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Riding
For A Cure, an Illinois based equestrian organization that raises
funds for the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation,
will be the charitable beneficiary of the 2008 Wellpride American
Eventing Championships, September 10-14, 2008. The competition,
which attracts horses and riders from all over the United States
who have qualified for their respective levels of competition
throughout the year, will take place at Lamplight Equestrian Center
and the DuPage County Forest Preserve’s Pratt Wayne Equestrian
Area, both of which are located on North Dunham Road in Wayne,
Illinois.
Riding For
A Cure was founded in 2002, and since its inception, it has raised
over $350,000 toward finding a cure for cancer. The organization’s
major fundraising activity is a 20 mile trail ride, silent auction
and dinner/dance that will take place at Lamplight on Monday,
July 14. Tom Moxley, who co-owns Lamplight, is also the named
organizer of the 2008 Wellpride American Eventing Championships,
and he called the partnership between the competition and the
fundraising organization a “natural fit that will be beneficial
to both parties.” Lamplight is a multi-discipline equestrian
show facility that hosts approximately 25 competitions each season
and is perhaps best known for its lavishly landscaped grounds
and convenient competitor amenities.
The Wellpride
American Eventing Championships, which took placed at Lamplight
for the first of three years in 2007, attracted over 500 horses
competing in all six recognized levels of the three phase sport
of eventing. It has been referred to as a national Olympics of
eventing and is fast becoming one of the country’s premier
destination competition.
For more information
about the event, log on to www.aecatlamplight.org.
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