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Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival Voted Horse Show of the Year by PhelpsSports.com Subscribers
Written by: Lauren Fisher Client:Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc. Release Date:2010-01-07
Traverse City, MI – January 7, 2010 – Following several seasons of exceptional horse shows, Michigan’s Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival has become an overwhelming favorite of riders and trainers throughout the country. Horse Shows by the Bay rang in the New Year with a highly esteemed honor recently when it was named Horse Show of the Year for the 2009 season by PhelpsSports.com subscribers. PhelpsSports.com, a highly innovative equestrian sports website, offers equestrians and fans of equestrian sports from around the world a single web address for the latest breaking news of the High Performance disciplines. The website has featured photography and reporting straight from Horse Shows by the Bay for the past three years and has watched the small-town show flourish into one of the top national competitions.
Each year PhelpsSports.com holds year-end awards, which allow subscribers to vote for the best of the best in horses, riders, trainers, and shows, and Horse Shows by the Bay was a fan favorite for the 2009 show season. Held each summer at Flintfields Horse Park in beautiful Traverse City, MI, the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival features a series of hunter, jumper, and dressage competitions throughout the months of July and August. Nearly 500 subscribers in total participated in the PhelpsSports.com Year End voting this year and Horse Shows by the Bay won over Capital Challenge, the North American Junior Young Rider Championships, and even the esteemed Devon Horse Show following the votes of the loyal PhelpsSports.com subscribers.
Founded in 2004, the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival attracts thousands of the nation’s best horses and riders competing in the International Olympic disciplines of show jumping and dressage plus hosts national and locally ranked events for the show hunter, open breed and equitation rider. The festival is produced by Traverse City residents Dean and Alexandra Rheinheimer who collectively have more than 20 years of experience managing and producing equestrian events nationwide.
“For Dean and myself winning this award is like winning at Indoors. We're truly flattered,” stated Alexandra Rheinheimer. “Except for Young Riders we've been to all of the other nominated shows and to be ranked as the best of those is such an honor.”
To date the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival has brought more than $40 million in tourism revenue to the immediate area. Bringing an exceptional horse show to a popular vacation destination in Northern Michigan allows competitors to enjoy top equestrian competition while also experiencing the many special qualities of this unique town.
Following a fantastic 2009 season, the 2010 Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival is rapidly approaching, and will feature much more exciting competition. This year’s competition will feature Dressage by the Bay Series I & II on July 8-11, Horse Shows by the Bay Series I, II & III on July 14-August 1, and a brand new addition to the line-up, the GAIG/USDF Region 2 Dressage Championships and Dressage by the Bay Fall Classic, which will run September 9-12, 2010. More details and news will follow throughout the coming months. For more information, please visit www.horseshowsbythebay.com.
