Monday November 8, 2004

Dressage Night’s Continental Cup At Metropolitan National Horse Show

Park Avenue Team Wins Dressage Night’s Continental Cup

The evening session of Opening Day at the 2004 Metropolitan National Horse Show in New York City kicked off with Dressage Night featuring the Continental Cup – a team Musical Freestyle competition. A rider at Grand Prix, Intermediaire I, and First Level made up each of three teams. The riders on the “Park Avenue Team” won the Gold Medal with a total score of 239. The Gold Medal winning team scored highly in their kurs: Cynthia Payne of Jupiter, Florida, rode Laredo to 81% in the Grand Prix; Argentina’s Gabriel Armando of Flemington, New Jersey, aboard Euclid scored 80% in the Intermediaire I; and Isabelle Leibler, 9, of Greenwich, Connecticut, riding her German pony Get the Picture scored 78% at First Level.

The Silver Medal went to the “Madison Avenue Team,” with 221 points. Making up the team were: Paige Finnegan of Chelmsford, Pennsylvania, riding Karola I who earned 67% in the Grand Prix; Silke Rembacz of Readington, New Jersey, aboard Bulgari who scored 76% in the I-I; and Chelsea Allen, 11, of Eire, Pennsylvania, riding her Morgan pony Don’t Tell Daddy earned 78% at First Level.

The Bronze Medal went to the “Fifth Avenue Team” comprised of Silke Rembacz aboard Connecticut who scored 73% in the Grand Prix; 1976 Montreal Olympian Dorothy Morkis of Dover, Massachusetts, aboard Mr. Big earned 79% in the I-I; and Rachel Chowanec, 10, of Columbia, Connecticut, riding her Welsh/Thoroughbred cross pony Hakunamatata scored 62% at First Level.

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