Grace Wilkins in Placid with new horse
NEW TEAM: Lake Placid’s Grace Wilkins rides her new horse, tentatively named Jane, during competition Wednesday in the I Love New York Horse Show.
Enterprise photo by Lou Reuter
By LOU REUTER, Enterprise Senior Sports Writer LAKE PLACID — Grace Wilkins really wanted to ride in her hometown at the Lake Placid Horse Shows. But up until last week, Wilkins didn’t have a horse. Wilkins, however, found a horse, and as a result, she’s back competing in Lake Placid for the second time in three years. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 17-year-old rode her new horse for the first time in competition, and she will also be riding in events on Friday and Sunday. “My goal was to find a horse and ride in the Lake Placid Horse Shows,” Wilkins said. “Now that I have a horse, my goal is to just get to know the horse. Obviously, since we’ve just gotten together, I’m not looking to win. I’m just working on developing a bond with my horse.” Two years ago, Wilkins showed for the first time in Lake Placid, riding in the hunter division on a horse she owned named Ollie. In the hunter classes, horse-and-rider combinations are judged on appearance and the jumps are two-and-a-half f
» Full StoryRamiro Quintana wins 1.45m Jump-off
Lake Placid — Ramiro Quintana of Argentina rode Q’s Charm to victory in the Farm & Ranch Magazine 1.45m Jump-off at the 31st annual I Love New York Horse Show.
Quintana rode Q’s Charm to two fault-free rides and a jump-off time of 33.687
Sportsman 100 headlines Airborne holiday card
Plattsburgh — The J&S Steel Sportsman will move from their customary 25-lap battles and have at it for 100 laps on Sample Lumber Night Saturday, July 5, at Airborne Speedway.
Seven Sportsman events have produced six different winners thi
Lake Placid Gold shuts out Bloomingdale
The Bloomingdale based Knights of Columbus/Smokey’s baseball team was defeated by Lake Placid Gold 9-0 on Tuesday. Smokey’s had runners in scoring range, but just could not get them home.
Starting pitcher Gabe Woodward was relieved by Lo
Tinmen take on Tupper Lake
TUPPER LAKE — On Friday, 18-year-old Rainbow Lake resident Aidan Bickford graduated from Saranac Lake High School. Sunday, he celebrated.
Bickford took the top spot for men in the 15- to 19-year-old age group and 72nd overall in a fiel
Kent Farrington tops in Grandprix
LAKE PLACID — Kent Farrington said keeping his horse happy is a key to success in show jumping.
If that’s the case, Farrington had the happiest horse at the North Elba Show Grounds Sunday, as the rider from Chicago and his mount Up Chiq
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