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The First Coast Invitational Grand Prix Show Jumping is back! This year at a new venue - the Okeechobee County Agri-Civic Center, and expanded to two weeks - November 20-23 and November 28-30, 2008 an event you don't want to miss. Produced by World Wide Horse Show Services, LLC and Bill Joyce, CEO and Betsy Joyce. Expanding to two weeks, November 20-23 and November 28-30, 2008, the First Coast Invitational will feature a $30,000 Level 7 Grand Prix both weeks, Level 1-7 jumpers, Jr/AO Jumpers, CH/Adult Jumpers and Pony Jumpers. This year for the first time, the FCI is being held at the Okeechobee County Agri-Civic Center completed in 2004 features a 78,000 square foot under roof arena with a 125' by 240' competition clay/sand surface, an outdoor grass field for Grand Prix and upper level jumper classes, along with permanent stabling options. Read about Grand Prix Show Jumping in the Resource Guide> Don't let "Invitational" fool you, everyone is invited to participate. New this year - Exhibitor Discounts!! 5% Discount for exhibitors returning for 2nd year. 10% Discount for exhibitors returning for 3rd year. Discount is On Entire Show Bill! Low Entry Fees, plus Discounted Stall Fees for 2 Week Exhibitors. $100,000 of Prize Money offered for two weeks of show jumping. $30,000 Grand Prix -Level 7 For more information, call: 201-410-9919 or visit: World Wide Horse Shows Read more on HorsesintheSouth.com> Read about last year's 2007 First Coast Invitational in Archives> Dallas Harvest Horse Show to Donate Proceeds from Fundraiser to Habitat for Horses Tyler, TX - September 29, 2008 - At the Dallas Harvest Horse Show, a committee of dedicated indiv Kent Farrington Wins $50,000 Leading Rider Bonus for Second Consecutive Year Flashpoint Media Services - Aiken Wrap Up
Jack Hardin Towell Jr. Triumphs Twice at Aiken Fall Festival Horse Show - Aiken, SC - Sunday, September 21, 2008 - Show jumping's Jack Hardin Towell Jr. of Finally Farm in Camden, SC captured the Aiken Fall Festival's Equus Events' $10,000 Jumper Classic the first weekend (September 13) while in the saddle on Cotopaxi 2. Read more> ASPCA Maclay Regional Qualifiers Award Six Winners September 24, 2008 ... The youngest Regional qualifier winner was in Region 3. Riding as a thirteen-year-old, Hasbrouck Donovan of Gainesville, FL, piloted Levity to the win. She trains with Don Stewart Stables. Donovan rode well in both phases to ensure that a work-off was not necessary. |
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A New Twist in the Exciting World of Show Jumping Happened in Jacksonville, FL, Apr. 17-20
See the winning Grand Prix ride by Derek Peterson video by Select Media See a slideshow of pictures by Glossy Finish See a slideshow of pictures by Teri Rehkopf City League International Grand Prix Show Jumping - Over $400,000 in total prize money!
Excitement! Thrills! Speed! Fun! That's Grand Prix Show Jumping! Come one, come all - SPECTATORS WELCOME! "We're transforming Show Jumping into a spectator sport, something that people haven't done for hundreds of years." Vick Russell, City City League International Show Jumping is coming to Jacksonville for its first event of their League series on April 17-20, 2008 at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. City League's mission is to support endeavors for the prevention and treatment of cancer. City League will achieve this by transforming Show Jumping into a spectator sport through establishing City teams, riders, and fans throughout the Southeast. Teams of Grand Prix-level show jumping horses and riders from FIVE CITY LEAGUES will be navigating jump course obstacles as much as 5 feet high and 6 feet wide, with each rider trying to beat the time of the other rider. Each team will compete in three events over the course of the long weekend, which will end with a Saturday evening Grand Prix. Read more - Derek Peterson wins the jump-off for the Jacksonville Calvary> |
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Jacksonville will offer four weeks of "AA" rated shows. Week one will host an FEI / AGA Rated $75,000 Grand Prix in the multi million dollar covered arena. Jacksonville International Winter Series January 16-February 10, 2008, Clay County Ag Center (Green Cove Springs, FL) Highlights: $75,000 Green Cove Springs CSI-W Grand Prix
$35,000 A-Z Charity Grand Prix $25,000 Charity Hunter Classic $25,000 Welcome Class Each Week: USEF AA Hunter Rated USEF Three Star Jumpers See the Classic Company website for show documents and venue information. See Flashpoint Photography for show photographs. Also see HorsesintheSouth.com Calendar of Events under Hunter/Jumper events. |
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Michael Morrisey takes 2nd place on Crelido, owned by Eugene Mische of Stadium Jumping, Inc. What a beautiful day for a Grand Prix event in
Eugene Mische of SJI was on hand to help Ringmaster, John Franzreb present the awards and personally congratulate his nephew, Michael Morrisey on his second place win. Two-time Olympic silver medal winner and Captain of the USET, Frank Chapot and Wendy Chapot Nunn did a wonderful job as the show’s course designers. |
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Green Cove Springs, FL September 9, 2007— It was an exciting weekend for Sara Green as she and her horse Why Not Jack bested 54 of the region’s top competitors to capture the ASPCA Maclay Regional Championship (Region 3, the Southeast), held during final weekend of the 2007 North Florida Hunter Jumper Association’s Labor Day Horse Show. This was the first time the prestigious Region 3 Championship was held at the Agricultural Center in Green Cove Springs, Fl. Read more on Horses in the South> Photo: Sara Green and Why Not Jack ©Flashpoint Photography |
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First Coast Invitational Grand Prix Show Jumping-"Where the North meets the South"
iduals has committed their time and energies in an effort to give back to an organization that has done so much for the equine industry. The show, which will run November 5-9, 2008, will donate proceeds from fundraising events to Habitat for Horses; an equine organization that rescues horses and changes lives. 
The 1st Annual City League event was held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center with twenty teams from as far away as Bogotá, Colombia; Caracas, Venezuela; Mobile, Alabama; Lafayette, Louisiana testing their skills against the course and the clock. 
April 17-20, 2008 First Annual Grand Prix Show Jumping Extravaganza with Entertainment and Trade Show. Over $400,000 in total prize money for the 2008 series
Jacksonville, Florida -- December 1-2, 2007 - Sharn Wordley wins the $30,000 Grand Prix Championship on Mr. Flanagan at the First Coast Invitational held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center; Sharn then captures Third Place on Epsom. 
Jacksonville, Florida! With an amazing 54 entries for the Grand Prix event held on Saturday, December 1st on a new grass ring and next to newly finished stalls, the JEC has shown that Jacksonville has what it takes for a first-class show jumping venue. Bill Joyce of Shadow Rock Farm in Ballston Spa, New York, the director, producer and show manager, put on an event that attracted the best of the best in the show jumping world. The mini Grand Prix on the following day had 48 entries ‘to boot’! 
The First Coast Invitational benefited Builders Care, a nonprofit division of the Northeast Florida Builders Association established to reduce substandard housing by providing repair services to seriously deteriorated homes belonging to the low income, elderly and disabled.
