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Pablo Barrios Recaptures Lead of Hagyard Challenge Series at Kentucky Horse Shows

August 17, 2009

Lexington, KY --- Pablo Barrios of Caracas, Venezuela, has taken over the lead once again in the Hagyard Challenge Series. The series is a summer-long string of seven show jumping events at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Offering $215,000 in prize money, the series will award its leading rider with a $50,000 bonus after the final event, held at the Kentucky National Indoor Horse Show in September. This past week, Barrios edged Margie Engle of Wellington, FL, into second in the standings when he won the $25,000 Hagyard Welcome Stake at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show.

The next class in the series will be the $30,000 KHJA Grand Prix, scheduled for August 22 at the KHJA Horse Show. The Hagyard Challenge Series is sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. Supporters of the $50,000 Leading Rider Bonus include: Holiday Inn Georgetown Hotel; Dean, Dorton, & Ford; Fifth Third Bank; Fort Dodge Animal Health; Hagyard Pharmacy; Kathleen Sullivan, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; Turf Town Properties; Air 51 and Audi of Lexington.

HAGYARD CHALLENGE SERIES STANDINGS

1 PABLO BARRIOS 650

2 MARGIE ENGLE 590

3 MARIO DESLAURIERS 350

3 MICHAEL MORRISSEY 350

5 KENT FARRINGTON 310

6 HENRI KOVACS 250

7 MIKE MCCORMICK 230

8 ELIZA SHUFORD 220

9 NICHOLAS DELLO JOIO 190

10 REBECCA JOHANSON HOFMAN 170

11 BEEZIE MADDEN 165

12 SAYRE HAPPY 160

13 LJUBOV KOCHETOVA 130

14 JACK HARDIN TOWELL 120

15 DANIEL BLUMAN 110

16 ALISON ROBITAILLE 100

16 RICARDO VILLA 100

18 FRANCIS TRESS ROIG 90

19 SHANE SWEETNAM 80

19 TRACY FENNEY 80

21 CHRIS KAPPLER 70

22 CARA RAETHER 65

23 JORGE ZAMUDIO 60

24 DEBBIE STEPHENS 50

24 ROBIN SWEELY 50

26 JAMES BENEDETTO 40

26 PETER LEONE 40

28 AARON VALE 30

28 CHRISTINE MCCREA 30

28 KEEAN WHITE 30

28 SERGIO CAMPOS 30

32 CHARLIE JAYNE 20

33 ANGEL KAROLYI 10

33 DAVID BEISEL 10

33 RODRIGO LAMBRE 10

33 TODD MINIKUS 10

For more information on the Kentucky Summer Horse Shows please go to www.kentuckyhorseshows.com

To learn more about the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, please go to www.hagyard.com

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