For Immediate Release

Contact:  Marty Bauman, (508) 698-6810 or classic.pr@verizon.net

Vermont Summer Festival Announces Another Summer of Exciting Equestrian Competition

East Dorset, VT—January 27, 2003— The Vermont Summer Festival, which brings five weeks of exciting equestrian competition to Vermont, will return this year July 9-August 10.

Once again, the five weekly horse shows that make up the Festival will be held at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT. The show grounds provide top-notch facilities for riders, horses, and spectators alike. The grounds boast an all-weather Grand Prix and Jumper field, new last year, four all-weather hunter rings, as well as several all-weather riding/school rings.

The Vermont Summer Festival, New England’s largest “AA” rated hunter-jumper horse show, kicks off with the Manchester Summer Festival, July 9-13. The competition continues with the Manchester Classic Horse Show, July 16-20, the Valley Classic, July 23-27, Manchester and the Mountains Horse Show, July 30-August 3, and then concludes with the Vermont Summer Celebration, August 6-10.

Each week will feature a USET-recognized Grand Prix as well as a Mini Prix. Each horse show will also feature a $10,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, part of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series, which determines which junior and amateur-owner riders will qualify to ride in the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Finals at the 2003 National Horse Show. There will also be Marshall & Sterling and North American League Children and Adult Hunter and Jumper Classics.

“We were quite gratified with the positive feedback we received for the grounds and schedule improvements we made last year,” said John D. Ammerman, the longtime horse show manager who heads the Vermont Summer Festival. “We had a record number of entries last year and having them go home so happy with their Vermont experience tells me we’re in for another record summer in 2003!”

For further information on the 2003 Vermont Summer Festival, please visit the Vermont Summer Festival website at www.vt-summerfestival.com.

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