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Horse Shows By the Bay 2011 Prize List.
The four-week USEF "AA-Hunter" & "Level 4-Jumper" series will feature the country's best horses and riders from July 6-31. Riders will be competing for a chance to accumulate year-end points and grab a share of the $550,000 in total prize money being awarded in the hunters, jumpers, and equitation. Entries are being taken on a first come, first served basis from April 1 through June 1.
Highlights include the $20,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, $10,000 HSBB Open Hunter Classic, $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Classic, USHJA/World Champion Hunter Rider sanctioning, and the weekly $30,000 Show Jumping Grand Prix. Other special events scheduled are the weekly $10,000 Open Jumper Welcome Prix and $10,000 SJHOF Junior/Amateur-Owner Prix, $10,000 Children's/Adult Jumper Prix, plus the production of the Hunter-Jumper Association of Michigan Equitation Medal Finals.
Hard copies of the prize list will be mailed to participants from the last two summers and by request. More announcements and news will follow in the months leading up to this exciting, vacation destination-oriented equestrian festival. For more information, please visit www.horseshowsbythebay.com or call Alex Rheinheimer at 561.723.6287.
2011 HORSE SHOWS BY THE BAY EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL FAST FACTS
WHEN: 2011 FESTIVAL DATES
Dressage by the Bay Series I: June 30 & July 1
Dressage by the Bay Series II: July 2
Horse Shows by the Bay Series I: July 6 - 10
Horse Shows by the Bay Series II: July 13 - 17
Horse Shows by the Bay Series III: July 20 - 24
Horse Shows by the Bay Series IV: July 27 - 31
EVENT: Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival
WHAT: A five week long hunter /jumper & dressage equestrian festival that attracts 1,500 horses and their riders who are in attendance to accumulate year end points and compete for $550,000 total prize money.
SANCTIONED BY: United States Equestrian Federation, United States Hunter-Jumper Association, United States Dressage Federation, North American League, Young Jumper Championships, Show Jumping Hall of Fame, World Champion Hunter Rider Awards Program, Washington International Horse Show Championships, Hunter-Jumper Association of Michigan, Ohio Hunter-Jumper Association, Ohio Professional Horseman's Association, Indiana Hunter-Jumper Association, Wisconsin Hunter-Jumper Association, and Michigan Horse Show Association
WHERE: Flintfields Horse Park, 6535 Bates Road, Williamsburg, MI 49690 - 10 miles east from the beautiful Resort town of Traverse City complete with NEW FOOTING!
WEEK BY WEEK HIGHLIGHTS of the 2011 HORSE SHOWS BY THE BAY EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL:
June 30 & July 1-2: Dressage by the Bay Series I & II
-Two back-to-back USDF sanctioned events
-$5000 FEI Musical Freestyle
-Multiple qualifiers for the GAIG Regional Championships & USDF Breeders Championships.
July 6-10: Horse Shows by the Bay Series 1
- $30,000 Grand Prix of Traverse City
- $10,000 Open Jumper Welcome Stake
- $10,000 SJHOF Jr/AO Jumper Prix
- $5,000 NAL/WIHS Low Jr/AO Jumper Classic
- $2,500 NAL/WIHS Children's & Adult Jumper Classics
- $2,500 Pre-Green Hunter Classic
- $2,000 JR & Amateur Owner Hunter Classics
- $1,000 Pony Hunter Classic
- $1,000 NAL/WIHS Children's & Adult Hunter Classics
July 13-17: Horse Shows by the Bay Series II WCHR Member Event
- $30,000 Grand Traverse Bay Grand Prix
- $10,000 Open Jumper Welcome Stake
- $10,000 SJHOF Jr/AO Jumper Prix
- $10,000 Open Hunter Classic
- $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Classic
- $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Classic
- $2,500 NAL/WIHS Children's & Adult Jumper Classics
- $1,000 Pony Hunter Classic
- $1,000 NAL/WIHS Children's & Adult Hunter Classics
July 20-24: Horse Shows by the Bay Series III
- $30,000 Grand Prix of the Great Lakes
- $20,000 International Hunter Derby
- $10,000 Open Jumper Welcome Stake
- $10,000 SJHOF Jr/AO Jumper Prix
- $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Classic
- $5,000 NAL/WIHS Children's & Adult Jumper Classics
- $1,000 Pony Hunter Classic
- $1,000 NAL/WIHS Children's & Adult Hunter Classics
July 27-31: Horse Shows by the Bay Series IV
- $30,000 D-BRAIDER Cherry Capital Classic Grand Prix
- HJAM Equitation Medal Finals
- $10,000 Open Jumper Welcome Stake
- $10,000 SJHOF Jr/AO Jumper Prix
- $10,000 NAL/WIHS Children's & Adult Jumper Prix
- $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Classic
- $2,000 JR & Amateur Owner Hunter Classics
- $1,000 Pony Hunter Classic
- $1,000 NAL Children's & Adult Hunter Classics
For more information on the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival please visit www.horseshowsbythebay.com, become a friend on Facebook and/or call Alexandra Rheinheimer at 561.723.6287.
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