Lake Placid, NY— Scott Stewart of Wellington, FL, dominated the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by Eastern Hay and Purina Mills, for the second straight year at the 34th annual Intercat, Inc. I Love New York Horse Show.

Stewart finished with the top score in both rounds on Carlos-Boy, owned by Krista and Alexa Weisman of Sherborn, MA, to win with an overall score of 381.500 points. Kim McCormack of Simpsonville, SC, was second on her 16.2h, chestnut, gelding, Sundance, with 367.000. Stewart completed the top four, coming in third with a score of 365.750 on Dedication, owned by Fashion Farm, and fourth on Empire, owned by Becky Gochman, with 365.000.

The Richard Jeffery designed course featured a Winter Olympics theme as a tribute to the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Winter Games held in Lake Placid. The course featured real snow brought in from the Olympic Ice Arena to help create simulated bobsled, hockey, skiing and other winter sport scenes set among traditional hunt fences in the Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix Field.

The course included several options for bonus points. Stewart took advantage of the options receiving 21 bonus points on the Handy Hunter course.

“It was a really nice course,” said Stewart, who swept the top two places last year when the Derby debuted at Lake Placid. “It rode well and the Handy featured lots of options; you could make it as hard or as simple as you wanted.

“I took the trickier options with him,” Stewart said of Carlos-Boy, a 16-year-old, 16.3h, grey gelding. “He is more experienced, so I was able to take advantage of the more difficult route and they rewarded me for it.”

Stewart said that the Derby was the perfect finish to two wonderful weeks in Lake Placid. “This is always one of our favorite shows of the year,” he said. “We look forward to coming to Lake Placid all year long. It’s such a fabulous town and such a fabulous show.”

Other winners on the final day of the Intercat, Inc. I Love New York Horse Show included Gabrielle Stern on Levantino L in the Y 106.3 Low Amateur Owner Jumper Classic; Molly Braswell on Royal Discovery in The Levy Family Low Junior Jumper Classic; Hannah Murrin on Valentina in the EquiFit WIHS Adult Jumper Classic (18-40); Lucy Mitchell-Inness on Prego in the EquiFit WIHS Adult Jumper Classic (over 40); Katherine Strauss on Fardella in the Paradysz Farm WIHS Children’s Jumper Classic (14 and under); and Jordan Irvan on Veredus Lady in the Paradysz Farm WIHS Children’s Jumper Classic (15-17). The Children’s Classics were the culmination of The Hooker Family Children’s Jumper Division.

The 2011 Intercat, Inc. Lake Placid Horse Show and I Love New York Horse Show sponsors included: A Placid Life, Adirondack Flying Service, Adirondack Life, Adirondack Store, Alessandro Albanese, Animal Planet, Anonymous, Arbor Hill Farm (The Boggio Family), Bainbridge Companies, LLC, Beacon Hill Horse Transportation, Inc., Cape Air, Carr-Hughes Productions, Casella Waste Management, Jane Forbes Clark, Clifton Park Rental Center, C.M. Hadfield's Saddlery, Inc., Community Bank, N.A., Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club, David R. Fowler Custom Tack Trunks, Deeridge Farms, Der Dau Custom Made Boots, Devoucoux, Inc, Eastern Hay, Equifit, Inc., FarmVet, Inc., Fox Run, Ltd., Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, James Harpel, Hollow Brook Associates LLC, High Peaks Resort, Horseshoe Trail Farm, LLC, Horse Show Services, Horse Watch, Intercat, Inc., J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, Jamaica Tent Company, Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC, Juliam Farm, Kistler Buildings, Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid Summit Resort Hotel & Suites, Meadow Grove Farm, Mirror Lake Inn, Mountain Horse, Bobby & Melissa Murphy, On A Fence Designs, ORDA - Whiteface Mountain, P. F. Farm, Parlanti USA, Pepsi Beverages Company, Price Chopper, Purina Mills, Quiet Hill Farm, ROOST - LP-Essex County Visitors Bureau, Ruthie's Run, Sam Edelman Shoes, Sand Castle Farm, Saratoga Eagle, Lora & Michael Schultz, Sidelines, SmartPak, Storm Ridge Capital, LLC, Stretton Enterprises, Inc., The Brown Dog Deli & Wine Bar, The Cottage Café, The Hooker Family, The Levy Family, The Spa @ The Mirror Lake Inn, The Tack Shelter, The Whiteface Lodge, Time Warner Cable, Town of North Elba Park District, USA Animo, Woodlea Farms, WPTZ News Channel 5 and Y-106.3.

For more information, please call the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at (518) 523-9625 or visit www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.