Kavar Kerr, AHJF President (Photo by © Diana DeRosa)

Michele Perla, AHJF Executive Director (Photo by © Diana DeRosa)

Louise Serio, AHJF Vice President (Photo by © Diana DeRosa)

Oliver Kennedy, Event Manager (Photo by © Diana DeRosa)

About The 2002 Legacy Cup

Dear Legacy Cup Exhibitor,

The Legacy Cup Committee of the American Hunter-Jumper Foundation would like to welcome you to the second arrival of the Legacy Cup. This year's dates are May 1-5, 2002 and our event will once again be held at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA. This fine facility houses 750 permanent stalls, an indoor coliseum with a ring space of 150x300', ample seating and plenty of room for our shops and vendors. Last year, not only did the showing area prove to be top quality, but the many schooling areas and hundreds of acres of riding in the rolling Virginia landscape were enjoyed by everyone. The people of the Virginia Horse Center could not have been better hosts.

The basic format of the Legacy Cup will remain the same. We offer four divisions. Two pro divisions, one at 3' one at 3'6" and, within the pro division, we award new or developing riders separate Limited Pro awards and prize money. There are two non-pro divisions, again at 3' and 3'6". Each division has two go-rounds to rank the top twenty horses, based on their composite scores, for a clean slate final. All rounds are judged numerically by four sets of two judges positioned around the ring. We will feature the $5,000 Legacy Cup Under Saddle that carries no additional entry fee. The $5,000 Challenge of the Breeds will also remain in place. This pays $1,500 to the owner's of the top placed Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse and Warmblood, with an additional $500 going to the horse accumulating the most money. And, finally we will award the $15,000 Pre Green Incentive, distributing money to the top eight Pre-green horses showing in the 3'Pro Division.

We have made several changes to the second annual Legacy Cup in hopes of making this year's event even nicer. The first change is to have a five-day format. This allows non-pro riders to delay the start of their showing until Friday, with the Legacy Cup itself as the feature event on Saturday evening. We have instituted Invitational classes for both the non-pro divisions fashioned after the 3'6" Pro Invitational. These classes are for riders who do not qualify for their respective finals, thereby guaranteeing three classes for everyone for the same entry fee. Also, in addition to the overall ribbons presented to the non-pro riders, we are presenting separate ribbons for both juniors and amateurs in all classes and finals. We have also introduced leading non-pro rider awards in each division and a Legacy Cup Non Pro Team Award.

Also, new for 2002 is the introduction of the Legacy Cup Working Hunter Challenge for horses to jump four feet. This will include a Welcome class and the Working Hunter Stake. This is a $5,000 added money division with 100% of the add-back money from these entries being isolated for this division. The last major change is to guarantee the winning purses for all divisions. These allow for great sponsorship opportunities, and for more add back money to be paid out in greater amounts to more people.

Once again, we have worked to design this event to be as exhibitor, spectator, and horse friendly as possible. We invite you to join us at this great facility in the beautiful and interesting Lexington, Virginia area. We look forward to seeing you at all of the social activities we have planned. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the event manager, Oliver Kennedy at 301-260-2467, Michele Perla at the AHJF office 508-835-8813 or any of us personally.

Sincerely,

The Legacy Cup Committee
Geoff Teall, Louise Serio, Kavar Kerr, Colleen McQuay, Oliver Kennedy, Michele Perla