Horsesdaily News: Kursinski Still in Lead for 6-Pack Pack Rider Bonus

Tuesday July 4, 2006

Jeffery Welles Wins at Lake Placid - Anne Kursinski Still in Lead for 6-Pack Pack Rider Bonus
Mary Jo Madden
Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament

Jeffery Welles and Armani Photo by PhelpsPhotos.com Cazenovia, NY, July 4, 2006: Jeffrey Welles and Armani won the $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid CSI 3* Presented by RV Sales of Broward, putting Welles in sixth place in the Budweiser 6-Pack rider bonus standings. While Anne Kursinski did not gain any prize money toward the rider bonus this week, she is still is holding on to first with only two events left in the series. Kursinski won the Wachovia Jumper Classic Grand Prix at Beacon Hill on Roxana 112, finished second at Upperville on Lorenzo, and ninth on Roxana 112 at Devon. Katie Prudent, who won the Grand Prix at Upperville is in second. Laura Chapot added $4,800 in prize money in the Lake Placid Grand Prix to move her up to third place. McLain Ward, the winner of Devon’s grand prix, moved down to fourth place in the standings.

The Budweiser 6-Pack Rider Bonus is a collaboration of Budweiser and the organizers of the Devon, Upperville, Beacon Hill, Lake Placid, Pennsylvania National and Syracuse Invitational horse shows. The rider bonus is a $30,000 cash award that will be given to the rider that earns the most combined prize money in the Grands Prix at the six participating events. A rider’s total prize monies are calculated as the sum of the rider’s single highest placing mount’s earnings at each of the six member events in which the rider competes.

TOP TEN RIDERS AFTER the $60,000 Budweiser Grandprix of Lake Placid:

Rider	Devon (June 1)	Upperville (June 11)	Beacon Hill (June 18)	Lake Placid (July 2)	TOTALS
Kursinski, Anne	$2,250	$22,000	$15,000		$39,250
Prudent, Katie		$30,000			$30,000
Chapot, Laura	$9,750		$11,000	$4,800	$25,550
Ward, McLain	$22,500		$1,000		$23,500
Amaya, Max	$16,500		$2,500	$1,800	$20,800
Welles, Jeffrey				$18,000	$18,000
Nizri, Simon				$13,200	$13,200
Vale, Aaron		$13,000			$13,000
Engle, Margie		$8,000	$3,000	$1,800	$12,800
Goutal, Brianne			$1,500	$7,800	$9,300

The next stop in the series is Harrisburg Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show’s Grand Prix de Penn National on October 21. The 6-Pack series will finish at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament in November.

Each fall the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament welcomes the top-ranked equestrians from across the US and the world to downtown Syracuse to compete at the War Memorial Arena in the Oncenter Complex. Beginning November 1 and running through November 5, the 2006 event will feature a full slate of high-level competition, entertainment, shopping and exhibitions. A 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, the Syracuse Invitational benefits Cornell University Equine Hospital and Vera House. More information is available at www.syracuseinvitational.com.