The Jumper Classic plans to return to its North Shore roots this July after a five-year stint in seacoast New Hampshire.
The Jumper Classic, a horse show that the late Don Little started in Hamilton 24 years ago, is returning to the North Shore in Ipswich this summer. "He created this 24 years ago," said Melissa Lovasco, the event's president and CEO, and she took over in its 10 years. Five years ago it moved to Hampton Falls, N.H. and in 2010 Little started a second show that has been held at Myopia Hunt Club. That show will not happen this year. This week organizers of the Jumper Classic said the 2013 show will happen on at the 100-acre Maplecroft Farm in Ipswich from July 10-14. Competition will range from children's classes to the $75,000 Grand Prix. The new date should help open the event to a larger number of young jumper who will be in school break in…
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Donald Little suffered a serious injury in a show jumping accident in Florida on Sunday.
Donald Little, Master of the Foxhounds at Myopia Hunt Club, suffered a serious neck injury in a show-jumping accident in Florida on Sunday, the Daily Form reported on Monday. Little, beyond his position at Myopia, is the founder and president of the Putnam Boston Equestrian Classic, which has been put on at the Myopia Scooling fields for the past two summers. It its first year it was known as the Putnam Investments Boston Jumper Classic and was run in conjuction with the Myopia Horse Show. Daily Racing Form reported on Monday that the accident occurred at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla. The “bible of thoroughbred racing” reported that the injury was serious but offered few other details. The Racing Form said the injury …
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