Shahrazad & David Tromp Win $25,000 Fairfield Grand Prix to benefit The EQUUS Foundation
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WESTPORT, CT – June 27, 2006 – Despite the rain, Shahrazad, owned by the Beyaert Farm, and David Tromp were victorious over a field of 17 in the $25,000 Fairfield Grand Prix on Saturday, June 24, 2006, the culminating event of the Fairfield County Hunt Club June Benefit Horse Show in Westport, Connecticut. Taking up the second and third spots were Hendrik Gunderson aboard Complete and Darvin Garbo with Holly Orlando on Great Pleasure owned by Scott Hakim close behind in fourth.

The $25,000 Fairfield Grand Prix was held in conjunction with The EQUUS Benefit Luncheon & Silent Auction at which over 400 guests dined on a spectacular buffet and watched the exciting event, including corporate sponsors, the Callari Auto Group, Fairfield Equine Associates, Wachovia Securities, Monaco Government Tourist Office, Skyy Spirits, Swiss International Airlines, Bank of America, Hospital for Special Surgery, Newhouse Financial & Insurance Brokers, Balducci’s of Westport, Chopard, Conte’s Market & Grill, The Higgins Group, Barbara C. Manion, O.D., The Saxon Group, and Torys LLP

For additional information, contact The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., 168 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT 06880, or telephone (203) 259-1550, or Email to: equusfoundation@aol.com.

ABOUT THE EQUUS FOUNDATION, INC.

The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit fund raising organization, was founded in August 2002 to promote the positive use of the horse for the benefit of the general public and the equestrian sport as a whole. In just three years, EQUUS has awarded over $350,000 in grants, benefiting thousands of horses and people, thanks to the generosity of its many individual and corporate donors. The 2006 Grant Recipients include:

Horse Welfare: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), New York, NY, http://www.aspca.org/; Bridgeport Police Mounted Unit, Bridgeport, CT, http://www.bridgeport.ct.us/; Equine Orthopaedic Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, http://www.csuequineortho.com/; HEART Equine Ambulance, Northampton, MA, http://www.equineambulance.com/; Hope for Horses, Woodinville, WA, http://www.hopeforhorses.net/; H.O.R.S.E. of Connecticut, Inc., Washington, CT, http://www.horseofct.org/; and Ryerss Farm for Aged Equine, Pottstown, PA, http://www.ryerss.com.

For additional information on The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., contact The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., 168 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT 06880, or telephone (203) 259-1550,: equusfoundation@aol.com or visit the website, http://www.equusfoundation.org.

PHOTOS:Left to Right: John E. Franzreb III, David Tromp & Shahrazad, Flavia Callari Santangelo presenting The Callari Cup, Beth Gralnick, Fairfield Horse Show Chairman, and Lynn Coakley, President, The EQUUS Foundation, Inc. Photo courtesy of Reflections Photography.

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