The Bainbridge Companies LLC Sponsor Bainbridge Florida Classic Week at 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival

Wellington, FL – February 15, 2006 – Today marks the first day of the Bainbridge Florida Classic presented by the Palm Beach Post. The horse show is the fourth week of the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), held at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club on Pierson Road in Wellington, Florida, and will continue through Sunday, February 19. The show is the most important week for the hunters as a World Championship Hunter Rider qualifying show and also hosts a World Cup Qualifying Grand Prix for show jumpers.

The title sponsor of the week is The Bainbridge Companies LLC. CEO and President Richard Schechter of Wellington, FL, is pleased to support the horse show and is an avid equestrian himself. As owner of Bainbridge Farm, Schechter has horses that compete in the Adult Amateur Hunters, Pre-Green Hunters, and Pony Hunters.

The Bainbridge Companies LLC is quickly amassing substantial sponsorships of equestrian events around the country. Last year, they supported WEF, the National Horse Show and Family Festival, Littlewood Horse Shows, the Skidmore/Saratoga Classic horse shows, and the Capitol Challenge Horse Show.

For 2006, they are increasing their sponsorships to include the title sponsorship of this week at WEF, the Syracuse International Sporthorse Tournament, the Washington International Horse Show, the Lake Placid Horse Show, and the I Love New York Horse Show.

Bainbridge Companies LLC is one of the nation’s premier owners, developers, and builders of investment real estate. They are a Florida-based fully integrated real estate company engaged in the development, construction, management, acquisition and disposition of commercial and residential real estate. Their apartment community development and acquisition programs are centered in specific markets in Florida, a state which boasts one of the most vibrant and diverse economies in the United States. These communities are located in high growth areas including the southeast, central, and northeast regions of the state, where significant opportunities exist for their type of multifamily community, either as rental multifamily or conversion to condominium ownership.

The Bainbridge Companies are growing extensively, and either owned or were involved with several properties in Wellington, FL, including the Estates at Wellington Green, Polo Lakes, and Polo Chase. For more information on The Bainbridge Companies LLC, please visit their website at www.bainbridgecompanies.com or call 561-333-3669.

For more information on the Bainbridge Florida Classic presented by the Palm Beach Post and the Winter Equestrian Festival, please visit www.stadiumjumping.com or call 561-753-JUMP.

Photo Credit: Richard Schechter of Bainbridge Farm and The Bainbridge Companies LLC and Jennifer Reid. Photo by James Leslie Parker