New Heights
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The
Western League World Cup Qualifier Warm Up
Opening Ceremonies T
he show jumping year 2011 came sliding to the end like a rambunctious kid on a zip line over the jungle. The Los Angeles
International show was the last chance in 2011 for World Cup riders to get the precious points that were on the table. And this series had a much different air this year than preciously. To start with the shows are represented by three
different managers and go one right after the other, bang bang bang. First stop is the Las Vegas show managed by Robert Ridland, then travel north to Sacramento and manager Dale Harvey then finally down south to Los Angeles and the reins of Michael Roy Curtis. Arguably, the frenzy for competitors has been a
welcome boost for these managers to step up and think outside the box in making changes and adding
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spectator perks. Vegas just about doubled the crowd on a couple of
the nights, really nice to play off of and entertain when there lots of people watching. The sentimentality of our riders carrying the flags of all countries was only overshadowed by the Just World High Jump Finals, and those only stood in the shadow of the Girl Scouts singing the national anthem. Of course our infamous Janet Fall was a highlight throwing (or missing) the autographed t-shirt into the stands. A new push at a real VIP area was received well and it became the place to be. The autograph line was out the door and packed with exuberant children jumping up and down for their stars. Sacramento had so many improvements it would take
a page just to list them, not that it needed a boost at all. But the never ending commitment of Dale Harvey and
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