Source:  News Release/Classic Communications

Peter Leone Wins $30,000 Lake Placid Jumper Classic at Lake Placid Horse Show

Lake Placid, New York - U.S. Olympic veteran Peter Leone of Greenwich, CT rode Wayfarer to victory in the $30,000 Lake Placid Jumper Classic, Friday's featured event at the 46th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC.

Twenty-four entries rode over the 15-jump, first-round course designed by Show Jumping Hall of Famer Steve Stephens at the North Elba Show Grounds with 9 turning in fault-free rounds to advance to the jump-off. Alvaro Tejada, who will represent Guatemala in next month's Pan American Games in Toronto, was the first to master the 7-jump, jump-off course, taking the lead with a clean ride in 29.718 seconds.

Three riders later, Leone, a team Silver Medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, moved Tejada out of the lead with a clean ride in 29.548 seconds on Wayfarer, a horse he bred at his Connecticut-based Lionshare Farm. "I am so proud of him," Leone said. "He's always been a great horse, right from the beginning. It's great o have him win a big class like this."

The only other clean round in the jump-off was turned in by Paul O'Shea of Ireland who finished third with a clean ride in 36.239 seconds on Primo Calypso. Fourth place went to Laura Chapot , who earlier in the day won the $5,000 Whiteface Mountain 1.40m Jumper Class on Shooting Star. Chapot had the fastest time of 28.855 in the jump-off but a rail down gave her four faults and her fourth-place finish.

Peter Leone and Wayfarer Receive Their Awards (c) The Book LLC

The Lake Placid Horse Shows are again hosting three weeks of top horse show competition at the North Elba Show Grounds. Competition begins at 8:00 a.m. daily and runs till about 5:00 each afternoon. The Lake Placid Horse Show runs June 23-28, followed by the I Love New York Horse Show June 30 - July 5, and the Adirondack Horse Show July 7-11.

Voted one of the nation's top ten horse shows in 2014 by the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame, the Lake Placid Horse Shows feature more than 100 classes of competition each week for all levels of competition ranging from young children on lead-line ponies to Olympic medalists competing in the grand prix jumper ring. All three weeks are USEF 'AA' rated for hunters and 6* rated for Jumpers. The horse shows offer more than $750,000 in prize money, and boast an immaculate world-class venue in a vacation-type setting, all of which make Lake Placid a favorite stop on the nation's hunter-jumper horse show circuit.

Week-end Highlights of the Lake Placid Horse Show include:

Saturday, June 27 - $7,500 The Wild Center Low Junior Jumper Classic; $7,500 J. Lohr Vineyards & Wine Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic;$5,000 Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club Lake Placid NAL Adult Amateur Jumper Classic (18-40 yrs); $5,000 Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club Lake Placid NAL Adult Amateur Jumper Classic (over 40 yrs); THIS National Children's Medal; $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby; Various Hunter & Jumper Classes

Sunday, June 28 - $10,000 Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort Junior Jumper Classic; $10,000 Mirror Lake Inn Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic; Juliam Farm Lead Line Class (1:00 PM); C.M. Hadfield's Parade of Champions (1:30 PM); $75,000 Devoucoux Grand Prix of Lake Placid presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC (2:00 PM) ; $1,000 MME NAL Adult Amateur Hunter Classic; $1,000 MME NAL Children's Hunter Classic; NAL Children's Jumper Classic (14yrs & under); NAL Children's Jumper Classic (15-17 yrs); Various Hunter, Jumper, & Equitation Classes

A generous Thank You to the Sponsors of the 2015 Lake Placid Horse Show Series, presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC including: 17 Hands Gallery; Adirondack Life; Adirondacks 4 - Season Guide; Animal Planet; Anonymous, Bainbridge Farm; Beacon Hill Horse Transportation, Inc.; Beval Saddlery; Bitterman, Barbara & Michael; Burrows, Debbie & Jim; C. M. Hadfield Saddlery, Inc.; Carr-Hughes Productions; Casella Waste Management; Clark, Jane Forbes; CMJ Sporthorse; Community Bank NA; Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club, Lake Placid; Dartbrook Rustic Goods; David R. Fowler Custom Tack Trunks; Deeridge Farms; Der Dau Custom Made Boots; Devoucoux, Inc.; Eastern Hay; Equestrian Services International; EquiFit, Inc.; Equine Insurance Services/Great American; FarmVet, Inc.; Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort; Hampton Inn; Hannaford Supermarkets; Harpel, James; Hendriks Gin/Empire Merchants North; High Peaks Resort; Hollow Brook Wealth Management, LLC; Hooker Family; Horse Watch; Horseshoe Trail Farm, LLC; Hotel North Woods; Hunt, Ltd.; iEquine Media, Inc.; Jamaica Tent Company; J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines; Juliam Farm; Kate Levy & Family; KJ Robinson; Lake Placid CVB; Lake Placid Lodge; Lake Placid Summit Resort Hotel & Suites; Michael Morrissey Enterprises LLC; Mirror Lake Inn/The Cottage Café; North Star; Oakcroft; On A Fence Designs; ORDA - Whiteface Mountain; Pepsi Beverages Company; Price Chopper; Pure Placid; Purina Animal Nutrition; Ruthie's Run; Sage Hill Farm; Sand Castle Farm; Santa's Workshop; Schultz, Michael; Sea Shore Stables, LLC; Sidelines; Sisco, Dennis & Alexine Lesko; Storm Ridge Capital LLC; Stretton Enterprises, Inc.; The Brown Dog Deli & Wine Bar; The Clothes Horse; The Whiteface Lodge; The Wild Center; Town of North Elba Park District; Village of Lake Placid; WNBZ Home of the Morning News & Rock 105; Woodlea Farms; WPTZ News Channel 5; Y-106.3. Special Event Sponsors Include: Hannaford Supermarket - Horse Club Junior Day; Animal Planet, The Brown Dog Deli & Wine Bar - Doggie Costume Contest; Juliam Farm - Lead Line Class; Santa's Workshop - Lead Line Class; C. M. Hadfield's Saddlery - Parade of Champions; Beval Saddlery, Ltd. - Parade of Champions; The Clothes Horse - Parade of Champions.

Admission to the Lake Placid Horse Shows is just $2.00 per person on weekdays, and $5.00 per person on weekends.

Children under the age of 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more. Tickets are available at the entrance gate. Advance purchase is not necessary as there is plenty of general seating available. The horse shows are located at the North Elba Show Grounds, 5514 Cascade Road (Route 73) in Lake Placid, directly across from the ski jumps.

The horse show offers free admission to anyone who attends the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival from Friday, July 3 - Sunday, July 5. All you need to do is bring your ticket stub from the Festival and you will be admitted to the horse show free of charge!

The Lake Placid Horse Shows offer some of the best shopping in the Adirondacks. Local artisans and products are featured along with, equine related shops, clothing, apparel and photography. Don't forget to pick up your official Lake Placid Horse Shows merchandise! There are also plenty of food vendors to choose from.

Show jumping fans not able to make it to the Lake Placid Horse Shows will still be able to watch the competition. ShowNetVision.com is offering live webcasts of all classes at www.ShowNetVision.com.  Video clips of competition, as well as schedules and live scoring, are available atwww.ShowNet.biz.

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