PRESS RELEASE
Oldwick,
NJ - Less than a month after the Jersey Fresh CCI at the Horse Park of
New Jersey, the winner of the first half of the BW Furlong and Associates High
Performance Challenge is already thinking about the 2013 Event.
Boyd
Martin rode Crackerjack to a stirring victory in the CCI2* finishing on his
dressage score of 48.5. They led the competition from start to finish. If the
pair can repeat the winning effort in 2013 in the CCI3* - they would take home a
$25,000 bonus for winning the BW Furlong and Associates High Performance
Challenge.
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Boyd Martin and
Crackerjack
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"Over
the years, event riders pour money into these great veterinary clinics, like
Brendan's, to keep these horses on the road," said Martin. "It's great that
Brendan is offering us the chance to get some of that back."
Martin
(Cochranville, PA), a member of the 2010 Land Rover US Eventing Team at the
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, has been producing Crackerjack from the
Preliminary level. Martin says the horse reminds him of one of his Olympic
contenders, the famed Neville Bardos, with his feisty attitude and bold nature.
"I
don't like my chances of hanging on to my $25,000 with Boyd in the running,"
said Furlong. "He is a fierce competitor on a good horse plus when there's that
much money at stake he will give it his all. Stay tuned - it will be
exciting."
Crackerjack
was formerly ridden by Colin Davidson who died in a car accident in 2010. His
mother, Lucy Boynton Lie, continues to campaign the horse in the name of her
late son.
Started
in 2011 by Dr. Brendan Furlong, who heads to his fifth Olympic Games as the Land
Rover US Eventing Team Veterinarian, the BW Furlong High Performance Challenge
was established to promote the sport of eventing at the Horse Park of New
Jersey. It will be awarded to a horse-and-rider combination that wins the Jersey
Fresh CCI2* and then the CCI3* the following year.
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