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Prize List Now Available for 2024 Old Salem Farm Summer Jumper Classic CSI2* Competition to Feature $30,000 1.40m New York Welcome Stake and $65,000 1.45m Grand Prix


horse show is in response to that, as are the two new FEI shows in September which we expect to become as pop- ular with exhibitors as our well-established


Spring


Horse Shows in May.” The Old Salem Farm


Summer Jumper Classic CSI2* is rated USEF Jumper 4 and will feature a range of classes from the 0.60m Junior/Amateur Jumper to the 1.35m Open Jumper divisions, as well as the 1.35m Two-Phase (Au- gust 21), $30,000 1.40m New York Welcome Stake (August 22) and $65,000 1.45m Grand Prix (August 24).


The ambiance at the Mark Bluman on Ubiluc, Welcome Stake winner. © SEL Photography


North Salem, NY – July 8, 2024 – The prize list for the 2024 Old Salem Farm Sum- mer Jumper Classic CSI2* is now available! One of the premier stops on the Ameri- can hunter-jumper horse show circuit, Old Salem Farm is gearing up for its summer CSI2* competition, which debuts August 21-24. Located just one hour


north of New York City, Old Salem Farm has a long his- tory of hosting world-class horse shows. Over the years, Old Salem Farm has hosted United States Olympic Team Selection Trials, FEI World Cup™ qualifiers, FEI North American Youth Championships, ASPCA Maclay Regional Finals and the annual Old Salem Farm


Spring Horse Shows. The Summer Jumper Classic CSI2* adds to its FEI sched- ule as will a new CSI4*/2* and CSI3* in September. “In recent years, we


have received a growing number of requests for more FEI competitions at Old Salem,” said Scott Hakim, owner and president of Old Salem Farm. “This new 2*


Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows is unlike any other venue in the country with over-the-top hospitality and unique shopping offered along Old Salem’s popular Boutique Row. Old Salem offers opportunities for a cu- rated group of vendors to set up their boutiques in the vendor area located over- looking the International Arena. Food vendors pro- vide meals to go and deli-


Emily Clee - 1.35m Am Jumper presentation. © SEL Photography


cious snack options. Horse show action


starts at 8:00 a.m. daily with classes running in the beau-


tiful Old Salem Farm Inter- national Arena throughout the day. Further information on Old Salem Farm, the


Summer Jumper Classic and other upcoming shows is available at www.OldSalem- Farm.net.


Entries Old Salem Farm Summer Jumper Classic CSI2* are now open at the fol- lowing link: Submit entries for the Old Salem Farm Summer Jumper Classic here!


https://horseshowsonline.com/ShowDetails?ShowGUID=43f52dc1-1224-43da-8332- 4883146b41b8


Visit here for the full prize list. https://oldsalemfarm.net/osf/wp-content/up- loads/2024/07/Old-Salem-PLB-2024-july1.pdf


Federal Appeals Courts Split on Constitutionality of National Law to Promote Safety, Anti-Doping Practices in American Horse Racing


Fifth Circuit strikes down


HISA, countermanding Sixth Circuit conclusions and


creating a legal tangle that may require U.S. Supreme Court review


Washington, D.C.—Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy reacted with dismay after a federal court struck down a key provision of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), contradicting a prior ruling affirming the con- stitutionality of the law by the Sixth Circuit. Last week’s ruling


Lake Placid


Horse Shows Continued from Page 1


Bagnato on Florida N in the Hampton Inn 1.40m Speed Chal- lenge; Schuyler Riley on Garance de Vains in the 1.30m Open Jumper Class;


Friday, July 5 – Laura Chapot on Chandon Blue in the $30,000 FarmVet 1.40m Jumper Classic; Laura Chapot on Gideon in the $5,000 1.35m Jumper Stake; Cupid, owned by Laura Chapot and shown by Alyssa Bauer, and Casino 71, owned and shown by Addison Slye, in the two sections of the USHJA National Hunter Derby presented by Lukens Horse Transportation;


Saturday, July 6 – Mia Bagnato on Cordiamo in the $10,000 Mir- ror Lake Inn Resort and Spa 1.40m Open Stake; Stacy Cascio on Charles Daly in the Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort 1.25m Amateur Jumper Classic; Ella


by the Fifth Circuit casts doubt on the constitutionality of


the


Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA)—which has been in effect for more than a year at most Thoroughbred tracks and has played a role in dramatically reducing catastrophic deaths on U.S. tracks. “The Fifth Circuit Court of


Appeals appears determined to find fault with a law to set up a national standard for horse safety at racetracks, even after the Sixth Circuit upheld the law in its en- tirety,” said Scott Edwards, gen- eral counsel for the animal


Witt on Pro Diamant in the 1.25m Junior Jumper Classic;


Sunday, July 7 – Mia Bagnato on Ariso in ther Deeridge Farms 1.35m Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic; Mia Bagnato on Florida N in the Eastern Hay and Grain 1.45m Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic; Laura Chapot on Chan- don Blue in the $75,000 Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix; Laura Chapot won the Richard & Diana Feldman Perpetual Trophy for Excellence; Natalie Gannett in the Kathy Scholl Equitation Clas- sic.


