The Legacy Cup Is On
Special Coverage by Diana DeRosa

Cloudy Bay Wins Pony Go Round

When Shawn Casady’s family moved to Tennessee it was the perfect opportunity for his mom to fulfill a lifetime dream. She’d ridden Western as a child but had wanted to ride English. She was able to achieve that dream by taking Shawn and his sister for lessons at a nearby riding school. A year later he was competing at his first local show. Shawn was only six when he started riding and now at 12 he has found his niche in the pony division.

At the Legacy Cup he was riding the Medium Pony Cloudy Bay for owner Far Niente and was pleased. “He’s cool. He chills in the barn but when he’s competing he has a nice rhythm, covers a lot of ground (once he gets going), is very consistent and is a really good jumper.”

That word consistent is important to Casady who feels that consistency in his riding is more important than winning. “My goal is to be consistent and not get caught up in what is happening around me and just remind myself that no matter what happens it is not the end of the world.” Matter-of-fact when asked what he is most proud of he said, “of being able to ride a lot of ponies and be consistent.”

ABOUT THE LEGACY CUP

The two-week Legacy Cup was developed to benefit the show hunter sport with a unique format, unprecedented rewards and a pleasant environment to showcase the hunters. It is the brainchild of the American Hunter-Jumper Foundation, Inc. (AHJF).

The Legacy Cup includes two professional and two non-pro divisions; one at 3' and one at 3'6" and the Legacy Cup Pony Hunter Division. In addition the format allows for multiple awards within each class and division. Each division has a Go Round and a Final.

Each Go Round offers a guaranteed purse of $1,500. Go Rounds rank the top 25 horses for a clean slate Final. The 2007 Legacy Cup entry fee is $400 of which 50% goes directly to the division purse and 50% to the AHJF for the expenses associated with the event. In addition the Legacy Cup Committee committed an added purse of $13,000.

For more information about the Legacy Cup and complete results and photos visit www.legacycup.com or contact the AHJF (335 Lancaster Street, West Boylston, MA 01583-0369), Phone: 508-835-8813, www.ahjf.com, email: ahjf@earthlink.net.