2004 Press Releases

MONTE CRISTO AND MARTIN WIN $2,500 IN NON PRO 3' DIVISION IN WEEK TWO OF LEGACY CUP
Junior Rider Honors Go To Waxman
Martin Wins Leading Amateur and Non Pro 3' Rider Titles
Bielefeld Wins Leading Trainer Award for Week 2
By Diana De Rosa

May 16, 2004 - Lexington, KY - A total of 49 horses were narrowed down to the top 20 who then competed in the Non Pro 3' Finals on May 16, 2004 during the second week of the three-week Legacy Cup at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show in Lexington, KY. Monte Cristo, ridden by owner and rider Jamie Martin, who won the Go Round also claimed the top prize in the Finals and the Lisa A.H. Cudahy Perpetual Trophy. The nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood, 16.3 hand gelding scored 259 points (just one point shy of her 260 Go Round score) which earned them the top prize of $2,500.

The scores from the Go Round did not carry over to the Finals. Instead it began as a clean slate format, which meant every rider in the class had a chance to win. And in fact of the top four riders only Martin was able to maintain her Go Round position with a beautiful, flowing round. Martin's win in both the Go Round and the Finals also helped her to claim the Leading Amateur and Leading Non Pro 3' Rider Awards.

Martin had just purchased Monte six weeks earlier and she had only recently started riding again after being out of the saddle for close to 20 years raising a family. When her nine-year-old daughter Tinsley started riding, it inspired Martin to also get back in the saddle. "I'm really excited and I feel incredibly lucky to have a chance to do it a second time," she said after her win.

Jennifer Waxman, who was the Leading Pony Rider in the first week of the Legacy Cup, came back in week two to lead in the Juniors and earned the Leading Junior Rider title. Waxman placed 5th in the Finals ($840) on The Frog Prince, who is owned by Christy Russo. Waxman had placed 19TH in the Go Round, which actually helped her in the Finals. "I wasn't nervous because I wasn't good yesterday," she explained and added, "I'm happy."

The Leading Trainer Award went to Rob Bielefeld who was training Samantha Hallman, who rode two horses in the Non Pro 3' Finals: Lucky and Landstorm. "I am thrilled," commented Bielefeld, who wasn't sure until the class was over that he'd won the $500 cash award from E.P. Bishop & Co. Lucky finished 19th ($84) and Landstorm was 3rd ($1,176) in the Finals.

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