Riders4Helmets: Announces Helmet and NEW iPad Giveaway Contest Winners

Source: News Release

Riders4Helmets Announces Helmet and NEW iPad Giveaway Contest Winners
Over 5,000 entries received for largest ever helmet giveaway and chance to win a NEW iPad

Lexington, KY – The popular helmet awareness campaign Riders4Helmets.com has announced the winners of the largest helmet giveaway ever that included 51 helmets valued at over $10,000 in addition to a NEW iPad (3rd generation). Over 5,000 entries were received for the giveaway that permitted entrants to sign up online at www.riders4helmets.com or in person during the Rolex 3DE held April 25-28th at the Kentucky Horse Park.

“We were thrilled with the number of people who stopped by to visit with us during Rolex to express their appreciation of the campaign,” said Lyndsey White of Riders4Helmets.com. “Support for Riders4Helmets continues to grow globally since the campaign was launched two-years ago. We greatly appreciate the support of each and every equestrian who has helped to spread word of the campaign, and we will continue to educate equestrians in all disciplines on the benefits of wearing a correctly fitting and certified helmet.”

Riders4Helmets would like to offer sincere appreciation to all of the sponsors who made the giveaway possible. The iPad3 giveaway was kindly sponsored by: Riders4Helmets.com, Equestrian Professional, EquestrianCollections.com, Broadstone Equine Insurance, Fresh Helmet, Sellstedter Hof, Cartier Farms, Troxel and, Rise Systems. The helmet giveaway was kindly sponsored by: GPA, Samshield, Troxel,Charles Owen, International Riding Supply (IRH), Tipperary, Ovation, Pegasus, One K and KEP Italia.

See the full list of prize winners on the Riders4Helmets website.

The Riders4Helmets campaign has rapidly gained the support of equestrians around the globe. After organizing National Helmet Awareness Day held in the USA in 2010, the campaign went on to organize International Helmet Awareness Day in 2011 in which over 500 equestrian retailers participated. Riders4Helmets has also hosted three Riders4Helmets Safety Symposia. Plans are already in the works for International Helmet Awareness Day 2012, and a 4th Riders4Helmets Safety Symposium, both to be held summer 2012.

For more information on the Riders4Helmets campaign, visit www.riders4helmets.com. You can also follow the campaign atwww.facebook.com/riders4helmets and http://twitter.com/riders4helmets.

Riders4Helmets was founded in early 2010 after Olympic dressage rider Courtney King Dye was seriously injured in a riding accident. King Dye, who remained in a coma for a month following her accident, was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, and is still undergoing rehabilitation.

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