Prize List for $20,000 ASG Software Solutions USHJA International

Hunter Derby in Naples is Now Available

February 13, 2008

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Wellington, FL --- The prize list and information regarding the $20,000 ASG Software Solutions USHJA International Hunter Derby, to be held in Naples, FL, on April 6, 2008, is now available. The derby will be hosted by Wrenwood Farms.

The prize list can be found on the Stadium Jumping Inc. Web site at www.stadiumjumping.com. The event is a High Performance Hunter class and will benefit the Naples Equestrian Challenge Therapeutic Center. It is also a member event of the USHJA International Hunter Derby Series. The date of the event is included in the schedule for the Tampa Equestrian Festival, which is also produced by Stadium Jumping Inc.

The show will be managed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, KY, and he will design the course as well. Judges presiding over the event will be George H. Morris, Chrystine Tauber, Jimmy Clapperton and Jack Towell.

The derby will coincide with a fundraiser for the Naples Equestrian Challenge, which is a non-profit therapeutic riding program that serves Collier County and the Naples area. The benefit will be a brucheon themed “Tradition, Tailgate, Top Hats and Tails,” to celebrate the old-world style and top-shelf experience that is the traditional hunter derby.

The Wrenwood Farms derby is one of 16 classes that will be held over the 2008 calendar year. It will include fences set in a hunt-field type space with large, grassy banks, stone walls, hedges and coops. The height of the fences will range from 3’6” to 3’9”, with several 4’0” options.

The goal of the derby was set forth by George Morris last year when he rallied several top hunter riders and trainers together – who formed the High Performance Hunter committee – to return to the roots of the sport of the hunter. Current day hunters have evolved from what they once were, and the challenge of the High Performance Hunter committee is to bring back the art of the hunter. The committee is part of the United States Hunter Jumper Association. Members of the committee include Chrystine Tauber, Diane Carney, Ron Danta, Karen Healey, Kathy Newman, Lynn Jayne, Susie Schoellkopf, Geoff Teall, Louise Serio, Rush Weeden, Caroline Weeden, Danny Robertshaw, Kelli MacDonald, Larry Langer, Jenny Karazissis, Kathy Moore, Charlie Moorcroft and Collen McQuay.

For more information about the event, please visit www.stadiumjumping.com or www.ushja.org.

The Tampa Equestrian Festival and the 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational Fast Facts

EVENT: Tampa Equestrian Festival presented by Stadium Jumping, Inc. and 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational, which features more than 1,000 horses and the world’s best riders and Olympians

WHAT: Three-week hunter/jumper horse show circuit produced by Stadium Jumping, Inc. The 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational, presented by The Tampa Tribune and Sweetbay Supermarket is one of the premier show jumping events in the United States and benefits the Tampa Police Mounted Patrol. The $20,000 ASG Software Solutions USHJA International Hunter Derby will be held at Wrenwood Farms in Naples, FL. It is a High Performance Hunter class and will benefit the Naples Equestrian Challenge Therapeutic Center.

WHERE:

Tampa Equestrian Festival:

Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds

4880 North US Highway 301

Tampa, FL 33610

36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational, presented by The Tampa Tribune and Sweetbay Supermarket:

Raymond James Stadium

4201 North Dale Mabry Highway

Tampa, FL 33607

$20,000 ASG Software Solutions USHJA International Hunter Derby:

Wrenwood Farms

715 10th St. South

Naples, FL 34102

WHEN: Daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Suncoast Internationale - March 19-23, 2008

Tampa Classic CSI 3*-W - March 26-30, 2008

Tournament of Champions, CSI - April 1-6, 2008

36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational, presented by The Tampa Tribune and Sweetbay Supermarket, CSI 3* - April 5, 2008, 7 p.m.

$20,000 ASG Software Solutions USHJA International Hunter Derby - April 6, 2008, 1 p.m.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Sunday, March 23, 2 p.m. - $75,000 Bob Thomas Grand Prix of Florida

Sunday, March 30, 2 p.m. - $75,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier CSI 3*-W Just World International Grand Prix of Tampa

Saturday, April 5:

6:00-6:45 p.m. - Open Course Walk

7 p.m. - 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational, presented by The Tampa Tribune and Sweetbay Supermarket, CSI 3*

Sunday, April 6, 1 p.m.:

ASG Software Solutions USHJA International Hunter Derby

“Tradition, Tailgate, Top Hat and Tails”

Wrenwood Farms, Naples, FL

ADMISSION:

For Tampa Equestrian Festival:

Wednesday: Free

Thursday and Friday: $5.00

Saturday: $10.00

Sunday: $15.00

Admission is free for children 12 and under, $5.00 for children ages 13 and over, and $5.00 for seniors age 65 and over

For $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational:

Advance ticket prices:

$25 in white section

$35 in blue section

$40 in red section

Advance Family 4-pack:

$70 in white section

$125 in blue section

(Prices higher day of show: $30, $40, $45, $85, $140)

Group prices (20 or more):

(Advance only)

$17 each in white section

$30 each in blue section

Tickets available through Ticketmaster 813-287-8844, 727-898-2100 or ticketmaster.com

DIRECTIONS:

The Tampa Competitions will be held at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center (Florida State Fairgrounds) Tampa, Florida. Horse Van and exhibitor entrance is at Orient Road and I-4. Westbound I-4 traffic should exit at U.S. 301. Turn Right (west) on Martin Luther King and go to stop light turn right (north) on Orient Road follow to Fairgrounds entrance on right. From I-75 north or south use Exit 52B. Take Martin Luther King Blvd west to Orient Road, turn right, competition showgrounds are ½ mile on the right.

THE FACILITY:

Bob Thomas Equestrian Center, Tampa, FL

All arenas have a separate warm-up area with all-weather footing

Grand Prix Field 250' x 350' all weather footing

Covered Ring 165' x 300' clay/sand mixture

Annex Ring 150' x 275' all weather footing

Indoor Ring 130' x 250' clay/sand mixture

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL

Outdoor Stadium Arena 150' x 360' bermuda sod grass

Wrenwood Farm, Naples, FL

Outdoor Field 300' x 400' grass footing

HOTELS (in Tampa, more listed in prize list):

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Tampa

5223 North Orient Road (next to showgrounds)

Tampa, FL

(813) 627-7625

La Quinta Inn East Fairgrounds

4811 U.S. 301 North

Tampa, FL

(813) 623-3321

(800) 642-4271

SpringHill Suites

4835 W. Cypress Street

Tampa, FL 33607

(813) 639-9600

(888) 236-2427

STADIUM JUMPING INC.: Corporate Office

1301 Sixth Ave. West, Suite 406

Bradenton, FL 34205

Tel: 941-744-5465

Fax: 941-744-0874

Web site: www.stadiumjumping.com

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