For Immediate Release

Contact: Marty Bauman, (508) 698-6810, classic.pr@verizon.net
             Courtney Boova, (802) 362-9023 / 496-4878 or info@vt-summerfestival.com

Tables Still Available in Grand Prix Tent at Vermont Summer Festival

East Dorset, VT—July 10, 2003—Tables in the Grand Prix Tent at the Vermont Summer Festival, July 9-August 10, which boasts five weeks of equestrian competition at the Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT, are still available for purchase. Tables, which seat eight people, are $250 per week.

The Grand Prix tent offers a superior view of the Grand Prix ring, which hosts each week’s featured event, the $35,000 Grand Prix, on Sunday afternoons. In addition to the Grand Prix, the ring also highlights junior and amateur riders each Sunday as they compete in Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series Events. These classes offer a purse of $10,000 each and an opportunity to earn series points toward qualifying for the year-end championship at the National Horse Show.

Throughout each week, the Grand Prix ring hosts a Mini-Prix as well as North American League and Marshall and Sterling Jumper Classics for junior and adult riders.

Along with watching top-notch equestrian competition, guests of the Grand Prix tent will have the opportunity to enjoy the catering services of David’s World Famous as well as a cash bar offering beer, wine, and soft drinks. Guests can also bring their own picnic to enjoy days in the county surrounded by the Vermont mountains.

The Grand Prix Tent also offers a vending area with gifts, jewelry, and equestrian apparel for horse and rider. Vendors in the Grand Prix tent include Flying Cow Signs, Royal Reflections, and Hudson Meadows. Also present on the show grounds are Sporting Images, Mona’s Monogramming, Wild Horses, Ltd., B& B Saddlery, and Mixed Bag.

The Vermont Summer Festival is New England’s largest “AA” rated hunter/jumper horse show circuit. This year’s event includes five USET-recognized $35,000 Grand Prix and five $10,000 Mini Prix to be held on the last day of each show. Each of the five weeks also features a $10,000 Show Jumping Hall Of Fame High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper class, part of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series which determines which junior and amateur/owner riders will qualify to ride at the 2003 National Horse Show.

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