other horse shows is not only the incredible beauty of the village of Lake Placid and the surrounding Adirondack Region, but the shows and show grounds itself.
Well-known as host of two Olympic Winter Games, Lake Placid offers a natural beauty with a chance for outdoor activity that is just as spectacular in the summer as it is in winter. Whether it’s fishing, swimming, golfing, hiking, canoeing, camping, biking or any of myriad other activities, it is hard to imagine anyone not thoroughly enjoying their two-week stay at the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows.
Lake Placid attracts America’s absolute best show jumping riders like Olympic veteran and eight-time American Grandprix Association Rider of the Year Margie Goldstein Engle and 2004 Athens Olympic team Gold Medalists Chris Kappler and McLain Ward. Often on hand to watch these top stars are stars of a different type, stars that in recent years have included Glenn Close, Paula Zahn, Lou Dobbs, Ahmad Rashad and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. They single out Lake Placid as a horse show they don’t want to miss because there’s no better way to start summer than with two weeks in one of the world’s choice locations.
Visitors to Lake Placid can take an Olympic tour to view the facilities from the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. Lake Placid also features the Verizon Sports Complex, a multi-facility training and competition site for world-class cross country skiing, biathlon, bobsled, skeleton and luge athletes. Visitors can watch training, the annual Fourth of July ski jump competition and can also take a Trolley Tour of the complex. It’s even possible to take a ride down the Olympic bobsled run!
Few towns welcome horse show exhibitors quite like Lake Placid. Horse show flags line Main Street as village merchants fly them in front of their stores. Merchants also get into the spirit, and demonstrate their “horse sense” and artistic flair, with their displays in the Annual Equestrian Window Decorating Contest held concurrently with the horse shows. The equestrian-themed window displays are popular with horse show participants, spectators, and shoppers as local businesses welcome members of the horse show community to town.
The horse shows include two AGA Grandprix Series events—the $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* Presented by RV Sales of Broward on Sunday, July 2 and the $60,000 Hermès I Love New York Grandprix CSI 3* on Saturday, July 8. In addition, the 2006 Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows also offer North American League, Washington International Horse Show, World Champion Hunter Rider, and Show Jumping Hall of Fame classes.
Highlights of the Lake Placid Horse Show schedule include:
Wed., June 28 1.35m Adirondack Store Jump-off
Thu., June 29 CSI 3* Turtle Lane Farm Open Jumper Classic
Fri., June 30 1.40m Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club Lake Placid NAL Open Speed Stake
1.45m Whiteface Mountain Open Jumper Stake
Sat., July 1 Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
The Whiteface Lodge NAL Adult Amateur Jumper Classic
Adirondack Life Low Junior Jumper Classic
1.45m Golden Arrow Open Jumper Class
Hilton Lake Placid Resort 1.40m Speed Challenge
Sun., July 2 Bainbridge Farms LLC NAL Adult Amateur Hunter Classic
Bainbridge Farms LLC Junior/Amateur-Owner Hunter Classic
NAL Children’s Hunter Classic
Pepsi Bottling Co. High Junior Jumper Classic
Mirror Lake Inn High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
Juliam Farm Lead Line
C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery Parade of Champions
$60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* presented by
RV Sales of Broward
Highlights of the I Love New York Horse Shows schedule include:
Wed., July 5 WPTZ News Channel 5 1.35m Class
1.45m Farm & Ranch Magazine Open Speed Stake
Thu., July 6 1.40m Wild Horse Winery NAL Open Speed Stake
Fri., July 7 1.40m Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau Speed Challenge
Nicola’s Restaurants 1.45m Open Jumper class
Sat., July 8 Marantz Family High Junior Jumper Classic
Charlotte Bobcats Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
Woodlea Farms Parade of Champions
$60,000 Hermès I Love New York Grandprix CSI 3*
Sun., July 9 Whiteface Lodge WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper Classic
The Levy Family Low Junior Jumper Classic
Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic
Price Chopper WIHS Children’s Jumper Classic
Pony Hunter Classic
Kathy Scholl Equitation Championship
After the Hermès I Love New York Grand Prix, the Richard and Diana Feldman Perpetual Challenge Trophy for Excellence is awarded to the rider who has won the most prize money in Lake Placid’s two Grand Prix combined. The Lake Placid Horse Shows also offer the $25,000 Hidden Creek Challenge with $25,000 to be awarded to any horse-and-rider combination that wins both the Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* presented by RV Sales of Broward and the Hermès I Love New York Grandprix CSI 3*.
The $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* Presented by RV Sales of Broward will be televised on Outdoor Life Network (OLN) and both Grand Prix events are FEI sanctioned, offering riders the opportunity to earn valuable points on the international rider rankings.
The 2006 Lake Placid Horse Show and I Love New York Horse Show sponsors include A&M Beverages, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Adirondack Life, Adirondack Store, American Grandprix Association, Anonymous, Ariat International, Inc., Bainbridge Farms LLC, Barbara & Michael Bitterman, Brandy Parfums, Ltd., The Brown Dog Café and Wine Bar, Budweiser, Carr-Hughes Productions, The Charlotte Bobcats, Jane Forbes Clark, C.M. Hadfield’s Saddlery, Inc., Clothes Line Laundry, The Cottage Café, The Country Saddler, Ltd., Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club Lake Placid, David R. Fowler Custom Tack Trunks, Deeridge Farms, Der Dau Custom Boots and Shoes, Equifit, Farm and Ranch Magazine, Fox Run, Ltd., Golden Arrow Hotel, Grill 211, Mr. James Harpel, Hermès, Hilton Lake Placid Resort, The Hooker Family, Horse Watch, James Leslie Parker Photography, Juliam Farm, Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau, Lake Placid News, The Leone Family, The Levy Family, Lonesome Landing Garden Center, The Marantz Family, McDonald’s, Mirror Lake Inn, Moss Communications, Mountain Horse, Mr. Mike’s Pizza & Pasta, Muirfield Insurance, Inc., Nicola’s On Main, North Elba Park District, On a Fence Designs & Rentals, ORDA/Whiteface Mountain, The Pepsi Bottling Group, The Phillips Family, Price Chopper, Mr. Jeffrey Prosser, Red-Kap Sales, Royal Reflections, Ruthie’s Run, RV Sales of Broward, Sand Castle Farm, Sidelines, SLVR by Aerogear, Turtle Lane Farm, Unusual Silver, The Weeks Family, The Whiteface Lodge, Wild Horse Wines, Woodlea Farms, WPTZ News Channel 5, and Y106.3 – Mountain Communications LLC.
Admission to the Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows is $2.00 on weekdays and $5.00 on weekends. Children under the age of 12 are admitted free. Tickets are available at the gate. For more information, please call the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or visit www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.
Lake Placid is always one of my favorites! The drive through the Adirondacks is spectacular and the atmosphere of the show and the town center positioned around Mirror lake is always so inviting and lively.
I am hoping to get back up there this summer…
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