The Lake Placid Horse


Shows wish to thank the follow- ing sponsors for their support of this year’s shows: 1800 Tequila, Bainbridge Farms, Big Z’s Hangout at Lake Placid Lanes, Bloomberg Philanthro- pies, Charles Ancona, Clip My Horse, CMJ Sporthorse, Commu- nity Bank NA, Crowne Plaza Lake Placid, Dark Horse Fence, David R. Fowler Custom Tack Trunks, Deeridge Farms, Der Dau Custom Made Boots, Dis- covery Dream Homes, Eastern


welfare groups. “The Fifth’s Cir- cuit’s ruling is wrong on the mer- its and it’s bad for horse welfare in America.” Animal Wellness Action


and the Center were key Con- gressional backers of HISA and helped shepherd the measure to passage in 2020. The law subse- quently overcame a constitutional challenge in the Sixth Circuit, and its safety regulations were put in place in 2022, including anti-doping standards in 2023. (Both the act and the enforcing authority are known as HISA.) The Supreme Court declined to


Hay, FarmVet, Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, Great American Insurance Group, Hampton Inn, Horseflight, Horseshoe Trail Farm/Quaker Foundation, Jeff Lukens Horse Transportation, Kadley Farms, KindMedia, Lake Placid CVB, Lake Placid Flower & Gift Co., Mirror Lake Inn/The Cottage Café, Morrissey Man- agement Group, North Star Sport Horse, On A Fence Designs, Par- lanti, PepsiCo, Robinson Ridge, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital Saratoga, Sagamore Farm, Saratoga Horseworks, Sea Shore Stables LLC, The Boyd Family, The Clothes Horse, and The Hooker Family. Thank you to our Media


Partners: Adirondack Life, Elite Equestrian, Lake Placid News, Sidelines, and The Plaid Horse. The Lake Placid Horse


Show Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization. Further information is available by calling the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at 518-523-9625 or online at www.lakeplacidhorseshows.org.


hear an appeal of that Court’s up- holding of HISA, thereby settling the matter for the Sixth Circuit. The SCOTUS decision was ex- pected to bode well for HISA challenges in two other Courts, including the Fifth Circuit. Published on Friday, the


Fifth Circuit’s ruling, however, ruling is decidedly detrimental to horse welfare. HISA is making a significantly positive difference in Thoroughbred racing, as re- ported in HISA’s first quarter 2024 metrics report. The agency identified a 38 percent decrease in racing-related fatalities year over year. Racetracks operating under HISA’s rules and running races in the first quarter reported 0.84 racing-related equine fatali- ties per 1,000 starts, compared to 1.35 racing-related equine fatali- ties per 1,000 starts in the first quarter of 2023. The court’s rul- ing leaves horses in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas still un- protected and subject to unneces- sary track-related deaths. Most tracks in that


jurisdiction,


though, had opted out of HISA even prior to the Fifth Circuit rul- ing, showing themselves as out- liers in the national racing industry. “Since


Thoroughbred


tracks began complying with HISA strictures, there has been a dramatic drop in racing-related deaths,” said Fred Hudson, direc- tor of equine welfare for Animal Wellness Action and the Center. “We are confident that the same improved outcomes would save horse lives if they were applied to all Thoroughbreds in competi- tion and also to Standardbred on harness tracks.” It’s not just the Thorough-


bred tracks in Texas and Louisiana (both in the Fifth Cir- cuit’s jurisdiction) that have re-


fused to participate in the HISA horse safety program. So have tracks in West Virginia. In those states, deaths continue to occur with greater frequency compared to HISA tracks. Noted racing expert and


writer Andrew Cohen wrote this about the Fifth Circuit ruling in the Paulick Report, which is an industry publication: Three judges have created


another year or two of legal un- certainty over Thoroughbred horse racing in the U.S. It has given aid and comfort to cheat- ing trainers and owners and to horsemen’s groups desperately trying to keep things the way they used to be. It has embold- ened state racing commission of- ficials in jurisdictions like Texas and Louisiana, states covered by the Fifth Circuit, to push rules that would allow for racing offi- cials to carry firearms as they go about their duties or to permit veterinarians to give more drugs to more horses closer to race days. And it has done all this by embracing a radical theory of government that fundamentally misunderstands what HISA is and does. Wayne Pacelle, who


worked diligently to pass HISA in Congress and testified in Con- gress in favor of the original bill introduced to effect reform, also weighed in about the confusion created by the latest appellate court ruling. “Horse racing is a national


industry, and it requires national rules and standards, just like baseball, football, and other major sports,” said Pacelle, pres- ident of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy. “Horse racing is an in- dustry in crisis, with too many of the young equine athletes break-


ing down and dying in competi- tion. HISA is a responsible, con- stitutionally sound, and morally essential answer to the glaring safety problems in American rac- ing, and its opponents are putting the entire industry at risk because they want to revert back to an anemic and balkanized state- based regulatory approach.” HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus


assured racing enthusiasts and others concerned about the sport that HISA remains in place in the vast majority of states and its standards will be enforced.


ABOUT Animal Wellness Action is


a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) whose mission is to help animals by promoting laws and regulations at federal, state and local levels that forbid cru- elty to all animals. The group also works to enforce existing anti-cruelty and wildlife protec- tion laws. Animal Wellness Ac- tion believes helping animals helps


us all. X:


@AWAction_News The Center for a Humane


Economy is a Washington, D.C.- based 501(c)(3) whose mission is to help animals by helping forge a more humane economic order. The first organization of its kind in the animal protection move- ment, the Center encourages businesses to honor their social responsibilities in a culture where consumers, investors, and other key stakeholders abhor cru- elty and the degradation of the environment and embrace inno- vation as a means of eliminating both. The Center believes help- ing animals helps us all. X: @TheHumaneCenter


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